Rayvin

They said in the summer that they were going to spend £50m through the three next three windows and they do seem to be doing that. What happens after next summer is anyone's guess though, I doubt they will keep it up.

Aye, a week ago we apparently had a £19m offer accepted only to be turned down by the man himself. Either that was bollocks or this is, unless Charnley's strategy here is to demonstrate just how badly we want him by increasing the size of the offer in order to win the lad over. Which wouldn't surprise me greatly.

CT determined that no one else will start this thread. Based on the seasons form so far, and on the back of two decent performances, I expect us to lose.

Over the line in the end. Why it has to be nerve wracking all the time is beyond me, but in fairness, aside from the fact that I don't trust us to defend a lead, we were actually fairly comfortable.

One more and it should be done, but with that said Man Utd were in a very similar position against us earlier in the week, so we're not there yet. West Ham are going to have to attack us though, which should mean we'll get chances on the counter... Hopefully we've done enough here, we could really use this. That said, apart from 5 minutes at the end it was one way traffic that half. We fully deserve to be ahead.

Seems to have gotten away with it... no idea why he did it though. Maybe a shoulder barge that looked worse than it was from a distance?

I'd take one more before this becomes 'comfortable'

Awesome start!

Went to Malta in October. Enjoyed it - we hired a car which is a double edged sword. It made accessing the island much easier, but no one on Malta can drive to save their lives. Keep that in mind. Highlight was hiring a boat to go out past a couple of the smaller satellite islands in the northern end. Would thoroughly recommend even if you're not used to boats. Very low risk/stress (make sure you know what you're doing with the anchor though as I had to dive in once to secure it before we drifted into a swimming area). That allowed us to get out to one of the lagoons and snorkel which was awesome. I think it cost about 200Euros for 4 of us which was worth it by a long shot.

Thavt seems to be our thing this window...

Either way, we're not really in any different a position than we were before. We need a functional team. As soon as we get that, I've no doubt that we'll start sweeping forwards. It's just whether or not we're ever going to get there. What is clear, is that if things stay the same we're going to go down.

True but are the board going to want to spend a lot of money on players who could leave a few months later on a release clause probably worth quite a bit less than what we're paying for them? As such, would we ever agree to a relegation release?

Agreed, Berahino hasn't done enough to justify that kind of price IMO. Does this reflect the fact that we can't get anyone better with our current league standing though? This all smacks of short termism.

If Fish isn't getting on board with our signings then they really must be bad

Which means we're solely in the hands of Charnley... I reckon he'll be too afraid to make a move on his own.

...Jonjo Shelvey for £10m anyone...? We've prepped a bid apparently...

I'm not the one spending all the live long day on Reddit with the kids

WTF?

What TV show is your avatar from, it's really bothering me that I can't remember it...!

I'm not gonna quote it due to length but that post by HF was a superb contribution. Extremely well argued.

Not sure about that like. Not even sure they'd be legends if they won it given how utterly shite they've been otherwise. Honestly feel like we have other priorities this year, a cup run can wait until we're stable. If we ever are. Not that it matters as we won't beat Watford anyway.

Presumably before any of the voting has happened? Standard procedure for FIFA now, surely.

Like fuck is Lacazette going to come here. he'd have to be fucking mental. We're supposed to spend another 50 million this window, right? I'll be amazed if we spend half that.

I dunno like, I reckon that creative centremid would keep us up. If we get a centreback and a left back as well, we should be fine.