10 Apr 2014 10:06:22
It's funny how the press said nothing about how unfair our loan deals were until it seems we have a chance of doing well, in fact RM was being praised for how well he done in the window at the start of the season but as soon as pardew had a little moan the journos have jumped all over it, quite sad to be honest

{Ed025's Note - "everton have been the big winners in this transfer window" was the shout from sky sports when we signed them, and no one disagreed then mike, but now apparently its not fair!..they make me sick..

1.) 10 Apr 2014
Well we haven't been deducted points or fined so I say stuff em. Let the journo's and managers who are jealous at our progress stay jealous.

2.) 10 Apr 2014
I don't think its jealousy Dentie, I think we are looked on enviously and with admiration and we shouldn't feel disheartened. The loan thing is pub talk, what's important now is Sunderland so let's get behind the lads.

What I would say is that if we finish 5th that Roberto is cautious with what team he fields midweek. I would recommend he uses it to blood youngsters as I would want to focus on the league again next year, would be interested to know what others think. Obviously its all conjecture as Bobby will have his own plans.

3.) 10 Apr 2014
Totally agree with OP, absolute disgrace. We have lit a fire under the establishment, they see their gravy train coming to an end and now they have their bitter say. PLEASE, no one ever think we have done anything wrong. We have played by the rules, we have used a system that's been in place for years. Don't let them ever scare you into thinking otherwise. As you say it's sad, when you think of the problems in football. Chelsea signing 20 kids, loan them all out and determine their selection. The ridiculous sums of money involved now, agents bunging families 50k so their son signs for their team for top dollar. The market is inflated because of the actions of the mega rich. The journalists should be writing about how to fix financial inequality rather than punish a team who do NOTHING wrong. Or with respect to Mr Samuel from the Daily Fail, maybe he's worried his 5 star treatment in corporate hospitality at the Emirates during Champions League nights is under threat.

4.) 10 Apr 2014
Strangely to some extent I would take the same approach to the Champions League. We would not win it and given our seeding would struggle in most groups anyway. The benefit of the Champions League is money. For me I would rather we invested in 2 or 3 quality signings to make a charge for back to back champions league qualifications than to buy 6 players to strengthen the squad. If we managed to qualify 2 years in a row the financial benefits would soon allow us to start attracting top players and allow us to compete in the actual competition.
First we have to qualify once, but I certainly would not focus on it should we qualify, just take the money, play reserves and focus on consistently qualifying for a couple of years

5.) 10 Apr 2014
10 Apr 2014 19:40:00
definately the focus needs to be re qualification year on year svenny, but if we finish 4th we would have to first qualify for the group stages, once there I have no arguements if we played the youth squad to nurture them into champions league elite.

6.) 10 Apr 2014
Again Oli another great post. We've not done anything against the rules. Roberto played the system and we've been rewarded because of his loan transfers which have come true this season. Let the other clubs moan as much as they want. Just because they've not been successful does not mean we've done anything wrong.
Roberto's played the game and has brought players in who have proved their worth. It's simply a question of sour grapes because other team's loanees have not proved as successful as ours have been,