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Agree with all of that. McCleish has moulded them together and they're tough to beat. Not much flair there but grinding out results and they're nearly safe already.

Begs the question, why did he hand a request in if he could have sat tight and signed a better contract in June? Something not right about this deal. Not sure what it is. Maybe sees this as his gateway to the Premiership knowing we're interested. Possibly? If that is the case then we absolutely should not offer a penny more than we already have done. We want him, he wants to play up here, Leeds can't really afford to let him go for nothing so we sit it out and play hardball.

Begs the question, why did he hand a request in if he could have sat tight and signed a better contract in June? Something not right about this deal. Not sure what it is.

Agree with this. He's not the answer to our prayers although him coming here and banging in 10 between now and May would probably see us promoted. Problem is you've got a player on a longish contract for large(ish) money who is compltely untried in the PL. Haven't seen him too often but when i have seen him he's not looked like a PL player. There has to be a cut-off point and I think £1.5m for a player who will be worth nothing in 5 months time is a good offer. We need to stick to our guns and if that means losing out on him and getting someone else on a short-term loan to fill the gap then so be it. Don't like to see us held to ransom over the like of Beckford.

In a nutshell. Bingo.

Play the kids. Fuck the FA Cup.

He did. 'The Penguin'

Jan Molby once got a hat-trick of pens for the wall-pushers. Long time ago now like.

At least the lad has gone about it in the right way. He's unhappy so he's slapped in a transfer request at the earliest possible opportunity. He's not digging his heels in or feigning injury to get out of playing. He's not going through the motions he's doing the professional thing and it's nice to see. Puts the likes of Given to shame.

The fucking cheque's booonced.

Let me just digest this news.... I'm over it.

Just for the record I don't think anyone genuinely wanted us to lose the tie today. The ideal scenario would have been to rest 9 or 10 of the first XI and still have enough to beat Plymouth. The FA Cup should be irrelevant to NUFC this year as the only thing that matters is getting promoted. In seasons gone by, where we were a comfortable PL side, then we could afford to have a real go at the Cup and make it as important as the League. We could do this safe in the knowledge that it wouldn't really have any affect on the bread and butter of the League. Sadly, we're not in as comfortable a position as that this year. We MUST get promoted this year or we could be down here for donkeys years. For that reason, I'd rather sacrifice the Cup this season and play the kids in the replay. Rest the players we're going to have rely on to get us promoted and bite the bullet for a season.

Coloccini really struggling to handle Rory Fallon according to LLLO.

Any injuries so far?

Owen & Gerrard. As despicable a pair of cunts you'll ever find until the day you croak.

Emre. Never understood any of the hype. Quite a few to choose from though...

More likely to offer them rock bottom money for them now and hope they accept it quickly. They'll raise the cash, but it will cripple them.

Losing no-one in January would be the priority and if we keep this squad intact then we'll go up automatically. Adding a quality CM would rubber-stamp it.

The big clubs would find a loophole. Something like Abramovic 'sponsoring' Chelsea shirts for £175m (or whatever) a season to ensure they were 'debt-free'. Money talks.

As much as I'd like to blame the saggy faced cunt, someone else sanctioned the transfers and wrote the cheques. Or not as the case may be.

Agreed, with one exception: http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/05_04/Portsmouth_468x354.jpg The first thing they should sell is that fucking bell he rings. I'll give them a fiver for it.

Throw them out of the League and promote 4 teams from the CCC.

The majority of Level 7 are fucking illiterate anyway.

Couldn't give a flying toss about this game tbph.

Not good enough for the Premier League. No thank you. Also, if it's a 'done deal' why hasn't it been....you know...'done'?