Consortium of one

4-4-1-1 play narrow and compact. Force everything out wide. Press in the MF and counter. Dubs Trips Fede Schar Dummett Fraser Willock Joe Murphy ASM Wood

I hope we get 3-4 players in that no one has talked about

It's not a window until we've been linked with Choudhury. I'd take him on loan.

What hurt us during that tough stretch was that the team collapsed late and we were losing 4-1 or 3-1 instead of 2-1. Our goal differential ballooned.

From the way they play? Shelvey is generally like a hungover sluggard and Clark is like a still drunk the morning after daydreamer.

I think the stars were never aligned for Rafa to return. He would have been the guy because he would have sorted the defense first and guaranteed our survival. Eddie was not my first choice but I'm still behind him. Also think we will stay up irregardless of transfer business. We just need a spark and a bit of belief.

I'd take him on loan but I still would want to see another CM come in

I agree, it would be like getting Lascelles without broken confidence. It seems like Carlos is dead, Botman dead, Badiashile never got going. Same for Bremer and some other names that escape my mind. I don't know who they pivot to.

In general American sports fans are quite toxic I think in part because our pro sports are so money oriented. There's no fan groups or Trusts. There' no government agencies looking into the price we have to pay for tickets like you have over there. There is no community feeling for your local club. So I think there are a lot of fans who think "I paid all this money for tickets and parking and food. I want to be entertained!" Add some beer and the shit starts. Even college is bad. Everything is $ driven and F the fans. How many fans still go but bear that grudge? The Pads pummelled us that day. They hit three bombs all around my section. I giggled inside.

I had season tickets to the Mets last season and was genuinely shocked at the stuff fans yelled at opposing players. Arguments in the stands, the whole nine yards. One time this guy was pitching in his debut for the Padres and he was from Westchester County. He had probably 20 friends and family, including children. Two groups of Mets fans were yelling crap at them. I mean, c'mon.

75% of our business, in and out, will likely happen in the last couple of days. We can't know who to loan or sell until we know who's coming in. I heard Anderson already has a loan OK'd, we're just waiting for more incomings. I'd love to be a fly on the wall.

Luke must be worried people will steal his breaking news again.

I am just fine with a loan.

yeah, I just hope that because the CM chatter is the quietest, it means that we are closing in on one or two. All the media and twitter chatter is BS, IMO.

I'm 60 and was posting on the interwebs before ManDoon was pissing his bed, sonny.

I think its OK to point out the negative. There are decisions that could have gone better. I wish we had more certainty but the reality is that we don't. I'm a bit prickly today and I'll admit it but the, IMO, OTT negativity is, well, annoying.

ouch. that really hurt.

Get over yourself. Bedwetting snowflake.

So would I obviously but some of the posts, yours included, scream "self entitled crybaby".

Totally like the more realistic posts in this thread. I'm not surprised by the overly negative posts. We're in the midst of instant gratification culture. I want what I want and I want it now. Off of that stuff though... The consortium always said it was big picture. 5 years, 10 years. We're not going to be held victim in an always difficult window. Re: management, we want the right people in place. I've said before, it's also more than the footballing side. Servers, software, staffing. If Fat Mike didn't wash windows and upgrade the training ground what makes you think he staffed properly and stayed current with technology? We have ownership with a plan and the resources to carry it out. They've also been true to their word. They're going to be thoughtful and deliberate and they want to do it right and they've stuck to that. They haven't been perfect and that's to be expected but I do think they have done the very best that they could have under the circumstances. No one wants to go down but who can guarantee we stay up?

Have they brought on a new tea lady yet? WHY NOT!!!!!!1!!!

He's an enigma to me. Time to move him on before his value drops even more. 80m release clause? we can only dream.

If they didn't have a DoF, manager and 5-6 players already lined up THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT THE CLUB!!!!!1!!!! End of

Move Big Joe back to CF. We'll have the twin towers in the box. Get it in the mixer, lads.

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