KaKa

Feel so sad for both Muto and Schar. Imagine joining a club in such turmoil.

Man, this is all so terrible.

I'm just amazed by the link to that inexperienced french 19 year old striker when we need a proper front man.

It's just all so bizarre.

Looks like there is continued tension over the age and experience of our targets. The club is happy to go with young and unproven players and damn the consequences.

Actually thought we were somewhat moving away from that.

Crazy.

The club just wants to continue pursuing deals via those french agents.

So why not just get some French manager that is actually familiar with that market.

Why bring Rafa in and muck him about?

Imagine how terrible a person you must be to actually mess things up with Rafa to this extent man.

 

This is absolutely crazy. Feel terrible for Muto in particular. How rubbish must he feel right now?

 

As for Lee Charnley man. What a shameless stooge of zero character he is. Utter disgrace.

 

But the squad is fine KaKa, right?

 

Anything but fine as it stands with no extra players in and the shit off the field I can't see it ending well at all. It's got relegation written all over it

 

Well yes, that's my point Kaka has been beating the drum that the players coming in are more than good enough and we'll do fine because of Rafa.

Except we haven't actually got enough of them in.

I maintain if we get the numbers he wants, regardless of where on his list they were, we will do well.

It's really not that hard to understand.

Pay closer attention and don't be overly dramatic. It's not manly.

Imagine how terrible a person you must be to actually mess things up with Rafa to this extent man.

This is absolutely crazy. Feel terrible for Muto in particular. How rubbish must he feel right now?

As for Lee Charnley man. What a shameless stooge of zero character he is. Utter disgrace.

Tammy Abraham links have returned today I see.

We need to just buy the kid for goodness sake. 

Caulkin with the truth bomb. Ouch.

Mason from Swansea?!

Incredibly bad transfer. The guy is okay for goodness sake, but spending £20m on him is criminal.

I'll take our £3.5m clause guy all day.

Rafa will be signed up by Christmas though, so no worries.

If Rafa goes it will be Moyes I reckon.

Shut it you twerp 

Looks like KaKa's had his weekly backhander into his PayPal account cleared. How many posts a week do you need to get paid for supporting Ashley's lack of investment in the club?

Mike Ashley is dense man. He doesn't realise that with average financial support his current manager could have us competing easily for the top 6 with a slight chance of even breaking into the top 4. He is wasting an incredible opportunity. Unfortunately, we are stuck with the oaf.

Now, with that said, I believe Rafa is so good that even with players down his list we will still have a team to really get behind and enjoy because we will still be competitive and fun to watch. That's all I'm saying.

I think people thinking these players are going to be terrible and therefore the team will be terrible, and the likes of Wolves, Fulham and Everton are going to put us to shame will prove to be massively inaccurate.

This isn't difficult to understand.

Now, if Rafa continues to excel even under these ridiculous conditions, maybe the fat man eventually realises that he cannot ever afford to let the guy go, and perhaps eventually does the right thing.

Alternatively, maybe someone form the outside looks at the potential of the club and what Rafa continues to achieve in such ridiculous conditions, and just throws what money Ashley wants at him, and takes us over.

I am not writing off our situation with Rafa still here that's all. Doesn't mean I'm supporting MA, but you are entitled to perceive it that way, being the dingbat that you are 

I don't even think I'm being optimistic. More realistic

I just know what we have in Rafa. I think he was more prepared for Mike's foolishness this summer, and so would have had a far more exhaustive list this time around, of players of all price levels that he felt he could get something out of.

In contrast, I think he was caught a little off guard by Mike's behaviour last year, and it really left us scrambling, hence us getting someone like Joselu at the very end of the window.

Even with Joselu, I would not be surprised in the least if even he improves a fair bit, having had a full pre-season with the manager this time around. He did come in very late last summer, and a lot was asked of him right away.

I believe in Rafa man. Think the guy is phenomenal.

If we are expecting players like Perez and Mutu to light up the Premier league, I think we are being slightly delusional. You get what you pay for at the end of the day, and we haven't spent much on either of them when you look at today's market. Until we actually spend some proper money on strikers, Perez is still probably our best forward, although I haven't seen Mutu yet, maybe he'll turn out to be a lot better than the £9m fee would suggest.

Bro, his name is Muto

Can I ask did you expect Kenedy to perform like he did for us last season? How about Diame once moved to midifield?

You absolutely do not always get what you pay for.

How do Palace feel about Benteke right now?

How do Leicester feel having £25m Iheanacho on the bench every week? How about £15m Musa never starting games? And then being shipped out on loan?

There are absolutely no guarantees based on the fee. You can end up spending vast amounts on a player that osn't that good, or you may actually have a good player, but with a manager who has no clue.

I firmly believe that with Rafa in charge anyone he brings in will perform at their very best and will do very well for us.

The guy is so wretched man

Can't wait for them to put him out of his misery

Does that say Liverpool 4 and Man Utd 1?

What was the final score?

Mourinho will get sacked this season or just after IMO.

If we sell Mitro for £22m and replace him with fucking Rondon I can't describe how livid I'll be, like.

 

They better have someone else lined up.

Maybe we end up getting Josh King now?

Wow! Great deal.

Striker and number 10 next week please! 

Feel like he might flop, a right flash in Japan.

Possible replacement for Hayden?

Looks like he'll get the numbers he needs. It's not the calibre he ideally wants, due to the sell to buy stipulation until he signs, but for now I thin it will just about suffice.

I think after the window talks will continue, the team will be doing well, and he will ultimately sign. MA knows he's got something very good, and he'll get it done.

MA tried a power play by restricting purchases to a 'sell to buy' policy until Rafa signed.

Rafa pulled a bigger power play and said fine I'll sell to buy and won't sign until I am satisfied. Let's talk after the window.

All the pressure is on MA now. I'm betting the team is going to do well even with these restrictions this window, and MA will have to do what is necessary to extend Rafa.

Think it's been stated that we are operating on a sell to buy basis until Rafa signs a new contract. All our moves so far seem to confirm this.

Seemingly Rafa was fine to go ahead with that for now and not sign until all his assurances were met in further discussions after the window closes.

Think Mike thought he could pressure him into signing up, by only releasing funds if he did, but Rafa took on the challenge of the sell to buy approach, and will not sign up until he is satisfied with all the terms. Academy and training pitch improvements included.

Okazaki at Leicester has proved to be a fantastic support striker that really helps get the best out of Vardy. So much so that he has managed to fight off £25m Iheanacho so far.

Hoping Muto can bring similar type of qualities with more threat going forward.