New signings

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Cussins and Silver… managed to help turn the biggest club in the land into a dog’s dinner with their lack of forward thinking. We could have have signed anybody we wanted..Selling 2 of our players to scum and not giving Johnny Giles the managers job to boot…Harry Reynolds, Albert Morris and Percy Woodward oversaw the important building of the club.

Not sure Silver deserves stick as without him we would have languished in second division obscurity. He and Forherby made a great double act and under him we built the East Stand which is the one bit of the stadium not looking like it belongs in a retro 1970s detective series or about to fall down.

Yes we sold off a fair few players but that was partly down to Wilkins too and under him we built the academy which had produced so many good players - Woodgate, Smith, Milner, Cook, Delph, Kewell, Gray etc.

Cousins definitely didn’t seem to have a clue in the 1980s but there also wasn’t a big queue of rich benefactors looking to jump in either.

We could definitely do with a Fotherby character now.

[Billyni]

Large Raziani or Little Willie.
Be surprised if we have both.

[BelfastAndy]

Where's the striker please?

[cherrypie7]

Where's the striker please?

We have Joseph, Gelhardt, Bamford, Piroe, dont we?

[WTF11]

We have Joseph, Gelhardt, Bamford, Piroe, dont we?

Yeah, but he asked abiut a striker.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Had the same accusation levelled against me over many seasons during which time we signed the likes of Sloth, Buoy, Sackho, JKA, Roca, Kristensen, etc, etc. Happy with my judgement prior to those and similar "playing" for us versus that of those signing the cheques. Same applies to this newcomer.

If you slag every player off we sign you are bound to be right on some. You might at least allow them the chance to show what they can do before passing judgement.

Believe you slagged Bielsa and Rapha too when we first signed them - hey ho

[Ozwhites]

Where's the striker please?

Sort of wondering about that myself. 🤔

[WTF11]

If you slag every player off we sign you are bound to be right on some. You might at least allow them the chance to show what they can do before passing judgement.

Believe you slagged Bielsa and Rapha too when we first signed them - hey ho

Thing is, I haven't (slagged every player off). Most supporters weren't enamoured of the decision to sign Diouf, but I thought he was worth the chance, proved right. Bellucci was a similar case and same result, same with Alioski.

As for Bielsa I'm on thecord as having admitted I was wrong. And Raphina? Find a post that supports your accusation.

Like I said earlier, my posts regarding Ortas "recruitment" and that of the Yank-driven owner(s) stands and had the club been more aligned to my more sceptical view of what the newcomers offered we'd be around £200m better off and as likely as not still in the PL. But don't let facts stand in your way, let's just carry in with "hope triumphing over expectation", hmmmm?

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Thing is, I haven't (slagged every player off). Most supporters weren't enamoured of the decision to sign Diouf, but I thought he was worth the chance, proved right. Bellucci was a similar case and same result, same with Alioski.

As for Bielsa I'm on thecord as having admitted I was wrong. And Raphina? Find a post that supports your accusation.

Like I said earlier, my posts regarding Ortas "recruitment" and that of the Yank-driven owner(s) stands and had the club been more aligned to my more sceptical view of what the newcomers offered we'd be around £200m better off and as likely as not still in the PL. But don't let facts stand in your way, let's just carry in with "hope triumphing over expectation", hmmmm?

Whatever - but why not let things out instead of the cocktail of doom/gloom and I’m always right when we’ve just established you are no.

[whitestomper45]

Where's the striker please?

Raziani can play cf or on wing