We need another striker regardless. We potentially have the caraboa cup, the league and the fa cup to get through. With one man in front of goal. With the best will in the world he needs a rest and some back up.

All this smacks of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted. As I have made no secret I like Roy and have a good feeling about his appointment. However throwing the kitchen sink at this in January could be too late to reverse damage. One of these days our luck is going to run out!

When I was a young girl my Mother said to me.. You listen here kid you're CPFC

Our spend under FDB would have been in this ballpark figure if the final deal on deadline day had happened. Jairo Riedewald £8million, Mamadou Sakho £26 million,Oumar Niasse £7million plus 2 Loan Fees. So probably £46 million. Plus there were rumoured to be agreed bids for Mangala, Mooy (He chose Huddersfield), Tete, Tosun and a couple of keepers one on loan, 2 of these had played for FDB before and chose to go elsewhere. This suggests to me money was available but they were not got overline, whose fault ? FDB, SP, Americans,DF - we will never know.

I think if SP was problem then he has met his match in Roy who may be a gentlemen but I suggest there is an iron fist in the velvet glove. He is no Yes man or pushover

ridiculous that they're backing Woy in this manner, finding another 40mil, but didn't pull their fingers out for FDB. And all this talk of clearing out the dead wood - the same dead wood that kicked up a fuss about FDBs methods and helped get him the sack. Utter shambles. if true

Ohhhhhh dear.

"It's not the bullet that's got my name on it that concerns me; it's all them other ones flyin' around marked 'To Whom It May Concern.'"

Absolutely. We need cover at GK, RB and striker and those should be our priority. I was hoping we might get in one of the free agents as back up for Benteke, as we've left a space in the squad; perhaps we still will?

Bexley Dave

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If Niase had signed we would have spent £40 million this window, more if you include loan fees. So it looks to me FDB was backed