Whitey Grandad

Of course I read it. These players have started games for them and even Mané and Pellè have been on the bench for us, and I can only count 3 so far not 5. Somehow you have missed or ignored the point. This was the first (and only) other club that I looked at. Bloody pedants

Throw in a 2.1 in mathematics at Oxford. Not the best university in the country of course but not to be sniffed at.

Not many goals in him though, if I heard correctly last night.

I have just taken a look at Liverpool as one example: http://www.skysports.com/liverpool-transfers Four in and eleven out including Martin Skrtel, Jonathan Ibe, Joe Allen, Oussama Assaidi, Brad Smith and Kolo Toure so far.

Yes yes but could he take corners?

For the answer to your question, take a look at the accounts. We haven't paid Corporation Tax for some time because previous losses have been offset against any profits (IIRC)

Saw it again on MOTD and Clasie clips Shaw's right calf pushing it onto his left leg and causing him to trip. It's there to see if you look for it. Clasie knew what he'd done straight away. It was a very clumsy attempt at a challenge and if he hadn't gone for Shaw with his arms he would have been in a better shape to cover his run. Very sloppy and right under the referee's nose.

She is certainly not dumb.

Fair enough, this is all getting a bit confusing at this time on a Saturday night

Ok. What were your sources for the figures you gave?

We need spares to cover injuries, suspensions and loss of form.

Excellent. A good run should do wonders for his self-confidence.

Spot on.

Maybe his ambition was to get £6 million?

I agree. But I can only hope that the window doesn't close before we've brought in a couple more. (11pm next Wednesday 31st August)

I've not seen him yet. I wonder if I ever will?

No need, I took you at your word

Maybe they are the only people who can afford it?

You have assumed that the headline figures for transfers are the amounts that the club receives. Agents' fees might come out of the figure paid (or collected) but not show up as such separately in the accounts. From The Telegraph in 2002: (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aston-villa/3039091/Gregory-Ive-done-no-wrong.html) "In May last year, Adam Crozier, then chief executive of the FA, told a private dinner that "agents and hangers-on" had pocketed £7 million of the £9.5 million Angel transfer fee. By then the FA were already looking at this transfer but, according to one insider: "The wall came down and we could find nothing."

Clueless. Why do you keep on about net spend? It's not relevant. We sold Lallana for far more than we paid for Mané but that wasn't a net spend. Do you really believe when it says 'a deal worth £30 million (say) that the selling club receives all that money and suddenly has it all sitting in the bank? Please, you've made your view enough times, how about giving it a rest now?

That's what we need. Even then, this is a new team and it's asking a lot to have a watertight defence and a fluid attacking threat in the first couple of games.

If so that will be some time yet and if we get to that stage we shall be deep in the doggy-dos by then. That is not something that I would wish for.

A relegation scrap after three games?

No, I can't agree with that. Round pegs, square holes.

Never in doubt once they got their second. We're not tight enough defensively and toothless up front. Nevertheless we should be ok against any other than the top teams. We need a couple of quality players and time for them to bed in.