The best result would be that the starting XI play so well that none of the bench are required.

Don't get this suggestion that a win today would be 'defying the odds' given that we're 8 points and 13 goals better than Middlesbrough at the moment. We need to go there with no fear, grab a win and then seriously start to believe that we can make the play-offs. Whether the current team have the cojones for that though is open to question.

I hear this a lot and it's almost like it's a given but then you think of the David Silva's, N'Golo Kante's, Marco Verratti's, Juan Mata's & Lucas Torreira's of this world and it makes you think...

Seen this type of BS posted a couple of times today. The few posters talking about people having their 'reputations in tatters' because seemingly no transfers have come off need to seriously get a sense of perspective. This is a transfer thread on a forum not a feckin trial by jury. Wind your necks before you make yourselves sound any more foolish.

Fair enough - thought you were taking the p**s. Obviously wrong, apologies.

I'll hazard a guess that his English is better than your Spanish though.

Yeah, apart from that he was shit. He has good-will in the pot but too many performances like that and Holtby will rightly deserve a chance.

Maybe not - but he needs to do more than he did against Forest. I thought he was ineffective and kept trying to do too much and losing the ball.

I know - I was being facetious, although I think he describes himself as being half-English.

Really interesting interview...slightly dodgy accent but seems genuinely excited and looking forward to playing for us. Welcome Lewis! https://youtu.be/XaEGXbi1s7A

If your posts today are reflective of you having a good day at the bookies and enjoying a nice white (red does rule though) god help us all if you have a few losses and a dodgy bottle. ?

Underwhelmed is your resting state Mercer - until you've had a win at the bookies and a few glasses of good red of course.....

An ITK'er informs me he took this photo recently of the Recruitment Departments company vehicle out on a scouting mission....

Maybe so but, come on, he's hardly likely to state 'we need to get some defenders in to replace the current motley crew' is he?

Much more manly, I can almost smell the testosterone from here...

When you click on 'quote' at the bottom of someones post to reply it's the 4th option on the top, the S with the line through it Enjoy!.

Off the top of my head there's got to be a shout for 'It's Raining Men' by The Weather Girls for him: It's raining men Lenihan, hallelujah, it's raining men Lenihan, amen I'm gonna go out to run and let myself get Absolutely soaking wet It's raining men Lenihan, hallelujah It's raining men Lenihan... etc. etc. Might need to work on the bit about getting soaking wet - sounds a bit too homo-erotic for me....

Just like last pre-season eh when we gave Everton a proper bloody nose. That was extremely fraudulent...

It's quite refreshing to see people so enthused by the current crop of youngsters. Feels like we might be entering one of those periods when we have a glut of them making the breakthrough which can only be a good thing.

This isn't a normal business though - it's Venky's.....

Welcome back Chaddy.

Walton for Raya - okay I guess. He's certainly not a downgrade. Walton and a.n.other keeper - preferable. If we only get one keeper in then I definitely want to see a minimum of two decent defenders in to off-set this.

I think the whole thing says a lot more about Sparks Rover than the other fella. If I didn't know better I'd suggest it smacks of jealousy and petulance...

...and I think you're making it up about him making it up, there's just no detail at all. You know what they say about opinions and arseholes.

I'd see Walton as a sort of straight swap for Raya which means I'd still like an oldie with a couple more seasons in him so there's a genuine challenge for the No 1 position.