Mr Logic

.com has a number of quotes from Keegan talking about talent in Scotland and how many clubs would be interested in some of the players. No specific names mentioned.

I think you couldn't be wider of the mark.

Surprised at the split in votes and the apparent faith in SA. The players were getting progressively worse as they lost belief, the fixtures were getting progressively harder. Allardyces gameplan began with a negative mindset, demonstrated all too well when he went to places like Derby and Wigan hoping to shut-up shop and to nick a point. The negativity of Allardyces ideas drained the players of belief and creativity. The longer he remained the worse it was going to get and the longer it would take to correct. We will get the points we need and we won't get relegated, though it may go bloody close to the wire. The display against Blackburn showed to me that the corner is already turned and it's all going in the right direction now. A much clearer picture will be seen 10 games into the next season. Keep the faith. You would be astounded if you knew the quality of players willing to sign for this club. (Who said that?)

I was going to ask the same thing, wondering if it had something to do with balance or learning to hold the arms into the body for some reason.. ...but, rather alarmingly, I think this may be the correct answer.

What mini-saga? You think the player has resisted all attempts to gain his services unless.........? You have additional information? Or.. wait, the press are speculating, the thread is speculating, you are succumbing..?

For 'ambitious' read 'gamble'.

Well obviously the laughing/crying guy on the left wins by default, the guy on the right is missing with every punch!

Ooh that was close!

Oh God! It's only February and I'm starting to anticipate the transfer window already.

This to do with kids getting the talent hammered out of them to conform with the coaches idea of football? Or is there something about the anglo-saxon type that just stymies skill from birth?

I did Origami once but have forgotten most of the moves now.

How many times do we end up with European players who apparently cannot kick a ball in England without either injuring themselves or entering into a three year depression. Enrique is another Luque? Another Marcellino? Surely not, there has to be something wrong with the clubs approach and handling? Why doesn't Enrique have an interpretor/companion/assistant. (We sold Luque and Solano, the only two players that could talk to him I think.) The trouble is we never really know what is going on, and though they value our financial contribution greatly the club will never think to actually share information like this with us.

1 Given - Been wanting rid of him for a couple of seasons already. Bye! 2 Carr - P45. Bye! 5 Emre - Lightweight, volatile, unnecessary. Bye! 7 Barton - Should never have bought him, a good player in there somewhere but doubt we'l ever see him. Bye! 11 Duff - P45. Bye! 17 Smith - Many managers see something in him, many fans wonder what the fuck it is. Bye! 22 Butt - Sell for glue at the knackers yard. Bye! 23 Ameobi - Championship hero. Bye! 26 Ramage - Amazing how many players who would never make it are still at our club. Bye! 36 Viduka - Should never have bought him. Get more glue. Bye! 3 Jose Enrique - Has to be worth more effort on our part to fit him in. Could be a revelation in a confident winning side. 6 Cacapa - Handy player for some fixtures, esp Europe. Oh wait, he'll be 40 before we see European fixtures again. 9 Martins - Squad player in a vibrant successful team. 10 Owen - Different team different player, up to us to become that different team. 13 Harper - Give him the chance of an extended run, but a new broom should sweep clean. 14 N'Zogbia - Keep, if he'll stay 16 Milner - Squad player, hard worker. 20 Geremi - Decent on his day, squad. 21 Beye - Better than any RB we've seen in a good while. 25 Faye - Good player. 27 Taylor - Taylor still needs a year or two, mad to sell. Playing consistently for a good side and he'd look damn good. 39 Carroll - First choice for the rest of the season then sell if he hasn't got us into Europe on his own. How many players has this club spent good money on only to render them next to worthless within a season or more?

You missed out.. .. “The reality is that the Alan Shearer story and the PCP story were both absolute rubbish Alan has obviously denied he has been approached by a consortium and we had never heard of PCP until Monday’s story. "It is not one journalist that has been writing these inaccurate stories. Who do you think has both connections with the media and is willing to go to the trouble, since shortly after our takeover last summer, to cause disruption to the club by spreading so many false rumours about a takeover?" I'm on an especially dense day today, who is he hinting at?

That's actually not a bad idea.

Luque, Kluivert and Tomasson would have been a fantastic front 3 for Allardyce, tbh, like. Get them all back before we risk any of Ashleys money on Keegans choices.

That wasn't one of the Dubai Sheikhs, it was Minmar Patel, runs the local tandoori.

Need to get rid of that psychologist, if he's still there.

Given is not much better than a mediocre keeper but it's close to blasphemy to say that on here. His one saving grace was a 9.5 out of 10 on reflex saves which of course makes him look fantatstic, but he's lost that figure now, more like a 7 out of 10 now. His poor communication lays a lot of blame on defenders that is not necessary.

I can't quite grasp which is the more surreal. The fact that a 'calander of events' which is of interest to a large percentage of the general population, namely the fixture list, has had a copyright slammed on it, OR, the fact that someone reported a previous incarnation of this site for breach of said copyright. Even sadder, perhaps, someone was employed to trawl message boards/forums up and down the country looking for infringements. Can't say I blame the admin or the server owners for their behaviour. I just know I would be going out of my way to find a comparably priced server provider (overseas) who couldn't give a shit about such copyrights.

I'd say Martins is shit out of form and/or confidence, somethig the ANC will have done nothing to change. Difficult to see him making a difference, though one can always hope for just a smidgeon of luck from somewhere.

Aye, there was a decision made, (in someone's pocket), that that would do. I think they niavely thought the squad was made for the forseeable future. Perhaps I'm being charitable there. It was a very bad decision that the club seems to have been struggling with ever since.

Aye those were the days, got to love that Albert goal. How often do you see the centre half playing the role of striker and in acres of space.

OP has his finger right on the pulse... and a great grasp of psychology too.

Crap