Idrissa Gueye - now gone

[Marlon From Bearwood]

How much is his release clause?

[PeterWithesShin]

If promotion is the targer, then much more should have been done by now.  This team as it stands will be a mediocre mid table side.  Hardly world domination material is it.

I'll repeat, how many players should we be paying as a second division club?

We currently have 4 keepers, 5 strikers, 3LB, 5CB, 3RB and so on, plus all the kids like Lyden, RHM, Green etc. Do you not think we need to shift some players before we being more in?

[AV89]

If promotion is the targer, then much more should have been done by now.  This team as it stands will be a mediocre mid table side.  Hardly world domination material is it.

Do you get a kick out of your relentless barrage of negativity?  You are right in that there is still a bit to do in the window and ideally you would want players in and settled before the first game.  But we've been sliding into the shit for the last six years. Did you seriously expect it would all be sorted in a matter of weeks?

The board are open with us (much more than Lerner ever was) and we have a competent management and coaching team who have good experience in this division.  Sadly it seems whatever the club do, its never good enough for you is it?

[PaulWinch again]

If promotion is the targer, then much more should have been done by now.  This team as it stands will be a mediocre mid table side.  Hardly world domination material is it.

I'll repeat, how many players should we be paying as a second division club?

We currently have 4 keepers, 5 strikers, 3LB, 5CB, 3RB and so on, plus all the kids like Lyden, RHM, Green etc. Do you not think we need to shift some players before we being more in?

Careful you're applying logic there.

[AV89]

If promotion is the targer, then much more should have been done by now.  This team as it stands will be a mediocre mid table side.  Hardly world domination material is it.

I'll repeat, how many players should we be paying as a second division club?

We currently have 4 keepers, 5 strikers, 3LB, 5CB, 3RB and so on, plus all the kids like Lyden, RHM, Green etc. Do you not think we need to shift some players before we being more in?

Just to add, Bolton had 33 players last season, and they really benefited from that........

[Steve67]

Er, if Gana has a release clause, why has Wyness tweeted that the club doesn't welcome any interest in the player? Confused!

[Clampy]

How much is his release clause?

Whose, LTA's or Gana's?

[Percy McCarthy]

Er, if Gana has a release clause, why has Wyness tweeted that the club doesn't welcome any interest in the player? Confused!

It could be that the club doesn't welcome any interest in the player. Just a wild guess.

[paul_e]

As I linked on another thread, we have 29 genuine first team players in the squad right now and then 3-4 youth players who will play their part this season, that's at least 4-5 too many so shifting some players out is the priority now to try to generate some squad harmony.

[Steve67]

Now now Percy, be reasonable! If the player has a clause, we can't control the transfer.

[PeterWithesShin]

How much is his release clause?

£7.2m is the figure being mentioned.

[Villa in Denmark]

Seems strange Xia bragged about how much money we were going to spend and yet he's operating a sell to buy policy......

Shock horror you arrive with negativity. We've bought players without selling any so far, but first player we sell and it's the sell to buy line. Were you expecting to keep the whole squad this year? Oh and it's an activated release clause.

The bottom line is that our squad is still far from good enough with just over a week before the season starts.  Lerner and even Ellis would be getting it in the neck with this amount of inaction.

I dont trust Xia at all.  If the money was there, you would strengthen first and sell at the same time.

I'm afraid the linear, unidirectional nature of time as we experience it makes this impossible. You can't have one event happen first and another one at the same time.

The first event being, well first, dictates that a further event must occur second.

[SoccerHQ]

We're pretty light in CM if Gana goes, Sanchez and Veretout are halfway out the door aswell although have a feeling one of them will stay.

We need much more in that area if we want promotion imo.

[four fornicholl]

Hit me with a shitty stick, but I wonder that with a bit of repositioning of some of our players, we may not be too far off?

[LeeB]

Seems strange Xia bragged about how much money we were going to spend and yet he's operating a sell to buy policy......

Shock horror you arrive with negativity. We've bought players without selling any so far, but first player we sell and it's the sell to buy line. Were you expecting to keep the whole squad this year? Oh and it's an activated release clause.

The bottom line is that our squad is still far from good enough with just over a week before the season starts.  Lerner and even Ellis would be getting it in the neck with this amount of inaction.

I dont trust Xia at all.  If the money was there, you would strengthen first and sell at the same time.

I'm afraid the linear, unidirectional nature of time as we experience it makes this impossible. You can't have one event happen first and another one at the same time.

The first event being, well first, dictates that a further event must occur second.

It would be typical of us not to be exploring the possibilities of pan-dimensional transfer activity. I bet Newcastle do.

West Brom no doubt led the way.