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I'm not sure what to make of you. You post some truths, some stuff that sounds plausible, and re Adams info which is wrong. Do you have a source or are you briefed?

Yeah but loans come back and are still our problem, and will undoubtedly be loss making. We can't keep bringing players in without getting some kind of fee for those under contract but of no use to us. The mess is the decision to sign so much rubbish, but the fact is that we have, so the club has to be realistic and commercial. That's gotta mean a bit of loaning out and loaning in until deadwood is either out of contract or sold. It's far from ideal but it's where we are sadly.

I reckon that's the issue. I don't read that tweet to necessarily mean that we need the loan fee, rather that we want to move one first teamer out before bringing another in. Given the crap we have on our books, I'm happy with that. Not sure how I feel about KWP though, he's not impressed me when I've seen him but we need a right back.

Unless I've misunderstood, Rohl went from being assistant manager at saints to a behind the scenes analysis role at bayern. If that is the case he's taken a backwards step. If I've misunderstood I stand corrected. Either way, Kitzbichler has joined, and based on recent performances our coaching team is no worse this season than it was when Rohl was here.

Then we've heard similar. Rohl's role at Bayern is very much a backwards step from his position here. That fits with rebuilding his career / reputation rather than leaving us for bigger things.

Thank you Hypo. Interesting stuff and the senior staff point ties in with certain commercial matters and documents from the club that I know of. I have to be vague, but there are issues for sure. On Rohl, I'd understood that his leaving was not his decision, and that the bayern job came along after the decision was made for him to leave. Was your source certain that his leaving was his choice?

Coach

I think it's brilliant that a death joke whinge gets a comment from the grim reaper ?

Uniform

Didn't know that! He was getting on though, that's for sure, and one of the quirkier posters. Sad to note that a few have passed on, hopefully Art's OK.

Art?

Very good!!

Eh?! Not me mate.

I can't see him going this window, it would leave us with Romeu and JWP (who's needed at RB) plus Slattery who's been miles from the team this season, and Smallbone. That said, if there was a deal involving Schneiderlin, or better still Tom Davies, then who knows.

Suspect

I wander how many of the names listed are still around under a different name? Quite a few I'd guess.

Blimey!!! I'll pay for the petrol.

I've seen a figure of £22.5m (pounds not euros) mentioned somewhere.

I take the point but imo he's not good enough and I'd cash in when we can. If that means getting by with what's left until the season end, then so be it. We can then recruit someone more suitable.

Daft if true. There's 15 million reasons why I'd accept that offer. We need to cut our losses on the poor signings and re build imo.

Yep, orange text for some reason.

Loads of blasts from the past mentioned. Bearsy is one who added lots to the forum, completely nuts, but a brilliant poster.

Mate, you're selective in what you read. Very. It's bizarre that you think that my opinion about the press/leaks is any way connected to my lack of opinion re the change of position re signing full backs. Jesus wept. Ralph has expressed a different opinion re full back signings. There are many possibilities for that, many of them credible. I've said that neither I nor anyone else know why. I hope that's simple enough for you. Re press, read what I actually said. I've said that I have no doubt that the club use the media as part of its pr machine. What I have said is that I struggle to accept that rumours in the telegraph re transfers, etc, are all a plant from the club. Others seem to think that they're all club plants and dismiss the idea that journalists get things wrong. I disagree.

***sigh*** 4 day reality checks about the available options and their expectations happen too. As I say, your guess as to what happened is no more correct than mine, and none of us know what happened.

Hypo, there's a variety of reasons why Ralph has expressed a changed stance. Your guess is no more correct than mine.