Aye, but I'm pretty certain Lejuene and Merino are 2 quality players tbh.

Fair point Mick but if you include our number 9 and maybe Woodman considering how highly he's rated then we do have a solid core of "purple" players.

It's a solid core of British players too.

Whilst we're talking about purples, Ritchie is our best player, I can't believe he get's so little credit tbh, such a good team player, I honestly think he could play for any team and slot in. Not on technique alone, but you add both feet and hardwork with a bit of guile and you realise how good he is.

I have the same opinion with Gayle too. How can a man hit more than 20 goals and still not considered by many as a "purple" or important player? Give him a few games to settle (we were pretty **** first 2 games for various reasons) and I guarantee he'll score goals, he's a natural finisher.

We'd be stupid to sell him unless we had someone lined up ready.

I think Llorente would have been a good signing for us, surprised Benitez wasn't sniffing round him tbh.