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I'm not complaining, but we need a CB and a striker FFS

Yeah, the new guy has a great track record in this area.

It's all borrowed money, Fernandes isn't rich enough to sink his own fortune into a company that is going to hemorrhage money. It might not be this year, or next year - but in 5 years time they are going to be completely fucked. The policy is simply unsustainable, and unlike Leeds QPR won't be big enough to recover from it.

He's 27 not 23. His type of player - pace and athelticism tend to decline quickly as they approach their 30's. He needs the money now. So what do you do? Bend to his demands? What's the difference in what you were offering and what they did? You could equally say that if he's that type of player, he needs the money because he's going to decline, as you said, which doubly makes him one to avoid, especially at that cost. Nothing we can do. We have to stick to our wage structure, but that doesn't mean fernandes and qpr are monkeys like some are trying to say... If they're so clever then how are they sitting bottom of the league in the first place? Fernandes appointed the last manager and along with that manager bought most of the current squad, handing out massive wages to players and agents in the process - which has them sitting bottom and needing to gamble to stay up. Compared to say... the owners of Norwich or Swansea, they have been made to look like total mugs.

Nah I still watch loads of football, just concentrate far more towards foreign leagues and switch off to the Prem. Can't bare to look at league tables, MOTD highlights or even check scores when we're doing so shite. Did the same for most of the Championship season. Obviously those with little interest in other leagues won't do that though. As much as I complain about the competition as an entity I'm looking forward to the latter stages of the Champions League this year. I also normally enjoy the latter stgaes of the Europa league, but the inevitable exit will leave me disgusted every time I see a match in the later rounds.

I wish I could switch off to the sport more, particularly at times like this. Find it very hard to.

Honestly reckon we'll go now. Half way through the transfer window and still we are a step behind where we were when it started. Gutted but gradually becoming massively apathetic towards the whole thing.

We'll fuck him and his agent of off on pure principal alone. This one is done.

Really though? He's hardly been pulling up trees has he? Not this season but he's proven it in the past, and because of his current situation he was an available transfer. The only one I can see where the very specific list of variables fall into place (plays in Ligue 1, cheaper than he should be for some reason, willing to join, positionally a good fit to the team). I'm looking around and struggling to see anybody who we could get. Hopefully I'm wrong and we pull something out of the bag.

Both of them will probably cost more than Remy anyway. Really looks to me is that we've blown our only top quality, realistic target.

Last time I checked Lyon were offloading Lisandro Lopez to somebody. Gomis is their first choice striker and they're going for the title, as unlikely as they come.

A new picture of him seems to come out every year or so looking slightly tubbier and slightly more beardy.

10 league games in 5 years!

Interesting one, does he speak the language at all?

Still feels to me like we're letting the deal go on stubbornness/principals. We're in a desperate situation in January of a relegation threatened season which is caused by their stubbornness in the first place, letting another signing and subsequently window go will be disasterous IMO. Look at the quotes from Ben Arfa today, if the ambition is there he is on board otherwise he's off and he'll not be the only player with the same ultimatum. For once we need to just go and get our targets, fill the squad gaps and stop fucking about. Look at that net spend table for fuck's sake, it's a joke. The lack of apparent alternatives out there in the market is worrying too.

Michael Higdon, Billy McKay and Leigh Griffiths outscoring Soopa Hooper this season.

One of the worst things about this is the forward momentum lost. All our players thought he was coming, a boost for the team before the big game on Saturday. Potentially a snowball effect with other potential signings now gone. We just can't seem to get going at all this season, it's either one thing or another.

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Some names (linked and not linked, CF and wide-forwards) Aubameyang Gouffran Bafetimbi Gomis Erdinc Gameiro Aliadiere Leo Baptistao Iago Aspas Negredo Adam Szalai Wilfried Bony (at ACON) Tim Matavz Danny Graham Tom Ince John Guidetti thoughts

Maybe Aubameyang or Gameiro. Hope not Erding. I said a few pages back but I can see that Gouffran from Bordeaux. Out of contract in the summer, far more underwhelming but when you limit yourself to one league there's only so many options you go through before you're scraping the barrel.

So who are we going to move onto? This deal was always a goer because he wasn't playing and Marseille are willing to sell. The backup plan is apparently Aubameyang, but their owner said they won't be selling him. I just can't see where we go from here, and I doubt the club do either. Even if there is a next move I bet we're starting from scratch with the bidding/negotiations process.

Got an exam tomorrow and I've spent most of the day following this shite instead.

The backup will be somebody far more underwhelming like that Gouffran.

Think of the people that will put out of work. Quite poignant in this thread.

Disastrous this IMO, regardless of the circumstances.