[4evaabaggie]

You have missed a few incomings - Joe Wildsmith, Torjorn Heggem, Paddy McNair, Ousmane Diakite and Devante Cole.

Add to that we might be close to at least one other in Isaac Price (hope I have not cursed that one).

The facts are we are in our 4th season in the Championship, we do not get a parachute payment anymore and we had a high salary level due to loans and other signings such as Okay as an example.

Pital, even if he wanted to, is not able to buy in high value players as the FFP rules stifle that approach. Like it or not we are taking a step backwards in the hope that we can reset and build a new squad. Carlos is great and so hopefully these new players will gel into a team and we will, amazingly, be challenging again for a play-off place. But it might be at least a 2-year plan to really be in with a promotion shout.

I for one, am happy with this approach. Pital has steadied the ship, we have financial rigour back in the club and we are weeding out the bad and setting out our stall for a healthier future and seemingly looking for gems in lower divisions or overseas.

I am not getting any younger and want to be in the top tier and playing in Europe. But, all things considered, I am happier to be a fan and proud of a well run club that plays good football in the Championship rather than be penalised and penniless in the Premier league or plunged into Division One.

Stairs, of course everything you say is correct, I did not mention the other four as they are a little old news now, happy to have them. I agree a thorough reset is/was needed, new players, new enthusiasm. I am just concerned that the number of outs well out weighs the number of ins at the moment with nine days until we face the hoops. Will we be short on numbers, if our long term sick get fit and stay fit, that is like another two signings but we all know it’s a long hard slog in this division.

I, like you, would rather play entertaining attacking football competing for a title with a stable financially secure club than being the poorest of the poor, being the whipping boys to the FA’s select few in a corrupt league, just making numbers up.

I wish the 72 would tell the premier league to go do one, no one gets promoted and accept no one coming down. Then the twenty could play each other every season, with the same end result, they can take sky with them and the Biased Broadcasting Corporation. Stick match of the Manchester where the sun don’t shine.

Albion til I die (stick the bloody rest of it).