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I think not, the lure of Man U doing so poorly was one angle

I managed about 3-4 weeks but the lure of the xmas period drew me in and I could not put up with all the family time without it

No chance when I am old talking to my grand children do I tell them about the year we scraped into 4th from bottom in the prem or the year I was there for a cup final win?

Good way to look at it I suppose!

Say you want to sign a player from a team that is in dire straights and needs cash up front, then having the cash now allows that without only been able to do the deal with them in installments, which would make the deal unacceptable for them.

Ki is currently our main man in the middle and really needs to be allowed a more free forward role so a holding mid that can be trusted would really help with that, but I think it sign BC Sunderland also needs to sign Ki

Its one of those situations where whatever you do is wrong - experience is journeyman = may not do it, youth is inexperience = may not do it! If he does sign and manage to do what you think then that will be more than enough

That is a good point, as much as I like Catts for the 50/50s he will never shy out of he is a liability

Exactly although I am sure given time he will be a very good prem player, but time is not what Sunderland have

He probably could and to be honest I dont think its a great singing for Sunderland given the position when ideally you would want players who are proven in the prem, although if the deal does go though I hope I am mistaken.

I re-stated my comment above clever, in terms of any business cash is king which is what I am talking about. Relegation is no where near a certainty yet 4 points from safety and 6 points from been 3 places above, when the fixtures are in Sunderland favor compared to some of the others.

Fair enought I didnt fully know the rules, but I thought that it would give you cash to go and spend this January as a push to go up. I am not talking about FPP for that but cash to help negotiate with others, there seems to be many teams around that would want to sell a player for cash up front...

I didnt think Brighton carried any bank debt?

Thats what I am saying, maybe the lower than expected fee could be due to 100% payment? A better "immediate" deal for Brighton to go and sign a player especially given the FPP that they are following

The problem for Brighton may well be how they are paid for him, most transfers now include a long repayment period. It may well be that the fee is lower than many want on here if it is 100% cash upfront meaning Brighton can use the money straight away and not have to wait for 12/24 months?

Please read the quote correctly "by the time they face Manchester United in the Capital One Cup semi-finals on Tuesday" that does not say he is going to play just that they want to get the deal done by then, which means they can do the paperwork and he can be ready for the weekend.