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If Owen fell in a barrel of shit I'd hammer the lid shut, encase it in concrete and shoot it to the fucking moon.

I'd rather the latter and have him another year instead of getting mugged off with such a shit offer. Fair enough, do you think Ashley shares your opinion? I reckon he'll sell him now personally and 5m would seem a decent opening bid from a buying club. Don't think he shares my opinion, but I think he's got enough business sense to not get held to ransom for one of our prize assets. We'll get at least £8m. Think you're being wildly optimistic but I hope you're right.

I'd rather the latter and have him another year instead of getting mugged off with such a shit offer. Fair enough, do you think Ashley shares your opinion? I reckon he'll sell him now personally and 5m would seem a decent opening bid from a buying club.

Let's call it 4.

5m isn't a reflection of his ability, more a case of his contract situation. 5m now or zero in 11 months time?

Examples?

But we'll never ever know what he's been offered and by whom. We're clearly in for him and he might come but he might not. If chooses a CL club then no-one could or should blame him, it's his decision. Just got to wait and see how it all pans out.

Linked with Wigan this morning iirc. Think it was them.

I'll be a bit disappointed if Simpson is still first choice in a year or two. He's decent but I'd like to think we'd be looking to upgrade if at all possible.

Absolutely certain he'll have loads of better offers from clubs all over Europe. Not completely ruling it out but I'd be astonished if he signed for us.

You just described how quite a few people felt about this club 2 years ago. Absolutely. We were a shambles on and off the park when we went down 2 years ago. I didn't blame anyone for thinking that at the time. Hughton did a superb job in bouncing us back up first time but I'm not sure if West Ham will do the same. The potential is there but it could just as easily go tits up for them. Huge season for them.

Ah, didn't know that. That would join a few of the dots.

Bit random.

If he moves anywhere he'll go to somewhere like Milan or Juve.

Blatter's news conference today man. Is there a more detestable person in football?

Light years ahead of what we've currently got but it's not going to happen in a million years. Not, in any way, realistic in any shape or form.

Honestly don't know how some journos get away with it. Estimating that nearly 90% of the shit they churn out is bollocks and they still have deluded pricks licking their hoops on twitter etc. They lie to sell papers. They know next to nothing. Can't think of another profession where they'd be tolerated, let alone prosper. Scum of the earth.

Wasn't this the Modric brothers plan all along? Use Spurs as a stepping stone to a genuinely big club.

You know when you wake up, look out of your window and it’s a gloomy, miserable, soaking wet wintery morning? In the road, there are puddles, and dim car lights in miserable queues of traffic lighting up the rain? And there’s a wet, soggy, flaccid dark brown cardboard box. That wet, soggy, flaccid dark brown cardboard box is Michael Owen’s personality. Can't take the credit unfortunately.

If he knows we're signing Cabaye, he'll realise we are looking to be fairly ambitious next season. That puts us ahead of Everton I would have thought. If Arsenal were genuinely interested he wouldn't even be giving us the time of day. He'll also know Tiote. That should work in our favour but there are loads of factors that will come into it. Hopeful he signs but it's not the end of the world if he chooses somewhere else.

I think there will be a relegation hangover type thing going on at West Ham for the first few months. Unstable club with fans already pissed off with the players.

The only thing we can offer him that Everton can't is the fact he'll know a few of his team-mates. We may or may not be offering a bigger wage but the likes of Arsenal should blow the pair of us out of the water if they go for him.

Crash and burn.

10am on Friday 17th June, apparently. Couldn't have chosen a better day tbh.

That's thinned them out a bit.