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This will go very wrong if Sam sits Milner to play Dyer.

Wasn't there something about a loyalty clause in there? West Ham expecting us to pay it...

I'd say in order: Man Utd Arsenal (Just got a feeling this year) Newcastle Liverpool Chelsea Spurs You are severely underrating Chelsea IMO. 1. Chelsea 2. NUFC 3. Spurs 4. Manchester United 5. Liverpool 6. Arsenal

We've also got quite a bit of versaility. Goalkeppers: Given & Harper Right Back - Geremi, Carr, Taylor, Solano Center Back - Taylor, Rozenhal, Cacapa, Ramage, Dragutinovic Left Back - Dragutinovic, Babayaro, Duff Right Wing - Milner, Solano, Smith, Geremi Center Midfielder - Barton, Emre, Butt, Smith, Zoggy, Geremi, Harper Left Wing - Duff, Zoggy, Luque, Milner Strikers - Martins, Owen, Viduka, Ameobi, Luque, Smith

Yeah, Apparently that was his position up until last season.

Wish it were true. Get him Sam.

Notice how Steinsson gets carded practically every time AZ play a decent side? Ajax, Feyernoord, PSV, Fenerbahce, Bremen, NUFC* (Ok we weren't decent-- but compared to most of the Eredivese...)

Mostly LB last season. http://www.football-lineups.com/players/player.php?route=942 Fucking hell, that's a nerdy website. yeah, it's a wiki.

Mostly LB last season. http://www.football-lineups.com/players/player.php?route=942

He didn't play a whole lot last season did he? 7 starts in 46 games (including one Champions League start)

Bring back Beardsley!

Who would you like him to be? Magnin? (LB Stuttgart) Senderos? Senderos is another Bramble fs Nah, I was just naming off Swiss defenders. Two off the top of my head. Where's SwissMagpie when you need him/her? Perhaps, Taylor will play on the right-- Rozehnal and Cacapa in the middle?

Who would you like him to be? Magnin? (LB Stuttgart) Senderos?

Barca are supposedly looking to sign Makelele. Making Motta available?

No, I don't think so. Would rather have some combination of Barton, Butt, Geremi, or Emre in the midfield. Owen, Viduka, or Martins up top. Milner on the right (and Dyer doesn't want to play there). And Duff or N'Zogbia on the left. Can't even seeing him play at right back-- would rather see Solano (but then, again he doesn't want to play there either) Edit: Perhaps Smith is not the best fit; but, I don't really see how Dyer fit in either.

Dyer gets wish of fresh start with £6m move to West Ham £6m Get in.

Instantly discredits anything else there.. Do you get-recognize-understand sarcasm at all? The Guardian is merely recounting the rumours that are being reported elsewhere-- and pointing out that some of them are nuts. I know where they picked up the rubbish about selling Martins, I would like to know who originally reported the link with Thuram.

Smith in for Dyer. Good move.

Didn't see this anywhere. The Guardian Rumour Mill has a glib comment about Sam pursuing Lilian Thuram "Sam Allardyce is set to shatter his reputation for begin a canny operator in the transfer market by selling Obafemi Martins to pay for Alan Smith. However he may restore it by picking up Lilian Thuram from Barcelona." http://football.guardian.co.uk/rumourmill Is this rumour found anywhere else?

Would anyone rather keep Dyer than bring in Smith?

Smith is that kind of player as well.

Smith is a better player than most are giving him credit for... and he would be a good addition to the squad IMO. But... I don't see the benefit of buying him and then selling Dyer and N'Zogbia. And if money is any issue, paying 6m for him when that money could be spent on defenders is madness. Still I chose to stick my head in the sand and pretend that we're going to buy 3-4 defenders and keep N'Zogibia. Bring him in.~

Playing for the shirt doesn't mean you're any good.

So maybe Souness was right after all....it was the training ground causing all the injuries. [/snark]

Disgust.