OldNick

The catalyst of this was NC leaving. I seem to recall he was unsettled quite sometime before there was talk of not being given investment and so may have served his notice. Of course this is only my view and I have no proof. that event started the rest of the dominoes to fall. The players rightly or wrongly went with the dream and were on board. We were only 2or 3 players from being a really good side. As for players leaving, yes I think some still would have gone eg Shaw. RL may have also but his obvious love of our club would still made him think twice, even though it is Liverpool. He was at the early part of our rise back and perhaps may have liked to been there for even more. Many of the posters n here may dislike Cortese but MP and the majority of the squad did and they bought into the way we were going . Watch Spurs playing their good passing football yesterday did make me regret how things have panned out, it should still be us playing that game good on the eye

Watching Spurs yesterday ,you can see them developing already. MS will still want to be a part of it IMO.

not always. Football is opinions and so different people rate different players. If they are wearing a Saints shirt. I won't boo them.

The man in your avatar would have kept him

why does it have to be written ? She changed the set up at the top, and there was a change of direction.

when you have RVP and Rooney taking all the best space and their individual glory , his stats are not that bad.especially with the way Utd were last season. He is as good a star player we will ever buy now

Bloody iPad, I try and press a thread and it goes to view a posters profile! So many on here must think I'm stalking them as I visit their profile page lol. As for the predictive stuff, how it can ever predict the c### I put up ,

Olson is a decent defender, he has kept many good attackers in his pocket over the years.

Do you honestly believe Galagher will become a better player than Welbeck?

so the stance we took with MS could not be replicated ?

it seems to me the owner is downsizing, had she not changed the clubs direction, it could have been different of course. we are her plaything and so have to put up with it as it is her inheritance.

Ok thanks, I will need that one, on many occasions in the future

Could we not have done so to Lovren as well?

Ok , but Ralf did say we would spend all the transfer money in. Lol I expect he would be bought for 5-8 m now What does IIRC mean?

You forgot NC in that list.

pelle needs to be given time. Too many expect him to score straight away.Has he had a clear chance yet? As for Wanyama, I have seen how good he is all along, and praised him

but he is right, the team bond cannot be bought. As Rickie said 'it could have been so different'

I don't see why nobody has snapped him up

What about Callum McManaman ?

the problem is that is it a vicious circle, the more they jeer the more the player feels down and the performance gets worse. We are all losers then. It strikes me this is like the Fuller situation, where he joined and fans didn't rate him and made things worse.He went off and did well elsewhere. Crouch had the same s### . Pits not the players fault, you should be looking up to the directors box, that's where our dreams faltered

only if one of our players nuts the ref

im not happy with the way things have gone this summer, but to get on the back of the players is not the way forward.

Good post Bearsy, I doubt many will boo long, but if before the Long deal was done and we had paid the ridiculous price and seen Wellbeck for just 3m more, i suspect most would choose to go for him

stats are not always the best thing to base an opinion. If Hull get Wellbeck for what we paid for Long +3m they have had the best deal by a long way. Wellbeck playing up front in a central position or alongside Pelle would be superb IMO

would be very good for us, his pace and strength is an asset. Also he still will get better