Rich

Summer 2006 OUT: Shearer, Bowyer, Chopra, Elliott, Faye and Boumsong IN: Martins, Duff, Sibierski, Rossi, Srnicek and Bernard. Some people need to get a fucking grip if they think this window has been the worst yet. Short memories.

I'm already sick of people saying the squad is smaller than it was last season. It's utter fucking bollocks man. Howay the lads.

Carr, Faye, Rozehnal, Emre and Milner out from the first team squad (can't count Ramage and Diatta). Coloccini, Bassong, Guthrie, Gonzalez, Jonas and Xisco into the first team squad. We've definitely improved on numbers and we've hopefully improved on quality and fitness (Carr and Emre in particular were always fucking crocked), while trimming down on the wages. I'd still hope we're looking to bring in another good defender on loan/on a free as having Geremi, Edgar, Cacapa, Bassong and N'Zogbia as defensive cover simply will not be good enough. Enrique and Beye are already injured as it is and the fullback positions look absolutely threadbare. Aside from that we're looking strong in goal and up front and solid enough in the midfield - if a little uninspired. Given Harper Beye Taylor Coloccini Enrique Edgar Cacapa Bassong Jonas Barton Guthrie N'Zogbia Geremi Gonzalez Butt Duff Owen Xisco Martins Viduka All that allied with the KK effect (provided he's happy enough with his lot) and I can't see why we won't be in for a canny season. Oh aye... and Smith and Ameobi are still here an' all...

That's quite a range.

Geremi? Lack of cover at the back is my primary concern... added to the fact that the first-choice defence is hardly brilliant to begin with.

Where's that left-back we've "needed" since Keegan joined, then? Maybe a loan deal still up the sleeves? Insua?

Should be a cracker.

Given Beye Taylor Coloccini Enrique Jonas Guthrie Butt N'Zogbia Duff Owen Comfortable defeat.

6 months later.

He signed for some Greek side last week. Oh well, back to the drawing board Larissa. Dabizas was already there and they've just got Robert this week, too. Great stuff. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEL_1964 haha, Quality, number 4 (captain), number 7 and number 32 Maciej Zurawski and Mbo Mpenza, too. FM legend and PES legend respectively.

I still think we'll get people in, to be honest, but I just hope KK sees us right again with the quality. Should be an interesting/gut-wrenching few days.

He signed for some Greek side last week. Oh well, back to the drawing board Larissa. Dabizas was already there and they've just got Robert this week, too. Great stuff.

That's the way I see things. All this "OMG!!! we've got £12 million for Milner" won't mean a thing if he and others we've sold before him aren't replaced. To me I'll only be pleased with the money we've got for Milner once he is replaced with quality.

Geremi earned that place (for now) with his second-half performance against Bolton, if you ask me.

...And his agent Willie Mackay...

There had better be some fucking players coming in over the next few days.

40,000+ wasn't it?

Get the fuck in there.

It's open every night from about 7 til 12 (1am on Friday/Saturday). It's still grim, but cheap as fook and there's a refurb in the pipeline apparently. Also heard a few whispers it might be opening for match-going folk before/after home games, complete with dorty strippers.

We get plenty of the mentalists coming in as well, like. Fantastic entertainment sometimes. If you go upstairs in the actual bar you can see right into St. James' - well the entirety of L7 at least - absolutely love that view. One floor up again to the bit of the building that doesn't get used (crying shame as there's an empty flat up there) and the view is obviously even better.

Charles Grey. Fantastic place, the staff are particularly brilliant. Heard a rumour two of the lads who work behind the bar were caught in a comprimising situation in the stock room one night...

Charles Grey. Fantastic place, the staff are particularly brilliant.

Edgar, Troisi, Lua Lua

Then Bernard as well a bit later on. Awful times when you look back, embarrassing.

This has been nowhere near as bad as some. They'll have to go a fair way to top Rossi, Sibierski at the last minute.