KMondo

Dyer was horrifically inconsistent at 19 years of age. Remember the Mansfield game? That's just how young players are, with very few exceptions.

Exactly this. Decent, experienced player who will cover an area we happen to be desperately short in. And, who cares if it's £10m? Right now I would rather we spent it here than on yet another player with 'potential' (see Forren, Mayuka, Ramirez etc.)

To be fair, that sounds a lot like the stance they took with Lallana, Lovren et al.

Welcome aboard Ryan. A decent, experienced left back to go with our decent inexperienced one. Makes a lot of sense. Glad we're not signing another South American, they've been disastrous without exception.

Be careful what you wish for. Might not seem so appealing when we sit bottom of the table with fewer points than a triangle.

So why did we fork out nearly £20m on players just a couple of weeks ago? Can the financial situation have changed so much since then? Doesn't make sense to me.

Would be interesting, if buying a "share" resulted in anything even remotely resembling ownership.

If we keep signing South Americans, eventually one of them is going to come good. Balance of probabilities and all that.

Mostly just dull generic religious-right drivel, but I raised an eyebrow at this line: " An inch is the width of a man's thumb, a foot the length of his foot, a yard the length of his belt." Wow. Never realised Americans are such a strange shape.

Bruce would be okay. Koeman could be fantastic or could be a disaster, but Bruce would be very likely to be just okay.

What odds can I get on Reed being named our next manager?

Lovren, Wanyama and JRod. Spine of the team. I'd say Boruc too, unless we get a top class replacement. And Lallana of course, goes without saying.

Liverpool put in a bid, board turned it down. Why are people getting so worked up? On a likeliness-to-happen scale I would give this 3/10 - higher than Lallana to Spurs but lower than Lallana to Liverpool.

At least that scotches the stupid rumours about it being a 'sweetener' to avoid the Lallana sell-on fee.

4 million only then if that's the case. I don't begrudge Rickie, but at that price it would feel like a mugging.

More fool them if they go there. With one notable exception, Spurs is a graveyard for young talent.

Good luck Mopo, hope it goes as well for you as the last manager who ditched us for Spuds. ps, take your sh*tty Italian striker with you, you c*nt.

Is McEachran still under 20? Feels like he's been around for ages.

Thanks for the explanation Mallagroth, that's exactly what I meant.

Or that Lambert and Lallana would be two of them for that matter.

Hopefully Luke will take one look at Smalling and Jones and decide he's better off at Saints.

Presumably the young player in question was Alex OC. Unless it's just BS of course, which is more likely.

That's awesome. Meaningless, but still awesome.

Peter Beardsley?

Dodd and Kenna? But I think our current two are potentially even better.