James

FIFA doing nothing about the drug cheats in their sport.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operacion_Puerto 6 months on, and despite evidence (all circumstancial) being provided to FIFA, there has been no investigation or action taken. Why not I would ask if I didn't already know the answer.

Massimo Maccarone is shit. End of story.

Apparently he isn't keen on moving having got his kids settled down here.

Glenn Roeder

Dave Jones Guus Hiddink

Roy Keane seems to be using his contacts at Manchester United, Scotland and Ireland to build up a collection of young British and irish players with good long-term potential. One to watch in my opinion.

I had a really vivid dream last night. I dreamt that we had signed Rosenior and Hoyte, and some unknown 17 year old Swedish attacking midfielder. On their debut, we beat Fulham 4-1 with a goal and MOTM performance by the Swede, and a goal from a Rosenior diving header. The Swede was amazing - one of the best performances I had ever seen. Shame it was just a dream.

£1m + add-ons is his going rate. 16 goals in 18 games is a great feat for an 18 year-old in any proffessional division. We already have Martins, Owen, Dyer, Sibierski and even Ameobi who are all capable of putting in decent performances up front, and although we still need a bit more depth, we shouldn't really be breaking the bank on yet another striker in my opinion. Surely the opportunity of learning from Owen would be much better than getting relegated with Charlton?

Whats gone wrong with Isaksson's spell at Manchester City? He was hailed as one of the best keepers in Europe when he signed, but having been injured before the start of the season, he has been unable to get past Weaver, who although has been in good form and is popular with the Manchester City fans, will never be a great keeper. I seem to remember Isaksson playing when Weaver was injured and him having a very good game, before losing his place once more to Weaver. It puzzles me really.

This Chief Scout seems pretty sensible.

Quick, sack Roeder and appoint Mourinho before anyone else does.

Have to take exception to that comment there. You have to remember that whoever was in the right or wrong, it was the people who were at the front (aka the people who bought their tickets and made sure that they arrived at the stadium trouble-free in time) who were killed and that is tragic. Imagine if someone you knew had been killed like that. You are saying it was the other (drunken) fans' fault? Perhaps what I'm saying is easy to misunderstand. I'm saying that it wasn't the fault of those who died, unlike what the Sun suggested.

Have to take exception to that comment there. You have to remember that whoever was in the right or wrong, it was the people who were at the front (aka the people who bought their tickets and made sure that they arrived at the stadium trouble-free in time) who were killed and that is tragic. Imagine if someone you knew had been killed like that.

Shouldn't be on more than £25,000 as that is the appropriate wage to pay a 21 year old with much to learn. We could however give him a 5% per year wage rise if he commits himself to a lengthly deal.

Southampton need the funds so don't want to cup-tie him, simple as that. Apparently, Southampton aren't being entirely truthful when they are saying that they have rejected other bids, they are just hoping that some silly spending rich club are going to join this imaginary auction and overbid its non-existant rivals.

That kind of contradicts the earlier SkySports article that suggested that we were going to swap Milner for Riggott in order to raise funds to buy Shaun Wright Phillips.

Bale is worth no more than £4 million in my opinion. He has some potential, but requires a lot of work before he is even ready to play in the Premiership. There is still a very good chance that he wont make it. Right now, David Edgar is probably the better defender. Bale possesses great technique when striking the ball from distance, but so does Plymouth's Paul Wotton, and no Premiership club would sign him.

If Mascherano is allowed to go to Liverpool on loan, we should try to get Tevez on loan.

FFS it is the 5th of January. Don't jump to conclusions.

Do the fans of Brazilian teams not find the names of their own players confusing? For example, on Football Manager (sorry!) Sao Paulo have two players called Souza, who are of a similar age and are both left wingers. One of these players is decent, while the other is average. Similarly, Santos have two attacking midfielders called Ze Roberto. Only one of these starts for Brazil. Can anyone imagine the confusion in our league if all names in the world adopted this naming system: Newcastle to sign Rooney Thread Starter: Just on Sky Sports News, we have agreed an undisclosed fee for Rooney. Reply 1: fucking yes! Reply 2: Which one? Manchester United's Rooney or someone else? Thread starter: Didn't catch the whole bit but I definitely caught them saying that 'United have agreed to sell Rooney to Newcastle' Reply 4: If Freddy has just wasted our entire transfer budget on Manchester United's Rooney, I will be fucking devastated. Thread starter: Freddy about to come on SkySportsNews Reply 6: That is not Freddy. That is Freddy, the Swede who plays in midfield for Arsenal. Moderator: It is Rooney, the right back who plays for Leeds United who we are signing. I'm editing the thread title. etc.

What is your source?

Looks like Sky might have something here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/middlesbrough/6232353.stm

NUFC might as well have just sent Polygon a text message.

Didn't Malaga try to sign Edgar in October 2005 after his decent performance when we lost to Malaga in the final of the Copa Costa del Sol?