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There is nothing wrong with being passionate. I want our club and team to improve as much as the next man, but that doesn't mean that I have to be deluded and unrealistic. I'll ask you the same questions as the uber passionate fans ignore - What more do we need for this season?Where are we without cover?

You focus on his first comments re full backs this window. Read his second and most recent interview. He has Valery returning to fitness. He has Bertrand. He has KWP as cover on both sides. Its unrealistic to expect more than that as a) we don't need it b) the Jan window is daft and c) we have loads of **** players still under contract. What more do we need for this season?Where are we without cover?

We have **** loads of **** players on expensive contracts. That any sensibly run club needs to shift those players before signing others on expensive contracts is obvious. When Ralph says that a window wasn't perfect, he's undoubtedly talking about us not shifting players as much as not signing. I'm just pleased that Ralph seems to be more realistic than many on this forum.

Crisis

Brilliant and Ioyal servant to the club who made had some great games for us. That said, his best days are behind him and he wasn't getting any game time here and was unlikely to unless we had a couple of injuries or suspensions. With his contract up in the summer, it made sense to let him go. We have 4 CB's for 2 places so we'll be fine for the rest of the season.

Thanks for the info. So is this a "shop window" loan?

All I know is he spent time at Golden Ring over the close season and worked hard to come back super fit. Has only made the bench once since and hasn't seen any minutes. Official site announcement says nothing about "wishing him luck" as per other loanees. Doesn't look good for a very talented kid.

Dunno mate. Do you?

We're only weaker if a) KWP is worse than Cedric or b) we suffer injuries or suspensions to enough CB's to miss Yoshida.

You can come back and gloat if our league position is impacted by errors from the RB area in games that Cedric would have played in.

Ha!! I've not seen one person support Gao. Just a number of people who are realistic in the face of many who aren't.

If it was unclear, the point was how many high earners left the club on perm deals in the summer. Seems reasonable that they should if we're to bring in more high earning players on perm deals.

Plus KWP who can cover LB?

IWhat more do you honestly think we needed for the rest of the season? Where are we exposed?

Slattery needed a loan to help him develop, and there's little other options in the u23 with Hamblin moving on. If the choice was to keep Slattery and hold him back, or let him go on loan but get cover from a lad on what is essentially a loan cum extended trial, I personally think we've made the right choice.

He's gone to arsenal. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't have let Cedric go this window, but its worked out OK.

Presumably this is just u23 cover for Slattery, with a possibile perm deal of he looks good enough. Slattery needed games at a half decent level so this makes sense.

Rate a transfer window? Behave. We have Valery fit to give us our first choice RB back. Bertrand is our first choice LB. KWP can cover both. Our first choice CB's are fit and in form, and we have 2 players to cover them. What more do you honestly think we needed for the rest of the season? Where are we exposed?

So we've ended the window with 4 CB's to cover 2 positions, and replaced a RB that everyone said was **** with a RB who may or not be ****. In doing so we've shifted 2 big earners off the bill. Slattery has gone on loan to get game time but looks like he'll be covered in the u23's by a lad from Chelsea, and Ramsey has gone off to play men's football for the rest of the season. Not sure what the flapping is all about.

How many big earners left on permanent deals?

Top post.

I forgot how good bearsy 's stuff was. These lines from a Chelsea preview are brilliant : "Chelsea's juvenile missteps have been legion, and as the cast of Made in Chelsea experienced first-hand, the best education entails a certain amount of buggery. So let us unbuckle our belts, unzip our flies, and teach them a Lesson." Genius.

So was Mane. And Lallana. And Shaw. Some make it. Others don't.

We're financially viable and sustainable. That, at its simplest, is a well run football business. If it isn't, tell me your definition of a well run football business.

Wrong. Making transfer decisions that haven't worked us does not alter the fact that we're well run strategically and financially. As a business the club works. Throwing money around whilst being stuck with a load of ****e players would be stupid.