RevidgeBlue

That doesn't make it sound like there'll be another CM coming in. Much like him saying the other day that someone had to step up in the scoring stakes didn't make it sound certain that any more firepower would be arriving either.

It's Travis we've been missing. That's why our form has fallen off a cliff. You've missed the point I was trying to make anyway. I wouldn't have bought in a player (Forshaw) who isn't good enough as cover. No point. Just money down the pan.

By the same token Forshaw couldn't get in the side that was bottom of the table. At the time Forshaw was signed Tronstad wasn't injured so at that pont it looked like we needed cover for 2-3 weeks until Travis was fit. Not that much in it. Not denying we ideally needed DECENT cover after Baker went back but Forshaw was never that.

Bringing in a bad player is just a waste of money even if he's relatively cheap. Would have been better going with Garrett then we'd have had "even more" money for the forward positions.

Spuds 2-0 down at Everton. Wonder how much more Postecoglu can survive?

We've not been playing well with him in (only 5 points from 6 games in Travis's absence) so Tronstad's absence shouldnt make any further difference per se. What a waste of a signing and money Forshaw looks.

For all the feeble excuses being made on here about most transfer business being done at the end of the window, we needed reinforcements and improvement in certain areas at the start of it and it came home to roost yesterday.

Much better starting line up than against Portsmouth. Let's go!

(Chaddy changes the subject seamlessly) I don't know how good or bad the signings other Clubs have made are.You almost without exception. always deem players who are signed by other Clubs to be shit. All I know is that those other Clubs have identified their targets, got themselves organised and made their move early. For once, just once I wish we'd done the same. Have you EVER heard a manager say - "Yeah, well, I hope we don't sign anyone until right at the end of the window, when we can be involved in a mad scrum with a whole load of other Clubs to try and bring a few players in at the last minute by which time the selling Clubs will know full well we're desperate". No. They all say. "I'd like us to get our business sorted early and that will also help the rest of the team during that period as well" Just because it's often done the other way in practice doesn't make it right.

*Cough* Adam Armstrong 9th of Jan 2018.

So you think the owners ( who according to most are that disinterested they don't even know when we're playing) would be that interested or invested that they'd intervene in a potential transfer on the basis they thought he should have a one year deal instead of two?

Weird, I thought it was a clear foul by Trafford. Ref was right on top of it, gave himself a couple of seconds to think about it, then pointed to the spot.

OK. FFS.

Eh? Who was on the second one then? Trafford picked up a yellow card for his sins.

We haven't signed anyone. (in the priority positions)

1st one definitely was, I thought the Sunderland player conned the ref, kicked his own foot. 2nd one was nailed on I thought. Trafford wiped the player out and didn't even get a touch on the ball.

True legend of the game. Not surprisingly my favourite memory of him was the back heel for City that sent the Red Scum down in 1974. He scored the winner and looked absolutely distraught poor chap. Had to be consoled by his team mates. Ballon D'Or winner in the days when they didn't make a fuss about it. RIP.

Fair point.

Bit like us.

Supposedly they were willing to go up to £10m for Cannon but were outbid by Sheff Utd and Sunderland. Sunderland will be wondering how they didn't get 3 points out of that. Much the better side I thought and missed a couple of sitters and 2 penalties. They should have made someone else take the 2nd pen, he put it EXACTLY in the same place!

Top and bottom of it. Great post as a whole.

They're going to be sadly disappointed.

Can't agree with that at all, in general the better players get snapped up earlier in the window and by the end you're left with the crap no-one else wants and/or whatever loanees the Premier League Clubs have condescended to make available,who may not play in the positions you want to fill.

Ask Suhail.

I would imagine that second part is a myth -Waggott allegedly was in the process of requesting funding for the January transfer window as at the end of November. They'll have autonomy within that extra budget such as it is, if a player falls within budget there's no reason why it would have to be run by them again.