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Up to 5th, 2 points away from 3rd place and Middlesbrough lose too so we are just 8 points from 1st

We didn't stall on Knockaert's signing and got him in early in the window, the same for Ridgewell and Towell so who are the players at we are trying to buy where you think that we the ones stalling the deal? and why would we do that if they were available?

So we spend more and end up having to buy a lower league striker who has an average record because that's all we can get to sign for us at this stage of the transfer window?

There is a middle ground, the club could be trying very hard to land their preferred targets and they may still happen given time, but the target or the selling club arn't willing to go through with the deal just yet because they want to wait and see if a better offer comes along before...

The fee may be paid in full at the time of joining, but there are other costs too, such as wages For accountancy reasons, amortisation is used and the total cost is spread over the whole of the players contract. http://www.postmatch.org/17/calculating-the-real-cost-of-players/

Panic = someone like Leon Best or Billy Paynter vs waiting a bit, being patient and (hopefully) getting someone like one of the South Americans that we are after?

Are there any players who a free agents that are good enough for what we need? - probably not So are there any players that are transfer listed that are good enough for what we need - probably not Are there any players that are under contract at clubs who may be persuaded to sell - a few Are...

Sorry about that, still getting used to NSC....(goes off to stand in the corner, facing the wall and hang my head in shame)

The trouble with football is that you can buy someone like Blackman and they may go on a long goal scoring run and be prolific, even if their previous stats say that they shouldn't be or you can buy someone who is prolific from one club and they struggle at another (Torres going from Liverpool...

No real need to be, we have an owner who is prepared to lose money every season (and it seems unlikely to change soon) to keep us at least competitive in this division and hopefully achieve promotion at some point. We have a large debt, but mainly owed to one person who has agreed that a lot of...

So we spend how much to get promotion? - the £100m we will get if we make it? - what happens if we spend that much and fail? If we do spend that and go up then what? - spend another £100m or more trying to stay there? - Then get relegated (which will happen) and end up worse off?

But clubs debt of around £200m would prevent most potential buyers / takeovers (cost of ground & academy + losses every season bar one since selling the Goldstone Ground)

If FFP didn't exist, the difference between the 2 may have been spent on players anyway regardless of what stadium we go for all we know or maybe Bloom was only willing to put that much in if the majority of it was to secure our long term future by building a ground and other infrastructure...

We may never know because the club keep their cards close to their chest Or maybe his record at Reading meant that we didn't think he was what we were looking for 2013–2016. Reading - played 103, 18 goals (5.7222 games per goal) With players at this club deemed not good enough by some fans...

We have spent SHITLOADS on this club to get it absolutely perfect for the Prem BECAUSE we were that far behind all the other teams in this division with ultimately the same ambitions as us. Do you think that if we had build a smaller cheaper stadium then the difference would have been spent on...

Which of the other clubs in that list needed to build a new home because they are renting an old athletics track on a temporary basis? How many of the teams above us in that list have had multi-millions to spend from parachute payments after relegation from the premier league? How many of...

So what are you proposing we should be doing instead? We have been (supposedly) trying to buy Calleri and / or Bolanos for around £10m each but so far he player hasn't agreed to join - is that because the club isn't showing enough urgency? There are only a limited number of strikers, every...

What would the naysayers prefer? We panic and buy someone like Billy Paynter or Leon Best just for the sake of buying a striker because that's an area we need reinforcements? Or wait and try to get players that will actually add something to our attacking ability provided there are some...