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Still leaking goals players played out of position and do we have a gameplan? Jlo had been studying us a lot last season and saw the areas that we needed to improve and was confident about doing that.

So if he really had been doing that why are we such a mess? we have beaten Palace and Ipswich this season and they are in the bottom three.....still always looking to pass back more than forward where is the improvement? again i say if this man and his coaches had been watching us why is nothing different?.

Team line ups already coming up short no balance no real emphasis on how we are going to play it seems to be we are praying the players might do something instead of a manager seeing his mistakes learning from them and trying something else.

For me Pacman has to be benched he is nowhere at the level required and his heads not in the game.....Summerville needs to start and yes Areola needs to come out and Fab in but i think we need now to be looking for a new GK as well but that will be next summer.

Injuries is the only thing that Jlo has no control over but for a man who likes to flash the credentials or rather his pals do i have to say i am not impressed and again you have to ask what has changed?

Thought that Mavrapanos played really well against England and if he can play like that for West Ham it could be a nice problem for Lopetegui to have against Spuds on Saturday

Never a great time and long wait for the Hammers to return to the real business of hopefully giving Spudz the run a round.

So, for something to think about, I thought I would try to pick the best player we have ever taken in transfer from a fellow current Premier League competitor. I came up with the following:

Arsenal - Stewart Robson
Chavski - Carlton Cole (close call with Peter Braybrook)
Spudz - Matty Etherington
Everton - David Unsworth
Brighton - Couldn't think of anyone
Bournemouth - Carl Fletcher
Man City - Zabaletta
Man United - Jesse Lingard
Aston Vanilla - David James
Fulham - Tony Gale
Newcastle - Scotty Parker
Forest - Antonio
Brentford - Benny
Ipswich - Cressy
Leicester - again... no idea!
Palace -Budgie Burn
Southampton - Jose Fonte
Wolves - Matty Jarvis
Liverpool - Andy Carroll

Do you agree? Ideas on Leicester and Brighton?

Throughout our history we as a club now and then find a top striker only to sell them on without any kind of plan as to who will succeed the departed frontman it is for everyone who supports the club very very annoying.
The decisions on buying a new striker is equally frustrating when you see the ones we are "interested" in but decide against it as he is not a Salthouse man!.
Viktor Gyökeres the ex Coventry striker who was doing really well in the championship we had a chance to get this player but for whatever reason you give and the one told is £20million was to much for the player Sporting Lisbon thought not and now his value is said to be at least 3 times that and he is scoring goals for fun. Ivan Toney another one offered to us for £10million and Sullivan said no but admits he does regret that one.
So when you see the list that we were "linked" with throughout the Summer yet somehow decide that Antonio will be worth hanging onto for one more season and Fulkrug and this is not having a go at the player in any shape or form but deciding that we will spend £27million on a 31 year old play that has had injuries seemed very short sighted and a panic buy for me.
Was there ever a Duran deal to be done? if there was whoever knocked that on the head will have egg all over his face now as it appears after his start to the season the valuation is now £80million which if Villa decided to sell they would get easily because of his age and his ability.
So who is out there that could do a job for us as burying our heads in the sand is not going to solve the problem and for me i have to say taking into account our kitty if anything is left and it is coming out of left field here but i would like us to take a chance on a young striker and that is Josh Sargent at Norwich City Underwhelmed sighs i hear but i do think he can do a job for us far better than Antonio can and now that we have Fulkrug injured or not Sargent could learn a lot from him to help his continued development. As a club we have to think more along these lines than getting in an exotic sounding name form abroad and they are not up to standard for the championship let alone the Premier League as we have had to many of those types down the years and more recent times as well and before you have a pop and say Sargent is American i would like to think you know where i am coming from. So who have you been looking at or thinking why not take a chance on this guy or that guy?