Contrary to most here I think the actual team is perfectly capable of staying up.
Everybody only see no wins in 8 games, no one seem to remember the team had like 40 points in 30 matches before.
The quality of the team anyway is enough to stay up another season in my opinion.
This anyway doesn't mean we have to recruit younger players and improve the whole squad.
Important factors this season will be the number of players on the last year of their contract, which could open to new arrivals, and the football world economy due to Coronavirus. Many Championship teams will be forced to sell players to stay afloat (might be what we're trying to do with QPR. If they HAVE to sell, they'll lower their expectations).

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In my head I'm picturing Brian Blessed, half cut on Carling in Wetherspoons, ranting about Nathan Ferguson next to the condiments table. Is that anywhere close?

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...

I had a pint of Bass in my head, or something similar if a Wetherspoons.

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

Why are we so obsessed with strikers?

Priorities should be:
1. A plan for the post Hodgson era
2. A quality inventive midfielder (like RLC) to work
with Meyer.
3. When 1. is achieved an industrious centre forward
4. Defensive midfielders who can actually move the ball forward and pick and make a pass, to replace Kouyate & Miliovejic (accidents waiting to happen)
5. Give Reidewald a roving commission - he is a quality player not utilised properly.
6. Give youth players a chance (disgracefully unused when we were safe, we learned nothing from not doing so)
7. Keep Tomkins, Cahill and Dann fit.

As a supporter since 1948 I long for the likes of a new Johnny Byrne or Atilio Lombardo !

And of course Dennis Uphill !

I think the difference where others are concerned and you're excited comes from the difference in belief of what the club can acquire.

Taking your list -

Eze - 15m
Ferguson - 5m
Young CM - 8m
Young CB - 8m
Striker - 10m - 20m
Fraser signing on fee etc. - 3m

A lower cost estimate on all of them, which likely means the reality is higher, is still a net transfer fee spend of ~£50-60m.

I'd say most on here reckon we're capped at probably the £30m-35m range?

Personally, my big worry is the squad's performance deteriorated when they had to play back to back, and this season is going to be more back to back than ever. This season will require depth and on that metric, we look weak. I agree with you that we probably need to sign 4-5 players more than we lose. I'm nervous on our ability to achieve it.

26th January 2010 - Enter Administration
2nd May 2010 - D-Day 1 - Survival at Hillsborough
1st June 2010 - D-Day 2 - Survival at Lloyds
7th June 2010 - CPFC2010 exchange contracts.