Stuy_O

Spot on. Our amazing policy nearly got us relegated ffs. The season before that was a bunch of opportunity buys for available players. And the squad is nowhere near strong enough. A few injuries decimates it.

Bent's not ideal but he's better than no one. Cisse could get crocked and we've got Shola on his own.

Etap I reckon

Kinnear has slowed down what was an already painfully slow process.

So he's not up here, and we are heading for more dialogue. Brilliant.

For 80,000k a week and his club getting offered 35million? I see your point but it wasnt really that unbelievable imo.

Maybe I am being naive, but I really don't get why these "smaller" transfers take so long. I can fully understand the huge transfers turning into a saga as there is so much to think about but the ones for Gomis and Remy take so long. We are led to believe that we scout our players well and that these targets have been on the agenda for a while. So I don't understand that a few weeks after the season has ended talk do not begin then. Surely this would benefit the buying and selling club as well as the players. Obviously negotiations can be niggly at times but it's not as if this is the unions sorting out strikes etc. So frustrating. Maybe I am missing something I do not know. Just sign someone FFS... Easy to fathom really. We have a lazy attitude to player recruitment, almost as if it's a chore. Can anyone really see Ashley hell bent on getting anyone in a soon as possible? Quite a few of our fans still seem to think that Joe Kinnear is actually a Director of Football. That's not why he was brought here.

QPR lost all their player power as soon as they went down. The clauses that will have been triggered in players contracts will leave them pretty helpless imo.

As long as that rape case hangs over him, a fair few clubs who are actually willing to spend good money will look elsewhere and avoid Remy. With our current total desperation for a forward and a reluctance to fork out it's not surprise we're favourites to get him. The loan deal is a double bonus for Ashley if it's accepted as they will not doubt cut it short if found guilty and he's not spending any fee's, at least not yet.

How can you say that about a case you know f*** all about unless you were the one raped Footballers generally get let off, that's why i'd be surprised.

Them Boca and City kits are amazing. Puts ours to utter shame.

It really is. It looks helpless

Really not the slightest bit surprised we are back in for him. Cut price deal for someone we've courted previously and for ages, and he's available. Mouthwatering criteria for Ashley. Quite naive to think we wouldn't look to sign him again in the Summer if QPR were relegated. The rape case is an obvious complication. As someone mentioned he'll no doubt get the sack if he's found guilty, a verdict which would surprise me tbh.

Awful kit. First one I wont buy for a long while.

Fingers crossed. See I thought this at first but it's getting to the point now where i'd take any half decent striker.

This one and last years without doubt. That Bowyer one was bad but we were relying on Champ League qualification imo. If we'd gone through to the group stages we'd have seen more players.

Think it's pretty clear Pardew wants Bent, but we're only gunna bid for him right at the end when Villa will accept a lowered fee. Fulham like all the other stupid clubs seek to do their deals early, so aye he'll no doubt end up there, quite soon.

Aye, all available yet we'll wait till the very end to get 'the best possible deal' and if it doesn't come off well then the club saves money anyway. So frustrating.

Ashley has absolutely no intention of spending. If they really wanted Remy/Bent/Gomis/Gignac one of them would of been here by now. I'm no expert in these matters but it really can't take that long to contact a club and make them an offer, wether or not JFK was on fucking holiday is totally irrelevant. I doubt we've bid for a single player yet. Kinnear's director of football job title is just something to make him look official, when actually everyone know's he is here to smoke Pardew out, however long it takes.

Shola's a purple.

Doesn't fancy the grief. At least he's got sense.

wolves away? in novelty fashion we scored from a corner.

'beef up domestic talent search' fucking hell, does JFK not even know any english players?

Utterly embarrassing. I'v never been so apathetic about a nufc season starting.

It's just the cheap pettiness of it all. Kinnear and now Harford, such a pathetically sub standard set up. They wouldn't get jobs at any other club in the league.