notnowcato

I don’t think transfer should be an issue. Our keeper is on a reported 80k, what should you pay a striker who averages a goal every other game for club and country?? Olivier would be great for 2.5 seasons for us.

I too favour a target man of sorts, Could we tempt Giroud south?

Ryan is a quality left back, sat within a quality defence. Our back 4 is up there with the best, particularly when Hoedt settles.

He / the situation is toxic. Apologies for not making that blatantly obvious.

Who wins if we stand firm? The best outcome is that he goes to a top / big / money club other than Liverpool. The 2nd best outcome is he goes to Liverpool. He's toxic to us, time to move him on.

If by setting the example you want to then you're closing the door to future talent like van Dijk and Mane being seen as this club again. Think about it. This is the **** state football is in, we ain't going to change that.

We're a proving ground for the likes of Mane, van Dijk. Dry your eyes and get over it.

Who honestly thought when he signed a 6 year contract that he would still be with us in: A 6 years B 5 years C 4 years D 3 years E 2 years or less. I don't blame him for signing the new contract, most of us would if in a similar situation. We went too public with the Liverpool tapping. What did we honestly think we'd achieve taking this route? It's a cluster **** of a commercial mess. Our MO is to act as a stepping stone for serious talent, it's a sensible approach given our size and status. We're now flying in the face of this operation and I'd like to know why? What has changed?

With a 20 goal a season striker, absolutely yes.

With a 20 goal a season striker, absolutely yes.

Pellegrini, as it should have been last summer.

Enough of the excuses. For me it comes down to athleticism. He's an enormous unit and that comes at a price, particularly with each year that passes.

We could probably have Joe Hart for the money we are paying Forster.

I'm not convinced he has an injury but he's certainly not athletic enough to be a top class keeper. He's a big lad. He'd be one I'd be looking to move on during the summer.

Nice way to find out my hospitality purchases count for jeff all, cheers for that.

Last season we beat Arsenal 4-0 in the middle of a pish poor run. We're going to need that kind of surprise result again to have a chance. That's about as positive as I can get at the moment. COYS

And I think that is where the comparison with Villa ends. Our board, the owner, the squad and the youth set up is at a much higher level to that of Villas.

Agreed, no need to panic. Puel was clearly disappointed with FFs distribution at the Inter game, particularly in the 2nd half.

He's good but he's not as good as Mark Wright was, he could end up being better though.

As far as the Chinese are concerned it's Roy or they walk...

Oriel, Davis and JWP in the middle for me.

He's this good already, he'll only get better.

my favourite night ever at sms, hope to see more of these nights in the future.

Agree with this

Or not if the club is always valued more than what the owners paid?