Dark Munster

Pissed off that he's not the one in the centre holding the ball?

For once I agree with FIFA. If there are 10 minutes of stoppages/time wasting then add 10 minutes of stoppage time. Certainly a way to combat time wasting. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63710986

We've had quite a few, admittedly. The outrageously expensive one.

He was for us. That being said, he only cost a quarter of what we paid for the Donkey.

It's clear the club is well aware of the need of a goal scoring front man, and are probably as desperate as we are to get one. As we know finding one we can afford is bloody difficult at the best of times, and the January window is not the best of times. They may be eyeing a quality striker or two, but that's a bit like me eyeing Scarlett Johansson.

I just heard that Qatar have been awarded the winter olympics next June.

They’re saying that’s the fastest referee corruption in World Cup history.

For me the dark horses are Italy. It’s amazing no one is mentioning them as possible winners.

Should’ve been a yellow, surely?

Chin up, mack. It's imperative you keep up the hope. It’s not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It’s the hope I can’t stand.

Another good listen. Jacob's microphone is working well now, and Martin is an excellent host.

Yes indeed, plus less likely to get injured, and not fatigued if they are in a team that goes far into the knockouts.

If it's a choice between spending stupid money on a proven goal scorer to give us a shot of staying up, and not doing that, I think they'll choose the former. Obviously a good goal scorer at a decent price would be great, but they are as rare as hen's teeth.

"Hold my beer."

Yes, but we're talking about the two strikers we are allegedly eyeing for January (I doubt Gakpo is one of them). Not just Leeds of course who could gazump us, there are plenty of clubs looking for quality strikers. As @saintant says, these two are probably short-listed, not done deals. I'm sure we had a number of strikers "lined up" over the summer, indeed Ralph was convinced we'd bring in at least one more (after we already got Mara, who is basically a Long replacement).

Sounds good. Let’s hope Leeds don’t come in and gazump us.

They made a massive unnecessary risk in not buying a goal scoring front man this summer.

Huge difference. Claude had top flight experience, not to mention taking Lyon to their first Champions League semi final. So we weren't worried about that, and no one was thinking about looming relegation at that time. I'd take him over Jones any day. Maybe by the end of the season I'll be proven wrong (I hope so).

Not to mention Tino.

Will he cry if we beat Liverpool?

Good grief, here we go again. Luggy wasn’t a disaster. His point per game average was 1.23 and that was often with many players out injured. Better than most of our useless managers and more than enough to keep us up. If you want to talk about disasters you’ve got plenty to choose from. Wigley, Sourpuss, Gray, Saggy, the Clown, The 2 Dutch jokers, etc etc

I think he would too. Unfortunately there's almost zero chance he'd want to come here, although I would love to be proven wrong.