Chris_R

Yeah, must admit I nearly pooed my pants when I read that!

Will Ashley be beaten by DW? That actually might really help our chances of getting him. Ashley might pull out the stops just to stop Whelan getting him.

The one thing we have in our favour is that I'd think he would be given an awful lot more first team football here than at West Ham, Fulham or Wigan. We're crying out for a new forward and he fits the bill perfectly, if he went to any of them then he'd doubtless find himself in the reserves or just getting the occasional 15 mins at the end of matches. 4 months in the Championship with us in which to show what he can do as a first team regular, help get us up then start next season as a first choice forward, playing in front of 52000 in the Prem. We'll always be a big club, Wigan never will be and the likes of Fulham will do OK until they lose Hodgson, and I'm surprised he hasn't already had a better offer after what he's done there then they'll be back to scrapping round at the bottom again. West Ham are not exactly setting the world alight at the moment and if we go up, they could just as easily go the other way and if Moses went there, he could be swapping 4 months of Premier League football for life in the Championship again. That's my bit of optimism for the day!

Ah well, was fun whilst it lasted.

Not sure what Sunderland has got to do with this?

If i am not mistaken Lambarse said we would buy players outright in future instead of instalments bucking the trend set by the rest of the football world If I'm not mistaken, he's said a lot of things that have since been shown to be utter crap. That sour faced prick couldn't lie straight in bed.

I'd take Ambrose or Moses, definitely. Ambrose would be decent cover, has shown he can do well in this league and wouldn't cost the earth. Exactly what we need at the moment. A mate at work is from London and a Palace fan, he's been raving about Moses all season and reckons he could be quite special. Of course Moses may well get better offers, but it sure can't hurt to try.

Just read this - all I can say is "FUCKING GET IN!" Finally, a right winger. And a pretty decent one too. Know it was only 1 game but thought he was the best player on the park by a mile when they played us at St James Park earlier this season. Really excited for Wednesday now.

I always thought he was a canny player, never knew why he disappeared so quickly after his arrival.

Looking at FM (Yes, I know!) he's only played 16 games outside of League 2 in his whole career, for Watford in the Championship last year. Just wish to fuck we'd buy a winger. Those saying we're short of cover at the back have a semblance of a point but we're far more short of cover on the wings.

James Milner

N'Zogbia was (is) a sulky little wretch, but he's twice the player any of our current wingers are. Selling him certainly didn't improve our chances of staying up.

Oh, I agree that management off the pitch was a massive factor too. You'll get no disagreement there. I was merely talking about how to best go about improve the playing staff. I took the off-field shenanigans as a given.

I watched the game last night and I don't think we had anyone playing in centre mid so this could be useful. Very Stupid comment from Chris R..... This football club need midfielders more than anything else. Thats why we are in this league and thats why we are struggling at times. Utterly, utterly wrong. We desperately need wingers. We were doing "OK" until we sold N'Somnia and Milner, both of whom are doing well for their new clubs in the big boys league. We swapped those 2 for Duff and Jonas (Yeah, I know Duff was already here), the first of whom when not injured lived up to his name and the latter, for all his dribbling, couldn't pass water. That's why we're in this league. Though of course now Duff has been replaced with Pancrate which at this moment in time doesn't exactly look like an improvement. We're therefore left with humping high balls up to the strikers, who despite being taller than last year's midget strikeforce of Owen and Martins are massively short of the quality of either of them. And that is why we're struggling at times. More central midfielders will solve nothing, no matter who they are. We need width. Pace, creativity and someone who can bang a cross in so we don't look so hopelessly one-dimensional.

Oh, a central midfielder. Just what we need. Well done Chris, you've excelled yourself with this one. Butt, Nolan, Geremi, Smith, Barton and Guthrie mustn't be enough for us. Thank god we've got 1 left winger and 1 right winger though. I'd hate to see us throw money away by investing in positions like that.

What?

The key word. We won't though.

Smith getting away with GBH there. Has Nolan done ANYTHING at all today? Not watching the best quality picture but the commentary is in English and I can't remember hearing his name mentioned even once.

Yeah, just happens to coincide with the first time we've faced a decent side in ages. Perhaps our much-vaunted defence isn't as good as some would like to make out, it's just that we've been playing against utter muppets for 90% of our matches so far.

For fuck's sake!

Is it just me, or is the assistant commentator on Sky Sports a wittering cretin of the highest order? Who is this utter buffoon?

Not sure what point you're trying to make? If we built a new tier on the Leazes, and extended it round at that height all the way, could make us the second biggest club ground in the world. But it's about as likely as what you're suggesting.

No worries about us signing him, he can't be wanting that much in wages given how much he's figured recently and there'd be no transfer fee, represents a minimal gamble IMO. We desperately need someone creative in midfield, why not? Seems like WBA are in the driving seat for him though now.

Then repeat with next target until transfer window closes.

Can't blame him tbh.