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Does anyone seriously expect them NOT to get him signed? They shouldn't but they will. The FA are weak as piss with the bigger teams and they'll cave in.

Agreed. At the time, he was tbh.

He's looks naturally massive, he's got the physique of a heavyweight boxer. Is there an echo in here?

He didn't look to be carrying much weight tonight, if any. I saw him a couple of weeks ago though. I dare say he's back to his 'fighting weight' now.

He's a fucking big unit. Went to the open day and Campbell was doing one of the drills and turned his back to me - it was like a door closing. Carrying a bit of weight perhaps but the bloke could be a heavyweight champion, he's moohassive.

I think Hodgson's done reasonably well considering. Obviously getting Cole and Jovanovic for nothing has helped the squad. Poulsen's a shrewd buy too. Still hope they crash and burn spectacularly though.

It's canny. Nowt flash but enough to keep us up with a bit of room to spare. Need to keep Carroll wrapped in cotton wool though or we'll find goals (and therefore wins) hard to come by.

Guaranteed survival? Ermmmm, yes please. Not to say we shouldn't be hoping for higher/better mind. As Dave's said, the bottom 12 teams in the league range from ordinary to dogshit. No reason why we can't have a good season and finish something daft like 11th. I'd take 17th and survival - just for this first season though.

Julian Dicks mk II

On paper it's our easiest game of the season so we'll probably win 1-0. We should look to put these cunts to the sword and score a few but I'd take any sort of win.

George Graham had to be in with a shout. My mackem brother-in-law phoned me to say 'big Joe's got your fucking job' and I instantly though he meant Joe Royle, that would have been bad enough but Joe Kinnear man. I'll never forget the belly-laugh he let out when he told me it was indeed Kinnear.

Gyan looks nailed on for them. For £12m...... That's an awful lot of eggs in a couple of baskets. It could go pear-shaped very quickly with just 2 bad tackles on Bent and Gyan.

All that said, if he's carrying a knock then he shouldn't be going anywhere or playing for anyone. Pull the fucker out like Chelsea, Man U et al do.

Champion. Instantly adds £5m to his value and he'll be guaranteed to sit on the bench and put his feet up while Rooney attempts to get back into the groove.

Akinbiyi? No better than Crouch tbh.

Fucking champion.

They've picked the wrong time to tighten the purse-strings. Should always buy when you're on the up. They've definitely missed a trick and it'll set them back imo.

Astonished that Spurs have been so quiet in the market this summer. Of all transfer windows we've had this is the one where I thought Spurs would have a real go for it and bring in some real quality but it's passed them by. This season they could offer players the London lifestyle AND Champions League but they're arguably no better than this time last year. Poor show tbh.

...or its the sign of grown men paying good money theyve earnt to watch utter shite. If you pay the money, you can boo if you want. Doesn't make it right, and I've never done it myself, but I completely understand why people do it. Not got a problem with fans shouting and screaming foul-mouthed abuse from the stands but to see adults booing is just ridiculous.

I think the club will be dilighted if they have to sign Ben Arfa, I can't see them dropping him unless he's not good enough. Sorry, was being flippant. Ben Arfa paying in more than 25 of the remaining 35 games would mean he's doing the business. He's probably not suited to all of our fixtures but his quality will mean we'll need him to get us a goal in loads of games. We're going to be involved in a lot of close games this season and him turning a draw into a win or a loss into a draw could be vital.

Booing is for kids at pantomimes tbh. Seriously, seeing grown men booing footballers is about as toe-curlingly childish as it gets.

Easy, as soon as Ben Arfa has played 24 games.

it's NUFC. It wont be one, it'll be all. Got to be said that Guthrie looks a mile away from the firt XI when you see the options we've now got. He'll obviously get a few games as and when but he's got a fight on his hands to establish himself now. O/T I know.

It's nice to have options and players flexible enough to play in a couple of positions/formations depending on what's needed though. Unfortunately, this being NUFC, it's only a matter of time before one of Routledge, Barton, Tiote, Nolan, Jonas or Smith picks up and injury and the team will start to pick itself.

They'll pull out and Carroll will get called up, sit on the bench and rest his weary legs imo.