Pretty much what I said about those stupid friendlies during the World Cup break. A complete and boring waste of time and a perfect opportunity to get injured. Ideal preparation to get hammered by Fulham!

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Edited by Willo (28 Jan 2023 12.11am)

Will everyone just listen to Syd he is spot on, their is no spare money , all the in-comings cover our outgoings, we have Jairo, Luka, Tomkins and McArthur on 235K a month, with a sell on value of zero, and Olise, Eze, Guehi and Doucoure on 187k a week, with a sell on value of about 150m, we are paying for mistakes made in the past, there is no spare money, thanks to Textors 90m we had some money to buy some, its now gone, by the end of the season we will be in a better financial position, i wouldnt even offer wilf a contract, 3 years on current salary with signing fee, 25m for a player who is deteriorating in front of us.

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

Despite what some are posting here I don’t see anyone clamouring for us to be like Citeh or Chelsea when it comes to buying players, but as a 10 year established PL side I do expect us to have a full competitive squad, which we do not.

We have two senior goalkeepers, one left back, two elderly right backs and a guy who has never played an entire competitive match for us. We can get by with the 4 centre halfs we have but midfield and up front is a bit of a mess. We have two possibly three in midfield who you wouldn’t want to pick in Riedewald, Milivojevic and Schlupp, another who is constantly injured in McArthur and Hughes who for some reason our manager doesn’t like. Doucoure is a nailed on starter and then we have a plethora of talented but who score few goals ‘wide attacking’ players in Eze, Olise, Ayew and Zaha (our top scorer) who is of course now injured. Two strikers, neither of whom score goals and one of them is possibly leaving!

That is supposed to be a team that keeps us competitive in the hardest league in the world. It is little surprise we have scored only 3 goals in our last 6 PL matches and 2 of them were against Bournemouth who looked to be a terrible team and the other was a free kick.

I’m amazed the confidence that some have that we are in no trouble. I reckon we are only a couple of injuries away from being in dire trouble and I would not be surprised to see PV walk as I think he is getting very frustrated, as am I as a supporter.

Rant over. Let’s hope we get some players through the door next couple of days.

I think if Mateta goes, a striker on loan, or Loan with option to buy, and the young midfielder from Stuttgart, Loan and Obligation to by, If we had a Loan with Option with Edouard, we wouldnt have bought him and put him on 94k a week.

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

I vote Syd for unpaid Chairman

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn