Quote Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn View Post
Just my opinion of course but I think many people can credibly accuse you of panicking, I’d go as far as to say that since Saturday you’ve been figuratively spraying molten effluence in all directions.
Its your opinion. The same way my opinion is that you and your ilk have a serious case of "small club syndrome" and are one of the numerous enablers that have allowed this club to sink to such a rut; I mean its so bad that you are struggling to even fathom a title push after almost half the season gone!! In the good old days even when we were 9 points behind at this stage, most of fandom never gave up. Anyway....it is what it is.

Do we need squad strengthening? Yes

Is January ever a good time to do it? No, January is for sticking plasters. So for me it’s far more logical to be annoyed with what the club didn’t do in the Summer. I’m not even convinced the January transfer window should exist aside from emergency loans or free transfers…it seems completely for the benefit of keeping Jim White in work.
Where do I start on this?

The funny thing about every single assertion you have made so far is you have put no evidence to support it. To think I am the one accused of acting like a woman, despite all your arguments being based on your "feelings" and safe repetitive balderdash that you re-echo from major posters on this forum. I could waste my time listing the Anelkas, Arshavins and Aubas we have signed in January, but you will still go back to your default groupthink.

The thing is you admit, like I do, that we didn't do enough in the summer to cover our weak spots. So what's wrong in having and taking advantage of a chance to correct it for the other half of the season? You even admit that we haven't won the league because we have half of our games to go, surely that suggests that putting in maximum effort to ensure your other half of the season goes well can't be a bad thing. Especially when its clear rivals are also making good use of it to address their inadequacies. Or is the whole world mad and we are the only ones who are sane?

I suggest sometimes we take a break and think "independently" about things. The idea of a place like this should be for us to exchange ideas and not just reverberate the company stance while patting ourselves on the back.

Is losing out on Mudryk to Chelsea disappointing? Yes


Is signing someone like Raphinia or Trossard…the equivalent of banging the ugly girl next door because the one you were really after ended up shagging your nemesis ? Also yes. Might feel good at the time, but has no real benefit and if she ends up pregnant you’re completely fucked.
Again, like I've said over and over again, I'm not fully convinced we need another winger, so you won't get much of an argument from me on this.
4th is not done till it’s done. We lost seven games in the period between January and May last year if you don’t think that many defeats would a) not happen b) not seriously imperil us getting in the top 4…I don’t know what to tell you. That’s not panic, you may think it negative I see it as cold hearted pragmatism to explore the worst case scenario.
Yeah I do think there is a possibility of us not making 4th, it involves Partey breaking his leg in February and not having adequate backup