Leazes1986

Probably in the same boat. Souness would have fell out with Anelka quickly and Viduka would have been permanently injured.

We've just bought one, or will do tomorrow. That's the last position that needs filling now. Barton doesn't score and create that many goals tbh. He does have a decent record. Emre should go. He is good on his day, but hes far too inconsistent and i don't really see what he contributes to the team. I know he had a good spell in the middle with Butt last season, but i don't want to see them two playing together in the middle next season, and i don't think it will happen. I think with the money we could get for Emre we could get a player who is more reliable and offers us more. Just my opinion obviously though.

Personally i would look to get in an attacking midfielder with an end product now and let Emre go. Spend big if we have to, but get the right man in. I am not sure who at this minute though.

Yeah, a kid gets a football top with Carling on it, clearly means he'll turn into an alcoholic wreck. Since when did Carling have alcohol in it?

Barton has proved he is a good player though. I think theres a general change in attitude from our fans now when it comes to signings because people seem to have more faith in Allardyce's judgement than they did with Roeder's. If Roeder had signed an unknown player for £1.5m everyone would be saying "who the f***'s this?". If Allardyce brings in a few cheap unknown players i think our fans will be happy and have faith in his judgement. and if Roeder had signed the well-known Barton for £5.5m? Well as you can see, people seem to be happy in general. It didn't seem like Roeder could handle the dressing room, and he certainly wouldn't have been able to handle Barton. If Allardyce can't sort him out then i doubt anyone can.

We are not one of the big teams anymore. Accept it. We have to rebuild. No top top player is gonna sign for us at the minute. We can get good players in like Baines, Ben Haim and Viduka though. If we bring in them kind of players we can get ourselves back into the top 6. That would be the start, then we could think about aiming a bit higher.

Barton has proved he is a good player though. I think theres a general change in attitude from our fans now when it comes to signings because people seem to have more faith in Allardyce's judgement than they did with Roeder's. If Roeder had signed an unknown player for £1.5m everyone would be saying "who the fuck's this?". If Allardyce brings in a few cheap unknown players i think our fans will be happy and have faith in his judgement.

I've got mixed feeling as well. On a positive note we have got rid of an unhappy player for maybe up to £8.5m which is a £2m profit, and we are also getting in his replacement for £5.5m which could potentially leave us with an extra £3m. I think he's a good player, but he's an idiot. I hope we can get another central midfielder in though as well. I'm not 100% convinced Emre will stay here either

So if he's completing his move tomorrow, that means Parker is gonna be completing his most to West Ham today or tomorrow?

Mongs

Jenas is shite

It's a risk buying one of Barton or Reo Coker, never mind both of them. We need at least one central midfielder who can score double figures or near enough.

Its from The Sun. It looks like he'll be on about £80,000 a week then. Lucky cunt

Fucking hell, Roeder is getting some blame for Owen now as well is he?

This is one of the most important players we need imo. If we sign Baines, Ben Haim, Barton and Viduka then we got in a right back we would maybe have a team who would be one of the top 8 in the Premiership, but the playmaker is the key. If we can get a good one in then that would be possibly one of the most important players in getting us up to the next step. Someone with a brain who can unlock a defence with a single pass and can score goals. I don't know how much our budget is, but lets say for arguments sake we spend £11m on Baines and Barton. If we had a ridiculous amount of money like the £40m quoted in some parts of the press, i would go as far as to pay anywhere between £10-£15m for the playmaker, i think it is that essential.

Well I don't think (I stand to be corrected) that Baines hasn't asked to leave plus just the way the market is think we'll have to pay more than 5million. Not yet he hasn't. We aren't even out of May yet.

we could get 5million for dyer alone Dunno about that. Maybe £3.5m-4m. People will look at his injury record and that knocks his price down even if he has been fit lately. A few million for Dyer is great money though. Gets an injury prone, overrated, massive earner of the wage bill.

Why do you think Baines will cost more than £5m? I'd pay £5-7m for his anyway. When Chimbonda wanted to leave they were going on about how there is no way they would sell him for anything less than a ridiculous price. All we need is Baines to say he wants to leave and we would be able to get him for around that price. Might take a few weeks, but once Wigan give up hope they will have to sell.

Oliver is being quiet because his master isn't fit enough to give him any storys at the minute.

Would be excellent business. Still a few more i'd really like to see go though. Carr, Dyer and Luque mainly. Get £5-6m in for them 3 and let the rest of the rebuilding begin.

Dyer must go now. How long is it gonna take people to realize what a waster he is? I'm not saying sell the whole squad. Personally i would rather we kept Parker, and got rid of Dyer and Emre and replaced them with two attacking midfielders who can score goals and create things. If you look at the top teams they all have midfielders who score goals. We rely so heavily on our strikers because we don't have midfielders who can score goals. When Bobby was manager we had Solano, Robert and Speed all scoring. We will get absolutely nowhere if we have to rely on our strikers all of the time.

We need some midfielders with end product in. Emre hasn't got an end product, neither has Dyer. Sell them both.

Joey Barton career league stats: 02/03 - 7 apps - 1 goal - 0 assists 03/04 - 28 apps - 1 goal - 2 assists 04/05 - 31 apps - 1 goal - 4 assists 05/06 - 31 apps - 7 goals (1 pen) - 4 assists 06/07 - 33 apps - 6 goals - (1 pen) 4 assists I think people are seriously overrating him. Parker got 3 goals this season. Barton only got 3 more and he played more games. I am not arguing to keep Parker here, i'm saying Barton is vastly overrated.