Teasy

Would be interesting/worrying to see how desperate Liverpool would get if Torres left, and we kept rejecting their bids. Well there's the flaw in that plan Ashley is the kind that can smell desperation a mile off. If Liverpool have just received £50m for Torres and there's only hours left I can seem him rejecting further bids from them and trying to milk them dry right up to the last hour. IF we sell.

Have to say my first thought when I saw the fee Liverpool had agreed for Suarez was "over priced", might be wrong, I suppose we'll see soon enough.

People are arguing that he's worth more then Suarez, and I'd agree simply because he's a very rare kind of striker. Arguing that one player is better then another completely different player, especially when they're playing in two very different leagues is pretty stupid IMO. Though obviously Carroll is the safer bet in this league.

says who? If you think Carroll is better than Suarez, you're daft. How exactly are you comparing two totally different players on who is better? Especially when one hasn't even played in this country, that's daft IMO. Carroll is probably the best striker of his kind I can think of, Suarez is very good, but there's plenty like him.

it's becuase thats not the truth. how many players have left their favourite club to further themselves ? think gazza and lee clarke for f*** sake (shearer aswell as we tried to sign him when he went to blackburn) You know his mind better then he does? as much as you and slim do. think of how many players have turned down those riches and the big 4 to stay with their beoved clubs ? I'm on about Slim, he was talking about what he'd do (and asking if we think its strange), not saying what he thought Carroll would do.

it's becuase thats not the truth. how many players have left their favourite club to further themselves ? think gazza and lee clarke for f*** sake (shearer aswell as we tried to sign him when he went to blackburn) You know his mind better then he does?

2:1 to Newcastle

Very surprised by the fee, seems a bit ridiculous, I was expecting more like £12m-£14m.

I saw an article with the same players mentioned in one of yesterdays papers to be fair, I think Tomasson has one of the highest cost per goal figures in PL history. Didn't get to read the article properly though, just glanced at it as someone else was reading but that was the gist of it. I doubt he's even close to the top of that list. That's what it looked like the article was implying. Ryan Babel, Kezman and Tommasson (amongst others who I can't remember) were all pictured with some figure next to them. The usual selective "journalism" no doubt. Tomasson cost £2.5m and scored 3 Premiership goals for us, shit yes, but not even worth mentioning compared to some (we also got our money back). For example Jo cost around £18m and scored one goal for Man City (6 total including his loans at Everton).

I saw an article with the same players mentioned in one of yesterdays papers to be fair, I think Tomasson has one of the highest cost per goal figures in PL history. Didn't get to read the article properly though, just glanced at it as someone else was reading but that was the gist of it. I doubt he's even close to the top of that list.

While the league is closer overall than the season we got relegated, the bottom section is pretty much the same so far. The 17th/18th place teams have 1 point more than last time, 19th and 20th have the same number of points.

Probably, though the way he hit it meant it was swerving away from the keepers hand.

I blame him, but I don't hold it against him, he's been fantastic this season so he's earned some leeway.

How would that be any different? No, I got that. I'm asking how would Carroll leaving be any different? It would still be reported primarily as big news for the club he's going to.

How would that be any different?

Not really interesting so much as obvious. You reckon, for instance, if Carroll was going to the Spuds the likes of SSN would say "big nufc transfer news on the way..." rather then "big Spurs transfer news on the way..."?

You meant inadequate yeah?

If we signed someone else ahead of him then yes he should go.

He'd be staying if that was the case Fitzy

They've only got £18m for cert, rest is addons etc...which could come over several years and apparently of the £18m they are only going to see £6m upfront, plus Tottenham are owed nearly £2m of the 18 as well. Where do you have this from? Scottwilsonecho Scott Wilson For the record, the majority of the £24m for Bent will be paid up front. I'm told there's very few add ons after today's talks. Every other source has it down as £18m paid over instalments and £6m in addons (appearances, goals, international caps). I'd trust the majority over one source.

Yeah they could spend that money on two players who are both better Footballers then Bent. But I'd be very surprised if those two players could score as many goals combined as Bent has on his own. Just depends on weather the team possibly being more creative/fluent (if they spend on a midfielder and striker) will make up for losing 50% of their goals.

They can't bring in any loans.

We could get a player who will compete for a first team place, rather then accept a place on the bench.

We are 7 points ahead of relegation, take it easy, it can turn fast On the same number of points after 22 games as we were after 29 games last time out (with the table looking pretty similar to last time as well). Plus a lot of the teams below us get well under a point per game on average. I'd say virtually assured of safety is pretty apt.

Just like we had Milner's replacement ready in 2008 That's got to be one of the worst comparisons ever