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All that's fair enough and I can understand why people are twitchy. That said, do you really think Keegan, Wise, Vetere and Jiminez are doing nothing everyday? They are aware of all of the legitimate concerns you've outlined and I'm sure that they're working hard to bring bodies in. They're not thick and I trust them to get us ready for the new season.

All things being equal I couldn't see Warnock being anything other than an understudy to Enrique. A player who could come in and fill in for a few games to cover an injury or suspension and 'hold the fort'. I like Enrique but we need cover and someone like Warnock would be ideal for a modest fee/wage.

Again this is press fuelled paranoia but in todays Chronicle its was (apparently!) Wise who said no to Frings and Wise who turned down a bid for Carroll. I do hope that KK is involved in transfer negotiations as any prospective players are gonna want to meet that guy they're going to be playing for! So why are you even believing it then? If you (rightly imo) recognise it as bollocks, why are you concerned that KK may not be involved? Just seems a strange thing to say.

Harsh but fair Crumpy.

Chilled. But it's not an option.

modric was admitted and made public...i find it curious that,as yet, zaragosa haven't said we made a formal appraoch. (wouldn't be a bad thing if they did...it'd firm up the idea that action is happening behind the scenes) I've got no way of proving it but I think we were in for him. The press has written hundreds of bullshit articles this summer and I'm very cynical but I think we tried to get him at the last minute. Might get proven totally wrong yet though. there will be a lot of players they'll get in contact about...how much ? wages ?...nah i think we'll pass. not saying that happened on this occasion but every interview i've read with managers (especially those out of the game)a lot more goes on than we ever know and the press actually pick up on very little,join the dots a lot to get it wrong and downright lie at other times. That's fair comment mate. When you see a random player being linked to a random club for a random fee in a newspaper then it's bollocks but a few different sources (not the prick from blackburn) churn out the same player to the same club all on the same day then I tend to think there may be something to it. I think we went for him but it's a moot point now tbh. He's a Benfica player and we move on.

modric was admitted and made public...i find it curious that,as yet, zaragosa haven't said we made a formal appraoch. (wouldn't be a bad thing if they did...it'd firm up the idea that action is happening behind the scenes) I've got no way of proving it but I think we were in for him. The press has written hundreds of bullshit articles this summer and I'm very cynical but I think we tried to get him at the last minute. Might get proven totally wrong yet though.

I must admit I'd have liked to have signed him. It's not the end of the world and I'm heartened that we've gone for Modric and Aimar because we need a player of this ilk to push on a bit. Benfica can offer him European football and I don't blame him for choosing them tbh. Lisbon's a nice place and it won't be too much of a culture change for him either. Good luck to him and let's keep looking for the players to fire us up the League. Keep the faith.

And it's not even 23.00 yet... Can this day get any worse??

Just forge it, man.

Congratulations. You should be thanking me. Why? It was me that started that chant. Congratulations You should be thanking me! Why? It was me that started that chant.

Andreas Andersson. The softest 6'3" target man I've ever had the misfortune to see.

Hung around the place like a bad niff Dead loyal an that...

Mark Stimson.

The link's a dead give-away like. Don't know what you're on about...

Looks like Bolton fans during their UEFA Cp run this year. Probably against Braga?

agree.. i will be very surprised if we have even considered him.. the guy has the talent, but his last top season was 5 years ago.. we wouldn't want another Damien Duff Don't get me wrong, I hope we do sign him as I think he can be a bit special. Got to be wary about signing him on his form of a few years ago though and if he's totally lost interest, which is possible, then I'd like us to steer clear. I'm hoping that Vetere's had his ear to the ground.

I'm actually put off by how much we've heard about it tbh. The 2 we've got in so far this summer have come totally out of the blue but this one is building up a little. Won't be in the least bit surprised if the 'English club' is someone like West Ham.

Not quite hid old self they say. Bump. Is this a stich up? Not at all. You were right, he had gone off the boil a bit which is why he was underperforming at Valencia and Zaragoza.

Not quite hid old self they say. Bump.

Was always going to happen after Sullivan came out and blasted him a few weeks back. It made his position untenable.

Probably not the first time Rafa hasn't set about a transfer the right way, and he ain't the only manager. But what am I gonna do. It's up to the league to step in IF they think managers are out of line. As for Gerrard, he should keep his gob shut. I just find it hilarious how O'Neill can't keep his ample trap shut, and is yapping to the press about this all the time. I'd love nothing more than for Liverpool to pull out of the deal, but they probably won't. Barry isn't all that, and certainly isn't worth 15 mill, whatever nationality he is. Fair play Rafa.

What I hope most of all, is that he stays at Villa, the way O'Neill has gone on. Fair enough. Do you approve of the way Benitez and Gerrard have conducted themselves over the potential Barry transfer?

It's shite. Locked.

Are we all agreed that it's a load of shite?