Nicklas Helenius

[Greg N'Ash]

Can't say i'm too impressed exchanging a kid for Bent presumably.

You seriously thought Lambert would go for any other option?

Well i'd have hoped next season didn't rely on Benteke continuing to score 19 goals  because lets face it, we still have the same defence and if he's out we got erm... gabby, Bowery and Weimann.  Probably get 19 in total.

Don't forget the Fonz.

Also, you make it sound like the transfer window's already shut. It's only just begun and we've already signed one player and shown significant interest in another, it's not as if we won't sign new defenders.

well that's the hope. Look this guy could turn out to be another Benteke but he's very much in the no-one knows catagory. I want a bit of experience in the team and by that i don't mean old men but someone born in the 1980's at least

[not3bad]

I want a bit of experience in the team and by that i don't mean old men but someone born in the 1980's at least

It's not the way Lambert rolls.

[Greg N'Ash]

I want a bit of experience in the team and by that i don't mean old men but someone born in the 1980's at least

It's not the way Lambert rolls.

I know and it worries me

[PeterWithesShin]

Two months before the start of the season and Greg isn't happy? Say it ain't so Joe.

[Greg N'Ash]

Two months before the start of the season and Greg isn't happy? Say it ain't so Joe.

We stayed up by the skin of our teeth. Of course i'm worried.

[PeterWithesShin]

Two months before the start of the season and Greg isn't happy? Say it ain't so Joe.

We stayed up by the skin of our teeth. Of course i'm worried.

Which is more than you expected us to do. By a long way. So start believing Greg, it's a lot more fun!

[Chipsticks]

Two months before the start of the season and Greg isn't happy? Say it ain't so Joe.

We stayed up by the skin of our teeth. Of course i'm worried.

You'll be eating a huge slice of humble pie when we qualify for the Champions League and win both the domestic cups next season.

[Greg N'Ash]

Two months before the start of the season and Greg isn't happy? Say it ain't so Joe.

We stayed up by the skin of our teeth. Of course i'm worried.

Which is more than you expected us to do. By a long way. So start believing Greg, it's a lot more fun!

meh. Don't believe in the happy clappy believe stuff. Got us nowhere under MON. We just about got into the last week of the season without worrying about being relegated, and we still have a porous defence and a squad a few injuries away from disaster. I'll start believing we're safe from relegation when we start finishing a bit further up the table.

[dave.woodhall]

Two months before the start of the season and Greg isn't happy? Say it ain't so Joe.

We stayed up by the skin of our teeth. Of course i'm worried.

Which is more than you expected us to do. By a long way. So start believing Greg, it's a lot more fun!

meh. Don't believe in the happy clappy believe stuff. Got us nowhere under MON. We just about got into the last week of the season without worrying about being relegated, and we still have a porous defence and a squad a few injuries away from disaster. I'll start believing we're safe from relegation when we start finishing a bit further up the table.

And even then you'll still be saying Doug's really in charge.

[danlanza]

Two months before the start of the season and Greg isn't happy? Say it ain't so Joe.

We stayed up by the skin of our teeth. Of course i'm worried.

Which is more than you expected us to do. By a long way. So start believing Greg, it's a lot more fun!

meh. Don't believe in the happy clappy believe stuff. Got us nowhere under MON. We just about got into the last week of the season without worrying about being relegated, and we still have a porous defence and a squad a few injuries away from disaster. I'll start believing we're safe from relegation when we start finishing a bit further up the table.

This for me. G'night.

[KevinGage]

Can't say i'm too impressed exchanging a kid for Bent presumably.

You seriously thought Lambert would go for any other option?

Well i'd have hoped next season didn't rely on Benteke continuing to score 19 goals  because lets face it, we still have the same defence and if he's out we got erm... gabby, Bowery and Weimann.  Probably get 19 in total.

Don't forget the Fonz.

Also, you make it sound like the transfer window's already shut. It's only just begun and we've already signed one player and shown significant interest in another, it's not as if we won't sign new defenders.

well that's the hope. Look this guy could turn out to be another Benteke but he's very much in the no-one knows catagory. I want a bit of experience in the team and by that i don't mean old men but someone born in the 1980's at least

I don't think many established forwards who have already made a name for themselves would come to sit on our bench.  And nor should they, in all honesty, if they have a bit about them.   Paying £40k +  for a reserve forward doesn't seem consistent with our approach for the past 12/18 months either. And that's probably how much it would take (minimum)  to tempt that sort of player. 

He has a chance to come in and make a name for himself.  As a bit part player at first, but the likelyhood of more games if he impresses.  If he doesn't, we haven't taken to much of a hammering financially.  Makes sense to me.

An English based forward of a similar age and playing to a similar standard (I'd guess the Danish league is somewhere between the Championship and League One quality wise) would probably cost £4/5 million and a fair chunk in wages.

[PeterWithesShin]

Two months before the start of the season and Greg isn't happy? Say it ain't so Joe.

We stayed up by the skin of our teeth. Of course i'm worried.

Which is more than you expected us to do. By a long way. So start believing Greg, it's a lot more fun!

meh. Don't believe in the happy clappy believe stuff. Got us nowhere under MON. We just about got into the last week of the season without worrying about being relegated, and we still have a porous defence and a squad a few injuries away from disaster. I'll start believing we're safe from relegation when we start finishing a bit further up the table.

We still stayed up. You were convinced we wouldn't. Maybe, just maybe things aren't actually as bad as you want to believe.

And you lose a lot of credibility points for the happy clapper cliché.

[Greg N'Ash]

Two months before the start of the season and Greg isn't happy? Say it ain't so Joe.

We stayed up by the skin of our teeth. Of course i'm worried.

Which is more than you expected us to do. By a long way. So start believing Greg, it's a lot more fun!

meh. Don't believe in the happy clappy believe stuff. Got us nowhere under MON. We just about got into the last week of the season without worrying about being relegated, and we still have a porous defence and a squad a few injuries away from disaster. I'll start believing we're safe from relegation when we start finishing a bit further up the table.

And even then you'll still be saying Doug's really in charge.

I think even Doug never spent so little money on so many unknowns. He must be fuming he sold up.

[Greg N'Ash]

Two months before the start of the season and Greg isn't happy? Say it ain't so Joe.

We stayed up by the skin of our teeth. Of course i'm worried.

Which is more than you expected us to do. By a long way. So start believing Greg, it's a lot more fun!

meh. Don't believe in the happy clappy believe stuff. Got us nowhere under MON. We just about got into the last week of the season without worrying about being relegated, and we still have a porous defence and a squad a few injuries away from disaster. I'll start believing we're safe from relegation when we start finishing a bit further up the table.

We still stayed up. You were convinced we wouldn't. Maybe, just maybe things aren't actually as bad as you want to believe.

And you lose a lot of credibility points for the happy clapper cliché.

you're the one playing the 'told you so' card when the reality is he was doing just as bad as some of clubs around us who changed their manager and stayed up. We had a really bad season and if we do it again, i will again be calling for his head

[PeterWithesShin]

Two months before the start of the season and Greg isn't happy? Say it ain't so Joe.

We stayed up by the skin of our teeth. Of course i'm worried.

Which is more than you expected us to do. By a long way. So start believing Greg, it's a lot more fun!

meh. Don't believe in the happy clappy believe stuff. Got us nowhere under MON. We just about got into the last week of the season without worrying about being relegated, and we still have a porous defence and a squad a few injuries away from disaster. I'll start believing we're safe from relegation when we start finishing a bit further up the table.

We still stayed up. You were convinced we wouldn't. Maybe, just maybe things aren't actually as bad as you want to believe.

And you lose a lot of credibility points for the happy clapper cliché.

you're the one playing the 'told you so' card when the reality is he was doing just as bad as some of clubs around us who changed their manager and stayed up. We had a really bad season and if we do it again, i will again be calling for his head

But I did tell you so Greg, and I was right. You just didn't want to believe. Might be time to accept that I know more than you