Unbelievable

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

Not sure about the rest, but fully agree with the first line there alex.

You've only just had this insight..

Stronger than the first half of last season though, wouldn't you say?

No it doesn't. Just if we want to achieve something. Like what? Qualifying for Europe?

Aren't you basically doing this by implying we can't pinch that 3th or 4th spot now when we came very near to doing exactly that with an almost identical squad?

Could be worse, could (and perhaps should) be better

Gutted for him and us. Was going to be an important squad member this season. We look well short in defense and attack now..

Dad, is that you?

This please, since it's now pretty clear NUFC don't do deadline day.