ARTICLE: More signings unlikely

Cirrus_Minor · Post by **Cirrus_Minor** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 7:56 pm

Smokescreen

Jimscho · Post by **Jimscho** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 7:56 pm

KRBFC wrote:So if you know my view on Dyche then why are you arguing when I say we could finish 7th if we back Dyche? You don't even make sense

I would be quite delighted if we finish 7th but I won't be throwing myself off the nearest motorway bridge if we only finish bottom half of table.I don't make sense because you only read what you want to see and not what is written.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 7:57 pm

boatshed bill wrote:Could haves don't win points or matches.
We could do with a bit of reinforcement, we've never really had a 25 man squad.

That's not the point I was making.

The first part of your post was fine, as it was factual.

The second part was negative and something that hasn't happened. We've got KBRFC all over this board doing that. so lets us normal people stick with the facts and rational opinions.

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 8:02 pm

Bin Ont Turf wrote:That's not the point I was making.

The first part of your post was fine, as it was factual.

The second part was negative and something that hasn't happened. We've got KBRFC all over this board doing that. so lets us normal people stick with the facts and rational opinions.

So you think we are strong enough for the harder end of the season?
Fine if you do, I have my doubts....not particularly that we face relegation (although not impossible)but that we are passing up the chance of building on our excellent start to the season.
BTW, I'm on enough medication already, thanks

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 8:02 pm

Jimscho wrote:I would be quite delighted if we finish 7th but I won't be throwing myself off the nearest motorway bridge if we only finish bottom half of table.I don't make sense because you only read what you want to see and not what is written.

No it doesn't make sense because you say I hate Dyche and want him gone but respond to my posts where I say ''if we back Dyche we could finish 7th'', clearly I think Dyche COULD get us to 7th place yet you bang on about how I want Dyche gone, how does that make sense?

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 8:02 pm

Bin Ont Turf wrote:That's not the point I was making.

The first part of your post was fine, as it was factual.

The second part was negative and something that hasn't happened. We've got KBRFC all over this board doing that. so lets us normal people stick with the facts and rational opinions.

Apparently saying we could finish 7th is negative, what's positive then?????????

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 8:16 pm

boatshed bill wrote:So you think we are strong enough for the harder end of the season?
Fine if you do, I have my doubts....not particularly that we face relegation (although not impossible)but that we are passing up the chance of building on our excellent start to the season.
BTW, I'm on enough medication already, thanks

I didn't think we were strong enough at the beginning of the season, never mind now.

Some folk on here are using the first half of the season as though it's the norm for Burnley in the Premier League.

I remember quite a few of them games being ones that could have gone either way, just like the recent ones where we haven't won in 8.

Apart from at centre back we've had cover all over the pitch, and just because Dyche and Garlick don't have a crystal ball between them is no reason for us to get all girls blouse about the current situation.

Would we all like a No 10 in, a forward and a centre back etc, of course we would. I remember that I support Burnley FC though and not Man City.

Bfcboyo · Post by **Bfcboyo** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 9:18 pm

jrgbfc wrote:Pretty sure Ward has played centre back before. Then again when he was at Wolves he seemed to play a different position every week!

Ward is the glue . Ward injured leaves bad results. Coincidence - probably

TVC15 · Post by **TVC15** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 9:31 pm

KRBFC wrote:Apparently saying we could finish 7th is negative, what's positive then?????????

Errr let me see - maybe supporting SD and the Board when we are not winning ?
Or maybe giving the team credit for how well it has done so far and accepting the fact that we have been very unlucky with injuries ?
Or maybe accepting that even finishing 12th or 13th would still be over achieving for a club of our size and one of the lowest wage bills in the league ?

All examples of being positive - not the sh-ite you post every day.

CombatClaret · Post by **CombatClaret** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:53 pm

Shopping list to push on for 7th place:
£15million - New Striker
£10million - CB
£15million - No10

£9million - Difference in prize money between finishing 7th and 12th
UTC Maths

PutTheWheelieBinsOut · Post by **PutTheWheelieBinsOut** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:59 pm

CombatClaret wrote:Shopping list to push on for 7th place:
£15million - New Striker
£10million - CB
£15million - No10

£9million - Difference in prize money between finishing 7th and 12th
UTC Maths

If we had a European scouting network, id maybe agree with you, maybe that would be realistic. But we don't have a European scouting network so for that money we would just get screwed (and rightly so) by Championship clubs and end up with dross.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 11:58 pm

There's no excuse for us not having a semi decent European scouting network, Huddersfield and Brighton are way ahead of us on those terms

Claretmatt4 · Post by **Claretmatt4** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:08 am

It's a shame because we have a competitive advantage we might not have again.

Outside the big six and Everton and Leicester, we are the only other team virtually safe. The only team who could offer 18 months of guaranteed PL football.

If we don't make the most of that back in the summer we won't be able to bet the likes of Newcastle, West Brom and such to transfers.

It is what it is, but its still disappointing

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:08 am

I've had a change of heart while laying in bed, I believe we will get another in and finish 7th in the league.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:16 am

Vegas Claret wrote:There's no excuse for us not having a semi decent European scouting network, Huddersfield and Brighton are way ahead of us on those terms

Really?

Defour would get in either of those two sides.

I'm not sure if any player that them two have signed directly from Europe, would get in our team.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:30 am

Best start we have had in years
Best results we have had away in years
Best results away to the top sides we are eve likely to have
As guaranteed as you can get for 18 months minimum of premier league football.

We should have used our position to our strength but seems we havent.

Not only to push for 7th and beyond. But to show we have intent next year. And also to get players in now ready and fit for next year. Brady took 6 months to settle. As many do under dyche. Look how he started once he was fit.

We are desperate at the back and even more so in front of goal. But we havent addressed it.

Signing GK and AL is seemingly good business.
Resigning Dyche and his backroom staff is excellent business.
Not strengthening up top or at the back is poor if not negligent.

As it stands the windows been a 6 out of 10. But by our standards thats pretty good.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:53 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote: As it stands the windows been a 6 out of 10. But by our standards thats pretty good.

'Our standards' how cute.

I really do wonder what you and others were expecting.

I can't quite get my head around what's going on with some Burnley fans nowadays.

It's got to be something to do with computer games or watching too much 'other' football.

Greedy and spoilt.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:57 am

Bin Ont Turf wrote:'Our standards' how cute.

I really do wonder what you and others were expecting.

I can't quite get my head around what's going on with some Burnley fans nowadays.

It's got to be something to do with computer games or watching too much 'other' football.

Greedy and spoilt.

Youve lost me

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:02 am

Sean Dyche is now coming to the end of his 11th transfer window. How many of those windows have been considered good? Very few. Where are we in the league? Well, clearly if we'd had better transfer windows, we'd be a lot higher - top 4 or better, perhaps?

I can't get into this assessment of Sean Dyche as "good in parts". But if you consistently knock his transfer windows, that's what your getting at. It's fair to say that there are things Sean Dyche could do better and could have done better, because no man is perfect - but if you want to name a manager who could conceivably have got Burnley better than where we are today, feel free.

What his means is that I have my opinion, and Sean Dyche has his. And if we differ, one of us is wrong. How arrogant would I have to be to think it was him?

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:03 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Best start we have had in years
Best results we have had away in years
Best results away to the top sides we are eve likely to have
As guaranteed as you can get for 18 months minimum of premier league football.

We should have used our position to our strength but seems we havent.

Not only to push for 7th and beyond. But to show we have intent next year. And also to get players in now ready and fit for next year. Brady took 6 months to settle. As many do under dyche. Look how he started once he was fit.

We are desperate at the back and even more so in front of goal. But we havent addressed it.

Signing GK and AL is seemingly good business.
Resigning Dyche and his backroom staff is excellent business.
Not strengthening up top or at the back is poor if not negligent.

As it stands the windows been a 6 out of 10. But by our standards thats pretty good.

Do you know, I thought from the first few lines that you were going to praise BFC.

Is Tarkowski's new contract so long ago that it doesn't count?

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:07 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Youve lost me

We should have used our position to our strength but seems we havent.

It's like we aren't Burnley FC and have been in the Premier League for years.

For f**ks sake.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:08 am

Vegas Claret wrote:There's no excuse for us not having a semi decent European scouting network, Huddersfield and Brighton are way ahead of us on those terms

Huddersfield have a foreign manager though...

Brighton have debts of £150 million plus ...

Remind me how often they've been in the PL and where they are in relation to us..

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:09 am

dsr wrote:Do you know, I thought from the first few lines that you were going to praise BFC.

Is Tarkowski's new contract so long ago that it doesn't count?

Ive said its a 6 out of 10 and a good window by our standards?

Extending Tarks contract is excellent business. Doesnt address the gap his current injury exposes though. A centre half has been a necessity for at least 2 windows now. Its the new cm problem.

Weve had a good season and done some good business. So its as good a time as ever to keep pushing forwards.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:10 am

Bin Ont Turf wrote:It's like we aren't Burnley FC and have been in the Premier League for years.

For f**ks sake.

No clearer.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:15 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote:No clearer.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:17 am

Bin Ont Turf wrote:

Can he play at the back?

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:20 am

Sidney1st wrote:Huddersfield have a foreign manager though...

Brighton have debts of £150 million plus ...

Remind me how often they've been in the PL and where they are in relation to us..

Valid points as is BOTS but it doesn't alter the fact that they seem to be more active in foreign markets than us.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 3:51 am

Gerard Deulofeu joins Watford on loan, great signing for them

CombatClaret · Post by **CombatClaret** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 7:51 am

PutTheWheelieBinsOut wrote:If we had a European scouting network, id maybe agree with you, maybe that would be realistic. But we don't have a European scouting network so for that money we would just get screwed (and rightly so) by Championship clubs and end up with dross.

My point also really, that's the minimum we'd have to spend on players unproven at this level all to chase the same amount or less in prize money.

What ever position we found ourselves in people will always be wanting more and bigger signing that we will likely get. Safety, mid table finish, 7th, Europe. However well we do there will always be a target people say we should be spending more to achieve.

arise_sir_charge · Post by **arise_sir_charge** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 8:15 am

It’s a poor do when fans only equate finishing as high as we can in the league with the financial return and look at break even points in doing so etc.

Modern football.

I’d like to finish in the top 7 simply for the level of achievement it would be. Best team outside the so called BIG 6.

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 9:44 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Ive said its a 6 out of 10 and a good window by our standards?

Extending Tarks contract is excellent business. Doesnt address the gap his current injury exposes though. A centre half has been a necessity for at least 2 windows now. Its the new cm problem.

Weve had a good season and done some good business. So its as good a time as ever to keep pushing forwards.

You might call that praise, but if so it's the faintest of faint praise. We're eighth in the Premier League. We've done that by having very very good transfer windows. Much better than the 5s and less out of 10 that you're awarding.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 9:47 am

Vegas Claret wrote:Valid points as is BOTS but it doesn't alter the fact that they seem to be more active in foreign markets than us.

Yes they are, but it isn't propelling them to greater heights.
If it was, then it would be a reasonable complaint that we aren't doing anything.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 9:49 am

Vegas Claret wrote:Gerard Deulofeu joins Watford on loan, great signing for them

It's potentially a great signing.

NottsClaret · Post by **NottsClaret** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 9:51 am

dsr wrote:Sean Dyche is now coming to the end of his 11th transfer window. How many of those windows have been considered good? Very few

Ha.. that's a good point actually. Since he got here we've been reflecting on missed opportunities with signings, failing to 'push on', selling off the crown jewels etc. Some windows are a disaster, the rest are disappointing.

He must do a cracking job down at that training ground.

NL Claret · Post by **NL Claret** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 9:56 am

"How many of those windows have been considered good?"

None if you have massive expectations and want some big name European signings.

You could say based on league positions the majority have been good.

Transfer windows are awful, sure they are there just for the purpose of SSN.

Goobs · Post by **Goobs** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 11:15 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Can he play at the back?

No, surely everyone knows that Lennon is a winger?

quoonbeatz · Post by **quoonbeatz** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:02 pm

Bin Ont Turf wrote: I can't quite get my head around what's going on with some Burnley fans nowadays.

It's got to be something to do with computer games or watching too much 'other' football.

generally just the way many modern football fans are.

more arsed about transfers than actual football.

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:04 pm

NL Claret wrote:"How many of those windows have been considered good?"
Transfer windows are awful, sure they are there just for the purpose of SSN.

And that's one of the reasons why Sky pumps so much money into the Premier League.

BOYSIE31 · Post by **BOYSIE31** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:30 pm

ClaretTony wrote:It happens, Palace & West Ham currently have as many injuries as we do.

But they will make signings before Wednesday to cover - we wont

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:46 pm

Sidney1st wrote:It is what it is.

We've got this far, got a couple of wingers in and whilst we'd all like to various extra players we only need a few more points to be safe.

Onwards we go and see how we end up, but the most important thing is survival, anything extra is a bonus.

Unless we have a meltdown of biblical proportions WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET RELEGATED, so why are people still saying the first priority is safety? Do people think that Everton fans are talking about safety, or Leicester fans? What about Watford, are they saying 'as long as we are safe'? Two out of three of them are below us by some stretch and one is above us marginally on goal difference. These teams are NOT looking at safety, why then should we be? We are 8th, 6 points clear of 9th, we should be looking up not nervously down, there is nothing to fear below us.
I'm somewhat shocked that many of our fans now seem to think the season is over because it's 'job done' as far as relegation is concerned. There is a lot to play for. Two or three places higher gives us millions more in the bank, Europa League places sometimes go down to 7th (rarely but it can happen) so then that is more money next season, potentially. And then there is pride, do we not want to finish as high as we possibly can? And what of next season? Will we still be looking at the job in hand being survival? What about the season after, will we ever stop thinking small, do we just want to be part of the PL for the sake of it?
I apologise about the rant guys but for the sake of not a lot more investment we could do a lot better this season than 'survival'. If we don't get a striker in to back up the poor show that we currently have I will see that as a lack of ambition. People can criticise me on here, they can say I'm not being 'realistic', but I love this club and we have the opportunity to really cement our place at the top table and have enough perceived ambition to attract better players. We have brought in two excellent wingers but who are they going to supply? The injured Wood? The average and maybe soon to be gone Barnes? The possibly not PL standard Vokes? The untried Wells? Who? Or do we just want to reach the end of the season scraping the odd draw to ensure 'safety'.

I despair I really do.

BOYSIE31 · Post by **BOYSIE31** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:47 pm

We have to try to keep getting better and that can only happen with getting better players - and this can only happen during a transfer window of which we are currently in but i agree the summer one is a lot easier to deal in.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:51 pm

NL Claret wrote:"How many of those windows have been considered good?"

None if you have massive expectations and want some big name European signings.

You could say based on league positions the majority have been good.

Transfer windows are awful, sure they are there just for the purpose of SSN.

Actually I think the point being made is not the lack of big names but rather the number of POOR signings we have made. Dyche is a great manager and like all Clarets I wish we could make him ours for life, but his record in the transfer market is not hot.

TVC15 · Post by **TVC15** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:10 pm

houseboy wrote:Unless we have a meltdown of biblical proportions WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET RELEGATED, so why are people still saying the first priority is safety? Do people think that Everton fans are talking about safety, or Leicester fans? What about Watford, are they saying 'as long as we are safe'? Two out of three of them are below us by some stretch and one is above us marginally on goal difference. These teams are NOT looking at safety, why then should we be? We are 8th, 6 points clear of 9th, we should be looking up not nervously down, there is nothing to fear below us.
I'm somewhat shocked that many of our fans now seem to think the season is over because it's 'job done' as far as relegation is concerned. There is a lot to play for. Two or three places higher gives us millions more in the bank, Europa League places sometimes go down to 7th (rarely but it can happen) so then that is more money next season, potentially. And then there is pride, do we not want to finish as high as we possibly can? And what of next season? Will we still be looking at the job in hand being survival? What about the season after, will we ever stop thinking small, do we just want to be part of the PL for the sake of it?
I apologise about the rant guys but for the sake of not a lot more investment we could do a lot better this season than 'survival'. If we don't get a striker in to back up the poor show that we currently have I will see that as a lack of ambition. People can criticise me on here, they can say I'm not being 'realistic', but I love this club and we have the opportunity to really cement our place at the top table and have enough perceived ambition to attract better players. We have brought in two excellent wingers but who are they going to supply? The injured Wood? The average and maybe soon to be gone Barnes? The possibly not PL standard Vokes? The untried Wells? Who? Or do we just want to reach the end of the season scraping the odd draw to ensure 'safety'.

I despair I really do.

The last sentence really sums up how some Burnley fans have a very short memory.....you really "despair" ?

If you are full of despair this season then given our track record in the last 40 or 50 years you better prepare yourself for a lifetime of doom and gloom supporting the club you love....because whilst we would all love to "push on", cement our position etc etc....the reality is we massively over achieved in the first half of this season given the size of our club, the money we spent and the players we have sold in the last few years.

There seems to be a hell of a lot of criticism for our squad that has beaten the champions away from home and got credible draws away from home at Man Utd, Spurs and Liverpool.

We still have the same squad - the only issue is that half of the first team is injured which I don`t care which team you are or how big your squad is would have a big impact on any team in any league.

SD is trying to strengthen in the positions he has identified and as fans I am sure we are only told a fraction of what is going on. I would think SD has been trying to get a good centre back for at least the last 12 months - the reason I say this is because he understands what we need better than any one of us. At the same time he is not going to panic buy and pay millions over the odds on a player he does not think is worth it.

You seem to have written off the whole of our forward line - the same forwards who scored against Chelsea, Spurs, United etc.

Which players would you actually buy ? How much would you spend ?

We aren`t a club who can afford to make £20m mistakes. Look at some of the big mistakes West Ham, Everton, Leicester, Watford, Southampton etc have made. I could name you £200m of players that they have bought in the last couple of years that they are now trying to get rid of. Are these clubs doing any better than us ? Do these clubs have half of their first team out injured ?

quoonbeatz · Post by **quoonbeatz** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:23 pm

houseboy wrote:People can criticise me on here, they can say I'm not being 'realistic', but I love this club and we have the opportunity to really cement our place at the top table and have enough perceived ambition to attract better players.

we do have that opportunity and we're taking it but the key is not getting to ahead of ourselves. just as it has been in the 5 years dyche has been here, its a slow building process.

as brilliantly as we've done this season (and i firmly believe we'll finish top 10 at least), we are still a small player in this league but we'll be here for some time if we manage things properly.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:30 pm

BOYSIE31 wrote:But they will make signings before Wednesday to cover - we wont

And would you like to swap places with either of them? No, I would assume is the answer.

We've got where we are by running the club the way we have. I find it staggering that people aren't happy just because we've suddenly been hit with a load of injuries. We would be signing a central defender if one that we want was available at the right price. If not, I don't see any sense in panic buying someone we don't really need. Leave that to Palace and West Ham who have squads who don't fit with their current managers.

TVC15 · Post by **TVC15** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:43 pm

I don`t think some fans realise the benefits of having the same manager for 5 years.

Look at which players are now surplus to requirements at Everton, West Ham, Watford and many other clubs purely on the back of a change of manager. Even Leicester who are doing well now are suffering financially from recent signings who are not fancied by the new manager....today they are trying to get rid of Musa. Slimani is also surplus to requirements - that`s nearly £50m of players and there are more poor signings they have made.

When our fans criticise SD for making mistakes in the transfer market its hilarious how the likes of Sordell, Juke, Walters, Wells, Reid come up. No manager gets everything right but unless i`m missing something i`d rather have a £1m flop than a £25m disaster.

Those criticising might just want to have a quick look at the last couple of years of transfer dealings for a few of the clubs who sit below us in the Premier League and see if they can remember seeing any of these kicking a ball. Is this really a road you want Burnley to go down ?

summitclaret · Post by **summitclaret** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:32 pm

Why do people think that others want panic buys?. I don't think 12 months to find a cb can be described as a panic buy. I do think that half a season with minimal cb absences is very lucky and that going another 14 games the same would be extremely fortunate. Happy clapping can cause delusion.

If you really want what is best for your club you would invest in cb before it is too late.

quoonbeatz · Post by **quoonbeatz** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:37 pm

summitclaret wrote: If you really want what is best for your club you would invest in cb before it is too late.

which we're trying to do.

it has to be the right player though.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:39 pm

It wouldn't be a transfer window without a bit of nonsense from Summit.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:41 pm

houseboy wrote:Unless we have a meltdown of biblical proportions WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET RELEGATED, so why are people still saying the first priority is safety? Do people think that Everton fans are talking about safety, or Leicester fans? What about Watford, are they saying 'as long as we are safe'? Two out of three of them are below us by some stretch and one is above us marginally on goal difference. These teams are NOT looking at safety, why then should we be? We are 8th, 6 points clear of 9th, we should be looking up not nervously down, there is nothing to fear below us.
I'm somewhat shocked that many of our fans now seem to think the season is over because it's 'job done' as far as relegation is concerned. There is a lot to play for. Two or three places higher gives us millions more in the bank, Europa League places sometimes go down to 7th (rarely but it can happen) so then that is more money next season, potentially. And then there is pride, do we not want to finish as high as we possibly can? And what of next season? Will we still be looking at the job in hand being survival? What about the season after, will we ever stop thinking small, do we just want to be part of the PL for the sake of it?
I apologise about the rant guys but for the sake of not a lot more investment we could do a lot better this season than 'survival'. If we don't get a striker in to back up the poor show that we currently have I will see that as a lack of ambition. People can criticise me on here, they can say I'm not being 'realistic', but I love this club and we have the opportunity to really cement our place at the top table and have enough perceived ambition to attract better players. We have brought in two excellent wingers but who are they going to supply? The injured Wood? The average and maybe soon to be gone Barnes? The possibly not PL standard Vokes? The untried Wells? Who? Or do we just want to reach the end of the season scraping the odd draw to ensure 'safety'.

I despair I really do.

I said it because it will always be first priority.

When Leicester won that title what was it Ranieri was saying for a lot of the time?
It was all about hitting 40 points for him when he was in press conferences.
Why is it so wrong to say something similar?

40 points and then we can breath and talk about where we end up.