CB Fry

Don't worry about what I think. Worry about what you think.

I'll leave it.

You tend to post absolute drivel most of the time. Most pundits don't use the market value to as "a widely used measure" of whether or not they think player x is good or not. They tend to use their opinion on their footballing ability. Fees/value is just background context. Better players are often more expensive but that doesn't mean all players can be ranked by price, for the reasons outlined in my previous post. Pundits definitely don't do that, so it is anything but a "widely used measure". Man U paid high for Shaw not because he is right now the best Left Back in the world - he ain't - but because he is young, English and could give them a decade of service. He's the most expensive teenager ever, on your "widely used measure" he's the best teenage footballer in the world? Is he? Anyway, as I said, you post utter drivel.

So, Shane Long with a (comparative) modest pay rise to £50k a week would be on what our "I know Luke Shaw I do" friend is saying the worlds richest club Manchester United are paying their £27m major summer signing. Hmm, plausible. (The Luke Shaw bit. I am sure Long probably is on £50k).

Correct. The most laughable issue throughout the summer was the constant accusations that Reed, Ralph and Co were lying to us ("Abusing us" according to one forum genius) while the white lies and double talk from the players was swallowed whole. Far too many dim fans happy to swallow the "I would have stayed but the ambition changed" tripe while at the same time calling out Reed for lying and thinking how jolly clever they are. The departing players played the gullible fans like a dream and strolled off to their six figure weekly wages no problem.

He wasn't an England International when we sold him so it means no such thing.

You post consistent tosh, fair play. There are plenty of factors influencing price, length of contract, players age, potential, affluence of selling club and buying club, nationality, current wages, etc etc. Your "theory" (something nags at me that you might not be an actual real professor) is so crudely facile it is barely worth scrutiny. But one pointless example: we replaced Adam Lallana who cost us fifty grand from Bournemouth with Tadic for 200 times more. So Tadic 200 times better. Easy.

Not just about the centre backs, though is it. You'd think he would embed it into the team front to back. We only had one good centre back in pre season but we still played with two.

Do people think we will convert to 3-5-2 over time? If so, seems odd that he hasn't played it so far, surely pre season would be the time to embed that system.

They've got a point. Newcastle at home is typically a result we can always bank on. Definite bogey trip for them.

Selling Lambert the day after a media blitz constitutes a mixed message. That was a definite balls up.

Never heard of him.

I'm with Fitzhugh. Arthur Dominoes, Bert Rawlingson and Shelley Rawlings are legends of the club and should be on the banner, it's a disgrace they aren't. Not sure about Willy Elleringworth and Timmy Trailor, but if the majority of the forum think they should be up there then I say go for it.

No, not saying that. Actually shows how much of a non fire sale we have had this summer that we are spending that much on solid squad filler. With the amount of new-to-the-Prem players we have, signing an absolute banker in terms of knowing the league is a good bit of business.

I think that sounds like it would fit Radio Ga Ga as far as the Northam is concerned.

Interesting. How is it pronounced?

Actually quite a doable chant. And relatively original. Therefore, it will never catch on.

Correct. Don't quite get this "just ignore the price tag" stuff. It's always relevant.

Even if they do, they are shopping for players a level down from us, and all in all a smaller proposition than we are. I doubt they will finish above us anyhow.

Don't ruin their fun. It's a very sweet little story they have cobbled together. Alpine and other hysterical tarts whining on a forum saved the club. Thanks guys. Seriously, thank you.

Come on then Crabby. Apparently everything is not okay. What's not okay. Tell us. I bet you have some right gems that if only we knew etc.

I've been talking about the shades of grey all summer. Thanks.

In your caramel - centred opinion.

You're being black and white if you think I am talking about you. The shades of grey got screamed out by Crabby and the hystericals. Did you know the club didn't return some phone calls from Adam Lallana? I mean, really. It's a disgrace.

You thought we were in a mess. Massive difference.