Sidney Fudpucker the 3rd

You have to let 4 of the current squad go to bring in 2 quality additions. Who do you release???

I'm inclined to agree. The papers will run with anything at this time of year. I don't understand players who strike to try and force a move. They signed a contract and should be made to honour it. Otherwise, what's the point?

I was in Holland last week and a couple of papers were saying he's refusing to play in an attempt to force a move to Liverpool. The report said that Liverpool made an illegal approach and had been warned by the FA. They then issued a statement to say they were no longer interested but it's too late as the player's head has been turned and he is saying the only club he wants to play for is Liverpool. It goes on to say that it's a difficult situation because if he does go to Liverpool the FA will probably get involved and Liverpool may be charged.

Virgil's replacement is only going to cost £3m apparently. Zou Feddal.

I think we need a couple of special players. It feels like we've got 4 or 5 who don't really perform and just look average.

Ok, here's one for you. Would you swap him for Sturridge & Sakho?

Just back from Holland. There's reports there that VVD is refusing to play for us in an attempt to force a move to Liverpool.

Ronnie Ekelund

We had a perfectly good striker who we've sold to a rival team. :-/

Hardly surprising when you look at how Puel treated him.

Big mistake. Claude's poor man management clearly demotivated the lad. The club should've done more to support him and given him some time under the new manager. I guarantee he'll be back to haunt us. I can't help but feel this is a poor decision. Maybe I just don't like seeing our players go to similar clubs who are direct competition.

Exactly. The whole thing looks like a sideways step. There was clearly never a replacement lined up prior to Puel's dismissal. This has been handled in the same way as the Fonte saga, with Caceres coming in at the last minute. Further evidence that Les Reed hasn't got a ****ing clue what he's doing. I didn't like Puel but was happy to be proved wrong. Sadly, he did nothing that made me change my mind about him. However, I have even less respect for Les Reed and his constant gambling. The problem with gambling is that you win some and you lose some.

The stats from his last season at Alaves seem to indicate that we've swapped one manager who couldn't get a team to score goals for another manager whose main problem was scoring goals.

It's De Boer to Palace.

Totally agree. However, be careful what you wish for. Les's tinkering may cost us!

I remember meeting him after the Elfsborg pre-season friendly, not long after he joined us. One of the lads we were with asked him if it was true that he had a PFC tattoo. Crouch replied, 'Yeah, it stands for Peter ****ing Crouch'. :-) Villa were also on tour in Sweden that summer. We met some of their fans in the hotel in Gothenburg and every one of them said that Crouchie would do a great job for us. One said 'He's the complete opposite of what you'd expect. He's got a head like a 50p but he's great with the ball at his feet'.

Just read this... Scoring goals was what Alaves found most difficult last season, netting just 41 times. Only three teams in La Liga scored fewer and two of those sides – Granada and Osasuna - were relegated. But the considerable flip side was that they only let in 43 – only three sides conceded fewer, the champions Madrid let in 41. Scoring goals was our biggest problem last season too and is probably the main reason why Puel's gone. Why would we want to replace Puel with somebody whose record doesn't appear to be much better? Makes no sense at all.

It'll be Ryan ****ing Giggs and once again we'll be a laughing stock.

Is that woman giving him a hand job?

I hope so. I think he's a superb manager.

Tuchel or Jokanovic. It'll probably be De Boer. :-/

Big mistake. He'll be back to haunt us.

I expect a 'Contract terminated by mutual consent' statement.

He'll go to Newcastle

The Mirror are reporting that LVG is coming to Saints. It's a very weak story that could have been written about any club that may be looking for a change of management.