So let me get this right - "WATR" - (a slogan shamefully nicked off another individual who previously tried to engage with the Club BTW) who purport to represent the views of the fanbase as a whole, actually have a paid up membership of sub 500?

I'll take it that's a "no" then. Have you anything constructive to add to the debate about how we'll do next season or did you decide to grace us with your presence simply to have a pop at me?

No. If we do have a "decent season" I'll be the first to hold my hands up. Will you do the same if we go down?

Deary me, you're up there with Chaddy in terms of delusion.

We've been "hopeful" of at least four or five NET incomings since the end of last season! It's not like there's any rush though -I mean there's still 12 whole days to go to the start of the season.

Top statement completely disagree. Been stealing a wage for years in true Corry Evans/Jason Lowe fashion. If he goes it'll be a rare bit of positive news. 2nd statement completely agree irrespective of what happens with point one.

Surely the greatest player for our Club ever. In the first half of 92 when he scored 16 goals by December and before his first serious injury he was lightning quick and quite simply unstoppable. Never quite the same after that imo but successfully adapted his game after that and also after a further serious injury to become an all time great. Without the injuries there'd be no debate about the greatest Premier League player imo, it'd be a different debate.

The Japanese guy?

Not particularly wishing to defend the Club on anything at the moment but in this instance what do you expect? Buy or don't buy a season ticket, that's your prerogative entirely but once bought you're locked in. Out of interest what are the exceptional circumstances alluded to in the terms and conditions that DO allow you to cancel?

Start the car............

We can but dream.........

We wouldn't be so lucky. I think Philip was being facetious because his name wasn't on the team sheet for this afternoon?.

Sadly I think you're right. Even if Venky's have been taken aback by how well Wharton's done since we practically gave him away and have gone back to their old stance of demanding top fees for players, we run the risk of having an extremely unhappy player if there was a gentleman's agreement we'd let him go to a PL Club bidding £8 m - £9m.

That would still have been a poor deal based on how well he's done and his value now though wouldn't it?

With his FF hat on I think K-Hod was letting his guard slip and saying what he really thought as opposed to repeating the cobblers that comes out of Waggott's mouth.

Maybe not on the playing side, but a pounds a pound at the end of the day. Hypothetically if someone was offering £50m for him would you be happy with £10m? Agree with matty - if he has to go, screw Ipswich for every penny we can get. We might do now Broughton's gone.

Indeed I did.

Exactly what I said.

Harsh on Eustace but a very funny post nevertheless.

One in two should be the minimum yardstick for a decent striker. ** Forget all this modern running about a bit and "bringing people into play". **Not that we'll be signing one I don't suppose.

In the light of the last few transfer windows I would wait until the deal is confirmed before crowing about it personally. Might not adapt to conditions over here either but at least I applaud the thinking outside the box and unearthing a contractual situation whereby it might mean we get a real bargain. Hope it's not a Ruben Rochina type scenario where we get a very talented player for nothing but the agent expects £1.6m........

Nope. How would that line up "comfortably survive" when it only scraped home on the last day of the season and due in large part to SS and the fact Leicester had been on the lash all week? Barely a goal in that line up. Plus Derby and their supporters will be on the crest of a wave - initially at least. We're in the depths of despair before a ball is kicked - and that's likely to be an optimistic take unless something unexpected happens in the transfer market between now and the end of the window.

Doesn't Park have a bit of a history for signing Japanese players? I'm not sure this lad will come off if he signs but I applaud the lateral thinking behind it.

Don't forget the excruciatingly sickly beaming mug of the DOF next to the player showing off about what a great deal he's pulled off.

Better draft Gregg back in specially for that.