sadoldgit

No we are not.

As you bring up these negative points in virtually every thread is there really any need to start a thread especially dedicated to wrist slitting? Just wait. The new manager has barely warmed his seat.

We could end up with a stronger squad come August and a decent amount of money in the bank. It is not what you spend but who you spend it on. Instead of predicting doom and gloom, why not wait and see what happens?

Gareth Bale and Ryan Gigs are both "minor league internationals." I bet SteveDavis is impressed with your assessment of him too. A lot have him down for one of our best performers last year.

Which is your right, but it is his job. You need to consider also what terms they are looking for. It isnt just a question of carrying on as before. I expect they will both look for more money. If the club feel they can get better value elsewhere that is their call. Still, all conjecture so lets see what happens.

Considering the level he played and managed at I wouldnt say he was a ****e judge of players. Every manaager hs their own idea of what they want and what they dont want. Lets see what happens shall we?

The "latest" was that "we" were waiting for a new manager to be appointed before any decisions were to be made. He is now so you would imagine that decsions will be made soon. They may hav already been offered new contracts and are busy seeing if their agents can find them better deals for all we know.

I think it is more a question of does Ronald Koeman want to keep them to be fair.

I dont recall them saying that no one would be sold. Just that it had to be right for the club. If they are now saying that Lovren will not be sold (unless we get a massive amount of cash and lets face it, everyone is for sale at the right price) there is no reason to believe it is "smoke and mirrors." I assume you are still in mourning over the departure of Cortese (his choice)? If you have no faith in the new board, what do you think about the myth he put about that he used to tear up offers for players in front of them and put them in the bin. It later transpired (from him) that other Chairmen respected him so much they never made written offers for our players. There was the occasional phone enquiry but that was it. Bit hard to rip up a phone enquiry in fron of a player for effect isnt it? Why not give the new lot a chance? There are still players to come in and we could end up with a stronger squad. You are just making pointless assumptions to fit your agenda at the moment and are in danger of becoming another Alpine

I see they are on the road again on a pension boosting tour. Cant blame them but things haven't really been the same since Moon and Entwhistle passed away. If they want to go out and call themselves Daltrey and Townshend so be it, but The Who it ain't any longer. Hope I retire before I get old doesnt have the same ring though does it?

Did anyone at the club actually say that we would take no less than £40m for Shaw?

If our players were leaving for Newcastle, Aston Villa, Stoke, West Ham etc I could understand the bed wetters' point of view. The fact that they have left for top flight clubs makes it a little easier to swallow.

There are very few clubs who have quality in every position and also as back up. Chelsea were weak up front last season. Man Utd weak all over the park. Liverpool were not strong at the back. Aresenal were short of firepower. Unless they go to Real Madrid or Barcelona they are going to have to tolerate some weaker links.

Have I missed something? Does that mean Davis, Yoshida and others are refusing to play now?

This seems to be some kind of footballing Spinal Tap. I was truly gutted when word first started spreading that Lallana wanted out but if the claims about his behaviour are true (and this ad would certainly indicate that he now sees himself as some kind of footballing God - no doubt fuelled by how he cured the leper children in Brazil just by being with them) then good riddance. No one is bigger than the club and we are better off without him and his over inflated ego.

Matt himself said that he scuffed the shot at the end. Not the cleanish finish but brilliant none the less.

Replacements for Schneiderlen and Lovren? (sorry, should have included the tennis hotties)

The situation was very different under Lowe, not least the lack of cash that we have now. Relax. The Board have known about likely sales for some time now and I am sure they have replacements lined up. I dont think someone like Koeman would be here if there wasnt going to be a decent squad to work with.

We have been linked with a number of left backs. I'll give it a wild shot and say either one of those.

Do you know what is going on behind the scenes? How do you know deals hadnt been set up already? How often do you see a quality player moving to a club before his replacement moves out? We are not doing everything wrong. We are doing business. Is there any sign of the price of our prospective targets being hiked up? If you recal Reed said we have been looking at potential arrivals for some time now and you would expect that to cover what we think they are worth. If the price suddenly jumps up what do you think we would do? Yes, try and negotiate them down or move on. We got a brilliant price for Shaw and a not too shabby price for Lallana - hardly the action of a bunch of muppets.

Not sure about flavour but I do remember a gf with ginger pubes and they use to dislodge very easily. Apart from getting caught in the back of my throat they caused great embarrassment some time later when my mother was sorting out the black faux leather sofa and all of these ginger pubes appeared down the back of the cushions.

I agree. Cant believe that he hasnt been on the phone to Les Reed etc dealing with transfer matters before today.

Only 3 players have left so far. It is not unreasonable to think we might struggle after we know who the replacements are. Beforehand seems to be a little previous wouldnt you say? To continually talk about the negatives and then track down some other clubs fan who shares the same view and post that as well is getting a little wearing when the new manager has barely warmed his seat and we still dont know who is coming in to the club.

You know that as a fact do you given that every post I have read from him has a negative slant? I am not embarrassing myself. I am fed up with certain people assuming (or maybe even hoping) that the word has come to an end justbecause a few people have left. If it all goes t*ts up then he can crow away all he likes. At the moment we dont know how things are going to pan out so why not just wait and see who comes in and how we do before we start burying the club.

So are you saying that if Cortese and Pochettino were still here the players wouldnt look to quadruple their wages with the top clubs and stay here?