Smirking_Saint

So, theres been an aweful lot of loans this year for all teams, Im assuming that this has its reasons within the FFP regulations ?

I dont see much difference between Redmond or Townsend tbh

I would personally, money isnt everything. If your earning circa 40k a week anyway then is that extra cash necessary ? Personally Id rather play regularly and try to win things. I wonder whether some of these agents do things for the best interests of their players

He swapped one bench for another TBH

How has it been obvious ?

Yes they are, but TBF to him this place is a black hole within which perspective goes out the window. Poch, lallana and lovren have turned into complete duffers over the summer and in the mean time Koeman, Tadic etc have become world beaters....

I dont think he is better than MoPo personally. But he has settled brilliantly and for all Poch's tactical nous he seemed to have the empathy of a snake. Koeman is refreshing, speaks his mind and has continued in the way will play although added a bit more risk in the final third, which is what I wanted to see.

Yup decent player. Hopefully if he keeps performing we could seal his full transfer. I must admit we have started much better than I thought we would mainly due to the integration of players in such a short time.

Very true, after all its only been 3 games. Ill still judge the incomings after tomorrows window closes and will start judging this season after 10 games

This is adrian, what he says is gospel despite seemingly being miles of the mark for most of his 'knowledge'

There certainly are some utter planks on both sides of the fence tbh

Is it weakening ? Aslong as we keep morgan and cork Im not entirely sure its particularly weakening imo. I imagine he was brought in as the club hedged their bets on a CM leaving. Shame as he looked a good player, but ultimately somethings gone wrong and he doesnt want to be here any more, plus RK isnt enthused about him. I dont think this is one to beat the club with tbh. Theyve done enough wrong over the summer but ultimately this isnt a position I was ever worried about

You really think we spent it all upfront too ?

Shame looked good

I cant get enthusiastic about Clasie, not due to his ability, but because its not a position we need to strengthen.

At the 3rd annual naval cook convention they did fancy dress. Jaimie went as captain birdseye.

Its not exactly a facepalm is it ? They've hardly drenched themselves in glory

Agreed, Arsenal was terrible but... Sometimes if you warn keepers to not hit it long they make stupid decisions. And yes, Stoke was a freak goal really. Apart from that I think he has been excellent. And right now I dont see him being much worse then Forster if at all. As much as its the right decision to have your 10m GK as no 1 I think ultimately not phasing his takeover was a bit of a pr disaster. It wouldnt have hurt at all to allow Forster to 'win' his position, regardless of the discussion we had with him to bring him here

Whilst Id love this to happen, brand EPL is already tarnished, Scudamore wont allow it to be reduced aby more under his tenure. Plus Im not sure of the legal implications ? But yes, if possible I think it should be Fifa that impose the issue on all leagues.

Whilst unfortunate I think Boruc is one of those that you wont get away with a hard stance of no, I get the impression he'll just not play and go on a vodka fuelled bender. Its a shame really, the situation could probably have been handled better but ultimately it comes down to two things; 1. Was it the only way to get Forster in ? To be No.1 ? Probably 2. Was Boruc' preseason aptitude good enough ? Its concievable he couldnt be bothered. I wont get into previous outgoing policy, realistically we should have acted with more backbone, regardless of unhappy players we shouldnt have let the number we did go, its naive.

Exactly, they also need to decide who the main striker is, and stop attempting to press gang in sturridge and rooney etc in a similar fashion to the way they tried to squash Scholes, Lampard and Gerrard in a midfield together thus effectively waste 3 very accomplished attacking midfielders. Ultimately the failings are with the FA who I genuinely believe (conspiracy alert) do more than 'encourage' the inclusion of certain big name players in the squad. As well as a succession of poor managers who, as previously discussed, attempt to fit a system around players rather than deciding on the players that best fit an accepted system. You also cant look past a lack of technical coaches. Its no surprise that the majority of decent coaching staff in the prem these days are foreign. You only have to look at the numbers of grass roots coaches here compared to the european super powers for that. Obviously there is the PL issue, and ultimately the vast amounts of money available for success. Having worked amoungst coaching circles when I was younger, and now do bits and bobs here and there, there have been imprivements, add to this the EPPP and extra astro pitches being bought I think that the future is looking brighter. But looking at the lack of depth we have in the England squad right now shows up the issues we have in those areas are very real.

Fortunately an England squad that includes a host of young talent(ish) however that is pretty much were the positives end. This has to be the weakest england squad I have ever seen. Poor options at CB, though its good to see Stones and Chambers in there. Rose is pretty weak but ultimately he isnt too bad, its a shame that Bertrand Clyne have missed out. Clynes started the season exceptionally so its a real shame he didnt make the grade. Midfield is ultimately woeful. Colback and delph are about as inspiring as a toilet brush. Hopefully one of them will be able to do a better job then Henderson could at DM but ultimately I still think Cork could get in there, if he was getting more game time at saints. Even the striking options are poor, Lamberts ok, but he wont make the next euros, nevermind world cup. Welbecks not the answer, Rooney never seems to perform and I just dont think Sturridge is very good. Still, we needed to start somewhere and theres some biggish injuries in the squad.

Thats that done then

I think its a sad indication of events that a certain number of officials decided (agree Pap sickeningly) that they could not act on what appears to be systematic abuse of over 1400 human beings who will now have to live with not only the torment of the ordeals but realistically (and potentially more damaging) now they will be damaged by the knowledge that this abuse was known however was not acted upon. Whilst this is tragic, and tragicly worse that, as Pap has said, officials put their career and reputations over the welfare of those they are looking after, you have to not overlook the fact that clearly there was a social concept that meant they had enough fear to enable them to decide that it was a reasonable way to act.

Whilst you concentrate on making yourself look a bit of a tit clearly ? Not entirely sure where your vitriol comes from here ? In the whole S-Clark speaks a fair about of sense