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Only people with their head in the clouds actually believed/still believe that a player in the final year of his contract can command £15m. The selling price will be £6-8M IMO. Liverpool will know that if we hold on to him other (bigger) clubs will be in for him when he leaves on a free. They will up their bid or lose out. If he's still here at the back end of August we'll be lucky to get 5. No reflection on the player or his ability but his contract situation isn't in our favour. He holds most of the cards.

Nothing wrong with them starting low and haggling up tbh. It's what I'd want us to do if the roles were reversed. I'd be bitterly disappointed if we got any less than 7 as an absolute minimum though. He's quality.

The club doesn't have to offer him a new contract. Reading between the lines, which is all any of us can do for the time being, it sounds like the club's going to take a look at who becomes available over the next couple of months. If any decent RW's come onto the market for decent money (Larrson?) then they'll fuck Barton off. If they can't get anyone in then they'll offer him something. It's all just jockeying for position atm from both sides trying to get the upper hand on things. Fairly confident that if he moves on then he'll be replaced fairly soon. We'll see.

He'll either sign or be sold. The stuff about staying on no matter what is patently bollocks. Yep. No idea which one though. Could be the agent upping the ante by threatening to leave for nothing, could be the club playing hardball. Will be interesting to see how it pans out.

Would have been a shame to spoil two marriages. They were made for each other.

Been trying to think of who it reminds me of but it's unlike any human being I've ever seen. It doesn't look like anyone because no-one looks like her it.

Why would any manager pick him for England? The little cunt barely plays at all for fucks sake. Typical of him to spin it so it's Capello having some sort of grudge against him and him not getting the call-up's he feels he deserves. Capello's not got a grudge, he's got eyes and can see how fucking shit he is.

Sometimes nuthin can be a real cool hand.

I'd settle for that.

£10,000,000 = 1,000,000,000p It's fucking 10 figures!!!111!!!!11

I've watched him twice this season and he scored 5 goals in those 2 games. He's obviously a good player from his record but I know absolutely nothing about him. Just being honest.

Just admitting the fact I've never seen him play or know what he looks like. Purely going by the reactions on here he looks like he could do a job though.

And we're off...

Clearly did the R quite big but realised it was a bit too big so the U is a bit small. The L isn't wide so they made it a bit taller so it looked better and the E is just lazy. Should have used a stencil. 3/10.

Got a feeling West Ham will crash and burn. Not sure if they've got the bollocks to bounce straight back up.

I reckon they'll get Rapid Decline, Rapid Exit then Inter Administration.

Wigan are the new Coventry. Just hanging around doing fuck all.

When Michael Owen's in that position he scores. No he fucking doesn't. He missed a load of chances the whiny little bitchfuck.

Fairly certain that Redknapp won't get the Chelsea job.

The new camera angle at WHL. Unwatchable.

Replacing Adam will be tough though, he dictates so much play and pick out some bloody good passes. You just don't get that quality of player in the Championship, atleast not for long and I can't see how they will replace him. You did last season. Adam will go for a lot of money this summer though.

They got way more points than I thought they would mind. I thought they'd be lucky to get about 20 points and be relegated in March but they've had a go and scored loads. Just not quite good enough in the end but if Holloway can keep the squad together they've got a good chance to come straight back up.

But if he signs a new contract the speculation will end. Not that I think he will sign, he's been gone since Christmas. Aye, I think his mind's been made up for months. Don't think he's had any intention of signing another contract with us if I'm being brutally honest. He's made the right noises about waiting until the summer but I think he and his agent will have already sorted out his next move. Just a hunch and I've got nothing to back it up but it fits. Never mind.

This fucking knacker today gave the most inept performance I have ever seen. We've all seen him have stinkers before but today's was the worst of the lot. 0/10. Did nothing constructive. At all. and still the gormless wanker's getting a game after 10 years of this shit.

Just give him away. Pay up his contract and get the sackless cunt out of the club. Reminds me, where's the Shola thread?