The message has been clear all month long: we have no money; we are signing no-one. What I don't understand is why this comes as a surprise to anyone who has been following along... Moyes hates the January window, yet how many fans have written to this website about "getting a striker in January" or such other pipedreams?

"At least in the summer we was linked with players so there was always a chance of a signing". Is that really what you gleaned from last summer? Everyday this month we have been "linked" with someone new. But there is no difference. It means nothing.

Get Real! Wake up and smell the coffee! We are signing no-one.

Forgetting any opinions I might have about the quality of those players he has mentioned, my take is that it is a valid statement from an Evertonian expressing disappointment about a manager who has consistently said he is trying to improve his squad not actually appearing to do anything about the situation and is missing out on various players who are currently available.

Granted, Moyes has said from the start that he has no money to buy but he has said repeatedly in a number of forums over the past two months that he will be seeking loan players to both increase the quality and the quantity of players available to him. It is probably also a statement of disappointment about a manager who every year falls back on the excuse (as Maurice has correctly pointed out) that ?we have run out of resources? to explain our usual drop in form towards the end of each season, apparently not doing anything to address this situation.

As far as your concluding lines ?Do you just want something new to moan about?? and the absolute classic ?FFS start a hobby or get a girlfriend then you won?t have to think about such nonsense? go, they have revealed far more about your shortcomings than any appearing in Scott?s post and leave me asking you the questions ?Have you had a bad day and just want to kick someone?? and ?FFS why do you feel the need to parade your obvious intolerance of others? views and your inadequacies so publicly??

Moyes rightly says that the most important players at a club are the ones already there, not the next big signing. The team has coped admirably since the loss of Yakubu and Saha. Some would say the performances have improved considerably. Certainly Baines has been a revelation and Fellaini has really come into his own. Arteta and Lescott have dramatically improved.

It would be good to bring in a striker but for me it would have to be someone who could bring something extra to the team. Even if you had big money, would you spend it? What happens when everyone is fit? Do you really want someone on £30k a week scratching their arse in the reserves?

The days of fantasy football are over. The Walter Smith squad of thirty players when we weren?t even competing in Europe are well gone (Linderoth? Alexanderson?). I have to hand it to Moyes, even Shandy Andy looks keen at the moment (I know his contract is up soon and this may have more to do with him looking lively). I?d rather give Jutkiewicz or Agard a chance than Mido. Middlesboro are an honest team and he hasn?t pulled his weight there.

COYB, 4th is still a possibility if we can maintain our improvement and I?m sure the RS are more nervous than us about Sunday.

People say Mido, Marlon King etc and other players going out on loan aren't good enough for us. I personally think we need to get anyone in now to cover us until the end of the season. Yet again, Billy Bollocks promised new faces at the start of the January window, and yet again we are sitting here with just over a week to go with our arses twitching.

Why do we continually take injury-prone people on loan? Aston Villa are obviously making a determined push this season and they have one thing that our club lacks... AMBITION ? that's what makes Scott and myself sad. If we have any injuries to the likes of Jags, Arteta or Howard, we are in the shit... can't you 'head in the sand' people see that? Fellaini is likely to be suspended again at least once and so is Cahill... what are our alternatives???

It was really embarrassing to see our bench when we were going through the lean spell at the start of the season and even now it is threadbare. We are operating on a shoestring and without investment it will not improve... are we the only club with no money???

There is something ?rotten? going on because we get extra money for finishing high in the table so how can other teams below us be more active in the transfer market than we are???

I want well informed and knowledgeable answers to these questions and not guesses by people who don't know the real answers... I am sad like many other fans of this great club who want us to be credible challengers for trophies instead of the Mother Hubbards of the Premier League.

DM has done wonders with his ?ragtag? heroes... but how long will it last before the bubble bursts? We need ambition and investment.

And we needed quantity as well as quality. That?s why the team picks itself on Sunday. What we got for £15m is someone who wasn?t as important to the teams midfield as the very average Carsley. The side could have been strengthened significantly if only a bit of common sense had been used.

You can continue to bury your head in the sand and think our squad is big enough to maintain the 100% they give week-in, week-out but the fact of the matter is our squad is just not big enough and the time will come where they will burn out. I am as optimistic as everyone that we will sign top quality players but these type of players are the only players who were available in the price range we can afford.

I know we have not got any money, which I also stated in the post but I still like to think that we can come on this site and talk about the type of players we would like to sign. You are the only one on here to come out spurting shit so I would suggest that you get a hobby and grow up!!!

Apart from the inevitable brain-doner idiot fringe, that plague all clubs, I think 100% of all right minded blues recognised and greatly appreciated the job Super Lee Carsley did for the Pride of Merseyside... a Lee Carsley type derby winner would not go amiss for us tomorrow would it? COYB!!!

Now lets get all the rubbish out of the way first:

1. We have no money.
2. We can't afford high wages.
3. Chelsea, Arsenal & Villa are allegedly interested in Sturridge.
4. Why would he leave Moneybags City with players like Robinho and join Everton?
5. Again, we have no money. Firstly, Sturridge is probably the most highly promising English striker around at the moment. He's fast, strong, bags of abililty and most importantly can score goals. He is only about 18 or 19 as well so got plenty more potential to come.
6. Now tell me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know he is getting disgruntled at City due to the lack of (decent) contract offer on the table. His contract is supposed to run out in the summer so therefore in theory we could sign him in the summer for free.

   However, we desperately need a striker NOW. If we could get a striker now that could score goals, we could still push for 4th this season. This is one player that we should take a gamble on. There will be lots of clubs after him in the summer if he's available on a free that could pay more wages than us, so therefore let's get in before anyone and snap him up. Even if we end up paying him £20k-£30k per week, he is going to be worth it and we will make up his wages by offloading Van der Meyde in the summer.

   There is plenty of uncertainty at City at the moment and they seem more concerned with players coming in than going out. If we offered £5m now for a player out of contract in the summer who isn't going to sign a contract, then surely they would be stupid to accept (however it is City!!!).

   Ok, we don't have £5k let alone £5m at the moment but for a player of his ability now and his potential we should get the money from somewhere. Even if the money is taken from the summer's transfer fund or a short-term loan from Mr Earl or another 'helpful' board member until Sky pay us in the summer. An amount of £5m should be found for a player that could be easily worth four times that in a couple of years. The money has been found before and much larger amounts (Yakubu, Fernandes, Fellaini, etc). A six month loan would not occur that much interest.

   With the prospect of another UEFA Cup run next season and firmly established as a top 6 side, we are a decent club now for a promising youngster, especially if a top 4 side don't want to take the gamble and would rather spend £m's more on a exotic foreign name.

   If we could actually pull the deal off now, we could even raid them for Micah Richards who is also apparently available for £5m and Moyes could get the best out of him!