James

Step down. It will just be Sibierski.

We always announce it all after the deadline anyway under this regime, presumably to concentrate on the work at hand.

Guess again. I'd imagine none of our hopefuls will count as emergencies, so they'll have to happen today. How do you distinguish an "emergency loan" from a normal one? Is having Mike Ashley as owner not a big enough emergency?

You think so ? I've never been too impressed by Collins, think he's average at best. He's strong, good in the air, and no slouch. Fairly composed too. Thank you for your kind words

I think you are wrong there. In fact they think its a deadline for everything. There is going to be a massive d'oh in an hour when Hughton informs them that the deals they had nearly put through to make it look like they were actually doing something are still allowed to be completed.

About us lot, or just a general discussion for which he is a guest?

Chillax guys its probably just one of those silly rumour sites that do a really annoying clockwatch on deadline day.

A manager took a risk on Harper once. A manager took a risk on Given once. A manager took a risk on Buffon once. A manager took a risk on Casillas once.

The truth however is that of the current players, only Taylor, Enrique, Barton, Guthrie and maybe Jonas and Colo are good enough to stay up in the PL. Its all very well playing a team promoted, but unless we take steps to create a larger retinue of players good enough for that division, promotion is pointless if we don't have the money to sustain it. Thus it is necessary for our long term ambitions to give some invaluable experience to the likes of Carroll, Ranger, Krul, Kadar, Vuckic. We have good enough players throughout the team for us to take those risks.

He definitely made his first genuine case for the first team yesterday with that save from Howard, but I can't help feeling that with the defence we've got, the midfield we've got and the strikeforce we've got that we'd be so much better off in the long run if we gave Krul much needed experience.

I think he can be. He did improve our team when he played up front last season and scored in 1 in 4 games, generally against the West Broms and the Boros. He offers the main improvement the team seeks right now, and we are already favourites to win this division. Keep him fit and Shola fit and our strikers will score more goals than any other strikeforce in the league, not to forget the goals we are getting from midfield. We'll have the best attack in the league and the best defence in the league making us the best team in the league if we keep players fit.

In case you've missed it, Alex McLeish says we have won the battle to sign Lovenkrands. Danish Media says its a 3 year deal.

Did pre-season at Rangers

Isn't there a new kid/expected baby via a Scottish mum, hence a desire to stay close to Scotland?

Has improved massively since he got given that advanced role. He just doesn't have the stamina for midfield, but in the advanced position he has the strength, passing and shooting to make things happen at this level.

Yeah have to say, even though he wasn't at his own best today, he's a class above the rest in my opinion. Love the way he can just win the ball in the corner and he'll use his strength to just ride the ball up the pitch and out of danger.

I'm assuming we consider Xisco as already gone? I'm gonna go for +2

Disagree. Guthrie composes himself.

Lets face it, if we listed our fifteen best players, chose one of those players from that list at random, then offerred that player to another team in that league, they'd bite our hand off. Maybe a slight exaggeration there, but I really couldn't see any of our players joining another team and making it worse.

Wasn't the Smith on Howard thing the way Allardyce tried to nullify the threat of Derby County? At least it worked this time

You really believe that reason? Barcelona play tonight and Messi isn't in their squad for the same reason apparently. No he's not. He's coming here to replace Xisco

If they show us every week then every other fan will get to see their team play twice. Sounds fair

Kudos to Leicester, I thought they were the best team we've played this season.

What more do you want?

Most players have put in 8 out of 10 performances tonight