Saint Billy

I have not been his biggest fan in the past but I can't fault his loyalty, nice to see.

There can only be one way to approach this game, 10 men behind the ball with an outside chance of a breakaway. We need another drubbing like a hole on the head.

Unusually, I am not as downbeat. We had everything stacked against us. Makeshift defence, changes in personal facing a team riding on the new manager bounce, home crowd in full after lockdown providing extra home crowd advantage. I'm for once taking the positives from that performance, wow A Armstrong looks the business, Livra is bloody good. We rarely start with a win. Downsides for me, why no S Armstrong, Walker-Peters and Forster?.

Please tell me this is sarcasm.

Omg, that lineup is woeful

I won't even attempt to guess until the CB situation is resolved, for me our season hinges on this.

Why do I get the deja vu feeling that this is like the Ricky Lambert signing?.

I can see Sloth in that name.

Let's not despair, we are only 1-3 down.

What does 5 mil in add ons equate to?

Great news!!!!. A player who wants out is best gone. Vest will probably be next so some decent dosh in to rebuild and improve.

Starting to think that if we sold Ings and Vest for say £50 mill combined it might benefit us more than if they stayed. We would certainly be able to firm up the defence along with some cover.

We are no doubt paying the price for wasting millions on some really really bad and expensive purchases in the last few seasons and the price we are paying now is that we cant even afford a 2mill loan fee. This season is going to be a tough watch.

I agree that we need a leader with experience but that injury record is very poor and exactly what we don't need.

Do you actually believe this rumour?. Hardly a rebuild of a young squad if we bring in an injury prone 29 year old who has played only a couple of games in two years. I hope his leadership qualities can be heard from the physio’s table.

I'd rather get Jose back if we are going down the golden oldies route.

No you haven't missed something. He was and is a bell end of the highest order who showed no respect to the club who paid big bucks for him. He uses social media to air his petty gripes and to show off his wealth. Glad to see the back of him.

So much for getting our business done early.

I’d swap Vest for a sleeveless T shirt any day of the week.

How can Messi ignore us once again?

Oh well, we will never know.

Blimey, came on here hoping for some exciting news and basically get something similar to MLG's diaries.

I don't have the time or inclination to check if those facts are correct or not, but let's assume they are, how many of those games was he still carrying an injury?. Let's just be honest, apart from a handful of good games he was not at his best or he was injured last season. And if the reason is because he wants to move away then he is no good to us anyway so let's get some funds for him now and move on.

If he cant keep fit now what are the chances of him keeping fit as he gets older.

The chances of him staying injury free for a whole season are very remote wouldn't you say.