Chez

wouldn't be surprised if Fonte was on that now. Having seen chumps like Osvaldo come in on bigger wages and fail, his agent will have secured a tidy rise when he signed that latest deal.

Two out is nothing, but losing your two best players every season for three seasons in a row?

Juanmi has done little of note, but are these nippers good enough?, even for the bench? Seager seems popular on this board, is he decent? Not seen him myself. Isgrove will have had to improved a lot from what I saw of him in that Sheffield United game in which he looked a bloody million miles away from being good enough for top flight football. How did he fair out on loan?

JWP with Grays pace, now that would be a player...

Where does the money come from? Is there a stockpile in the bank I am not aware of?

Those that did, were they already at other prem sides? I see a lot of players coming in from overseas and struggle initially. If they at a prem side and haven't been playing are they match fit. That can reduce the instant impact

Saying CL but allowing Morgan etc to leave doesn't quite tally up though.

Champions league talk at the start of a season for a club like us just looked ridiculous. Now if we were in Leicesters position right now then there would be no harm in it.

Is being late for a team meeting really that big a deal? I know he has done it before, but not sure why RK didn't on both occasions punish him with a fine and keep it in house rather than tell the press.

Cheers. Glad it's not all doom and gloom.

Strikers put clean through should score. If they don't, they have failed and should be chastised as much as a defender making a mistake that costs a goal.

Do any January signings actually make a difference to Premiership sides in that same season? From what I see new signings, especially from abroad, talk some time to find their feet. Often a full season

I asked you this on the 7 out of 9 thread, with no reply, you perhaps didn't se it, so I will try again: When you say investment, do you mean a new owner willing to literally spend his own money buying players and paying wages (neither of which can be done due to the current rules, I think, although I might be wrong) without ever wanting that money paid back? If you mean, spend money by going into further debt, either to the owner or someone else, then the £60m debt we have is more than enough thanks.

I agree with that. Nothing to do with bad luck, he is just not a clinical striker.

I was specific about his off the ball stuff (closing down) improving, all be it from a woeful starting point. I am not sure I agree with your assessment of his performance yesterday or his general improvement. I am not a fan of his, he is just so slow, but he has a good first touch, which is a good starting point. Whether there is enough to his game to see him shine at this level I am not sure, but I am reluctant to write him off. Do you ever have a good word to say about any of our players?

Lallana and Lovren to come back then?

Better give Bagpuss a call then before he disappears to Lithuania...sigh

What offers for what players have those three clubs managed to fend off?

Explain the £60m debt then? Sick and tired of bull**** posts on here about Katrina and the board pocketing cash yet the finances show we have accumulated a £60m debt, which means the board has spent more than it has brought in in recent times. Players have been sold because they have wanted to leave and you simply can't keep them here when bigger wages are on offer. All we can do is try and match those wages, but how do you finance that? There is no lack of ambition. It's simply about spending the income on the right players and that is very hard to do. We have about a 50% success rate on incoming players, which probably isn't bad, but the problem is that that is to replace successful players going out rather than replacing the underperforming players.

As I said, I've not seen enough of him, but when i have seen him he has run around a lot and put opponents under pressure, usually when we have been in front. Which is great and the fans appreciate that a lot. The sort of thing Cork was outstanding at. And there is no bigger Cork fan than me. But On the ball he hasn't done a great deal and compared with others in training etc perhaps doesn't shine. I don't know. I'm guessing. He's not as good as Davis and that's the position he has played for us. In front of the midfield chasing ball down. With Wanyama suspended I doubt he will be asked by RK to fill the void unless Romeu is injured. In my eyes JWP, who I have slated on here, is improving in terms of off the ball stuff, closing down etc, and Classie is also getting better in every game, although a long way off what I'd hoped he might be at this stage of the season, so I can see RK sticking with them rather than going with Read. Whether that is the right choice remains to be seen. cm is a concern and has been all season.

Er, we do. You are not telling me Classie is not playing a DM role? If that is not his role what is it?

Jesus Christ what sort bull**** analysis is this? Where is the "showed great strength to hold off opponent to ensure we keep possession"? Because that is what Wanayama is all about and always has been. Yet that sort of thing seems to totally ignored whilst we are losing games. When playing well he has always given the ball away, looked casual, held on to the ball too long, got booked a lot... Yes he wanted out and acted like a ****. Yes he got sent off today in very stupid fashion, which cost us the game. Yes, he hasn't played well in some games, with one or two way below his best, and yes he looked better with Morgan next to him. But bloody hell, he seems to have become THE reason for our failings on here. I don't want him out and I shudder at how weak we will look without him.

The solution is?

I am not sure I have seen enough of Reed to argue against, but from what I see he runs around a lot but on the ball offers little. Is that fair? Everything I have read on here points to underperforming at under 21 level as the reason he hasn't been given a run in the side. When he has played for the first team hasn't he played at the front of the diamond?

Tadic, Pelle, Martina and Classie are 100% Rons signings. No question, no black box, no committee, just Ron. I'd suggest Romeu is too. Maybe Stek too. I am less sure about,the others, but he will have the final say for sure. His team, his choices. Managers would give their right arm to rebuild a team with the funds made available as have been to him.