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He returned as he was injured. Doubtless RH then wanted to take a look at him.

Nah. Mendy on the mend, Danilo, Zinchenko plus Delph. Not sure where he'd end up tbh... Arsenal perhaps?

Ha!! Injured, apparently.

The prospect of Bertrand going is nuts. Vokins isn't good enough back up and Johnson can't defend. I was relaxed about our departures but if this is true we'll have a paper thin squad.

That's your opinion. They were not in RH plans. They were deadwood.

That's your opinion, but by not featuring in RH plans they were deadwood.

No fan should bet against their team, ever. That said, I'm not as optimistic as the bookies.

Our wage bill is not an 'ancillary cost'. It is massive and represents our biggest expenditure item. Seeking to draw comparisons between our finances and those of our peers is pointless when you are unaware of our finances or theirs. The reality, contrary to popular belief, is that we have spent a shed load of cash on players, agents, wages etc thus its obvious that we are not rolling in cash. Whether other clubs are in the same position is irrelevant.

If course it doesn't, people always forget that. And wages. And running costs of the club. And tax. Etc.

Shocking player and by far the worst signing over the past couple of windows for me. I've not seen one sign of promise, or positive attribute. He looks slow, shows no skill, no movement or anything a decent player should.

You mean like £19m for Carillo, whatever it was for Hoedt and Moi etc? They were targets and we paid top dollar. The issue isn't money, nobody can seriously suggest we haven't splashed the cash, the issue is scouting players that are good enough. I'm not sure if Maehle or the guy playing in Greece would improve us.

That assumes we have 15 - 20m to spend...

He was a great prospect until injury. Hopefully he can cut it at a lower level, good luck to the lad.

Promes, apparently, is that it?! As for the remainder, we agree that we are able to sign players, and that we do so. That some players turn out to be rubbish is a secondary issue - more scouting than ambition/financial.

What players have we bid for that aren't for sale? Seems an odd allegation. It's utter ****** to suggest that we can't sign players. We have a bloated squad cos we've signed too many!! Truth is a lot of them are sh1te, but this line that we can't or don't sign players is ******.

Yep, we've bought some players who have turned out to be poor acquisitions. However, that's a scouting issue, not a) an inability to secure deals and/or) an unwillingness to spend money on either transfer fees or wages. Those are the 2 big complaints / allegations from fans but both are invalid.

Agreed. I read countless posts on here saying that we penny pinch, and that we can't get deals done. On the flip side the complaint is that we have a bloated squad with players on too much money. The truth is that we do have too many players. We have them as we've got deals over the line. Additionally, we're stuck with certain players cos we over pay them. I agree that we need to be more responsible. The signs are that we are doing that at last.

Nothing to do with me.

Lemina has played right wing back. I'd be surprised if we didn't use him there.

I'm satisfied that Ralph will have sanctioned the sale satisfied that they'll either be a replacement coming in, or that he's happy with what we have.

Some sense at last.

It is. My opinion is that Ralph knows what he's doing; that he is sanctioning all sales and that unlike the people on here he understands that wanting a player doesn't mean we are guaranteed to get him. The club want and need stability, and want and need Ralph. I remain of the view that anybody who questions out current (not past) transfer dealings are questioning Ralph's judgement.

Ralph is a coup for us. We'll want to keep him. It's very naive to even suggest he will not have a huge say in the players leaving and available to him. If not, we'll lose him very soon.

Every poster expressing concern about players being shipped out, I'll go out on a limb and say with Ralph's approval, is questioning Ralph's judgement in allowing those players to move on. If there's another interpretation then spell it out to me.

The only 'concern' appears to be from people who on one hand say 'in Ralph we trust' but by expressing concern appear to be saying 'we don't trust Ralph'. I'm confused but my faith is in an actual quality football manager, rather than clueless keyboard managers.