Unbelievable

Brugge is a very nice place to visit too. I may travel down if I manage to get a ticket.

Aye, think he is. Wasn't even in the squad mid week was he?

There's no way in the world Pardew will replace Simpson with Perch in the first team. Pointless even contemplating it.

The irony is that the cynical people (I was one of them not so long ago) are proven right again and again at the end of the transfer window. On the pitch, where it really matters, we've outdone ourselves the last few seasons however. Here's hoping it continues! We shouldn't be thought of, by anyone, as "outdoing ourselves". As a club we are well capable of achieving consistent success, without "outdoing" ourselves !!!!!! Surely! Then, we can kick-on to the next level. Oops . . . that is what we were meant to start doing in the summer transfer window, oh well! I'm sorry, but if you think our record breaking Championship season and finishing in the top 5 against all odds were par for the course it makes me wonder where you have been in the last decade. We've experienced our fair share of lows, nowt wrong with saying these were highpoints where we did better than anybody could have expected.

I was contemplating doing this, but it appears they haven't bothered to update their database with all the latest transfers for this weekend, so I think I may wait till next week to see how the new players in the league settle too. Tough decision though..

Most of us would have said the same about Perch this time last year tbf.

Erm..

The irony is that the cynical people (I was one of them not so long ago) are proven right again and again at the end of the transfer window. On the pitch, where it really matters, we've outdone ourselves the last few seasons however. Here's hoping it continues! We've arguably exceeded expectations in our last 2 seasons (3 if you think some people didn't think we'd come straight back up from the Championship), so how have they been proven right? Proven right insofar that people who are pessimistic during the transfer window and get told by the "at least wait until the end of the window" brigade to hold their horses are proven right to be cynical of our transfer business when the window eventually shuts. I don't remember the last time I felt great at the end of a transfer window. Of course, as I said, where it matters, i.e. on the pitch, we've done really well in the last few seasons. Not sure why you're arguing, have a feeling you knew exactly what I meant.

Oh, and the silver lining to all these additional matches and a squad that's weak in numbers at the back and up top is the fact that we'll see much more of our younger development players this season, which is something to look forward to even if it means we may suffer some early cup heartbreak. Edit: what TT said Edit: he forgot young Shane Ferguson too

The irony is that the cynical people (I was one of them not so long ago) are proven right again and again at the end of the transfer window. On the pitch, where it really matters, we've outdone ourselves the last few seasons however. Here's hoping it continues!

We do have a very good approach to transfers BUT we do need a little more wiggle room imo. What we need is not more wiggle room, but for Ashley to get it into his thick skull that a good deal in football is not necessarily a deal with a lot of resale value somewhere along the line. Sometimes bringing in a player who doesn't hold much "upside" can make your football team better as a whole, so whilst the player himself may not represent a good deal financially, that may be compensated by more income from higher league finishes, more value added to other players looking better and who knows, maybe even winning a trophy God forbid. I appreciate our business model now, after having been fiercely critical of it in the past; you can't really argue with the excellent results it's yielded in the past few seasons, but there needs to be some flexibility mended in the approach and trust put in the footballing side of the business. This is not a fast moving retail business, it's a complex, psychological team game, which is something apparently completely alien to Fat Mike.

Is Levy a black magician? How does he do it FFS..?

I'm new to SSN. Who is the - ahem - lady in the yellow dress? Tasty.

Reported as £7m agreed for Villa earler. Decent fee. Sunderland paid twice as much for fucking Fletcher..

Right, back to this transfer business!

Shit Colo

Spurs have gone mental today..

Almost 5

Maybe they were. Imagine what Falcao and co could do to us!

Wasn't he a target for us a few years ago, or am I blending FM memories with real life? He was indeed.

Chelsea getting dicked..

Some other teams net spend will look bad as they've sold a player or 2 for a large amount. We've made £5million What?

Somebody alert James of his account being hacked.

And Twente