alpine_saint

You got me there. I thought he was Italian. Very well done Nevertheless, bit of difference between 3rd choice GK and manager. And it wasnt me whining about inaccuracies.

Been there, mate. It doesnt help now, I am sure, but give it a few months any you will be laughing. Congratulations to you and Mum, btw.

Oh, the irony... The January window is viewed as a universal panacea by some here in the summer to cover up shortcomings in transfer activity and preseason training, yet you demand the thread is locked due to inaccuracies in my argument position....

Wow, "bear defecates in wood because its a football web chat site" moment....

NC is putting the financial security of OUR club at risk if he wants the feeling of power of driving each deal down to potential collapse to save a few quid, if it doesnt deliver the team to get 18points in the next 16 games...

Pleased to see the guy still has a role for us, after the way the "Not Premiership Standard" Brigade on here wrote him off. Next Week's Episode : Sorry Billy

Yes, yes, fine. Now youve got the abuse out of your system, care to discuss the points ?

I always regarded CB as one of the wittiest and cutting of posters on here, but hes been well-below par recently. Hope all is OK with you, fella.

Yes, because there is absolutely no middle ground in black-and-white land, is there ? There is a massive TV deal starting next season. do we want a slice of that or not ? Is 750K per year extra pay to the CB who is going to secure that a lot or not ?

Yes, you are right. Can you recall how late in the window he signed ? I cannot. Point is, we were getting goals anyway, this was a "final push" to get over the finish line to promotion. We have been down to the bare minimum in the CB department for MONTHS. And now Fonte is injured. Just to explain, the Vegard deal has been in the pipeline for a while now, yet I doubt he will be here for the Everton game now, and who knows how fit he is ? Why couldnt we have spoken to him when the Norwegian season started its break ? I'm guessing hes only recently been identified because other deals have fallen through. Its all too f**king late...

Who said anything about bringing large numbers of players in ? We all know the priorities. But thanks for confirming with your "player wants too much money" that this is all about being tight-fisted. If NA is screaming at me that I need a certain player, and that an extra 15K per week is worth it oveer what I'd offered , I would do it.

No.

The big clubs imo repeatedly demonstrate that if the main priority is to get the player, and cost is secondary, the deal goes through much quicker.

The club employs people to support these activities, and they dont prevent the player jumping on a plane, going to a hotel, doing some training and playing his first game.

I am tired of this excuse- Now that we have got the team together, and addressed a couple of points (such as GK), we have got draws against 2 of the top 4 teams (and maybe could have beaten Arsenal). If the summer had gone better (quicker) perhaps we would have drawn with the 2 Manchesters, Wigan, and beaten Fulham. How much better would we look now with 5 points more ?

Indeed. But how can you say we have kept clear of injuries ? Even more baffling the amount of time signings is taking. I genuinely feel if the will is there these signings would be wrapped up sooner.

I know what I expected. I expected struggles. I expected our survival to be a close-run thing. I didnt expect us not to be at the races for the first 3 months of the season due to bellend transfer activity and preseason preparation over the summer.

Which no other team in the PL will get, of course...

Same old b*llsh*t from hypocrite. I said I would be satisified with survival, not expecting, and certainly not hoping for survival alone.

I remember our PL tenure last time round, so your last comment doesnt apply to me. I thought that the whole point was that we were given the impression that this time would be different, that we had resources, real intent, real ambition and didnt have to look over our shoulders at shareholder dividends any more ?

OK, then the next 3 ? Are you really inferring we will not slip back into the relegation zone between now and the end of the season at any time ?

U beat me to it. Love to know where this urban myth has come from. I dont recall ever commenting on fees paid on here. But WTF, it fits the "Alpine Saint Moaning Bastard/WUM" image, doesnt it ?

"I hate the club". Well, I'll give you credit for originality, at least...

Why would it have been run all that time ? "Yes, 500K would be nice". This is superb. It just goes to show too many people are playing FM on here.... 500K is nearly a whole home game's revenue. Its a significant slice of the clubs turnover..

Who are you telling to shut up ? I didnt write the article or start the thread.