Pilko

What's Craigy said? Not watching it

Sounds like Amalfitano#2 we're after here.

We usually declare ourselves 'done for the day' or 'closed for business' round about now, so there's a shred of optimism for the nay-sayers.

If the mackems sell Sessegnon and don't make any further additions I might back them and Fulham to go down as a double.

Why do catastrophically bad decisions mean he's selling though? They're decisions that all point towards him recouping as much money as possible. Cheap manager with a remit to lower the wage bill, all the cost-cutting measures across the club like the bore-hole and so on, no signings to save money and all the rest of it. Our best hope is a few more midtable/top-half seasons (and I suppose a miracle cup run), he gets his money back and sells up to someone who fancies having a successful football club instead of a vehicle to promote cheap sporting tat.

Remember when we announced Lovenkrands re-joining on a free minutes before the window shut? I reckon we might try that with Carlton Cole today.

http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/resources/images/1818837.jpg?type=articlePortrait Jon Bond Jovi-al

so So I WIN. Nah, was more a point of how predictable we are. Like when we had the Carroll money and went after N'Zogbia... a winger.

I called this the other day, said we'd try for a pointless signing like a goalie or a full-back.

Someone let Douglas Hall loose on the shirt-printing machine?

I think he's going to be an absolutely fantastic signing for Arsenal, so yes.

Every day that goes by he's another day closer to keeping over. It's not all bad news.

The old geezer in the Everton shirt.

The opening home game is never a full house. We only got 47k for Bolton at home when KK was in charge. I assume its people away on holiday etc.

New angle on the failed bid - bid accepted but player wouldn't agree to the move.

We always seem to declare ourselves 'done for the day' really early on.

We spent 10 or 11 million on Cisse. I don't think anything will happen for us tomorrow. They've been actively avoiding spending any money all summer IMO. I get the impression we'd love to sell a big player or 2 to fund signings but the fact our players have been shit for so long doesn't help. The Gomis business is a great example of why our transfer dealings are so fundamentally flawed, we reach a sticking point in a deal so end up just going without. Cisse was about £9m IIRC, not that it changes your point. I don't see us going into double figures ever again under this regime. I think we would provided it was still a bargain/good price tbh. It's not about the price, it's more about getting a good deal. If someone we valued at £20m suddenly came available for £10m and it was someone with sell-on value who fitted 'the profile' then we'd do it IMO.

Troy Deeney would be my guess for the last minute striker bid. Just got to pray that the last day/last minute movement frees up someone who we've earmarked for a knock down fee. Depressing really.

I think we will get EITHER a striker or flair player, but Cabaye will go to France and that'll be it. Maybe Sammy or Obertan out on loan.

Would love the Moussa Sow stuff to be true, sadly doubt it.

Grudgingly agree with this, against every sinew of my being.

Mignolet SUCH a good FF pick so far like. Might make him captain.

Definitely think Steve Clarke will be the first manager out the door like.

Category 1: Lloris, De Gea Category 2: Hart, Krul, Sczeszny, Mignolet, Cech Category 3: Begovic, Foster Category 4: 'the rest' (although I'd have the likes of Howard, Speroni, Stockdale towards the top of this pile)