sadoldgit

It doesn't follow that we would do the double on them this year as well you know. We will beat teams we lost to last year and lose to team we beat last year. If you live your life by what should be as was before, no wonder you are in a constant state of frustration.

We have had three competitive matches so far. We have won two and drawn one. If this is a c*ck up I hope we make many more.

Here's the thing. Things change. All of the time. Sometimes for the better. Sometimes for the worse. Sometimes there is little difference. The doom merchants didn't like the change last year but things worked out better. The doom merchants don't like the changes again this year but we wont know how that pans out for another 37 games. If moaning and whinging changed anything I would be a strong advocate of us moaning and whinging. But it doesn't. We have until 1st September until we know exactly what our squad will be for this season. We bought Toby on the last day last year. Cant we put off the moaning and whinging to at least then? By the way, we are one point better off at the same stage as last year. Yay.

Alpine agrees with an Alpine clone post shocker.

pesci

Obscene amount of money. I wonder if the bubble will ever burst?

That explains why no bids.

Apparently no one has bid for Alex Song yet and Barca want rid.

Would you prefer we went and overspent on players? Apart from Osvaldo we spent sensibly last year and it worked. No reason why it cant work again.

I did see something a while back that said City were prepared to offer £20m for JWP.

cowell

honey

Redknapp (H) seems to think he will go and Everton apparently want to keep him for another season. I guess we will find out in the next two weeks!

What about Manchester United? Beckham, Ronaldo.....

Jesus, Alpine, how did you know that?

airbrush

How do we know they want VVD? They have been linked with other CHs.

Of course you can think and feel what you like and if you are disappointed sobeit. I think the point is that the transfer window isn't closed yet and two quality signings (if they happen) could well make all the difference. If you had posted this after the window had closed and you weren't happy, different case entirely. Didn't we sign Toby on the last day of the window last season?

Whitey, you cant join the night bed soiler brigade! Don't drink anything after 9pm and make sure you fully empty your bladder just before you go to bed and you will be fine.

A lot depends on the length of the outstanding contract, the offer and how much the player wants to move on. I don't think that any of the players we have lost over the last two summers were desperate to stay here were they? They are all on substantially more money than they were with us and they have all departed to "bigger" clubs.

Being "disappointed" about the transfer window now is like being disappointed with the Christmas presents you have opened before 25th December. Wait to see what you have under the tree on Christmas Day before you weigh up how well you have done from Santa. Also remember that the biggest isn't always the best!

No one is irreplaceable and Morgan isn't even a firm starter for his country. It could well be that we will not be as strong defensively as last year but even if the people who left had stayed there was no guarantee that they would have performed as well again. The club have said that they are looking to bring others. Caulker is a replacement for Gardos and we have yet to see what Clasie can do. No need to wet the bed just yet.

It does also say that we are a more than decent team and to be fair when we lose our better players we want them to go to top sides, not equals.

rarebit