Until their is a change of ownership I don’t see our transfer policies changing much. But I don’t see how anyone can make any moans about Parish and his reign. In under 10 years he has given us the best CPFC ever and no sign of him taking his foot off the pedal.

I think the budget is very tight.
I think we’ll try and utilise the loan system again for two players.
The disappointment is that we have not already lined them up, on tour and working with rest of the squad.
Ayew still has not officially joined and I assume this is to save on wages as we knew he was involved in AFCON and would not be available for much of pre-season so we may as well wait until he’s available to play.
There are players in the squad like Riedewald and Sorloth that Hodgson won’t use but are probably difficult to sell.
He’s a conservative manager who will only use the youngsters as a last resort which is probably right at this stage.
The squad stills looks well short and to those who think this stage of the season is unimportant we kick off in a few weeks in a weaker position than last season.

Not many clubs are likely to loan out strong players early in case they end up needing them. There’s no point in us loaning in weak or potential players like we did with Bamford. Ayew is different because we know he can fill in and he’s been here before. Not inspiring but required backup. He’s no here yet because of axpost Afcon break as mentioned.

COYP

Great idea, I need a place to moan!
We have played the brinkmanship game with our pemier place for two seasons now and eventually the ball will drop. Last season we started weaker , lost Cabaye and RLC and didnt have Meyer or Kouyate ready. This season we are doing the same, lost Bats and AWB and any replacements wont be ready. In the meantime important squad members , Dann, JimmyMac, and Ward are nearing their useby dates and we havent stengthened behind them.
So its the usual story are there 3 weaker teams than us? Sheffield United and Norwich will struggle. Villa may do a Fulham but I think they have a good club ethic and will be ok. Brighton look in trouble, a change of direction and little or no recruitment. Newcastle under Bruce could be a disaster. Southampton will either head for seventh or bomb same with Watford. We may just get another season from others incompetence.
Or we get the two lads from Brentford and go back to bed.

its all up in the air because of Zaha staying or going which I think is 50/50. if he stays nobody in accept a couple of loans and a RB, if he goes major team reconstruction,

“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

Nearly 3 weeks to go before the window closes and there hasn't been a great deal of PL transfer activity.

As examples, Burnley have signed 2, Brighton 2, Everton 2, Southampton 3 but this includes Ings who was on loan until the end of the season, W.Ham 3.All more than us of course but time to go.

Edited by Willo (14 Jul 2019 9.36am)