CaliMag

Even if their spending is limited they just got Claudio Pizarro on a free ... lucky bassads.

Absolutely agree.

Hmmmm.... its approaching midnight, Stevie, Vic and AS9 are all on this thread... I suggest the rest of you stay the f*ck away until tomorrow. Nothing to see here folks, please move along.

I'd be sad to see Parker go. He had potential but like most players he dipped in confidence. And on that note a major reason many on here are celebrating his impending departure is due to the fact that he was made captain. As all of our managers have pointed out (including Big Sam) very few players can play at SJP and even fewer can wear the armband. Wearing the armband is the equivilent of being Jon Dahl Tomasson having a start every day - you make a mistake and the crowd will get on your back in a heartbeat. Like JDT I think Parker will go onto be a great player... just not here. The legacy of Shearer is a f*cking huge one and he is one of the few people that could take the heat and get plenty of forgiveness from the fans (the obvious Shearer haters are obviously exempt) - We are not going to sign another Shearer and we certainly are not going to have one as Captain. That said making Butt captain would be a huge f*cking mistake. He is about as talkative as Given and when his play (and the team's) goes bad he becomes even more reclusive/introverted which would only compound matters. He is a confidence player as well and his confidence would suffer immensely if handed the armband, the crowd would get on his back, his form would get worse, repeat cycle until transferred. The only options we have as Captain are Solano and Given - because both know the SJP crowd and are by and large well liked by the supporters. Because pressures are so huge (and Shearer's shadow lingers) I would not even bother assigning a single "captain" right now but would probably have Solano & Given as co-captains until our team becomes more solid and time moves on.

Baron von Fat is going to be the ITK on this one, but I strongly believe that AEG (the primary owner of Beck's deal) and especially CAA (his "representation") have been circulating this story. All of the parties involved in Backham's contract benefit through this story including Beckham himself. AEG need Beckham to remain relevant (and in the papers) to make this deal work financially - CAA are in charge of raising his profile and since Adidas own a piece of the contract he could only ever be loaned out to another Adidas side. Reagrdless of this being a real story (I doubt it) this will ocntinue to be repeated all the way into January of next year because it only helps keep him in the headlines and raise the possibility of both AEG and CAA (who are the primary media contacts anyway) make more money. CAA would like nothing better than to have the LA Times (which has limited "Soccer" coverage) have the headline in their sport section be "GALAXY DENIES BECKHAM LOAN MOVE" or "ENGLAND STILL NEEDS BECKHAM: LOAN MOVE ON?" From Adidas' perspective this is also a win-win: more clubs = more shirt sales. Beckham wins because he is talked about and is still "needed" in England. MLS wins because they get to talk about themselves - this was the reason they signed Beckham. If he came over and all he did was play football and win the Galaxy a few titles without much media attention that would be a failure. They need buzz and they will fabricate it if necessary.

Exactly my sentiments!

Well done. I bet you're good at it as well.

It is so easy to hate all other supporters especially Chelsea's and ManU. Those 40+ year old Chlesea geezers are clearly trying to re-live the "glory days" of the 80s... f*ckers. The lot of them should be sodomised with cattle-prods.

No thanks for Viduka. Me thinks this is his agent trying to pretend there is a battle over him to get a higher salary. And yes I would MUCH rather have Pizarro... who BTW is mates with Nobby.

It looks as if Sewpa Kev has just eliminated Wolves.

Because he knows how to play decent football. And he has experience. And he's been sucessful almost everywhere. And he can spend money. And he's a quality geezer. I agree completely.

Clarification: So is this the new artificial turf stuff? I thought it was still banned in England?

My Expectations (or things that must happen): I never want to see us topping the Premiership Injury Table they way we have done every season since... well... since Gullit at least. I do not want to see us beaten at home to a Champioship side 5-1. I never want to see Carr play for us again. I want a complete clearout of our staff including Clarkie and Terry Mac. Both love the club neither have any real management/coaching skills. This clearout should include our physios and conditioning coaches. (The gardener/groundsman can stay - say what you will about the ineptitude of our staff... but the pitch seems to be finally coming together.) If Allardyce must insist on bring back people from our past to be a part of our back room staff I would only appreciate the return of: Speed or Craig. The return of Steve Clarke or John Carver would be neutral anyone else would raise some concern for me. I want him to maintain his ruthlessly dispassionate system of team selection that would mean dropping favourites (even the likes of Owen, Solano and Given) when they fail to perform.

Stars should be prohibited or at least limited by the Italian/Mexican rule that a star signifies that you have won the league five times for each star.

Nice to see you back AS9. Back from University then?

Freddie Shepherd once again shows increadibly poor judgement with this latest debacle. If Shepherd agreed to the get out clause in the first place then he needs to take it like a grown up and admit that his gamble has failed and that Owen leaving in these uncertain times is understandable if totally unpalateable. Owen will leave and Shepherd will have pushed him by showing the amateurish way our club is run. Pathetic.

Does Zoggy only hand around with French speakers? I kna he's French, and obviously would prefer to speak his own lingo, but seriously, whats his English like? There was all the crack that he was gutted when Boum left... who does Zoggy generally knock about with - Bernard n Gooch? What other general crowds are formed within the squad? Dyer n Bramble's Pimpin team... No, I've seen him out with Taylor on numerous occassions - his english aint to bad either - he sounds like a more fluent Martins. Martins is a native English speaker though... isn't he?

I think Alan Oliver's motivations are that he is doing Freddie and the Board a favour by writing this article. So far Allardyce has had the best negotiating position. "Sam is the only candidate" makes things a bit difficult for the Board when dealing with Sam's contract and possible compensation with Bolton. It is in the interest of the club to make Sam feel wanted but not appear desperate and Oliver is serving this interest probably by direct request of the Board. That said I have never rated Erikson and would be gutted if he came here.

Or you could say: The bloke isn't even our manager and he ALREADY started getting players in and out...Shows Roeder when and how to start dealing in the transfer market...

I am surprised the media has not linked Speed with us yet... seems an obvious one.

carroll's missus is a dog. shes a slag. goes down on her twin sister...licks andy's arsehole. NO LIES!!! Me and Rocker saw her with him the other day at the academy. She's a right munter. Aye, but apparently she goes down on her twin sister in front of other people... that certainly adds to her value.

Went from 11th (twice) to 4th.

like this... Apples and oranges mate. I have a sneaking suspicion that was done by AS 9 when he was really really stoned.

Top six or the sack. On the one hand we are far behind the top four, but after that there is not that big of a difference.

That is so pathetic on many different levels. Consider the amount of grief we would give a fellow poster for posting something like that with a makem bairn kit.