FFS let's move away from Conor Gallagher. He was great for us on loan last year, but

1. He's playing fairly regularly for Chelsea, even if it is as a sub a lot of the time. He plays in most games and therefore will still think he can become a regular.

2. His form has been patchy, other than against us.

3. He'll be incredibly expensive, due to his performances with us. What £30 million? Too much for a club like us, when we have several positions to fill.

I think we could do with 2 midfielders. McArthur won't play this season and what happens if Doucoure gets a month long injury plus.

Personally, I think no one will come in. The signs are there that something is very wrong with transfers. We were light in the summer and we are being linked with no one other than rehashes of old stories and ex players. Parish has hinted that expect nothing in.

Hate to be full of doom and gloom, but it's difficult not to be.

I certainly don't expect us to spend £30 million on Gallagher, nor want us to when we ideally need another 3-4 players

Nah it's the board's ready made excuse,

"We tried and failed to sign 2 top class players" (we were told no chance at the start of the window but decided not to move onto to other targets).

One more point

Agree with all the above.

I'd be quite happy with a 2 or 3 who can 'do a job' as opposed to chasing a single player and then perhaps another 'prospect' from League One who ends up going out on loan to League Two or some farmers league in nowhereland.

Personally, I don't think we have the cash for any 'big money' signings but it's an area of the pitch that needs resourcing and not even upgrading.

For me, there's a difference between saying 'we could really do with someone who can play in X position better than X for the first team' and 'we look light on numbers, who can even step in if X gets injured etc.'.

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

M glad i found this and hopefully we can put it to bed .Personally i dont think he will only ever be a bit part player when others are fit . If he want to waste his time and career that is up to hi and good luck to him . [Link]

Absolutely bang on. This is the story.

I've long believed and posted many times in the last six months that I thought we could get Conor back and that it was worth pursuing. But whether or not I was right, it's now time to move on. If Conor had any interest in returning and Chelsea wanted to sell, at this point it'd be more than wishful thinking...things would be happening if they hadn't already happened. Conor rumours are at this point no longer even interesting; that ship has sailed. They're like a bit of flirting from a girl you know isn't even going to give you a hand-job but you'll miss out on shagging her sister while you wait in hope and expectation that she might deliver.

And as Badger says, the club is extending the conversation simply to give themselves an excuse for doing f*** all anywhere else in the market, where a deal might actually be had. Frankly, Parish should ask himself why Conor would want to return to a club that shows so little ambition, and that so singularly fails to support a manager with whom Conor himself appears to be so close. Our owners have already demonstrated they're more interested in buying the club Conor plays for than Conor himself.

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.

It feels like it could be exactly what is happening.

But I can only hope that Parish and Dougie are smarter than that, and all the chatter is just the media writing stories to fill the space.

Because they will then ask Pat at a press conference, who will say, yeah we'd love him if he is available. And then that will be another weeks worth of articles.