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Lol....bellend Merson argued against the red....

What? It’s reported that the fee is an initial 16m, paid now, with a further 4.7m dependent on performance related targets.

But think of the days wage we’ve saved, man!

Cmon man, we’re not a sovereign state, y’know!

Ashley to loan Henry?! ?

I’d imagine Mendesis too firmly ensconced in Wolves to give us too much thought. Unless he wants his fingers in yet more pies, although I guess that might infringe some financial regulations or other?

Fella hasn’t even taken over and the red-top ‘gay tryst’ scandals are already emerging....??

Spaniard in peace...? https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/article-about-safc-from-spain.1446831/ “I have been interested in the club for years, and I will try to make justice to the impressive supporters community that doesn't fail, weekend after weekend, to support the team with a really high average attendance in the Stadium of Light, even in the hardest moments.” Where do these people come from?!! ???

That would be all well and good if the club was actually for sale. Ashley is worth enough to not have to sell to other billionaires. He’s worth enough that he has an army of media c***s on the payroll to back up his lies. He’s worth enough that he can literally take the p*ss out of a football club, it’s fans, even the premier league itself. Nobody with any clout would dare take him on. The reality is that we were probably once upon a time a very attractive prospect to buy but not anymore. Not since he’s turned the club into a living breathing sports direct coloured pot noodle suit. We’re turgid to watch on the telly. Turgid to watch in the stands. It can’t be an attractive prospect for overseas markets any more. So what mega rich c*** is going to watch us and think.. “that’s the club for me”? The playing squad isn’t fit for purpose. The stadium is in need of an overhaul. And there’s generally a toxic atmosphere which more often than not filters down to the supporters. The training facilities are worse than plenty of teams from the lower leagues.. The club are still probably under investigation for dodgy payments and avoiding tax. Despite it all going quiet. The only thing going for it is a manager who will very soon be out of contract. Ashley is getting everything from this club that he wants, which is free advertising in the most lucrative league in the world. It would probably take about 2 billion quid to fix all of the things mentioned above. So with that in mind, if Ashley is happy with the current arrangement and some mystical benefactor isn’t forthcoming. Why the f*** so we still think there’s going to be a takeover? There’s no evidence for it. And before anyone brings up Amanda Staveley, that bint never had the shillings to be taken seriously. It wouldn’t surprise me if she or her husband were tied to KBA somehow.. The stadium, playing squad and training facilities you describe are pretty much exactly that of Man City pre the Arab take over. If you think no one will ever take us over, then what exactly is the point of all the anti-Ashley rhetoric and activity which is taking place? You might as well give up supporting right now. If all that we have at the moment is some (even small) element of hope for change, then I’m willing to give the club (not Ashley) my full support still. At some point, all the demonstrations, positive press etc, if it keeps rolling onwards in the manner that it is now, will cause a tsunami of change at the club which I want to be there to see. It’s the fans that make our club what it is. Not the annually changing squad. Not the training ground or even stadium. Certainly not the owner. All those things eventually come and go. Believe me, ive had more than enough of Ashley- the blokes a prize c*nt. Sometimes I think that I can’t bear to watch the games, and each time matchday comes up, I tell myself that I won’t be there. But each time, there I am, cheering us in. He’s a c*nt, a sh*t owner, BUT there’s no way that he’s going to drive me away from our club- he will leave before I do, that I promise.

Clutching at straws here, but the UK’s richest man, Sir Jim Ratcliffe (I think?) had a £2bn bid for Chelsea turned down not so long ago, and is still interested in taking over another football club (apparently according to the Mail on Sunday). Don’t know whether that means he’s going to up his offer for Chelsea or has moved on to another club. Fingers crossed that it’s the latter and obviously that it’s us.....

It’s all ok- Paul Merson has rated our transfer window ‘success’ as a B+......

Work permit not coming through for Marlon properly scuppered our plans of selling Lascelles....

Who hasn’t?..... Aston Villa Brighton Bournemouth Crystal Palace Everton Fulham Huddersfield Leicester Stoke Southampton Watford West Ham Have all done it. Bloody sovereign states.

Broken their transfer record for him. They broke it for Bissouma just a couple of weeks ago too £17m. It breaks OUR transfer record too. Can’t compete with Brighton man.

Sabotage? Neglect? Ineptitude? Apathy?

He’s nee Zvonni Boban...

Hope there’s nothing in it then- Jardel was shite over here if memory serves me right!

From Wiki...? “Nicknamed Lücke - or ‘Gap’ - on account of his distinctive front teeth. He has a wife called Lisa. Following an accident at Werder Bremen’s training ground he once ended up hospitalised with the tooth of his teammate wedged in his forehead. He listens to Survivor’s 'Eye of the Tiger' for motivation.” Never heard of him, but 25 years old, 6’2, and decent scoring record. 1 in 3.2 ?? ok...maybe not THAT decent, but Gayle was 4.2 when we bought him from CP in comparison. Slightly less shit than Gayle is still shit. Not gonna get into stats etc, because they only tell half a story, but Gayle was 26 I think when he came and is now a 2.28 goals per game striker for us (apparently, according yet again to Wiki). I’ve got faith that Rafa could improve a player he has chosen himself. Whoever we sign (and we have to sign at least ONE striker in my opinion) will hopefully turn out to be a decent acquisition. If it turns out to be some unknown from Germany, for less money than we could theoretically be growing away on the likes of Bolasie for 30m (obviously, with MA still at the helm) then I’d be more than happy.

From Wiki...? “Nicknamed Lücke - or ‘Gap’ - on account of his distinctive front teeth. He has a wife called Lisa. Following an accident at Werder Bremen’s training ground he once ended up hospitalised with the tooth of his teammate wedged in his forehead. He listens to Survivor’s 'Eye of the Tiger' for motivation.” Never heard of him, but 25 years old, 6’2, and decent scoring record. 1 in 3.2 ?? ok...maybe not THAT decent, but Gayle was 4.2 when we bought him from CP in comparison.

From Wiki...? “Nicknamed Lücke - or ‘Gap’ - on account of his distinctive front teeth. He has a wife called Lisa. Following an accident at Werder Bremen’s training ground he once ended up hospitalised with the tooth of his teammate wedged in his forehead. He listens to Survivor’s 'Eye of the Tiger' for motivation.” Never heard of him, but 25 years old, 6’2, and decent scoring record.

What makes you think he's a better defender than Dummett? Also, what makes you think anyone in the Scottish league could make it here? Don’t get me wrong, Dummett has surpassed my expectations of him this season, and done a lot better than I thought he was capable of, and I’d be happy to keep him as a squad player. However, I think he’s probably reached the peak of his talents and is unlikely to progress further than what we’ve seen. From what I’ve seen (admittedly only on the telly in Tierney’s case), Tierney has far better pace and ability to link both defensive and attacking duties. He could press higher up the pitch than Dummett is capable of, and deal more effectively with pacey/skilful opposition players when they are attacking. He’d also be much more able to overlap whoever we had playing LW and has a better final ball (imo). However, like others have since said, unfortunately I can see him leaving Scotland for a far better (or more progressive/forward thinking and owned) team than us.

According to Sky, Bournemouth have made Celtic’s Tierney a top target. He’d be a definite upgrade on Dummett in both attacking and defending play, but could we compete with the likes of Bournemouth with the fee and wages to bring him to SJP?

Kurt Zouma please. Know he was only on loan at Stoke, but we should be straight in there to buy/loan with option.

New investment I reckon? Fingers crossed anyway!

Plus the West Ham chairmans son (the one who is always tweeting about club stuff) said yesterday that the 13m clause was a lie.