James

Solano was first up for vs Watford iirc, and he took a few when Shearer has been injured also iirc so it'll be him.

It is on the Disclosure section. Basically, we have disclosed that Belgravia are in discussions regarding a takeover.

What do you mean, "for once"? Last winter we got nobody in, but then again I don't think Souness had any intention or money to do so, and the winter before that, didn't we have Boumsong & Babayaro signed by Jan 2nd? Ah, I had this stretched memory of them being last minute signings but you are right. At least we are bidding for players before the transfer window opens. O Nut 3-0 Taylor27 4-0 actually. (That makes it 4-1)

What do you mean, "for once"? Last winter we got nobody in, but then again I don't think Souness had any intention or money to do so, and the winter before that, didn't we have Boumsong & Babayaro signed by Jan 2nd? Ah, I had this stretched memory of them being last minute signings but you are right. At least we are bidding for players before the transfer window opens.

At least we are bidding for players before the transfer window opens for once.

So many unlikely player permutations needed to get me through. Galatasaray need to beat Dyer's Sore Hammy and my team, Jimbo's XI need to beat League Winners. Currently the scores are: Galatasaray 37 (39 after subs) - 46 (49 after subs) DSH Jimbo's XI 45 - 47 League Winners so if it stayed like that, I'm going out. The following players are yet to play for each team: Galatasaray - Taylor and Emre (vs Reading) - Kishishev (vs Blackburn) - Boateng and Yakubu (vs Tottenham) DSH - Friedel (vs Charlton) League Winners - Friedel (vs Charlton) - Seol and Doyle (vs Newcastle) - Bent © (vs Blackburn) Jimbo's XI - Baines (vs West Ham) - Doyle © (vs Newcastle) Everything is so intrinsically linked. I'll probably need: A Newcastle win and preferably a clean sheet with important contributions from Taylor and Emre (especially if we concede) against Reading. Seol must not score or set any up. Charlton to score and preferably keep a clean sheet vs Blackburn without Darren Bent scoring. A Wigan clean sheet at West Ham Good performances from Yakubu and Boateng at Middlesborough. I cant really ask for all that

There is only one proper celebration. The Shearer One-Arm Aloft one.

Some people end up hanging around the wrong friends, and I think that is vey much the case with Dyer and Bramble's Ipswich mates. If they both had any sense, they would both ditch their bloodsucking entourage.

On the contrary, you are wrong. We were only in the first month of the season. As much of a panic as sacking Gullit and replacing him with Robson ........ I don't expect you will understand that. Did you criticise the purchase of Owen at the time ? Perhaps you would prefer someone like Heskey, Jon Stead, or Viduka, as they aren't "trophy players" etc etc... Odd that you criticise this board yet you can't keep away from it For the last time, Gullit resigned.

I cant believe what I'm seeing with regards to the result to the poll. In the first twenty threads, there are only three or four threads with transfer rumours. One is a generalised thread, so that is OK, one is about us not being able to extend the loan of a player currently at the club, one is a recommendation to sign Stephen Pressley, and worst of fucking all, and this is really quite messed up in my opinion: The worst rumour thread, is something totally unsubstantiated, and happens to have been started by the guy who wants to complain about there being too many rumours and there not being a fucking transfer forum.

Both LuaLua's have now scored belters away at Exeter for Newcastle. I remember an incredible scissor kick by Lomano a few years back.

there will be many more when the window opens Perhaps, but what is the problem right now that people have to start complaining? People see a couple threads they dont want to read and start crying over it. Just dont read them if you really dont want to FFS.

Funny thing is, there are very few transfer rumours, so what are people's problems? I think some people on here really are spoilt little girls in my opinion.

Websites (including the two previous incarnations of this forum) have actually been closed down becuase someone has posted more than 6 fixtures next to each other (without dates). The fact that we cant show fixture lists is indisputable.

The moderators live a thankless job in reality.

tmonkey, youve made some very good points there which tie in with my earlier post, although you have missed one thing which would add more credence to your own argument. Robson had identified his target right back long before Euro2004 - it was Seitaridis the best right back of the tournament, but Shepherd would not bid for him before the World Cup, citing a ridiculous opinion that we should wait and see how well he does in the tournament. Subsequently someone else (Moscow?) bought him before Euro2004 with Shepherd steadfastedly refusing to bid - obviously he had something planned for after the tournament. Miguel was only bidded for on the back of a good tournament (although Robson was probably already well aware of him).

Perhaps Maxxed can afford the risk, but Newcastle United have complained about very minor things, and in the past, they have found that threatening the server (the server, not the site) with legal action has been enough for the servers to delete the likes of howaythetoon and toon-chat without giving any warning.

As I see it, Shepherd doesn't go against the will of the manager, he appears to do his own initial negotiations over star players before approaching manager and saying: "I am able to sign player X, do you want him" and player X is generally of such a calibre that no manager could turn the offer down. The annoying thing is that the manager/chairman subsequently miss out on those lower profile but still very important signings further down the line for whatever reason. My major gripe with Shepherd is not in the transfer market, but with his two most recent managerial appointments and the sacking of Sir Bobby Robson.

I would never pass up on Shevchenko, even if it is just for one game. When given the correct role in the team, not only can he create chances for the rest of the team, but he can pick up and control any ball in the box before finishing it superbly. His club goal scoring record when applied as a centre-forward over the past 10 years is second to none.

Southampton away would be nice.

You never know, perhaps it will be a swap deal.

The Shevchenko's want their children to go to an English school, so they'll be hanging around in England for quite a bit. Our style of play will suit Shevchenko more also. Don't think Mourinho ever wanted Shevchenko to be honest, and Abramovich is probably cooling to him. I reckon we could actually pull this off, and I also reckon that we'd have a good chance of signing him in the summer for £10 million.

Then a perfectly sensible solution has been taken. If I was to post a link, I would expect to be fairly banned within 10 minutes, whereas you would be right to give less regulars a warning. Nothing more for me to debate about really, keep up the good work

To be honest, you are never going to be able to stop posters from breaking copyright rules - the email will catch peoples attention, but new members will not be aware. I think you generally see a short term decrease in video links, but it is now at the stage that you have to choose whether to ban everyone or no-one who breaks the rules. New posters will join and post links straight away and if unpunished the majority of other posters will do the same thinking they can get away with it also. A big negative is that new members could be put off staying around with an immediate 14 day ban, but on the other hand the moderators have to do something to avoid endless videos to be posted, as in the end of the day, they need a deterrent to a) ensure the security of the site, and b) lessen their workload. To be honest, no-one really reads the rules before posting, most people that join expect to be able to do what they want on the internet and aren't aware of the existence of copyright-breach monitors I would recommend a kind of immunity period where month-old members can get away withan edited post and a very stern warning sent over PM - although it is not up to me to say what is done and what isn't done.