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Do you think Boumsong replaced him? Ahh, so every signing is based on hindsight? Brilliant.

if it means they missed the boat in January ? "we won't be buying any players unless they are for the future" ring any bells ............ You see, I agreed with you about the lack of transfers in January (probably in the Zamblera thread) but I also know that Blackburn didn't want to see Bentley in January too - how many times do you see the "teams don't want to sell their best players in January" line from managers? We could have gone in with a £25m bid, and they may have been tempted by that, but that would make him over-priced. Exactly the same happened when we went for Boa Morte, and look where that left us. We should have strengthened in January, IMO, but I very much doubt we had any chance of getting Bentley then. fair enough in all seriousness but it wasn't the best of questions was it ? I'm just pre-empting what I know some people are going to claim. In the same way that the board didn't fail trying to sign Rooney; I hope it's not held against Mort if Bentley doesn't come.

if it means they missed the boat in January ? "we won't be buying any players unless they are for the future" ring any bells ............ You see, I agreed with you about the lack of transfers in January (probably in the Zamblera thread) but I also know that Blackburn didn't want to see Bentley in January too - how many times do you see the "teams don't want to sell their best players in January" line from managers? We could have gone in with a £25m bid, and they may have been tempted by that, but that would make him over-priced. Exactly the same happened when we went for Boa Morte, and look where that left us. We should have strengthened in January, IMO, but I very much doubt we had any chance of getting Bentley then.

Boumsong wasn't a necessary signing, a replacement for Woodgate was necessary, eeeer......don't know quite how to say this, but .......... oh, somebody else tell him To be fair Mick, that's a fucking stupid comment.

When Bentley chooses Liverpool over us, have the board failed?

Young looked good again from what I've seen. Get him in the England team.

From the skysports live commentary, what game was he watching? The two commentators both agreed Enrique's class, dunno where this rubbish is coming from. I thought he had an excellent game, as usual.

James should have done this poll tbh. He'd have whittled it down to 2 players after about 3 minutes.

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What's happened to Nicky Butt? A different player under Keegan.

Greedy boy Martins. Look up next time

Maybe so, but it's still great to watch, unlike under Allardyce. I get excited every time we get the ball near their area.

They don't know how to cope when Beye comes forward.

I'd just like to state (just in case people like Steve Claridge and Harry Redknapp are reading) that Owen is fucking fantastic in that withdrawn role. Loving it!

Strange really. If he'd kept himself fitter over the years he'd be playing for a much better club than Sunderland.

Why wasn't that a goal then? Didn't see any contact whatsoever.

Not even close really is it. Only played 25 games for us and he's already a legend.

What a fucking header that was!!!

You can't remember Gavin Peacock? How old are you? One of my all-time favourite players for some reason. He's shit as a pundit though. Because he played for us and Chelsea?

You can't remember Gavin Peacock? How old are you? One of my all-time favourite players for some reason. He's shit as a pundit though.

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mackems.gif Good point. I hadn't taken that into account. Sorry, it wasn't worth putting anything else. The smiley did the job Always find it funny that players automatically become shit if you don't like them for some reason (see the Chelsea clearout thread for comments about Ashley Cole for another example)

I'd put a bit of money on that if I were you.

You have the best striker in Europe. I'd hope you'd be able to score goals tbh.

Grant is going at the end of the season, so don't blame his reaction at all.