Scottish Mag

Hung up! Has it left you shaking with rage?

Peterborough just had a third ruled out. It really sinks in where we are at when you are sitting hoping for a Peterborough goal to help our campaign...

Sol would not sign for Ashley, yet I can't see Shearer, if he's behind it, getting rid of Taylor even though signs looks like he is off. Fuck knows what's happening...

From the Watford Observer. Would be quite happy with him in if Duff goes...

Team for next weeks match with the new revolutionary 2-7-1 system Harper Colo Enrique Geremi Barton Butt Smith Nolan Guthrie Jonas Carroll The following week I would be surprised to see Colo and Enrique even here...

Its a right fucking pain in the arse. We can't afford to let him go as we not Fat Ashley won't spend the money but 4 million is good money for an injury prone 30 year old thats on 65k a week. The thing is if we had been taken over or even Shearer backed a little by Ashley seeing the figures Duff, Beye, Bassong and Martins have went for as well as the others who have left and cut the wage bill down with the addition of a few players we could have actually had the books balanced quite a bit and still had a decent little team.

He'll go to Reading as soon as they get the money from Hull for Hunt...

Those of you thinking we will go up, I assume that is based on the current squad of players? I agree that with one or two additions, especially a striker with a bit of pace and a no nonsense defender who would be more suited to the Fizzy Pop League coming in for Colo we would still arguably have the best squad. However I cannot believe for one minute that if Ashley remains in charge we will not see more players going out the door. As speculated on .com we already have people sniffing about Jonas, Colo, Enrique, Duff, Geremi and Butt and other rumours surround the likes of Smith and Barton. Given the salaries these command I do not for one minute believe that Ashley will bankroll the salaries these guys are on and unfortunatley whilst we all know that if he lets another 3, 4 or even 5 go that we will be in an awful state numbers wise I have no faith whatsoever that he will not continue to strip the team of the majority of its assets to claw back the money he has invested...

So yes we are still in limbo with the same old stories being churned out day after day but the longer it goes on the more it is looking likely that Fat Ashley is going to remain in charge. We have a squad that currently has only 3 (experienced) defenders in Enrique, Taylor and Colo. We have already lost Beye, Bassong, Cacapa and Edgar and its more or less common knowledge that Enrique and Colo are just waiting for the call to move on and I would not be surprised to see Moyes sniffing about Taylor should they lose their battle to hold on to Lescott. Up front we have lost Owen, Viduka, Martins and Lovenkrands leaving us with only two strikers in Shola (don't think I need to cover opinion on how useful he is) and Carroll, who in my opinion is far from the player many on these forums think he is. He throws himself about and gives us a good physical prescence but he is very inexperienced having only had 23 starts for us and 3 goals to date (11 starts/1 goal for Preston) The big irony is that our biggest weakness last season, our midfield, is currently our strongest part of the team. Again though Jonas is just waiting on a move and the likes of Smith, Butt, Geremi, Nolan, Guthrie are all similar type of players and along with Barton an Duff are eating up the majority of our wage bill. Yes we have young players on the fringe such as Kadar, Ranger, Vuckic, Lua Lua but they have little or no experience at first team level and we cannot go pinning our hopes on these youngsters. We have a game moved for TV now being played on the evening of 31st August, that evening where we normally sit glued to SSN waiting to see some last minute moves, usually leaving us bitterly disappointed as we sign no one or the likes of Sibierski. This year however if Ashley is still in charge it could be so much more than being disappointed, this year we could see the tight bastard still in charge, the likes of O'Leary in charge at the club, little or more likely no signings brought in to a tiny squad and lets be honest several of those currently in the squad in present will be gone if any offers come in. We think things are bad right now but should Ashley not go I think we all know its going to get a whole lot worse, but whilst there are arguments currently if protesting is the right or wrong thing to do I think come August 31st, the typically manic deadline today where supporters lose all rational thoughts in the hope that their club sign Etos, Messis and Kakas, putting together an even weakened squad, some beers before the game and god help them if we get a poor result this may cause an uproar in the stands and all hell to break loose. Heres hoping a takeover happens soon (wishful thinking) but if any of the above comes about its certainly going to make the Leicester match one hell of a night. *I missed out Xisco, the forgotten man, but I think that says it all when it comes to him.*

I think if he did come I think big Roy Aitken, who seems pretty settled working with McLeish at Birmingham, at would be a miss from the set up he is used to working within...

Worse than "Martin Jol" tbh...

I wouldn't even like to predict this weeks teamsheet. If Ashley is still here I fully expect at least another 2 maybe 3 out of the door.

Nile Ranger just replied to me on Blackberry Messenger saying he still doesnt know if hes made the bench yet

Been a while since that one tbh...

So the bid's been lowered? Maybe but the previous bid may have been 4 million now 2 million if they got in Europe, 1 million spread over 1 million payments stuff like that lol My guess is any offer now will be the full amount upfront. I think you're on the right lines, Levy doesn't do deals without add-ons and clauses. I was told the offer was £5m plus add-ons that still left it short of £10m. Whether it's been increased or changed I have no idea. If and when it gets completed, details will be reported to the Stock Exchange. If it's not reported, we'll at least know that it was less than £10m. If you were told it (itk-tastic) it must be true then...

Colo and Taylor now our only "experienced" centre halfs, though if anyone comes in for them (which I could see happening) lets be honest we know the fat man will take the cash. Can't wait to watch Kadar and Tozer at the centre of our defence next season..

All this takeover talk, they are all laughing at us.... http://img.wonkette.com/assets/resources/2008/01/pointing%20with%20swords.jpg

Had a Whispa or heard one?

Me too! Talking about the Oak round the doors. "Not plywood......Oak!!!" Ledge!

So thats Shola up front replacing Oba and Ryan Taylor at RB for Beye....

Cardross Up from Scotland? haha sorry down. working at 4am makes me tired lol. what part of Scotland you from Scottish Mag? Near Loch Lomond

Up from Scotland?

So Baggio is back then..

Are you on the wind up?