Kanj

I can't seem to find if AT&T U-Verse added Premier League Extra Time, I know they just announced the NBC Sports App access, so that will cover me regardless right?

So frustrating indeed. There comes a time when you stick to your guns and hold out on prices and then there are times you step up, pay the premium and back your team to perform on the pitch and the money spent on wages will be returned ten fold in the form of better league finishes, etc. Our lack of professionalism in the "boardroom" level is shocking and embarrassing. There's not an ounce of planning, ambition, or respect for those playing and coaching day-to-day and of course us the supporters.

Slap a 3000,

Yep. I'll stand up and say I did like it before - but this summer has well and proved how poor it is. Its terrible, and I'd even imagine Graham Carr would love to go scout elsewhere but you know that once he made the right moves and we strong-armed France for a bit, that he would be eternally stuck there as that's all Mike Ashley and whoever he has employed at "boardroom" level will care about - doing as least as possible with spending the least amount of cash. Common sense points to the fact that he's clearly only allowed to look at a few countries, small age-range, particular contract issues, and nothing more or less. Its ridiculous. We look so stupid with this constant brinkmanship crap. It was a great laugh the first few times but not when you desperately need reinforcements to improve the squad and league position. Its this lack of ambition that is costing us, and wasting talent spotters/contact-men like Carr at this club.

As someone who works on transactions for a living, our entire acquisition process interests me greatly...mainly b/c it seems like the worst and abrasive way to do deals

Our hardball tactic is shit when we wait until the latter stages of the window to try and get deals in.

Really hope we sign this guy, more-so than Gomis - he's the one with bags of pace and brings goals to the team.

Nice, always a fan of the young European kid with ties to the US declaring to play for us. Its like Klins has also taken on the role of a college recruiter, he's the German Coach K or something. But in all seriousness, this is how we're going to develop faster and I've been hoping for a new young striker to enter the fold.

Honestly it's at the point where the extra million or two we're holding out for is madness again. We've pinched pennies far too long and we damn well need some new players in.

Some YoCab corners from Donovan today

Touch line suspension for the semi final outburst he had

We better win man

Nail on head Rich. Yep. If we need to pay 1-2M more to get him- do it. I'm assuming this far from over and hopeful we will put another bid in. Half way seems about right. I'm not arsed about paying over the odds unless we're paying far more and it's an outlandish type bid- which will never happen under our regime.

great news. Hopefully these supposed talks on Monday come to a good conclusion. Agreed, hope this one happens for us and we concentrate on Remy after.

Besides the Gomis stuff, what's this training ground noise Caulkin is tweeting about?

Isn't that little fucker literally all finisher?

Hope this one happens from the sheer fact that our gap in talent form Krul -> Elliott -> Alwnick is massive.

Pretty much that the silence has made everyone from the press to locals to many on this board go mad with ideas. He's settled the dispute, lets get him back on the pitch and scoring gols.

We're terribly unbalanced right now but only a few players away from being very balanced. That's basically 2 strikers (1 capable of challenging for the starting position and 1 able to play both wide and central), 1 wide player who is capable of playing as a true wide midfielder or pushed further up, and 1 central defender. I'd add another GK (what happened to rumors of that Dutch lad?) to the mix and we'd be pretty well balanced. If we are able to gain momentum in the first 5-10 fixtures, keep (get) the squad fit, then we can really push ourselves up the table. The start of the season is very crucial for us for the team's psyche to get over last season and for AP's tactics (or lack there-of).

He's going to be MEGA f***ed off when they send a letter to the charity stating the interest on their 'donation'. the 6,000% interest on the donation. My goodness that would be a load of bad press only capable by someone like JFK and MA.

Wonder what it took to resolve it. Would be class if Wonga did something like donate to Cisse's charity - but then I wonder if he'd be pissed that they used their profits from the loans he wasn't a fan of to donate to his charity.... So nevermind.

Think alexf already transferred Bent over

YES! I'm so damn happy about this. Now sign Remy and Gomis still.

I 100% agree with you here Dropout. Adding to that - I'd build the team to function around the likes of Hatem and Sylvain, 2 players who have it in them to CREATE goals, which is our biggest single problem. If you have the 2 of them on the pitch with minimal defensive duties, you free them up to express their game and dictate play. What that means for the rest of the team around them (in terms of who sets up where, etc) is up for everyone's discussion and debate.

Cheers alexf, class work again - it doesn't look bad in FIFA, even though I don't like the real life version.