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Who says they have to be squad fillers? No reason why we cannot find quality, we'll just have to pay for it. But even if they are, so what? That's precisely what we need right now. You seem to be vastly underestimating the size of the hole we are currently in and just how much it will cost...

The accounts say we can spend money, lots of it. There's not much to it, we were top of the mountain for the last 4 years, those around us. Have spent massive amounts to try and catch us or in yhe case of others try and catch up to the chasing pack after disastrous seasons. we haven't had to...

The ones that are injured you mean? It's not about form, it's simple maths, we have 6 defenders, 2 are constantly injured, 1 is 34 and unable to perform anymore, the remaining are being pushed to breaking point and we're playing midfielders in defence or kids who are nowhere near ready. we...

If we've recognised the catastrophic error we made in the summer, and you'd hope the 1 win in 11 run we are currently on would ensure they have, Why wouldn't we be willing to try and rectify it in January? Viana isnt going to be working on a shoestring budget when he comes in, they'll be more...

A double ended semi up against the arse would have brought him down to earth.

Nothing remotely like the need for new blood this season though. In the past it was looking for opportunistic buys to enhance a strong squad, this season it's looking for plugs to fill holes to stop us from drowning. Very, very different needs. Txiki leaving won't have any impact on whether we...

Was a no lose situation tonight. Either the scum win and they get knocked out over two legs next round having 2 more games under their belt or they lose tonight and we get a good laugh at them losing to Spurs. I think I'd have preferred them to go through to be honest but I'm not complaining...

No club is ever consistently active in January. It's nearly always reserved for clubs in trouble, we've never fallen under that category, until now. There's really nothing to back the idea we won't spend now when it is very much required simply because we haven't needed to spend at this point...

Us typically not being all that active in January doesnt mean its our policy, it just means we havent felt it neccesary in the past. It's very neccesary now though. We have 1 win in 11 games, it's quite literally the worst form in the entire division, there's never been the need to bolster the...

I wasn't suggesting getting rid of anybody, reinforcements are needed now, replacements can wait.

The issue is, do they get thrown straight back in once again out of neccesity and then we await the inevitable break down once more? I don't see how we can do anything but that at this point. Have to hope they can hold it together until January and then reinforcements might afford us the chance...

Disagree, individuals dragging us through games might paper cracks for a bitnbut there's big problems in the side and nobody in the squad is capable of fixing them. New defensive options are required.

I think you can fit 2 in, bernardo will continue to operate from wide, grealish has played 2 games in the middle, he's not a viable option there so really you've only got kovacic who has his own injury concerns and rarely stays fit for extended periods, a 34 year old gundo who knows and expects...

How quick we act will be what tells us exactly how City feel. If they feel like there's anything remotely salvageable this season, you'd expect a couple of deals to have been done already to go through 1st Jan. Get them in the door and up and running as quickly as possible. If we're looking at...

It's not that I think he'd hide, its the little needless reactions to a slightly full on challenge that will get the crowd and the opposition riled up and even more up for a battle, we've shown over the last 2 months, we are not equipped for a battle and him on the pitch gets the fans 2 notches...

I did actually mean to say rags/spurs, I wouldn't rule them out, they're garbage but they could turn over united quite easily on their day. Either side will provide an obstacle for dippers/arsenal in a 2 legged game.

Expect this to be one of if not the worst results yet. They've got the blueprint to cause us serious problems when we are on it, in this state I'm fearful as to how ugly it may get. Awful game to have directly before Christmas. Don't see how we come away with anything but I'll be delighted to be...

I don't know about lowest, thats probably some of thr losses we had in division 2 but losing to Lyon in the champions league was up there. It was ours for the taking that year. Fowler missing a penalty against Boro to deny us European football was very cruel, that felt like our one shot at...

Best last 4 we could ask for really. Dippers, arsenal and the rags all in it and with a decent newcastle side that should go all out for silverware. There's no easy route to winning it. That's 3 tough games to win it for any of them, they won't be able to field severely weakened teams and get...

1 - Should Pep be in charge of the rebuild? Pep is not in charge of recruitment,never has been, the DoF is. Pep has an input and will continue to have it. 2 - Which players should be moved on in 2025? Question is irrelevant, the question is who can we move on. We should move on old guard like...