ExiledGeordie

John Gibson summed it up perfectly when he said on a recent podcast that the PSR farce is a double whammy because it handicaps who you can bring in and ultimately can force you to sell your best players. Add to that the fact teams are also forced to sell young prospects often local lads of pure profit. There is absolutely no reason why we should be able to go on and spend money given there’s zero chance of us going out of business and there surely has to be some change eventually? Whole situation is an absolute joke.

West Ham fans not at all confident on KUMB. Sounds like issues all over the pitch from defence to attack.

Didn’t it come out that we only made a few bids and therefore maybe didn’t keep trying as long as Palace/some would have us believe.

Almost feel like if there was interest in Jan, sell and bring in a RW who can play up front too. Wilson literally never plays for us anyway.

Thats what I thought too to be fair 🤷‍♂️

Anyone get the impression they’re possibly saving him/keeping him in cotton wool to sell in Jan? I was told by someone who knows him that his relationship with us was effectively over anyway - last year of contract, fall outs with Howe etc.

I’m actually getting to the point where I’m starting to support anyone vs the cartel top 6 clubs minus City.

If it’s in a central location I think I makes sense to be honest but if you’d asked me a year ago I would have said stay at St James. The ridiculous PSR situation is forcing our hand really but equally if the decision was made to revamp St James I wouldn’t complain. That whopper Rory Jennings was on talksport ranting about how it was a disgrace that there was even a discussion of moving from St James. As per talk sport he was probably just creating “discussion” but what he failed to mention was the absurd PSR situation which probably forces this decision. Something his club Chelsea seeks to maintain so that a club like ours can’t push on and challenge the top six.

Anyone get the impression they’re saving him for January so they can flog him 😂

Seems like they’ll probably keep him to help stay up and sell him in the summer but they’ll end up losing a fair chunk of cash from the sale alone (but gain from staying up). Seems a bit odd that Parish didn’t take what we were offering in the summer if that amount was true. I do wonder if we got a sniff that they might sell we might still go back in for him given he’s address that right side CB position. I still think RW is more of a concern.

Yeah it’s a complete farce. I’m definitely of the opinion that we shouldn’t just sign anybody in January. However, I think it’s really important we bolster the squad to push on in what could be a really important season in terms of where our players go from here re Europe etc.

I just hope the fans (and players) don’t turn up expecting to win. We should win but it’s never ever a given.

‘Conspiracy’ was a tongue in cheek comment. Irrespective of tabloid noise I’m merely stating that I think there’s a significant chance he might go if we don’t get Europe or even champions league and Arsenal will be one of the clubs interested. Anybody who says it’s definitely not going to happen is kidding themselves. As I said in the previous comment lots can happen between now and then and we could get champions league which would kill any chance of him going.

😂 It’s hardly a conspiracy is it. Let’s be honest there’ll obviously be some truth in it and like Arsenal there’ll be a few teams with an eye on him, doesn’t mean they’ll get him. Money in football often talks though.

Arsenal will know they’re not going to be able to get him on the cheap. Realistically if they’re going to actually win the league they need a striker and they’re going to have to pay big for one. Whether they can Isak is another thing because there’s a lot that can happen between now and the end of the season such as us getting champions league which would kill off any chance of him going. Arsenal will definitely target a striker next summer though.

Yes no Europe and he’ll be gone for 100-120m imo. I still think some teams might come sniffing if we’re in Europe but not in the champions league.

True, forgot him 👍

Still think there’s a fair chance he goes in Jan. Joelinton’s emergence in the forward line, Gordon on the right, Murphy as an option and the fact we’ll probably sign a RW in Jan means he’s not going to get much playing time.

I don’t think the club have afford to sign nobody this January. If we suffer a few key injuries and the squad suffers as a result there’ll be hell on and it could cost us Europe.

Spot on, if anything just to wind Parish up too. I think it’s unlikely he comes to us now but we clearly like what he has skills wise at the right price. I think we’ll aim for a RW in Jan, anything else a bonus. I guess if a CB comes available maybe that too but cost wise seems unlikely as I think they’ll spend a fair chunk on the forward line. Botman and Lascelles coming back lessens the urgency at CB too as someone above has already mentioned.

If we’re not in Europe or the champions league next season then I think he’ll probably go next summer and we’ll re-invest the money. That said I think we might have a really strong second half of the season which quieten plenty of transfer talk.

What a gutter for him if true but recovery is usually relatively straightforward. Be back by Jan.

😂

Looks like he’s let whatever guard he has down after indulging and then been massively stitched up. Probably woke up in a cold sweat realising what was probably about to unfold. He's only human but it’s a colossal fuck up.

Is Wilson available for this? 😂 Confident of a home win for this, they look at 6a and 7s.