Dman

2/3 things were bang on in the sentance. Serves me right for trying to be slightly more optimistic.

Both he and Downes were apalling today. Throw Fernandes in the mix as well.

He's spent it all trying to convince a player to join us without actually checking if the club would sell...

Harsh on Bazunu as he's not done anything wrong (yet), but fuck me, he's brilliant isn't he. I can't believe hes at stoke.

I fully appreciate his is probably half way out the door, but why on earth aren't we giving Edozie a game until he's gone. He's not great, but hes one of the 2 genuine wingers we have in the side. At least he tries to beat a man.

I agree. He's not been helped at all. Unfortunatley I fear we'll 'panic' buy some cheap backup in France. 10 games is an incredibly long time. That could comfortably see us Beaten by the Skates and out of contention for automatic promotion - which is what I'd suggest were on course for at the minute. i'm willing to give him the benefit of doubt until the window closes. But picking Armstrong, as a lone 9, is absolutely criminal.

Its pretty obvious really. He's a local lad without a club - its an obvious link. I get the impression Monk was saying "i'd take those because we're that bad" rather than suggesting they're the answer. Which I'd probably agree with.

For all of our 'depth', I'd swap their front 3 today for ours. I'd swap him for our manager as well, to be fair.

Whilst this thread is clearly abit of an over dramatic reaction to a deaft against a well orgainsed, decent side, things haven't looked good under Still.

2 wingers (actually half decent ones, not some cheap noddy from the french leauge), a genunie number 10 and another CM should fernandes leave is a minimum for me. Fellows, Azaz and another. Unrealistic, but a number 9 would be nice. It wont happen but what we currently have aren't good enough. And sorry Baz, you've done nothing wrong, but get that fucking stoke keeper. Easily the best keeper in this leauge.

Danny Rohl is without a club.. Incredible the club didn't just pay the £5m or whatever to get him when we wanted him back in January.

I'm trying to not judge him too much right now, as we clearly don't have the players to suit his system.. But I'm sturggling to see what his system is. It seems to be get the ball wide and put a cross in to a 5'6 Adam Armstrong. Huge week for SR and Will Still - Not too impressed with what I;ve seen so far.

For me, a 'makeway' for Tom Fellows would be the best option for us. I really rate the bloke. Perfect for us at this level.

Good point... He would have been signed for Brentford whilst Ankerson was still there?

The english second division is an absolute mile better than the noody russian leauge. When you factor in money, support and reward for promotion - there aren't many in the world better. Only top leauges in England, Germany, Spain and maybe france come close.

I'll shut up then

My only assumption here, if this is true, is that the total package exceeds. Usually, release clauses are to be paid in full upfront.

1 year left on his contract also accounts for a lot. You're paying for potential and nothing more at this stage. He had 6 good months and went off the boil for the other 6 last season and his g/a return was poor (probably becasue of the side he played in). For all his quality atributes, he's very, very one-footed and imo, pretty lazy. Personally, £40m+ is a very good deal for us.

Lets be honest, Dibbling didn't set the world alight last season. if we want 50m for fernandes, dibbling isn't anywhere near worth that.

Played for Luton in the PL - So would assume well known and recommended by Trollope. A lot of loans, which is concerning, but seemingly a pretty decent track record on those loans. Can't be anyworse than Sugawara or Bree. Decent option, I'd say.

Get the impression they're trying to low-ball and force the player to kick up a fuss. Seemingly unsucessful, as it stands.

I suspect this is the plan. Aribo, Smallbone, Matsuki all out. leaving us with; 6/8: Downes, Charles, Sesey, Fernandes?, 10: Azaz?, The russian? Pretty balanced (and very, very strong at this level), I'd say.

The true definition of "your dad is taking the divorce well then"

I don't even think that is a controversial thing to say. Jones is a much better manager. Just much more unfashionable. It didn't work for us but there is no way Martin could do the things Jones does to smaller clubs with smaller budgets.

Rangers have conceeded 10 goals in 8 games so far, the race for +60 goals against is on... Again. Like night follows day, incredibly poor defensive records just follow Mr Martin. I'm sure its just down to lack of bravery, not following the system and scar tissue though.