Chez

One of the most infuriating football management phrases ever. Maybe it's just used to cover up that they are currently `unfit'.

Urggghh, does anyone here speak English? Excellent post Ron. Some light relief from the onslaught of Peter Risdale School of Business graduates was much needed.

Where has this theory come from that SR being tight has cost us a transfer?

I think Leeds United chief scout just spends his day on here or reading the Daily Echo website.

When Wolves offer of €5.5m for Lamina was rejected yesterday I was thinking the same thing.

if Leeds aren't linked with him in the next day or two I will be very much surprised.

check out that goal (2:43) in the Spurs game. Looks like he has a lovely right foot too.

Left back is another position that we have below par players. If, after about the fifth go, we can finally sign one that is top notch, you'll have zero complaints from me.

Is he perhaps saying `not super busy' because there won't be players going out.

Obviously it would be good to strengthen quickly, but I'm more worried about who than when.

is he any good? Wolves spent £44m. That's probably why the deal went through so quickly.

This, but if you go direct with a manager you don't like, its `bloody league 1 hoof ball'.

good point, but Villa still need him, so why would thy loan him to us?

I've seen £5m in compensation to Luton reported in the press, but also £2.5m in some sources: https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11700/12740854/nathan-jones-southampton-agree-deal-with-luton-boss-after-sacking-ralph-hasenhuttl His wage was supposedly £6m a year, so £9m would align with paying the remaining 18 months left on his contract.

Only 18 months left on his current deal and most likely wants £100k a week. This is something that needed to be sorted last summer. Either a new deal agreed or sold to maximise return on investment. Perhaps if we had signed Ramas/Gapko the deal with Everton would have happened. Without the replacement we then had to stick with Che. I am guessing now.

people underestimate just how good a first touch he has, which allows him to play in the tightest area of the pitch. He is a very good footballer. As always his problem is when he is asked to cover a lot fo ground quickly to prevent opposing attacks from hurting us. Adding legs usually costs you in terms of technical ability and ball retention. We need to add complementary players and more competition.

S Armstrong gets a massive pass on this forum. We all like him, the way he gets his head down and makes bursting runs between the lines, but in all honesty, he hasn't really done much for a long time. He has had his injury problems of course, but considering how shit we have been, if you can't hold down a place then is that not down to him not impressing rather than the two managers ignoring him?

I am guessing you were not one of those on here moaning for the last five years about too much backwards or square passing? I'm normally very keen to see us dominate possession too. However, although we saw far less of the ball and were more direct yesterday, I didn't feel like we were under the cosh too much and it provided the space we needed to cause them a few problems on the break. When we did pass it, and got between the lines, we looked a bit more effective than in recent times. Maybe that says more about the limitations of Fulham though.

can't stand the little rat faced winey twat. It's a beautiful sight seeing Spurs get thumped with him `patrolling the touchline' complaining about not getting that extra £100m to spend.

2 nil up. what could go wrong?

We're not canceling his contract. It's amazing, we had a clean slate in which to construct our team of keepers and we ended up with Bazunu, McCarthy, Willy and Lis.

so hard to assess him. He never touches the ball. I notice that he doesn't just stand still. He does at least look to make runs on the shoulder, but he's never found.

Wondering what the fee might be. He's not getting any younger. £20m feels a lot.

I agree, perfect solution for our current situation, but it's going to be hard to twist their arm for a loan. Not really in their best interest. If they sold him they'd have money for a replacement. A loan doesn't really help them, it just leaves their squad thinner. Realistically, it's just not going to happen.

I see Lis has played one game a Troyes. Why the fuck did we sign him?