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True. But imagine the binfest among the fans when we signed another Championship striker, when we already had a couple of the best in that division. It's a fair point but I think the club was acting with the best intentions and trying to improve, looking for an alternative to Murray, rather than...

We’re hardly unique in lacking a goal scorer. Signing the right striker is not cheap or simple and may require the type of money that only comes from staying in the Premier League a few seasons. It’s not as if a Hughton and the club don’t already know the weaknesses....

I’d be delighted. I love the assumption that if we go down we will be winning every week. Football doesn’t work like that. The way to become a top half Premier League team is to hang in there for several seasons and build over time. Staying up is the goal, improvement each summer the target. We...

No, we’re not. Of course, the matches against the teams around us could go either way but we’ve been unfortunate not to take more from a game against Watford (who’ll finish comfortably top half) and Burnley (who are back to last season’s form). Even in the debacle at Fulham, we played very well...