alpine_saint

Nope, still dont get the point you are trying to make.

No, but the impact of the loss of Schneiderlin and Lambert has been clear to anybody with more than one brain cell for MONTHS. To not even attempt to cover them is plain mental.

Couldnt give a shiny sh*t about Swindon, Huddersfield, Wednesday (it hasnt happened to them btw)

Looking good, isnt it ? Kiss the season goodbye if Lambert's injury is being understated.

Fine, so our lack of transfer activity will come home to roost next weekend then.

This was the last game before the big kick off, and half of "the best first XI in League 1" ™ were missing. WHY ? Crap start to the season and playing catch-up coming up.... *cue the pathetic excuses and digs*

Is that right ? I find answering my every comment with accusations that I have demanded signing hundreds of PL-standard players as being unreasonable.

What about the hod-carriers we floundered against ?

Thats moaning, is it ? Stating a fact ? Mental...

Wow, and you have the nerve to describe my posts as drivel...

More like some people have forgotten that some of the players have gone, and one particular player lost for the last four games made a huge difference because he couldnt be replaced.

yeah, yeah, blah, blah, been saying "its just round the corner" for weeks now. Some of us are under the impression the squad is not strong enough for promotion. Capish ?

Yeah, we were going to get it sorted out early and hit the ground running........

Bart has looked like signing for weeks. He also looked like going to Portugal for a while. As with everything else, its still hanging in the air. Lallana - not fit Puncheon - 1 Mills - Hmmmm.... Dickson - Not fit, not proven Holmes - Lousy injury record Oxlade-Chamberlain - young & unproven

Cant you discuss ANYTHING sensibly ?

OK. Quick, without thinking, tell me how many fit decent wide players we've got, and how many decent GKs we've got.

Erm, judging the results ?

Another myth. I dont recall me moaning at the signing of any player. Another piece of bullsh*t made up to fit the hype about me.

Sides without squad depth, pace or a plan B dont....

I found some of your post amusing and I would lie if I said I didnt see snippets of me in there (though Scenario E is completely OTT and Scenario F is a myth any you are bandwagon-jumping). However, for me, a troll is someone maliciously trying to hurt or disturb others. I have no mailicious intent. However, if you want to call me an unintentional troll, I can live with that. But it isnt what I would call trolling...

That's one interpretation, a perfectly valid one. Another one is that we are going about it half-arsed. Now, loads of people on here can get as uppity as they like at me saying it, but it remains a potential explanation.

Look, what makes you think I care ? I call his post straw-clutching because he's strung together a series of weak half-facts or technicalities trying to compose a strong tour-de-force of an argument that we will be strong next season as we stand, which is of course nonsense. As for the rest of your frothing rants here this afternoon, I am tired of pointing out that when I post such things it is due to exasperation, worry or frustration at what is going on, not to set myself up to say "I am right". I would be happy to be proven wrong. I have never crowed on the occasions when my negative outlook on a given issue has turned out to be correct, though considering the amount of abuse I have received for expressing that thought, you could hardly blame me for doing so if I did. People on here seem to throw temper-tantrums at negativtiy or pessimism. I cant for the life of me think why, unless this place is some sort of therapists sanctuary for some people.

Straw-clutching

You might consider me to be a negative miserable sod, but I am NOT a troll. I have never sought to aggravate others.

1 week to go, nothing done about midfield, width, or attack, and still no decent second keeper officially. 3 defenders brought in, one crocked already. A poor summer's work. (Just to remind a lot of you who sneered at this thread but said they would be worried at the beginning of August....)