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I can't see anything about this deal apart from the rehashed quotes from last week.... Doesn't look like there is much movement TBH..

He's actually a good player and has a great engine, bombs up and down the flanks all day long and is quite happy dishing out the rough stuff. Would be well chuffed if we got him, a huge step up from Stevie C!!

Sell Man Utd. Owen and then buy Anelka, would fit perfectly into Sams template...

Only saw thwe second half on the telly, thought we didn't create one clear cut chance the whole of the second half and villa were virtually the same. Milner and zog were trying hard to create something and Sam made a mistake by replacing martins with owen, I thought he should have taken Viduka off, who coincidentally looked fukcing useless... Thought Roz was very composed and carr wasn't bad either. Butt looks the business in midfield aswell.

I also beleive that if something isn't broken - don't fix it. Will sam adopt this attitude when the injured players come back???

with the whole squad fit and assuming sam will play 4-3-3 I'll go for this team: --------------Given------------------- Carr----Taylor---Roz------Enrique ----Barton----Geremi------Smith--- Martins-------Viduka-----------Zoggy The only two people I'd have doubts about would be Milner for Zog & Owen for Viduka.

I also think the defence needs "shoreyed up"....

Barcelona will win it hands down, they addressed the only real weakness in their team this summer; Abidal- Best left back in world at moment. Milito- Argentine hardman central defender

If we play 4-3-3 against villa i'd stick enrique at left back and shove zoggy upfield, who'd I take off? Milner? or ... Oh dear

Babel looked sharp when he came on, don't know why he didn't have him on from the off instead of that waster pennant. Jammy gets!

The way people are saying he wasn't great but was 100% effort and didn't do anything wrong reminds me of Speed when he was here...who we only missed when he left us, shouldn't moan for moanings sake lads!

lump in throat!! Come on OBA hatrick!!!

geeeeeeeeeeeeeet in!!!

aaaaaaaaaaaaaghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! Class!

martins; quite acrobatic isn't he...

"Lack of football" claims it's first mental collapse victim!!!!!!!!!

We should be aiming for 4th place and should realistically end up in sixth place. Chelsea and Man U are deffo top 4, Liverpool aswell, which leaves: Arsenal, Spurs, Everton, west ham and Newcastle battling it out for the other places. The key to this season are the first 6-7 games, if we do well in them (we should do really!) that will give us a base to build from (and confidence) that we haven't had for a few seasons now... Our injured players should be fit again for around Sept-October so that means a full strength squad and a very potent team (if the new defensive recruits work out).

Don't worry, only a day to go...

is the bolton defence slow? If so I would also go with martins rather than smith, keep em' pegged back a bit...

one of the front two will be a bit knackered I suppose...freshness in the attack seems to be the most common substitution in football...ain't rocket science!

yep, that's his wages they are talking about 1.8 million pounds a year (30 grand a week).

I am wondering who Sam will put up front with Viduka? Smith or Martins... For the Bolton game I would deffo go for Smith as he will be a bit more combative and works harder defensively. Bring on martins for Viduka after 65 mins. ------------Harper------------- Carr----Taylor---Roz----Zog Solano--Geremi--Butt--Milner -----Smith---Viduka----

Well covered up front, another left and right back would make me happy...

SORRY FOLKS, DIDN'T REALISE!!!

http://www.as.com/articulo/futbol/Luque/Koevermans/dupla/sonada/Levante/dasftb/20070809dasdaiftb_4/Tes/ El Levante ya se ha convencido de que necesita dos delanteros para completar su plantilla. Uno de los que podría firmar en las próximas horas es Albert Luque, futbolista que milita en el Newcastle y que podría abandonar las filas de las 'urracas' en las próximas horas. De hecho, ayer, el representante y padre del jugador, Rafael Luque, mantuvo una reunión con la directiva del club inglés para pedirle que dejen salir como cedido al ex deportivista, que no se encuentra a gusto en el equipo británico y quiere regresar a España. Hoy, el agente mantendrá otra reunión con el presidente del conjunto inglés, aunque es bastante optimista con que le abran las puertas al jugador. LEVANTE NEEDS NEW FORWARDS. LUQUE COULD LEAVE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. HIS FATHER HAS TALKED WITH THE CLUB. HE DOESN'T FEEL AT HOME IN THE CLUB AND WANTS TO RETURN TO SPAIN. ANOTHER MEETING TODAY WIOTH HIS AGENT. Otro tema es el acuerdo al que lleguen el Levante y Luque. El barcelonés tiene una ficha de 2'7 millones de euros netos por temporada, mientras que el tope que se había marcado el club granota para los emolumentos del futuro delantero es de 1'5 millones. Por tanto, ambos tendrán que hacer un esfuerzo considerable para acercar posturas: el jugador para renunciar a una parte considerable de su sueldo (podría dejar de percibir 700.000 euros) y los azulgrana para romper ese techo salarial que se habían autoimpuesto. LUQUE HAS TO REDUCE HIS WAGES FROM 2,7 MILLION TO 1.5 EUROS. El gran problema con esta operación es que Luque no es un delantero centro nato. Los números del catalán, sobre todo en sus dos temporadas en el Newcastle, son bastante más que discretos, puesto que allí sólo ha marcado un gol en todo este tiempo. Por ello, el Levante está manejando nombres de goleadores puros y uno de los que estaba sobre la mesa y ha cobrado fuerza es el del holandés del AZ Alkmaar Danny Koevermans. El atacante consiguió el año pasado 22 dianas con el conjunto de Louis Van Gaal y, pese a que ya dejaron salir a Shota Arveladze hacia la capital del Turia, en Orriols juegan la baza de que el jugador de 29 años no tiene buenas relaciones con el que fuera técnico del Barça. PROBLEM WITH LUQUE IS THAT HE ISN'T AN OUT AND OUT GOALSCORER, STATS ABOUT HOW USELESS HE IS....