benjii

JWP is an RM though. A right misjudgement.

Anyway, they aren't wingers or rm / lm. They are RAM and LAM. Ings is a DLF and Austin is a crock o'shoite.

No wonder we're in the **** if we've got Solent's finest football grads mincing about the place.

What's the good one? Ings, I guess?

How does "good on paper" even apply to our squad? None of our GKs are particularly good on paper by PL standards. Same goes for our central defenders. Yoshida is probably the best on paper and he's being frozen out. Full backs are decent on paper. Central midfield is not particularly good on paper by PL standards. Romeu has always been bit-part at this level. Lemina is up and down more than a porno Doris. Hojbjerg is young and seems to be on an upward curve but he's nothing special yet. Davis is over the hill and JWP is pound-shop Beckham. Attacking midfielders: Armstrong and Mo are untested at this level and Redmond, whilst being much better this season, will always just be Redmond. I'll tell you who was good on paper: Dusan Tadic. Then you've got the strikers: Long isn't good on paper. Neither is Austin, particularly. Gabbi sort of is but his goal record really isn't. Ings is decent but needs to show he can do it over a season when he's the main man. So, actually, the only players in our team with any proven history of turning in consistently decent performances at PL level are Bertrand, Yoshi, Davis (but not really any more) and Ings.

Has Gao got any money to plough in?

Yes, that's right. Fair point. I was trying to say that we must have known VD was going to be off when we signed Hoedt and Bednarek. The fact we've now felt we need another centre back is more a sign of their relative failures than a sudden need to replace VD. Either way, I think the main point we can all agree on - our signings are much worse than they used to be!

Hoddle.

"6th slowest player in the league" Give the laptop a rest, pal.

Van Dijk left the season before. He was replaced by Hoedt and Bednarek, albeit they were signed when he was here, as we clearly planned on selling him that Jan. We then added Vestergaard because Bednarek isn't perceived as good enough, Stephens clearly isn't good enough and the club doesn't rate or is trying to sell Yoshida. Either way, I agree with your point. It's a mess.

Pretty forlorn hope. I don't think he's got a scooby. If he did he wouldn't let Kat keep 20% and he wouldn't let her dictate that Ralphy and Reedy have to hang around.

Yep. Swansea, Everton in a mess and West Brom twice.

Would it be Mane, Salah or Firmino that loses out to Gallagher?

Yoshida and Gabbiadini would be of interest to a number of foreign clubs. JWP is **** mate.

Is is that what the argument with Ralph was about? Has Hughes been told not to pick players that we are trying to sell?

Have some humanity... think of his poor knees.

Yeah, it's hard to see Cardiff or Huddersfield getting more than 30 points and Newcastle, Fulham and Brighton are pretty crap too. We might stay up with low/mid 30 points again. Which is probably spot-on for Gao, Kat and Ralphy.

It is.

Sergio Georgini

Plus Cardiff.

At least our rivals, Fulham, Huddersfield, Brighton and Newcastle are also losing.

Good question.

Fackin' primal Donas