CB Fry

You do realise you started the blind faith thing, right? You're allowed to accuse other people of having it but start blubbering when it's the other way round? Odd. Obviously we will sign someone. Not blind faith.

What words have I put in your mouth? Obviously, we'll sign someone.

I think you have blind faith that our club is being run by idiots who don't know what they are doing. We will obviously be signing at least one more this window, and likely this will be our biggest signing.

Do you really think there's a system where every single player ever bought will be a success? Gaston clearly could have and probably looked very good on paper/screen.

So what was the point of mentioning Man City's supporters again? You seemed to drawing some comparison which I still don't quite get, but something about how they must have all moaned a lot about how terrible their club was on message boards and that they weren't happy and then that ultimately caused them to win the Premier League. Chelsea fans too, all their fans moaned and then bingo, win the league. It might be just me but it feels like total guff to me but you believe it if you like. Being that you've already said you don't expect us to win the league, and the higher you finish in the league the likelier you are to win a cup, and the more cups you qualify for, I really really have no idea what you actually want the club to achieve. What do you want the club to actually achieve? Achieve. Not bol locks about spending money. Actually achieve in competition. To help you out, this is what I want: solid in the league, 10th or better, and then try and win every single cup we enter with real focus on the league cup if we're not in Europe. Try and be in Europa three seasons out of five and try and get into the post-Christmas end of that tournament every time we're in it. I'd take 10th and a cup over sixth and no cup all day long. Sometimes we will have a stinker of a season so expect we will fall short from time to time. That's what I want. What on earth do you want?

Okay, let's imagine that every single contributor on this forum all agree that they aren't brainwashed and finishing sixth is actually not a good thing, we all are not relaxed about it and we all withdraw our undying love. Just remind me what then happens after that? How does this turn us into Manchester City?

Man City fans did show plenty of undying love when they were in League 1 so I really don't understand what point you are making, yet again. You're suggesting we should protest or march through the streets because we only finished sixth?

You're right. Well never achieve the searing ambition, level of investment and all round drive and determination that Wigan Athletic showed when they delivered their dream season of winning a cup. That was our dream. That was your dream. And horrible old Les Reed is absolutely determined to stop that happening. Why can't we be like Wigan oh why can't we be like Wigan. Thanks for admitting I haven't been twisting words, too. Means a lot.

And people who think finishing sixth is good have been brainwashed:

Good. As a further apology, there's more than one example of you saying that fans have been "brainwashed" by the club. Which obviously is nothing like PR and Spin. Terribly sorry for twisting your words.

I'm pretty sure no thread on any forum will make a blind bit of difference.

Has anyone got a list of who we've let go recently?

I can remember several world cups/Euros where the general consensus of the ex pro punditerati was that England should play the diamond, with the protection of the back four and the attacker at the tip of the diamond playing between the lines, being talked about as the great tactical cure-all and why oh why oh why don't we do it. I'm not enough of a geek to remember but there are some big name European managers that have used it. Someone will know.

What's that got to do with "buy British"?

"Buy British" what an effing joke. Sweet that some people actually believe this is how it will play out, especially once we're in hoc to the likes of the USA who will take us to the effing cleaners as part of our rebound trade "deal". But, hey, sovereignty.

This thread: So you said PR and Hype that "these people dream up" not spin. Awfully sorry for twisting your words because hype and spin are so very, very different.

Will be brilliant on the pedals.

Put a tenner on the Kenny/Trott offspring for gold at Olympics 2044.

The first published draft of the Heisenberg Level System has been filed with the British Library just this morning.

Yeah, definitely.

Jeremy Wilson = Clueless. The information I have is that our top earner is on £55k. Nothing personal, just how it is.

Must have been a completely different Charlie Austin whose wage demands David Sullivan was complaining about on Twitter. The one we signed clearly joined us to breathe in the sea air.

LOL.

All I know is Stoke is at a much higher level than us despite us finishing higher than them three seasons in a row (that doesn't count) and us having a higher wage bill than them (which also, er, doesn't count either). I wish we were level 3 like them.

I'm worried they haven't had enough fry-ups.