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We've got the 19th highest turnover in world football or whatever. If we can't afford both an upgrade on Rob fucking Elliot and backup for Dwight Gayle we might as well stop pretending we're a football club.

It might not be the end of the world but if one of those two is our keeper from start to finish this season we're in big, big trouble no matter who we sign and put out in front of them.

I don't get this at all, mind. Elliot and Darlow just aren't PL standard. What good is it building a functional attack and vaguely solid midfield/defence if the keeper absolutely isn't up to his end of the bargain?

You created it, man. To my eternal gratitude.

Stop being weird. It's a number.

I've posted it many times before but that's first and foremost what you want from a winger imo. Unpredictability. I'd always take that over solid consistency in the right circumstances. We've actually none of that in the wide areas since Robert left, apart from Hatem of course.

Strikers from Spain often don't work over here even if they kill it in La Liga. There are, of course, isolated examples like Torres and Costa but different attributes are required to be successful. I think Rafa would rather target someone fairly proven in this league.

Where on the pitch would he have been useful?

Absolutely fulfilled what was expected of him. Fair play and hope he can have a couple more good years in the Championship.

£4m now? I'm sure it goes up by £1.5m every 6 months, like.

Indeed.

Would too, except we need him off the books. There are others I'd sell first, mind. Obsolete at PL level but you can say that about half the squad.

Plenty of CBs had their best days after 30, like.

Thinking that it's not a priority over goalkeeper ≠ thinking it isn't still a necessity. Yeah. I think both need to be huge priorities.

Gayle and Perez didn't click in the Championship. Perez absolutely cannot be our starting no.10 in the PL.

In other words, the school of journalism.

Other than a bit of ability in the air he really doesn't have anything about him anymore now that he's absolutely physically shot. He was always dreadfully weak at coping with players running at him and time and injuries have exacerbated that to the point of absurdity.

Nah. Apart from that first one he asked some decent questions.

He must have played close to 200 PL games. Going off that and his age it might seem like a great deal for a club just promoted from the fourth tier.

Never agreed with Dave more. Makes it all the more ridiculous that his every reasonable wish isn't being accommodated. His abilities are capable of changing the whole trajectory of the club long term.

Haven't Doncaster just come up from League Two? 31 and that's his career. It was only a couple of years ago someone on here said he was better than John Terry.

I seem to remember there was a record-breaking 1000 page debate on this issue once. He had one very good season and then defenders sussed him out IMO. Except his best season was his third at the club. You need putting down, like.

Robert wasn't lazy in the opposing half, which is where it matters for an attacking player. Having Jonas and Alsoran forced upon us has distorted the definition of what a wide attacking player's remit should be.

Put braindead lies in the braindead lies thread. Same goes for what you said about Saviet.

Easily.