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Nicky butt or Solano...

I have no problem with agents charging large amounts for attaining footballers for clubs, BUT I do have a problem when there is a lack of transparency in their dealings... If you sold an entity worth 5.5 million you would be looking to make at least 200.000 (2-3%)...

I think we have the backbone of a decent team: given, taylor, solano, barton, milner, owen, viduka But desperately need solid defenders and a few class player to take us up a level... As stated before, if Sam wants to build a decent side he NEEDS to be in UEFA next season at whatever cost. He certainly seems to be going in the right direction by wanting new defenders...I will reserve judgement until the transfer window closes and whether little mickey stays with us (goal guarantee...).

We NEED to be in Europe next season if we want to improve... Min. sixth place for me!!

England were excellent for the first 20 minutes playing high tempo premier league style football. They then ran out of steam a bit and the game turned in favour of the italians although we should have realistically have put the game out of sight by then (glaring missed chances -lite!). I really liked the italian Nº9, very good in the air good link up play and got the better of tayls the whole afternoon... Just floated into the right positions, real goalscores instinct. Milner was great first half and did a lot of work second half but didn't really get a lot of ball and england were under the cosh. Ashley young was the one that stuck out...real pace couple with skil and a good end product...sneaky bid for him?

P.S. We just need a shitt hot defence and we'd be up there and abouts...

Bobyule, that is for me the difference aswell! If you had a player like that in your team it not only guarantees you a good few "matchwinners" but it also guarantees that the team go out with more confidence knowing you have a world class striker and the opposition come out a little bit mor weary.... I would honestly say that our strike force at this moment in time looks much more potent than yours, Liverpool definitely need David Villa or Etoo to seriously challenge the big boys, and also a couple of decent wingers FFS!!

as an example see TBH transfer...He is going to pick Chelsea for the medal possibilities and europe, had we of been in the UEFA we might have been in with a shout...

It will prove hard to "build" the team next year if we don't make it to the UEFA cup at least. The best players want to be playing in Europe - Fact. If they see us make a couple of places up to 8th or something like that it's not exactly too inviting is it... Also to hold on to our "star" players (if they're still here) i.e. owen, martins, zoggy ...etc we will have to be in europe or expect transfer reqwuests / get out clauses being seen. We should realistically be looking at 5-6 th place as I can't see anyone apart from Villa, if they have an injection of cash, doing as well as us because their managers are inferior (my opinion) and they don't have a home support that can make your stadium an inhospitable place for opposing teams.

Not got the easiest of starts to be honest (first three), but we then have 5 games against the beasts, wigan, derby, hammers and everton which with new impetus and signings we should do reasonably well.... Not too bad really..

wHAT peeves me the most about this signing is the 9 million get out clause, for god's sake at least get the money you paid out back... Good read and agree mostly but think Allardice will play "his" system only away from home and think we will see a much more attacking system at St James.

sixth place...

Aye, I'm sick of his silence, talks volumes if you ask me... He must know the crack, that the whole of Newcastle is waiting for him to reassure them about playing next season. It's obvious that he's biding his time to see if the big four come up with an offer and he'll be off like a shot, otherwise he'll bite his tongue and play up to christmas with beady eyes on a move then when his fitness has been proven to the other managers and also if any of them are short of a striker for the champs league... What a mercenary wannker if you ask me! Just my opinion like...

Not that keen on Guily myself either.... Never really shone at Barcelona, who knows?

I thought viduka was fantasstic in the world cup a year ago, especially the game against brasil, pulled their defenders all over the place and generally ran em ragged!! Great bargain on a free...

He's only better than ameobi in my eyes and is one big pain in the arsse! No thanks...

He isn't that bad a tackler really, it would also be a great asset to our team to have a back line that had the confidence to passs the ball out of defence and to initiate attacks from the back...

Isn't dyer going to be the new full back for us next season? Ashley cole style perhaps? If he could learn to head a ball I don't think it would be too bad an idea...

A BIG PASSSSSSS FOR ME!

WE HAVEN'T HAD MUCH LUCK IN THE PAST WITH PORTUGUESE WONDER KIDS, HAVE WE???

Ozzie, are you Sid lowe in disguise?????

He was at the Real Madrid - Deportivo game on Saturday and all the spanish press have him pinned on taking the vacant roberto carlos spot next year... Bye Bye Gabriel!

I'd go for: -------------------Given-------- Young---Cambell---Ben Haim---Baines Milner----Butt------Emre----Beckham -------------Crouch---Viduka----

Beckham has been in excellent form over the last third of the season in spain and fully deserves his call up. Somebody please tell me who is better than him out there on the right? He is the only winger we have with an actual end product .i.e. gets ball into box (decently!). I wouldn't worry about what we do in the finals, we may not get to them if we don't change things...

Aye, he 's capable of doing it all right, but he needs to work on what he does after beating his man more than anything else.