Worry Over Transfers

History has taught us two things. 1. Don't attempt to invade Russia in the winter. 2. If you don't have a solid defence, your weak one will haunt you to your grave. Transfer speculations are a worry. Once we rummage through the garbage ie Lua Lua etc we are left with a pool of varying talent comprised mainly of strikers. I could weep. With the exceptions of Lee - who ought to play on the right, Dawson - who gets better and better every game and King, WE DO NOT POSSES ANY OTHER FIRST ELEVEN DEFENDERS.

The sooner we drop the 'mend & make do' mentality and address the cancer in this squad the better. Before the violins are drawn for the others, let me tell you that we wish to play CL and the likes of Stalteri, Kelly and Gardner are currently out of their depth domestically. The bench may better them or they can go to elsewhere. We are a profitable company and it beggars belief that we persevere with 2nd rate drones. Jol either has a secret agenda whereby a limo with 15 million worth of CL quality back four is due to pull up outside the Lane a week into the transfer window, or he has a not so secret agenda whereby he is fannying around chasing the coat-tails of a myriad international goalscorers, most of whom appear no more likely to leave their current clubs than fly to the moon.

I cannot emphasise enough that Defoe is absolute class. Endless questioning of his form / talent are devoid of worth when he is not being played for 90 minutes or is played, but in the capacity of the small guy waiting for scraps from Mido's headers. What a rubbish set-up that is. Rubbish. Keane has matured greatly and Jol has obviously taken my advice in previous posts and decided to play him a shade deeper than before. Mido may not be svelt and lean enough for everyone's taste, but he is our top scorer with a further six assists to his name. Danny Murphy. His assist rate was the best in the premiership BEFORE joining us.

And there were posts on many sites asking why we bought him. Not a daft question given the circumstances, but again nothing to do with the man himself, more the manner in which he was played. I believe in Jol, but I'm not putting up with him fielding these poor guys who aren't up to the task when each game is so vital. C'mon Martin let's see that 'Dutch Connection' buzzing again, let's see some signings that make us strong where we are weak. But most of all, let's see the talent we have deployed effectively. Why should I pay you £70 to watch a full back who will ultimately be flogged off for an 'undisclosed' fee to some two bob club foul up when we can afford virtually any quality replacement in the world?