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The longer it dragged on the more likely this was to happen. I'd like to think we're chasing other players for the role as well, but knowing this club probably not.

Getting daft now like, games are coming along now and every one we play with no-one who can move the ball between midfield and attack are potential points lost that we might really need at the end of the season. We need to go all out, and if we can't get him soon, we need to forget it and find someone else, quickly.

In unrelated news, Papermate have just announced predicted pre-tax profits in their brown envelope division have just skyrocketed.

Comfortable for man u, but we didn't embarrass ourselves. Can't believe they still sing about Shearer, still bitter 15 years later. Half hearted cheer in The Centurion when the league table came up and showed us 4th bottom

Might be less good for team spirit if we can't get a win for ages and they all end up looking like Fu Manchu.

Ryan Taylor looks like an enemy soldier from Goldeneye on the N64 or something. That or a character from Allo Allo.

"Have you accepted the Newcastle offer yet?" "No" *Ben Arfa storms out* "...Call me?" RING RING RING RING RING RING RING BEN ARFA PHONE!

Given in the stand, 'Ah, fuck.'

Can't really comment on how good a leader he is, only the players know that. Would say the captain should be someone who plays every game of the season if fit though for consistency's sake, and I'd hope that wouldn't be the case with Nolan

Let's hope we wrap this up before he gets sick of the pissing rain.

Hey Mr Marseille Man, Give me your Ben Arfa, Daylight come and him wanna score goals

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Benjani is a free agent as,well after being released by city. Surprised we've not been linked with him with best injured, seems like the kind of thing we'd go for. Blackburn or Wolves looks like where he'll end up.

Notice on the fantasy league Bent is listed as doubtful for the first game with back injury an all.

Would love him back here, never managed to bring myself to hate him, even after he left. Always struck me as someone who's really passionate about the game with a huge drive to win, which is what fuels him being a gobby shite. That said, if I was being sensible I'd bear a grudge about him feigning injury, but I dunno. There's something about a little twat who's your little twat that kind of gives you a soft spot for them and somehow that's stuck with me. If he goes to the mackems that might finally tip the balance and get me dispising the bassad mind

So he's been manager the entire close season, picking up his pay cheque, then as soon as the season starts "Actually, you know what... Nah..."

agreed - breaks up the "big 4" and that will put real pressure on someone's budget for 2011-12 also gets right up the nose of Manure fans Expect lots of s*** from the Man U loving media about them 'buying the league' as if Man U bought Ferdinand for 30,000,0000 magic beans. still a big difference! How so? Man United loved the football free market when it allowed them to build up (albeit more slowly) a team made of some of the best players in the world thanks to their financial clout in both the wage and transfer market. When Chelsea and Man City come along and throw more cash about, they can hardly cry foul, it's the same system that kept them at the top for so long. The days of Derby or someone working their way up from the lower teirs with a good manager, shrewd transfer work and team spirit and a little bit of ambitious investment to challenge for the title have been gone for decades. It's 90% money, be it Man U's old money or Man City's new money.

agreed - breaks up the "big 4" and that will put real pressure on someone's budget for 2011-12 also gets right up the nose of Manure fans Expect lots of shit from the Man U loving media about them 'buying the league' as if Man U bought Ferdinand for 30,000,0000 magic beans.

Man, look at that. A bunch of fans just happy with football and the opposition for a change, looking forward to a good game and atmosphere. That's just really nice to see. What? A tear? Don't be silly. There's just something in my eye.

The more I think about it, think is probably the worst we could possibly get as a seeded team who doesn't expect to win it

Eight million fucking dollary doos!? Good grief!

LMAO means Laudably Mirthful And Original FYP Edit: Sorry kid Icarus Always assumed it meant "For Your Perusal" for some reason That would be the poshest acronym ever. Apart from LMAO, which means Laudably Mirthful And Original

I agree with that, seems daft. The main thing knock-out competitions have going for them is the upsets and the idea anyone can win them, seeding them just means that it's pretty much always the same teams that win or nearly win the league every year, because they get an added advantage on top of the money and players that keep them at the top.

Seeded: Everton, Birmingham, Blackburn Rovers, Stoke, Fulham, Sunderland, Bolton, Wolves, Wigan, West Ham, Newcastle, West Brom, Blackpool, Burnley, Hull, Portsmouth, Leicester, Swansea, Middlesbrough, Ipswich, Watford, Preston, Cardiff*, Sheffield United*, Reading*. Unseeded: Leeds, Millwall, Sheffield Wednesday, Peterborough, Huddersfield, Southampton, Colchester, Brentford, MK Dons, Rochdale, Bradford, Crewe, Accrington Stanley, Morecambe, Northampton, Oxford, Notts County, Port Vale, Shrewsbury, Southend, Leyton Orient, Tranmere, Scunthorpe*, Crystal Palace*, Norwich*. *Depending on results tonight Basically we're up against someone either shit or turboshit, not that that means we won't still be able to make a meal of it

Headline saying he's not left, Marseille want to keep him, he wants to go to Newcastle.