Lighthouse

Hull have not turned a corner. They've won one league game in 3 months and twice since the end of August. Swansea have won a couple of games in a row but still leak goals like a sive. 4 against Arsenal, West Ham and Palace, 5 at Spurs, 3 against Bompey, Boro, WBA etc...

35 will almost certainly be enough this season. Even if it isn't, 40 points is 3 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats. To put that in context, this coming weekend in 04/05 we were drawing 2-2 with Everton after that injury time Bent goal. We then got another 14 points in the remainder of the season playing Bernard, Davenport, Jackobsson, Delap and an aging Claus in defence. I'd take our current options over that lot.

Agreed. I've always defended the club and our transfer policy (in the main, there were a few WTF signings) but there was absolutely no need to sell Fonte at all. Forget 'having replacements lined up', we shouldn't have sold him until a replacement was signed, sealed and on the OS holding a scarf in front of the Itchen stand.

I'd sell or release Martina, Long, Clasie and JWP. Bertrand and Virgil would depend entirely on whether they'd stay for an affordable contract. I'd go back to 4-2-3-1 and find a new manager who plays that system. Not a clue who I'd sign, I've rarely seen or heard of half the players we sign. Fonte will need replacing and please, my kingdom for a midfielder who is over 5'9" and can either kick or run in a forwards direction. Starting 11 Forster Cedric - Virgil - Yoshi - Bertrand Hojbjerg - Romeu J Rod - Boufal - Tadic Gabi/Austin

No he didn't. Between the end of October and mid April, he only scored in one game. We do miss him but there is much more to it than this. Long and Tadic were both playing a lot better, plus we had Pelle and better tactics.

Van Dijk hasn't been shot guys, he's not a horse. I agree we need to replace Fonte but talking as if we're playing the rest of the season with JS and FG is a bit dramatic.

Because they're chucking silly amounts of money at loaning a distinctly average player.

Not sure I approve of deadline day without Natalie Sawyer.

It's going to be pretty close, looking at our results since about 7.30pm this evening. Looking like we will have a relegation play off with Arsenal. Congrats to Palace on securing the title though.

Baring any last minute ins and outs I'd go with... Forster Cedric - Yoshi - Gardos - Bertrand Hojbjerg - Romeu - Davis Redmond - Barry - Boufal Incidentally, when was the last time we did a double over the Hammers? Edit: Actually that's what I'd expect Puel to go with but with Stephens in for Gardos. I personally would go with: Forster Cedric - Yoshi - Gardos - Bertrand Hojbjerg - Romeu Redmond - Boufal - Tadic Barry

Benvenuti!

No mention of ear lobes, Skacel, petting zoos or Carsten Janker, though.

No point in getting rid of him before the end of the season, unless we have someone obviously better lined up. Nothing to lose really, after the cup final, the rest of the season is a bit of a dud TBH.

*sigh* ...

Never in a million years are 2 of the bottom 4 getting 40 points this year. 35 will be enough to stay up.

Afraid I've got some bad news for you.

FFS give it a rest with the relegation BS. We need to win about 2 more games the rest of the season to stay up.

111 Ricardo Fullers.

Would be daft to get rid of Jay just when he looks to be finding his old form. If we're getting rid of anyone it should be Long but with injuries as they are I'd hang on to everyone until summer.

Quite obviously not. I never got the argument of players going to be with their fellow countrymen. If you were a pro playing for Chievo Verona, would you want a move to Genoa if you found out Gary Taylor Fletcher was playing there?

Wouldn't be a transfer window without somebody suggesting we should sign Vokes.

The club will have no doubt have identified a range of possible targets. Signing them is a different matter entirely. Still, let's wait until the end of the window before passing judgement.

There are 6 teams at the bottom who are far, far worse than us and the bottom 4 of those are awful. We aren't going down, even if we get 2 wins and 2 draws from the rest of the season, we will likely stay up.

He must have pictures of Les in a compromising position or something. How an academy player can stick around until he's 24, without making any impact, is beyond me.

I'd expect our reserves to lose to theirs. I'd expect our U23s to get battered by their reserves. Basically what happened.