Saint_Tony

'no team are harder to place in the one to 20 pecking order until the closure of the transfer window'. From the racing post preview today, pretty much sums it up for me. They have us down as finishing 11th

Sounding more like the two deals aren't connected from reports today, are we going to be selling Osvaldo and getting Taider on loan?

It was his choice to go, a step too far I think. He is a legend here, but could have stayed and been the top man for a couple more seasons. He will come to regret it, but I understand why he went, it was an opportunity he couldn't turn down.

I'd be very concerned at this stage .We probably need 2 cbs, who, looking at our targets are Vlaar and Van Dijk. Fonte has good experience at this level now, but Yoshida and Jos are nowhere near good enough and should not be anywhere near the team (cue several posters trying to claim Yoshida is a solid cb)

Today is the day, 2 new signings to be announced

Expectation will certainly be lower. I think anything above 15th should be expected, I would be happy enough with 10th-14th which is where I think we'll end up. Although it's likely there will be very few points between these placings. If we were to bring in a few more (Forster, Van Dijk/Vlaar, Redmond and Ings/Samaras) we should be aiming for 9th-12th. Still difficult to say with so much of the window left and us taking forever to close out a deal for anyone. A top half finish is too much to expect of RoKo in his first season, but his record in cups inspires hope for a good run where he might show a bit of respect to the competition and the fans, unlike a certain (allegedly) league bonus chasing ex-manager of ours

Pretty sure Hernandez is more than good enough for a regular starting place for us. Laughable that some think otherwise. There's no chance of him coming here anyway. Zaha would be a possibility as it'll probably be a loan

So if we signed Messi that wouldn't be exciting as he is 'untested' in the PL? Who would you suggest as an 'exciting' signing from the PL who would come to us and cost less than £15 million?

Think the 3 will be Taider, Forster and Van Dijk. If we could get Redmond, Vlaar and Ings as well that would be a decent window

The likes of sky are only around to stir things up. Yesterday the main headline was 'Schneiderlin 'Let Me Leave'. There are no direct quotes to support it

Don't know what everyone was expecting, there's not too many quality left backs around. Welcome Ryan. It's a good opportunity for him to get regular football. Whoever we got in was going to be a downgrade. We need a bit of perspective, I think it could be a decent signing, and it means we still have some funds in the bank

That video must be fake, all our players are unhappy and want to leave don't they?

The board are getting more stick than before Ralph's statement. Of course it might be lies but until Schneiderlin leaves then I'll believe him. Several posters are saying the exodus should have stopped at Lovren. Has it not occurred to anyone that the board might have been rather willing to sell an as yet unproven player in Chambers for the fee he went for? The deal went through a lot quicker than the others. Even Wenger admitted it was a gamble, I get the impression Les and co. happily accepted that one. I believe Schneiderlin is worth more than all the others who have gone, so there is no point entertaining anything below £27 million. Maybe Morgan should blame Liverpool and United for not getting his move as they're the ones who have paid up the silly amounts for Lallana, Shaw, Lovren etc

The mass exodus has to stop somewhere. Poor Morgan, if only he had come back from holiday a week earlier he might have been granted his dream of playing in the europa league for Spurs. It was never going to go down well, but with so many of our players acting in the wrong way, why is it so bad for Ralph to tell his plans straight to the media? Things can't get much worse, and the board had to make a statement, which, rightly or wrongly, they have. If Morgan is made to stay he'll just have to deal with it

So everyone moans about us letting all our players go, but as soon as we tell one he's staying it's out of order?

Incredible, about 10 weeks ago everything was fine, now we're talking about whether we should have kept Guly! Has it really come to this??!!?

Don't really see what he contributes. Every time I've watched him he's looked very lightweight. How many goals and assists does he have?

He's not even good enough for us, well, not until we sold half our team. They are welcome to him

You can't just wash your hands of it, if you can you're not a real fan. We've been through a lot these last few years and seen that many things can happen to a club. But my main issue is the fire sale, I have never seen anything like it in football, something is seriously wrong behind the scenes.

It's a valid point. The championship is far more competitive and the games come thick and fast. What's our purpose in the premier league? To get all excited about finishing 8th? It's been a complete ****ing waste of time.

Does Les have any time to try and bring players in, or is he too busy sorting out a transfer away for anyone who wants one? I remember I was mocked when the first 'how many signing will we need' thread appeared and answered 8 or 9. The problem is even if we get them in, it might be too late

Confirmed. Good Riddance

Koeman seemed very relaxed when questioned about players leaving last night. Perhaps he has been told that he will be given the funds from all sales, and actually is keen on building his own side?

Will be very surprised if we stay up now. Even if we bring players in, they won't be of the same quality as the 8 or so that we will inevitably sell There must be a massive air of negativity around the club right now, and it must be affecting the players who are still here. Quite simply, everything is going wrong. Bottom line is that we might line up for the first game with Yoshida and Hooiveld as centre backs, which would be a disaster.

No it's not a great team,it's one that would struggle even in the Championship.