The Prophet

They had just as much substance as any of our current targets.

Yeh but neither of those players came nor did Bryan Ruiz and perhaps out off distrust or annoyance, I questioned at the time wether or not those bids were serious or just verbal propaganda in an attempt to calm fans down, and also began to wonder if we were going to get a replacement for Carroll. Which is why I was shocked when Cisse came in. Dont think im alone in that either. I agree we used our blueprint when scouting him but I was still suprised we paid what we did. Was the Ruiz deal even real? Thought it was David Craig being spun a yarn.

So unless Seydoux consumes a large cocktail of class A drugs in the next 48 this looks dead for the time being. To be continued in January I'd imagine.

What about our very public bids for Gameiro/Gervinho? It showed we were willing to splash the cash if we think we're getting value.

Nothing at all. Player was identified, scouted and then signed at / below our true value of the player as with every other signed we've made from abroad recently. Exactly, had a boat load of sell-on value to (not that I agree with this, but it's clearly the way things are done).

What was un-Ashley about Cisse?

Go on Tim son!

my opinion, while hardly ideal if we have the same squad as we do now on sat its not the worst thing thats ever happened It's increasingly unlikely Lille or Liverpool will budge on thier prices but then we already knew that. If that's the case it will be frustrating in the sense we've missed an oppertunity to strengthen an already impressive base of players, but this is squad is more than capable of another top six campaign.

Just what I was thinking..... ...but that's what we have been doing, no?

Who knows? Something might still happen. If it doesn't I'll be a bit disappointed but it's not the end of the world.

I love a good forum meltdown like.

What's changed exactly? It's already been said all our targets are 'secure' at their clubs and we'll only move if something changes in the next couple of days (I'd imagine he was referring to Douglas, Debuchy and Carroll).

Aye, better the devil we know with Simpson.

Could say that about a lot of sides like. We do need a striker though.

Aye true.

How many 'plan B' players were signed in the final four days of a transfer window? Any unexpected last-minute price hikes (unexpected to our lot, not to anyone with a brain) will see us f***ed. Santon perhaps? Not sure if he was plan B like, pretty sure we went for someone beforehand though.

The Cisse deal reveals a lot about how we priorities targets. Cisse was plan A, Maiga was plan B, Maiga 'failed his medical' when Cisse became available for the right price. Also happened with Tiote and that Uruguayan chap. It appears we almost always have a plan B of sorts.

The problem is there's 4 days left We knew he was too expensive for us when they rejected our loan offer a month ago. You seriously don't think we're already pursuing other options if the Carroll deal has died?

...but I thought players legs fell off and stuff when they turned 30.

Guidetti is still recovering from some illness that caused him to miss the Euro's. He got it from eating chicken. True story. Our standard poultry bid would never get him anyway. Fowl sense of humour.

Schahin with a couple of crackers for Dusseldorf.

The commentator doing Dortmund-Bremen for ITV is absolutely dreadful, sounds like he's reading from a script.

Falcao man, what a player.

Was just saying this yesterday, potentially four season defining days coming up with Atrmoitos, Villa and the transfer window SLAMMING SHUT.

He's a bit of a tit like.