toontownman

Will be interesting to see what tmrw brings. More than likely a straight denial they are even in Barcelona! Ive said before Gudjohnsen would be an ideal signing, would be the missing link in midfield, his creativeness is fantastic. He would be great in midfield or up top. As a straight replacement for Owen or Martins its not so ideal, we need pace upfront. With the uncertainty surrounding our pacey ponces and viduka likely to miss the start of the season I think Ideally we will bring someone else in upfront anyways that can fit in elsewhere in the team. Someone like Giuly, Babel, Diouf or Gudjohnsen could command a place in our team in several positions and cover the absences of Viduka/Duff. Theres plenty of players we could be after at Barca though as mentioned: Gudjohnsen, Saviola, Giuly, Thiago Motta.. whilst unlikely now Edmilson. Maybe more?

thanks for the heads up on second season syndrome. Ive seen more of Baines than Shorey so was interested to see. Its easy to get swayed by the odd wonder goal from Baines, I thought he was actually excellent the past couple of weeks defensively, but it was just the U21's. Wouldnt be unhappy at getting either. Ideally we need a couple of players in that can play LB though.

If I was a player I would obviously want to have Wenger as my manager. I believe as Martins has said, he is happy here, his agent and advisors however will undoubtedly want him to go elsewhere. Arsene is the biggest pulling factor, of course CL is aswell. Potentially with the takeover and Big Sams arrival players should be excited about the clubs future. If he wants out and we have to sell him, Martins apparently would prefer a move abroad, IE Juve rather than Arsenal. This would make it alot easier with the £13m

And so it begins.... True or not Wenger was always going to bid for Martins. Im not going to debate Martins the player for us. Im firmly in the Pro-Martins camp, and like others on here have repeatedly smashed my head against the wall reasoning with people of the other persuasion. Fact is, its comes down to what the player wants. Less than a couple of weeks ago he came out committing to us, he has to stand by that statement now. If he doesnt he doesnt, I dont want anyone here thats looking for a move somewhere else, Martins, Owen steven Taylor it doesnt matter who if they want to leave then let them. Martins and Owen leaving will stuff up our plans but thats football, and we will just have to suck it up and take it. Anelka and Saviola would be a nice way of easing the pain.

Dont think Wigan will be that bad next season, can see them scraping through. Sunderland, Derby, Fulham and birmingham are likely to keep them afloat. 1.Chelsea 2.Manure 3.Arsenal 4.Liverpool 5.Spurs 6. Newcastle 7.West Ham 8.Portsmouth 9. Man City 10. Villa 11. Everton 12. Blackburn 13. Boro 14. Bolton 15. Wigan 16. Scum 17. Reading 18. Birmingham 19. Fulham 20. Derby I originally put us a couple of places lower, but given the signings we have made, are likely to, plus the fact we may even splash out after we have a full squad gave me renewed optimism.

he should be band.

Read it as blues bands. Wasnt bothered never been big into bb king or Jeff healey anyways...

Levels out with the ridiculous amount they got for Carrick though.

NSG's on a roll.

He will be an excellent signing for whomever he ends up at. Its just a stupid price, from Charltons point of view they know each premiership team got the huge tv cash windfall, alot of clubs have been taken over and one club is already willing to bid 17m for him. He will fire the goals to get them back to the premiership if he stays. They did kinda piss on their own chips by already signing two replacements though!

Bizzare. Replacement for Forster though who has gone to Brighton.

Nice, bring in the baines, bring in the baines...

Yeah well then there is the downside to the Bent deal, its finalised, they got him for considerably less than 17m, but its Marcus not Darren. To be fair I did get the nod you are in advanced discussions with Dyer, downside again though its not Bruce its Keiron.

Its not a huge pull, especially if the team has the potential to be in it the year after. But its certainly an extra pull if it were down to choosing between two similar clubs one in Europe and one not. Its just another card to play.

More so it tells you how s*** Boro were every that year.

Dont think anyone other than the Spanners and Spuds are in for him, having ruled out the former its only a matter of time before the nodding dog is right. If he posts everyday he has to get it right one day, surely?

Reading way too much into it, and having an OMG moment, but .com have now changed the wording from reported to be at the training ground to was at the training ground today. For those of us gimps that hang on every word, its encouraging news for us to wet our pants over for another nine hours until Anal says the reports are wide of the mark and news to the SJP heirachy. http://www.nufc.com

Anal thought so too. Geremi is good for lots of positions really. I dont think it should effect us going for Beye. Beye could play RB/WB or CB in either prospective formations for home and away. We would have a RB pool of Beye, Geremi and Solano. All of which can slot in elsewhere. Rozehnal has also been playing DM, Id think he would buy a specialist DM if we want another, but we shall see.

You said it was done a week or two ago, and wasnt going to be released until july 1st? But thanks for resurrecting the thread rather than starting a new one.

Although giving it to the Mackems academy would be more beneficial, although pointless.

A report worthy to be a Gordon Strachan quote.

Ashley has been to WHL on numerous occasons as a guest of Paul Kemsley, I said that on the day it was announced Ashley had bought Sir John Hall's shares. I was subsequently told that Ashley went to the first match at the Al Jazeera as Dein's guest. Levy and Kemsley were similarly invited but declined. As I said before, they are thick as thieves, but Dein is as much Arsenal as Shearer is Newcastle. Hill-Wood (maybe only temporarily) made one half of North London very happy when he got shot of Dein. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face! The master plan is revealed Newcastle will soon announce they are to become Spurs B. Levy has got his mate to buy Newcastle so you can finally sign Damien Duff. Your right its only a matter of time before Dein returns to the Arsenal fold. They board will have no choice but to sell before too long, the likes of Ourselves, West Ham, Villa, Man City, now Birmingham and Spuds aswell will all be better financed before too long, every club will have a billionaire backer. Kroenke and Dein know this. As for Spuds next season, your prediction should be accurate enough, although you can never tell with your lot, consistency is improving the past few years. The key is moving all the youth to the next step, something we failed to achieve. Youth is all important but you need the right mix. Too many clubs are looking too much into the future now without keeping a firm grip on the present. Spurs arent far off, providing you dont screw it up by selling Berbatov and add to his talents you shouldnt do too bad.

Its like we are shopping at ford garage and getting a bmw for the same price, would never imagine rodent ever doing this sort of business. Thankfully you never need imagine it again. Thankfully if you do, imagination is all it is!

Thats what the summer is all about, thats why we post endless speculative teams and scenarios of players we want to sign that changes every week. People complain of too many rumors, but they would complain if there werent enough either. I know which I would prefer As for the money thing, regardless of if we have it. Does it make a difference if its quoted or not? If teams are going to hold us to ransom for a player its not going to make much difference if they know how much we have to spend or not. We have just been taken over by a billionare. Clubs know the money will be there, Ashley has hardly hidden his ambitions.

What makes people say they would prefer Shorey out of interest? Personally Id much prefer Baines, I think he is already a better player than Shorey, although the latter is slightly better defensively Baines is alot younger and has bags of potential to improve. Im not convinced id want bridge anymore, whilst he is better than the previous two, you would have the leaving Chelsea syndrome to contend with, he is a little injury prone and is getting on in years. Would love him here, dont get me wrong but I think Baines would be a better choice, id rather be getting players on the up then on the down now.