Nicky

Amazing if that comes off.

Smith having medical at everton in the morning according to the mail. Ties in well with this.

Quote from Capello the other day; ""Owen is a good player and always scores a lot of goals for England," Capello said on Wednesday before adding: "But he has not played and at this moment, we need fit players." Reassuring that its partially fitness related.

Holland has also been extended to bring it in line with the rest of europe.

To be fair, he's not 100% fit still. I'd fully expect him to reclaim his place after a few consecutive games.

Midnight apparantly.

About fucking time, no more rumour or speculation now. Deals there, he either signs it or he doesn't. Hope he signs it ASAP so we can forget about it

The mirrors printed 2 versions of the paper today. Each has one or the other of those 2 storys on the back page- the u-turn one obviously being the later. Wonder what we actually done/said to warrent them going to that much effort? Assume there's a fair degree of truth to it anyway.

I do, but 20 minutes from the end is like saying Arsenal nicked 3 late goals today. You should know, you were there.

If they left 20 minutes from the end, surely they missed Barton coming on?

Outstanding today, I really hope Ipswich don't come in with a late bid and snatch him off our hands. It'd be a shame to never see him wear the shirt again.

Well this threads been turned to shit then.

Woodgates had a go at Berbatov in the papers But Spurs centre-back Woodgate rapped: “What he’s done doesn’t give out a great message to the supporters, if I’m honest. "The boys are working twice as hard for each other. If it was me, I would do it differently. “I would work hard for the club up until I actually left. I’d still be playing until I was leaving. "Even if I didn’t want to be somewhere I would still give 100 per cent because that’s the way I was brought up.” Good stuff

Was just going for players, not formation there. I nicked someone elses template.

Damien Duff, Gérémi, Mark Viduka, Alan Smith, Andy Carroll, Obafemi Martins, Claudio Caçapa and Habib Beye all out according to the Times, who say Barton will be on the bench. They say Nile Ranger may be involved too. Lord almighty, Beye and Geremi out doesn't help one bit. Given Edgar Taylor Coloccini Enrique Bassong Butt Jonas Guthrie N'Zogbia Owen Harper Tozer Donaldson Barton Ranger Zamblera Whothefuckknows ? How does that look?

The sun; ASTON VILLA are set to win the £12million race for James Milner. Both Villa and Everton have agreed the asking price for the winger, who has put in a transfer request. Toon boss Kevin Keegan wants to keep Milner, 22, but he is determined to leave. And after spending a season on loan at Villa two years ago, he is likely to join Martin O’Neill’s band of young English prospects. O’Neill has recruited Luke Young and Nicky Shorey this summer and signed Curtis Davies after a year’s loan. But he still wants an attacking winger to complement Ashley Young. £12m :panic:

Pretty annoyed by todays events in general. Why shouldn't Milner be on an equal pay to Taylor/N'Zogbia? Why sign a contract 12 months after agreeing it? Why demand another one, just 1 year later? Why hand in a transfer request when thats not met? A contract is a contract. And mainly, Why has the club released todays statement, a week after the actual events? Load of shit.

I thought this one was fucking fantastic; "Re: Is our first XI better than Newcastle's? Yes. Nailed on. Better Manager, better board, better owners, better stadium, better fans ~(ie not as deluded)" Not sure he was being serious, mind.

Tozer is also on the bench, just missed out on .cock for some reason Makes more sense, cheers

Why 6 subs? Surely we can stick tozer or zamblera on there. Oh well, come on lads.... Looking forward to this.

SSN really giving us some good praise here.

Wanted to see Jose in at LB. Apart from that, good news Owen is back. No injurys from last week is a bonus

Sure, we mock them, but every fucking thread over there seems to have some mention of us in it. I really don't understand it. Oh well, funny.

First time i've had a look over there for ages, its fucking brilliant They reckon Niall is king for getting in Cisse (!) on a season long loan. Awesome stuff, I could read that all night. "Thank you Niall.....im so proud! .......to be part of of my beloved club, never before have we had such a high media profile, and to make things better, it is shutting those twats up the road well and truly up." That in particular made me smile. Why in gods name would signing a load of shite shut us up? Shut us up about what, anyway? I don't get it.

Slight injury at the moment. Don't think he can sign professional terms till he's 16? But he's at the club