hypochondriac

That's exactly what the board should have done. It's not about being perfect, it'd about being vaguely competent.

Well then there would at least be one upside to all this.

My theory is that is laughable b*llocks if you were in any way serious.

Other premier league clubs manage it so we should be able to as well. Letting five players leave without replacements being lined up has clearly cost us.

This is my hope too! Not looking good.

the sad thing is I could imagine that statement with just a couple of changes.

Did that mean we had to let them all leave before allowing anyone else in? It's about managing losses. You agree to let them leave but not before getting replacements in. You are kidding yourself.

Fancy that! Whoever decided to sell all our players without replacing them is boneheaded to say the least.

Thanks for that. An interesting and balanced opinion from someone who has spoken to the people involved.

I never said he didn't speak decent articulate English. I expect him to be less articulate at English than French since English is his second language. That's the last thing I'll say on the matter you moron.

Thanks. That sort of thing is reassuring. I really hope we will be able to achieve that over the next few weeks.

Also sounds like at best Morgan will be leaving in January...

Doesn't really make it less of an unpleasant thing to say though does it. Debate sure, ignore me if you like but that sort of thing is just unnecessary.

Wanting to stamp on someone's face because you don't like what they write about a football team on a message board is pretty pathetic. Plenty of people wind me up on here but if I met them in real life I'm sure most of them would be relatively normal and we could have a friendly conversation.

I tend to give people a chance but then if the people in charge do what they have done this summer, then I tend to lose all Trust in them and question their motives. I really really hope that we get some quality signings in by September but I think the new board have gone about this terribly. I feel they have been creative with the truth this summer. What I hoped these guys would do is combine the ruthless side of cortese with a bit more common sense and a fan friendly side. They have let fans down IMO. You would think by now they would have realised the importance of getting some top signings in to reassure fans and counter the media reports so they have yet to do so. I don't think they know a lot about pr and have brought a lot of this on themselves. hopefully I'm allowed to say this without being accused of repeating myself!

Yeah Guan any idea how much we are looking to spend? Also do we view these two from inter as backups for the squad? Were they our first choice?

Do you think the three in will include those 2 on loan from inter?

Think that most can agree that no matter how irritating or offensive we find someone else's opinion about the football club we support, we don't really have to start making unpleasant noises about physical violence. I understand many people including me get tetchy during the summer when there is less to get interested in, but at the end of the day it's a message board to talk about saints not life or death. Generally when I log off from here I tend to forget about football and the few people I have met from here have been friendly people. Would hope that's the case for everyone.

Cheers cb. Know we don't always agree but like to think we can have a healthy debate with a bit of sarcasm without resorting to threats of stamping on faces.

Probably. You get a lot of that on here. I suppose the forum deals with a cross section of society though and there are people like that in wider life.

Again where have I presented it as fact?

At what point did I present it as fact? If you read the post I clearly say there has been little evidence to the contrary.

Which bit did you disagree with?

Because we have reportedly made a lot of bids which have failed to come off. If you believe the media, seems we have a lower conversion rate than many others.

It was the most telling part for me. Any successful business can quickly and easily articulate their plans. Ralph was unable to do that.