alpine_saint

This.

Which would be right.

I dont understand the Isgrove situation. He impressed me over here in Austria during the summer.

I dont think there is any money, and MP is expected to struggle along with what hes got. Despite me being utterly convinced that Ramirez should go, if only to fund a CB or GK, I doubt he will because it involves such a loss of face for NC.

Thanks. I think its unfortunate it hasnt worked out (and it hasnt despite what some might think - he is a lot older than some of the lads like Shaw and Chambers coming through, and they deliver more, and more consistently), but the club need to be pragmatic now; he is a massive cash drain and the folorn hope that one day he will roll back the bedclothes and become a regular reliable mainstay of the team after nearly 2 years is just bat crap crazy.

I take it from Pap's bristling over-sensitivity about this programme, that the said street under discussion is in Liverpool...

I hope you'll forgive me for not breaking down in tears and slashing my wrists at your post of mild disapproval.... BTW, I make up childish nicknames for players I do like too (e.g. Goolie), and I am afraid I cannot take credit for Gashy's nickname..

Because he's wasting his time, the clubs time, our time and the clubs money whilst achieving absolutely f**k all.

He was whining, since he made the attention-seeking comment about his membership status. If he thinks this place isnt worth a fiver, f**k him. The problems with Puncheon were about him not playing. He wanted to play for us. And imo he did pretty well once he came back in from the cold. The Gash isnt committed to the cause, will never be, is happy not playing and taking his wages and legging it onto an Uruguayan Air plane bound for Montivideo at every opportunity. He's also a flat-track bully who looks wonderful when we are 3 goals to the better or playing crap NPC teams in p*ss-pot cups, but remarkably disappears into the ether whenever the team have their backs to the wall and need a performance out of him. BTW, nice try with the racist jibe..

We went through a spate of injuries, and it saw our defensive record goes tits up. Perfectly sensible to ask if when the same defence is re-instated, if the robustness will return, or if the other teams have somehow adapted and found system weaknesses.

Seeing as it appears he's been sussed out by opposition managers, I wont collapse in a flood of tears if this happens... And I would trust NC to have a candidate in mind. The real challenge now is to ensure this season doesnt go down the Swannee...

What a load of whining drivel. I especially like the "not first choice" bit. If Gashy hadnt signed, who would have been playing there ? U got it... If there are other clubs "willing to take him on and pay us a god fee to do so" they are more than welcome. Only, I dont see them queueing up... If we have to get rid of a high-profile player or two to fund the extra CB and GK we so desperately need, its an absolute no-brainer (except to the "Gaston will turn good, even after 20months and 5m in wages" straw-clutchers like you) as to who the spotlight falls on when comparing Gashy, Lallana, Shaw, Super Rickie and Morgan...

Yes, but assuming we will struggle to get a decent CB in this window, we would have to keep one of them. In which cash Yoshi gets my vote (just) to stay. Jos is truly above his head at this level.

This.

Would rather have kept him and saved 11m + wages from The Gash. No way he would have contributed less.

I understand both sides of the reactions here. But, it has to be said that the current situation has exposed our transfer policy as being woeful and naiive. We've spent a fortune on two players that have spectacularly failed to deliver, sometimes even turn up, at the cost of adding strength-in-depth to the squad to cover spates of injuries. And now we are paying the price.

Not forgetting the fact that the leadership of the NUM had brought down the Heath government and felt they could do it to another democratically elected government they disagreed with. The miner's cause was just, and the UK will live with the legacy of that battle for decades to come, but lets not forget that Scargill was an egotistical tw*t who refused to ballot. He did as much to ruin mining in the UK as the Thatcher government.

Really does not belong at SMS. Sooner we are shot, the better.

Then he should have been hassling his chairman to strengthen.

Yeah, what an achievement.

How a manager who was a defender by trade can allow his defence to go so off the boil is beyond me.

27m wasted on sponging S. American crap whilst the squad is paper-thin.

you seem to be forgetting the "we must be viewed as Champions League contenders" thread...

I seem to recall us being third and playing for top spot not so long ago...

Its not rocket science. I am trying to cut down my presence on here, but was incensed enough to post when we let a 2 goal lead slip to a crap team today. Even if we win today, its only papering over the cracks.