[wba_1996]

On the face of it, it is a fair deal. But I wouldn't accept it, which is all well and good because there is no chance in a million years of it happening.

Lennon wouldn't drop down to us after rejecting Hull last season to be a bit-part at Everton and not really looking happy about that (search for the pictures when he joined them). Townsend wouldn't join us either, imo, as the only reason he gets in the England squad is that he plays for a top 6 club - join us and his England career is effectively over.

As for why I wouldn't accept it, neither Townsend or Lennon are consistent or prolific scorers. If the deal did go through then we would still have to sign 2 10+ goal a season strikers, which would cost us in excess of £20m, unless we gamble on unproven players and that could well spell trouble.

I don't think Saido will be going anywhere this summer tbh.

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You lot obviously didn't see atsu playing for Everton last season

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I can just about accept McClean, but if we are honestly going in for James Perch then I give up on next season already. Tbh I can't find a link and it looks like just a rumour on a Wigan site but if that truly is the extent of our ambition whilst Watford are splashing £7m on Diego Perotti then we are well on the way to having the worst squad in the league.

The owner situation needs to be sorted out ASAP and then we need to start signing some GOOD players, not the dross we are being linked with.

No offence mate, but I'm pretty sure sure you said that last season and we finished 13th. So let's just see what happens on the pitch.

Care to expand? I rated most of our signings last year - bar Davidson and Baird - who I openly said were nowhere near good enough and was proved to be right.

But you must surely agree that judging by pre season transfers, QPR would have a good season (caulker , Ferdinand, Fer etc.). This, of course, did not turn out to be the case. So let's just stop this swooning over other clubs, and 'swap us with a championship club, we don't deserve to be in the league', nonsense. Until we see the teams out on the pitch, at least.

Happens every year, BC.  Same old, same old.  Wish we could get a few of the positive Albion posters to Express & Star threads on here.

It's hard to be positive when you're linked with James f*****g Perch 

If there is any news that I perceive as positive, i.e that we were seriously interested in Gignac and that we now appear to be looking at Demba Ba, then I will react accordingly. But you can't expect blind faith in the club and "positivity" all of the time. I've already stated that it was unlikely we were actually looking at James Perch, but IF that is the type of quality that we are looking to bring in I have enough knowledge of football to realise that it will be a long, hard season.