Duppy Conqueror

My record of predicting if strikers we sign turn out good, is like most of us patchy at best but Delap is like Palmer was before we signed him.small sample to test from but can see signs he has "it".we pretty much saw the good,bad and ugly of NJ last night. Delap offers us some similar attributes that good side of NJ does but better close control,better composure,finishing.

Only see ownership getting rid of head coach regardless of everything we may think and knowing the profile of whom they go for,about the best we can hope for if they make a change is Iraola and hope for the best.

Sometimes we let a player go cheaply but ends up having a nice career elsewhere..i'm not expecting Salah,KDB but Casadei definately could be another Pasalic.

Would prefer to keep Felix than Nkunku. As much as Sanchez had another howler last week. Nkunku came on and played like a fat kid being forced to do P.E.

Would be an act of surrender to sell Cole back to them at any price.giving up on countless amount of trophies,when with Pep and KdB's time running down there is some light at the end of the tunnel...i would laugh it off but with the current regime there's always a chance that any level of dumb shit is atleast marginally possible.

So what leagues still have their window open apart from Saudi until midnight monday? Is Turkey still open until October?

Players can still earn big money with us,just no longer by just signing the contract and coasting.

My bet is that saudi team only signs Osimhen.despite all the reports.

Should be able to wrap up Toney pretty quickly,transfer fee and salary should be far more reasonable,wants to stay in Prem,is just up the road,doesnt need to move house,can remain in contention for England.can be either 1a or 1b with Jackson.isnt gonna be a weight around our necks if fails.

Don't mind that he wants to fight for a place,we aren't going to shift all who might need replacing in the next 53 hours. Plus his problem is consistency,good streaks and bad but less of a lost cause for Enzoball than Disasi Even if it's just for next few months to a year..

I like that we looking at CB's. But can't say i know the player well.hasn't played that many games at Benfica,but linked to potentially replacing Skriniar at PSG.. If we bidding for a CB might suggest that a sale is in the pipeline.

It aint exactly a choice between wealth and poverty.

Sancho and to a degree VO signing elsewhere i would have zero problem with..this only being able to shift our unwanted if we buy theirs that has become the theme of this window is something we need to break free from.

We'd be stupid to do it (which we kinda are) so our hope must be that Sancho isnt as stupid and wants to go where there is less competition for places.

Duran is far more raw and unproven than Toney. Looking at a small sample to judge him,in some ways same as Palmer was but could see Palmer had it (not saying that he would have the season he had last year but could see he had "it") i don't think Duran is available now anyway and with Toney being about to go to Saudi if we don't act now..we run the risk of losing out to all 3 of Duran,Toney and Osimhen. I think Osimhen going elsewhere with Arsenal and PSG raising funds from sells as we speak,is a real possibility. I'm relaxed about it personally as think with EM and the players we currently have,the false 9 option has more chance of being a decent option than was the case previously with us.

Osimhen has a higher ceiling but Toney has a higher floor. Toney somewhat proven in PL,despite his age is as hungry as ever so opposite of a Sterling.he'll be 29 next march so not exactly old and isn't a pure speed merchant so isnt going to decline abruptly.we have young CF's that should be able to step up by time he's done.he's not blocking development of those youngsters. He puts away what he should.an underated gift when looking at CF's when it should remain the most important. Signing him would rescue him from Saudi and from certain England retirement. Is only the previous gambling issue that is a red flag but really after the punishment he had last time that shouldnt be an issue. Osimhen has potentially more red flags and would cause more issues to us if he flops than Toney would.

It's beginning to look a lot like christmas...

That is where i'm at with him.combination of doubts over if he'll ever be good enough for any prem team let alone one with high expectations and the fact we got so many better options anyway. Loan to some lesser league to raise his value for re-sale. I'd wouldnt be against Scottish prem at this stage..or Portugal,Holland. Gernany,France or Italy might still be a level above him.

Wolves have given us trouble lately but Neto has usually been the major thorn in our side so who knows this time.in a month or so time our games might be easier to predict,right now picking our starting line up seems hard enough.

Finally flushed the turd.

As with deals we've done this season,not a conventional swap,we'll give them the desired 75m. They give us 15m due to the Sell on clause. We'll give them Sterling and one or two CB's in seperate deals if they desire.give some fee free loans etc..

He wanted clarity..

Sterling drove the final nail in his coffin with that statement in the media on opening day.but he was already dead to us really. I don't see him clinging to our leg like a homesick turd though despite the mind boggling salary he's on and think we'd prefer to take a substantial loss than have him lingering. Lots of clubs in the Prem either in London or close enough he can be easy travel to his family if thats what he still wants.

We are on their doorstep for most journalists.clubs outside of London for the most part just have regional press who don't dare piss off their readers. We arent really hated by general football fans more than the usual anti-London lot,we are hated by Victimpool fans like Arsenal were and Man City are now because we upset them by breaking their belief that when Man U don't win the League it should only be them. There is far too many ex-Liverpool players on sports channels now..Souness and Hansen were fine,Thompson was as terrible as his perm in his playing days with his never veiled bias but atleast they won league titles.. Carragher,Murphy,Redknapp,Collymore..none.

Conor officially signed.good luck laddie.if it was Real he'd be out their door by end of season but at Athletico he could succeed.hope he wins lots of domestic trophies there.