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He's not the most technically gifted of players but will make up for it with commitment, aggression and perseverance, which are some of the facets that this team seriously lacked last year. For 6 million it's a shrewd buy I would say. By all accounts he put two in the net yesterday which betters our other strikers (Luque apart!).

Suppose Pattison would be the one to get rid of. I would even keep ramage until we get another centrakl defender. Keep the other kids to see how they progress.

---------------Given---------------- Carr----Taylor --Roz------Zog Solano--Butt---Geremi---Milner ---Martins------Viduka Subs: Smith, Luque, Ramage(argh!), Enrique, Harps

where did everyone get the stuff about deco being an attacking midfielder??? Played as the holding midfielder/water carrier/easy but effective ball player for the last couple of years. P.s. Very good at it also.

Personally, I ythink Raul is past it, he hasn't had a decent season for a few years now..is out of the national side because of his bad form and seems to lack that cutting edge he used to have. Deco on the other hand is truely the puppetmaster for Barcelona, he really does dictate the play for them and he is very good ball getter aswell, him and barton in the middle would be class!!

I visit it once a week to read the match reports and I find them to be bang on target most of the time. I normally just quickly fly through their home page and make my way straight to the match reports. I understand what people say about their opinions and not everyone will agree but I think it adds a bit of spice to their page and not just the sycophantic politically correct drivel you can read elswhere!

On his day he can be a great player but those "days" are far too scarce to warrant the salary he is on. The recent "best" was his display in the uefa cup before coming off injured again!! His "run" last season was nothing, anyone could shine in that team, the way we were playing... If an offer of 8 million plus came in we would be stupid not to sell.

Luque followed by Ramage then babayaro...all URGENTLY!!!

-------------Cassillas---------- Alves --- Marchena ----Puyol ----Sergio Ramos Messi ---- Ronhaldinho---Albelda----Beckham Villa ---------Ruud V This team would be a difficult one for a premier XI to beat...

In the spanish sports dailies this morning that Real and Barca are going for drenthe.

Man Utd. Chelsea Liverpool Arsenal Spurs Newcastle .............. Birmingham Wigan Mackems If owen and oba stay or we replace them/him with Anelka & we get in the defenders needed then we could pip spurs for 5th

GOT TO DISAGREE! The Owen and Martins clause "scandal" has really wound me up.... I only hope we sell em quick or renegotiate contracts otherwise this could turn out to be a horrible transfer window for us (Owen to Man utd and martins to Arsenal - last day of window).

I would love to see Viduka and owen up front together, lots of experience and would get a bagfull. Martins on at 60 minutes to replace flagging viduka. A front three of Anelka---Viduka---Owen ....would set my pulse racing

Smith and gudjohnsen bring back those feelings of apathy we all had under Roeder and Shepperd, please don't let this happen again...

Unless the two contracts are renegotiated, which would mean a vote of confidence from both players, then we can wave goodbye to both of them this transfer window: Owen: Undoubted world class and at 9 million a snip!! Martins: First season in prem and scores 17 goals playing for a shite team, imagine what he could do in a good team!!

You WOULD take a risk on the top european goalscorer both in champions and his own league, but, you WOULD'NT take a risk on an older player who is hardly a "world beater"...

If both of these players leave we are left with a very average looking attack. The only way I would be pacified would be for Anelka to come instead of one of these two... I can realistacally see oba going and owen staying...

Edmilson is a no goer... nobody buys a player whilst they are injured or have just had an operation!!! Sylvinho is a decent player, didn't he play for Arsenal a while back?

Saviola has signed for Madrid. Motta has been told to look for a new club (right back/centre midfield). Etoo has categorically denied that he claimed "playing for Newcastle United would be a dream come true for me".

Shola to charlton....whoooopppeeeeeeeee!

What about the newspapers take on allardice's char with dyer about him playing a wing back role for us? I agree with the post above that he would probably be best employed on the right side of the attacking 3 in a 4-3-3... He's a good footballer, passes well, runs his balls off (sometimes of no use whatsoever but...) and scares defenders with his pace and directness, on the other side he's: blighted by injuries, attitude problems, inconsistent and on a high wage. Decide for yourselves. I think we wouldn't get over 5 million for him and therefore think he'd be better employed here as an "impact sub" or in a 4-3-3.

Allardice can see the problem coming... Most of the big clubs would wait until the end of the transfer window to activate one of our strikers clauses, this ensures they don't become embroiled in a bidding war and leaves us empty handed, for that reason Allardice is sensibly looking for a replacement for one or both of our strikers. Also the prices in the get out clauses are ridiculously low considering what Henry, bent etc..etc are going for.....

My home team: Given Solano---Taylor--Rosie---New LB Milner---Butt---Emre---Zoggy Viduka----Owen My away team: Given Solano---Taylor--Rosie---New LB Milner---------Butt--------Zoggy Owen-------------Martins Viduka

why have you got viduka in midfield? surely he'd be the focal point of the attack....

IIRC means supposition coupled with amnesia/senility or just general stupidity...