Sheaf Saint

And yet he was absolutely outstanding in the previous round against City.

It's especially baffling when you consider that Bree was only signed as emergency backup while Tino is still injured. To throw him in tonight, at the expense of a FB who was our best player on Saturday, is just mental. So Perraud comes on for Lyanco and now we are onto our 4th different defensive formation of the evening. Wonderful.

Just how much more evidence does he need that a back 3/5 doesn't fucking work with the personnel we have? Every time we have tried it so far - and I do mean every time - he has had to end up ditching it mid-game because we're getting carved open. So instead of learning that lesson, he goes and fucking does it again. Sets us up so badly that Newcastle cruise into a 2-0 (3-0) lead chucks away a decent chance of a cup final. Absolute fucking clown.

Che reverts to type there.

So is Edozie going to play LWB? Surely Perraud would have been the obvious replacement?

Oh great and now KWP is injured.

I'm hoping it will convince Jones to accept he is out of his depth and resign.

What an absolute fucking shambles. Pathetic setup, formation, tactics... everything. Just fuck off back to the lower leagues where you belong Jones. This is embarrassing.

Where was the fucking marking!?

Perhaps @Turkish can bob along and keep watch on him for us.

Do you honestly think the board have just been sat on their hands since 1st January and only started trying to do deals yesterday?

Looks like he's an upgrade on Djenepo at least.

Oh crap I forgot about Ings. I was referring to Carillo.

Surely worthy of his own thread now that Fabrizio Romano is reporting it's as good as done and will be a club record transfer fee. No pressure then. What do we know about him?

He's got to be better than our previous record signing!

OK fair enough. But the power still rests with the player. The transfer will only happen if the player wants to join the club that has met the release fee. Vitinha obviously doesn't and wants to join Marseille instead.

So if we meet the release clause, and another club comes along and bids 2m higher, they have to accept our offer regardless? Seems odd. And I expect the terms would differ from contract to contract. I doubt there is a universal rule covering this.

Not sure it works like that. It's more of an Ebay auction whereby you have to bid more than the starting price and the highest bidder still wins. But, as you also point out, ultimately it comes down to the player. If we were the only club to meet the release clause, but he doesn't want to come, nobody can force him to sign.

I think, for the sake of my mental health, I should keep away from this thread for the rest of the day.

Can I have this week's lottery numbers please?

The odds are obviously stacked against us, but then Sheffield Wednesday managed to knock them out of the FA cup, so stranger things have happened.

Hoedt is a superstar. But only in his own head.