ChrisMcQuillan

Out of curiosity, how many net transfers (in vs out) do you think we will bring in by the end of the window? Talking about first-teamers obviously. Hard to say. Possibly one out if Cisse goes, otherwise probably none out. Assuming selling people like Gosling for peanuts doesn't count as important. Coming in? Two forwards and possibly a defender? How can I say... it doesn't really affect the point I made. And I take it you will be happy with a net incoming of one forward and possibly one defender? We're not going to sign 5 or 6 players, man.

What, it wouldn't be like us to sell them all and not replace? Add to that we've got rid of Lovenkrands, and are looking rid of Ameobi. And we want to replace all of them with Darren Bent. It sounds like a bad joke. Or it's not the case. The manager said he wants him. Yes, Pardew is interested in Bent. That doesn't mean the plan is to sell our entire strikeforce and replace them all with him. You're right. We probably won't sign Bent.

What, it wouldn't be like us to sell them all and not replace? Add to that we've got rid of Lovenkrands, and are looking rid of Ameobi. And we want to replace all of them with Darren Bent. It sounds like a bad joke.

It's the same as the one behind Santon! That's creepy..

Yeah, he said that.

Have a feeling Jack Barmby at United could be special too.

4 players we won't miss. Nonsense. We were glad Harper was still here on a few occasions last season, and Simpson when Debuchy got suspended, and of course we're going to miss Perch if he's not replaced. Gosling's the only one we probably won't feel at all.

Holidaying like. He comes back, it's Kinnear's turn. The whole situation is a sickening farce.

We're a fucking joke.

So we've released two and sold one so far. Great start, I'd say. Almost exactly like last summer.

Play him with Sissoko, let Sissoko break forward and have Cabaye play the Pirlo role. Have Tiote mop up behind. Cabaye and Tiote started a criminally low number of games together last season, the midfield has to be allowed to settle. Then play with two runners either side, Ben Arfa and Santon I'd argue. Back line can be Debuchy, Taylor, Coloccini and M'Biwa, if he's content to continue playing at LB for now. He seems to enjoy getting forward. In home games, or away games against weaker teams, drop one of Tiote/Sissoko, and play someone with Cisse. We don't really have the type of player to partner Cisse at this moment in time, but I'd argue that it would need to be someone like David Villa, who can hold the ball up and create as well as score goals. Cisse will smash in plenty of chances, but we can't rely on him as a lone forward. He can pick up on the deflections and scraps in the spaces created by the second striker.

This all feels like such a bad dream. The hierarchy here are just nuts.

People will mock this but it's completely true. Pardew's mismanagement last season is now costing us our best players, this is what we feared after finishing as low as we did. I just get the impression the Pardew factor is going to hit us with full effect now and we're just going to build a woeful side. That might be me being over negative after last season but we'll wait and see. People can mock all they like, but it's been blatantly obvious for the last year. We didn't invest, I complained and got mocked because we finished 5th. We didn't sack a manager who was either going to relegate us, or keep us up by the skin of our teeth with bullshit tactics and woeful football. I complained, got mocked at Christmas time for saying the writing was on the wall. We survive, players disillusioned, they leave, leaving us with Alan fucking Pardew and a low to mid table club. If we'd just invested, or brought in someone decent to replace him and acknowledge that a train wreck of a season was unacceptable, then fine. But Christ, this club is in serious trouble with Ashley and Dekka and Pardew circle-jerking in the boardroom and cleaning up with big piles of transfer money cash.

This.

I don't mean to be overly fatalistic, but with the present set-up, wtf is the point of being a fan of this club?

Monaco were rumoured to be after both, tbf.

o/

Won't be the last to jump ship this summer after that season, and the prospect of another with Pardew.

I'm not surprised. But when our team couldn't score enough goals, we sell our top scorer and best chance creator. As long as Ashley's here, that's just the way it's going to be. I want to stand up and fight it, but everyone will just tell me to sit down and shut up and don't make a scene.

Profit. :fwap:

Bet Debuchy feels sick.

I know I'm being pessimistic, but January only caught us back up to where we should have been. I never imagined last June that the club would just release, and rest on their laurels given Europa League. I worry that January will be the cash splash, and that'll do, and we'll fall behind again. It's pessimistic, but I guess by the time I got to July last year I knew we were going to be in trouble transfer-wise. And the lack of rumours, and links to lacklustre targets remind me of another Curtis Good and Vurnon Anita - a few kids, and a gifted player we don't know how to use. Yeah, someone get me some medication.

We're just unbelievably shite at summer transfer windows.

Never been less excited about a transfer window tbh.