Dibden Purlieu Saint

That is a fair point, and West Ham did spend a lot last year.

I don't disagree but that won't be due to agents fees I wouldn't have thought. If you want the better quality players, then you tend to pay higher agent fees. It's the way football works. I would prefer to have better quality players than to sit there feeling proud that my club doesn't overspend on fees but having average players. It's all about quality, not quantity.

The phrase 'cutting your nose off to spite your face' comes to mind.

That's good, although shows we don't pay much to agents. Perhaps that's why we're perceived as being difficult to deal with, why we have seen a lack of activity this off-season and why the Buttner deal fell through?

He could have done, but Sunderland have an offer of £12m on the table, and I don't think we're prepared to spend anywhere near that money on 1 player. Also up front is not really where we need to strengthen. Good player though.

I think it's a real shame that Bellamy is off to Cardiff, as he could certainly do a job for us as a wing/forward.

Yeah, but where from?

Where are they from? As long as not Football Rumours then I'm inclined to be a bit happier

The point is not that there is a lack all round. The point is that even though there is, there are still rumours. But none about us. For other rumours Blackburn have signed Colin Kazim-Richards for the season...Swansea have agreed to take Israel striker Itay Shechter on a season-long loan from Kaiserslautern...Aston Villa have offered a three-year deal to Gubbio defender Simone Farina, 30...Tal Ben Haim is close to reaching a deal with Portsmouth and signing for Hapoel Tel Aviv on a season-long loan...Manchester City have checked on Brazil striker and Spurs target Leandro Damiao, 23...Werder Bremen are interested in City striker Roque Santa Cruz, while Wolfsburg are keen to re-sign Edin Dzeko and may offer Simon Kjaer, 23 as part of the deal...Wolves have rejected Liverpool's bid of £500,000 for goalkeeper Dorus de Vries...Tottenham want Partizan Belgrade midfielder Mohamed 'Medo' Kamara as Luka Modric's replacement...Blackburn boss Steve Kean is set to seal a £6million deal for Huddersfield striker Jordan Rhodes...Huddersfield are making a £3million double deal for Dundee United's Gary Mackay-Steven and Johnny Russell...Paul Scharner has ended his spell in England by leaving West Brom for German giants Hamburg.

Too early for either I think...

Here's todays rumours from the BBC (definitely not the best round up), but still none about us. Arsenal will not sell Robin van Persie, 29, for less than £20m and will demand an extra £5m if Manchester United make an offer for the striker. Full story: Daily Mirror Manchester United's pursuit of Lucas Moura is over after the 19-year-old Brazilian agreed a four-and-a-half year deal with Paris Saint Germain. Full story: Daily Mail Brendan Rodgers is close to reuniting with Joe Allen after Liverpool trigger a £15m buy-out clause in the 22-year-old's Swansea City contract. Full story: The Guardian Liverpool are asking for Adam Johnson on loan in addition to a fee of £23m for Daniel Agger from Manchester City. Full story: Daily Mirror AC Milan are set to rival Arsenal and Liverpool for the services of Real Madrid midfielder Nuri Sahin, 23, who Jose Mourinho is allowing to leave on loan. Full story: talkSPORT Athletic Bilbao striker Fernando Llorente has turned down a new contract, putting Chelsea and Liverpool on alert for the 27-year-old. Full story: Metro Tottenham are being linked with a move for Partizan Belgrade midfielder Mohamed Kamara. Full story: talkSPORT Queens Park Rangers have lodged bids for two former Manchester United players, Roma defender Gabriel Heinze and Sunderland full-back Kieran Richardson. Full story: Metro Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean says he is close to securing a loan deal for Turkey international striker Colin Kazim-Richards, 25, currently with Galatasaray. Full story: Lancashire Telegraph

There isn't a lack of rumours, and there certainly wasn't around 5 weeks ago. Now it has gone quiet, and that's the concern.

Again, someone completely misunderstanding the tone of the thread. There is no bed wetting going on, just people expressing their concerns.

Davis was reported about a month ahead?!

To be fair to Hypo, and that takes alot as generally we don't agree about anything, however, I don't believe he'd make this up or rely on Football Rumours.

Every player we have signed this Summer was rumoured quite a bit before. As have been most players. There haven't been many 'where did that come from?' transfers. The press have reported it pretty well this year. Which is why it being very quiet for the past 2 weeks is very worrying. At least we were linked to players 3 or 4 weeks ago. No longer though.

I wouldn't say far as he is a really good player, is cheap and on low wages.

I don't disagree with that either. However, you could always give a higher.sigming om fee and reduce the wages to say 40k, which I would suspect both Lallana and Lambert are on close to now.

I like this guy, he talks sense.

First 2 names I agree, but you wouldn't take Shelvey? He was decent for Liverpool at the end of last season.

Blimey, you must be a joy to be around.

I don't know, but it always seems we do. It's something I have noticed for years, since Joe Garner scored a worldy against us for Forest, I just think we concede more than we should. MLG, there's a useful job for you!

Sorry, guess the way I wanted to say it didn't come through. Hoillett is going to be proper amazing, he's very good as it is and will only get better. Only problem I have with him is perhaps his attitude.

I can see us shipping 7 or 8, which would be a disaster really.

I agree with what you say, and I also think players need time. I'm certainly not writing off players like Clyne and Rodriguez, I think they have the potential to be great, but the question is whether they are ready now, which I have my concerns over. I don't believe they were Premier League players playing at Championship Level, like Lallana for instance. I believe they were very good Championship players who will have to improve to make the step up. To be honest I compare players to my perceived ability of players in the lower reaches of the Premier League. I think it's difficult to compare against Norwich for instance, as I think last season was a massive fluke that they managed to be in a division with so many other poor sides with poor managers. Therefore I wouldn't say that many of their players are of Premier League quality. Yet at the same time, Wolves and Blackburn had quite a few. I watch a lot of football in general, including a lot of Premier League and a lot of foreign top division football, so I feel this gives me a pretty good grounding in the quality needed to be decent. Of course, there is also matching the player to the League, which means a lot of decent looking players in Italy and Spain would struggle over here (although not Michu, that guy is a beast and £2m is the signing of the Summer, by quite a distance).