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To be fair Midds, I reckon whatever we were going to put on the table West Ham would better anyway. West Ham will offer players 10 grand more than other clubs because it's the only way they'll get them to sign. If it was all about money he could've kept on driving and used that as a bargaining tool for getting 80k a week off those animals. My take on it anyway. exackhly (he is a scouser),it is a good sign for us that he didn't even want to talk to the appy ammers in the end

or dyer and bridge as wingbacks with a centre half 3. i know man

5.5m for Barton is not cheap, imo. Speed £5.5m - 1998 Hamann £4.5m - 1998 Dyer £6m - 1999 Maric £3.5m - 1999 Bassedas - £4m - 2000 Jenas - £5m - 2002 Viana - £8.5m - 2002 Parker £6.5m - 2005 Emre £3.8m - 2005 A selection of central midfield players over the last decade who have signed for us. Look at the prices even as far back as when we bought Speed. I don't think we've got a bad deal at all in terms of a transfer fee considering he's proven Premiership quality. If he does half as well as Speed then we're on a winner. I agree. It's a fair price. Liverpool paid £24m for Cisse and Diouf. Man Utd paid £28m for Juan Sebastian Veron. Chelsea paid £24m for SWP. They're on about £10m for this Fernandes who might be good but he's far from proven. I think it's a good deal. they would have been fair prices if they done the bizz,if barton is crap for us then it will be seen as a bad price

it would appear everything has been agreed,i'd be surprised if he hasn't signed the required papers etc as story has it we are just awaiting paperwork off citeh. i'd like to know the conversation that happened in that car mind.

it makes sense for agents to leak higher wages to the press,then they can say to another employer with another client.."player x is on £70,000,so my client must be worth that" even if not true.

if we do get viduka will he take part in the early stages of the season,the asia cup takes up most of july if Oz do well.

it'll make us look silly if he signs for them

wouldn't just yet,until he actually signs i wouldn't go jumping about!

old news

undergoing medical according to ssn

thats a stanley knife in bartons right hand

the highest compliment is the boro fans saying "anywhere but newcastle" means they must rate him

Probably found out that there wont be a press conference, so Jim White will be calling on all mongs to flock at St. James Park to protest against such a travesty. it'll just be the full story as opposed to a brief snippet. aye it was

Some b****** bought me a pint of Vaux once in a pub in Stockton,it was the most disgusting,revolting pint i've ever attempted to sup.One sup and the taste asnd stench of this "beer" made me heave.Told my mate never to attempt to infiltrate my person with mackem leper juice ever again. it's not even that it was mackem beer,just that it was manky beer!

i'll admire him if it works

Deserves a wider discussion in my opinion not just about Barton but the whole football and morals issue Is signing Joey Barton moral? What moral obligations does a football club, our club have to fill, if at all? none. But it will be interesting to see how many people who supported the sale of Craig Bellamy for being a "cancer" change their stance on Barton. Me ? If he's half the player Bellamy was, I'll be happy it's what they do here that matters to most...ie he may have been a t*** elsewhere but if he keeps his nose clean here and does the biz,most will be happy. exactly, as they were happy with Bellamy until Souness came along and called him a liar. but that was bellamy not keeping his nose clean here we go again..sorry folks!

Deserves a wider discussion in my opinion not just about Barton but the whole football and morals issue Is signing Joey Barton moral? What moral obligations does a football club, our club have to fill, if at all? none. But it will be interesting to see how many people who supported the sale of Craig Bellamy for being a "cancer" change their stance on Barton. Me ? If he's half the player Bellamy was, I'll be happy it's what they do here that matters to most...ie he may have been a twat elsewhere but if he keeps his nose clean here and does the biz,most will be happy.

played there a few times for their first team aswell

Stubbed a cigar in the eye of some youth player who was setting his shirt a blaze. Knocked 7 bells out of French person (Dabo) Showed his arse to a bunch of arseholes. Assaulted a young Everton fan in Thailand, bit Richard Dunne's finger. Arrested on suspicion of criminal assault and criminal damage after an alleged argument with a taxi driver. Upset a few pricks who released books after a poor cup by saying "'We got beat in the quarter-finals. I played like s***. Here's my book." They may be a few more bits held the lad down to stub the ciggie in his eye.... when dabo was flattened, continued to put the boot in... He hasn't got an off switch...really similar to Bowyer's problem. The passion makes him a committed 100% player; the lack of an off switch turns him into a nucking futter... broad scouse accent

There was bother if wanted it for sure & in the Keegan's 1st Saturday away game at Bolton I remember getting chased to the ground, having pieces of concrete terracing thrown at us during game, being squashed so tight together that you had no choice but to piss on the bloke next to you and it goes without saying we lost. I remember that day at Bolton,it was like a war zone, you spent most of the afternoon dodging big f*** off bricks getting hurled over from their paddock. i was in the seats,there was a squad in there who were off it,they'd jump down into the bolton nutters paddock,fight there way through to the fence,get hoyed out,climb the stairs back up and do it all over again.....happened at cardiff a month or two later, identically.

Good post and some solid arguments. Uefa aren't totally blameless in this fiasco. could have held it at croft park,doesnt matter,why is it year after decade the same teams fans are accused of using all means to get into games where they shouldn't be.

Im not panicing at all, i guess the fact that you dont really know many of the players were bein linked with is abit of a worry *in a way* in a way its quite exciting, and i have total faith in Big Sams ability to notice unknown talent. will the Joey Barton transfer be completed by tomorrow do you think?? Don't think anyone would be able to make a fair judgement tbh, mate. Who knows? so if the takeover eventually happens and Ashley is in charge, as a gestimate, how much money (transfer wise) are we possibly talking? A couple million more that what we noramally get, or Roman Abromovich style? Just out of interest like. 45mill has been rumoured in the red tops

pepperoni or anchovies

lets be fair,i never bought any vaux beers or bought a car from reg vardy

i was there,my first trip to merseyside and i found out what a bunch of scumbags they really were.been back about a dozen times and at least 3/4s have been dodgy (lovely laughing scousers in the pub,then they ring their mates and get you heavily outnumbered,then they aren't so nice). every club has its scum,some have more than others! they murdered us on the pitch,we murdered them in support and noise. the main thing i remember about the game was in the first couple of minutes souness jumping in and raking his studs down kenny whartons shin,they were very very good with the ball and near psychotic without it.