Lighthouse

He’s a championship quality striker at best, he just chases people and that’s it. His scoring record is absolutely pitiful and has been for most of his career. This is the premier league and what he offers is nowhere near enough.

Oh yeah, sell him obviously.

If it was a straight 50/50 choice, with no, "he’ll never leave, he wants to leave, he’s out of contract, no one will buy him." Etc. Who would you keep for next season? Keep Cédric, Yoshida, Hoedt, Tadic, McC, Romeu, JWP, Lemina, Gabbi, Redmond, Bertrand, Hojbjerg, Sims, McQ, Bednarek, Hesketh Leave Clasie, Stephens, Long, Davis, Austin, Boufal, Forster, Pied, Gardos, Targett, Reed

I would only keep Gabbi. Sadly I think he will leave.

Gaston Ramirez played in England for 5 seasons and didn't look anything like a Premier League player by the time he was struggling to get a game at relegation bound Boro. Hoedt and Cedric aren't great but they are better than Targett and McQ. I'm not entirely sure Stephens has improved either.

These are also the fans gloating when their city rivals scored an injury time equaliser against us, because you know, we should see it as an honour that a club with such amazing history wants to tap up our best players in a Blackpool hotel. Obviously when Man City and Chelsea come in for their best players they're fully supportive and definitely don't send death threats to the player's family. So long as they don't win the final and go another year without a trophy, I'm happy.

Actually there are plenty on here who bleat on about it as it we'd sold their own two children. The only reason people say that is because of how poor the replacements have been. Strangely, you don't see people saying that we should never have sold Lovren, Shaw or Lambert because we brought in Toby/Virgil, Bertrand and Pelle. I wont be sad to see Bertrand or anyone else leave, that's 21st century football. I will however be sad if we replace them with absolute dross again.

I’m well aware that Fulham aren’t exactly ‘70s Millwall but there’re always a few idiots who’ve had a few too many.

I wondered who kept nicking it from our church roof.

From what I've seen of Targett at Saints, I'd be tempted to let him go permanently in summer. If he has a successful career elsewhere then fair play to him but he turns 23 in September and hardly looks like the next Roberto Carlos. If Bertrand goes we really need some quality and experience, given the rest of our back four and keeper. If we start next season with Targett and Hoedt/Stephens/Bednarek in defence we are going to struggle again.

Good point. Anyone with experience of the 'neutral end' know what it's like. I'm guessing no colours, is there ever trouble when someone scores?

Been to Boro and Derby but not Fulham or Villa, although I doubt I'd get tickets for the former as trips to smaller London teams always sell out. Villa I guess, although not all that fussed.

Not sure I get all these, 'kick the crap out of them' posts. I don't think having 9 men after half an hour is the best way to avoid a 6-0 defeat.

Much like Osvaldo, I feel opposed to voting for Boufal because he’s a helmet. Think I’ll vote for Lemina.

Is it time for another new account already Glasgow?

Not played in the PL for a few years though, might be worth a punt.

Butland wont be coming here, no point discussing that one. McC will be first choice next season and Butland wont be looking to play second fiddle. Mawson seems more like an Everton or Spurs signing to me.

City have already got their goals scored record and any sort of win will give them 100 (like any of their players really care about that more than not getting injured for the WC) If they did go 2 goals ahead, they will probably coast along in 3rd gear for the rest of the game and Swansea wont be scoring 8 any time soon.

Haven't seen enough of him to really comment, so I'd hope our scouts do their homework. I'd like to think there are better options out there and that we've been tracking a few targets in the Lovren/Toby/Virgil mould.

You'd hope not. TBH it's a bit embarassing that we're in this position and will likely survive on goal difference alone. If I was going I'd give them a round of applause for getting there in the end and hope a few players and staff go away and have a long hard think over the summer.

All we need to do is sack Hughes and bring back MoPe. He will have us playing nice, safe, boring, conservative football and deliver the dull 2-0 defeat we need.

I think we'd all sleep a little easier if Chelsea beat Udders and the latter had to get a result against Arsenal (in Wenger's final game) to finish above us. Aside from that, I would sh*t my pants laughing if Chelsea and Spurs won, then both overtook Liverpool on the final day. I think they would have to lose at home to Brighton though, so massively unlikely. Call me overly optimistic but... I think Spurs and Arsenal could both be realistic targets next season. We all saw what happened with Moyes at United a few years ago and Arsenal are only 6 points above a nothing to special Burnley team. Spurs, should the likes of Kane, Eriksson, Alli and Poch all start pushing for moves, could return to the good old days of Sherwood/Jol/Ramos hilarity.

That was Austin.

Part of the reason we are in this mess is that players like Long are considered acceptable. Running hard and chasing are the attributes of an average Championship striker. In terms of actual attacking ability he is woefully inadequate and has scored 5 goals in 2 years. I would hope for any decent striker to score 10 goals a season, if they remain fit. Be they big powerhouses like Lambert and Pellè, in the box poachers liked Austin and Gabbi or hard working runners like Long.