A lot of that I've not said. Splashing cash or £30 mil again.

Reminds me of Eastenders. Person listening isn't really listening and goes into an irrational outburst.

I agree on Benteke not being worth £30 mil unless somebody mad comes along and he'll be out when that happens but the fact remains we need someone and not nobody because nobody is better than the players DF has been looking at for 5 months.

COYP

“Better sign nobody than the wrong player” ... 100% right.

If only there was a dedicated set of backroom staff on the payroll whose job it was to seek out the “right” players for the club, and have those targets ready to go for during a transfer window.

I really hope so !

To be fair they might have identified a good sized list of suitable and affordable players, but if their clubs won't sell, or they won't join us, then there's nothing the club can do.

I don't doubt there are plenty of 'wrong players' to spend money on, but you have to question why there seems to be some sort of surprise and urgency when it was about 5 months ago we knew we had only 1 striker in the team and only 2 keepers, neither of which are up to a standard we can justifiably expect. We then went on to lose 7 games without scoring and putting out a team without a fit striker!

There must be something wrong at the club for managers and owners to be almost insultingly echoing the downright obvious sentiments of the fans, acknowledging the situation, then not taking any action when the time comes, it's ludicrous. What are people like DF actually getting paid for at the moment?

Before anyone mentions the transfer window still being open, I would wager a large amount of money on us not getting a decent CF or GK signing in, let alone both. Someone to add to the squad of any reasonable quality is the best we can hope for and I'd accept that right now.

The only reason we haven't called it a day this season and we might just survive is the fact we now have a highly intelligent, experienced, tactical manager who can work with a ridiculous situation, such as a Premier League squad with one Striker, who has scored one goal and the under par WH or the much loved but very senior JS as GKing options.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

i agree with to OP’s sentiment.

last january didnt spend wisely IMO, this summer bar sakho we did, and that was to make up for expensive mistakes off schlupp & PVA , but parish was over a barrell from BFCS and had obviously promised funds.

this january we have signed replacements for delaney & punch. needed.

we seem to have tried for a 3rd keeper

we seem to have tried for a 3rd striker, tho saying that £11 for a old brazillian reeks of desperation, i assume we will still try for a backup striker (thats all we need) and will hopefully spend wiser.

i would rather right now we signed nobody rather than panic buy, we will be fine with no further signings IMO.

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