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“He's pulling him off. The Spanish manager is pulling his Captain off!” "I might be tempting fate but I can't see the Poles Scoring...OH NOOOO they just have!!" Couple of gems from RTE's George Hamilton.

Kanu is obviously better.

As will Kanu.

Davor Suker will be thrilled if he sees this.

Random enough thread I suppose. One that I'll always remember as an Irishman is from Italia 90 when Ireland knocked out Romania to reach to Last 8 of the World Cup in our first ever appearance. David O'Leary, of all people, scored the decisive penalty. George Hamilton's commentary as O'Leary stepped up. "The nation holds its breath...... YES WE'RE THERE!!" Still sends a tingle down my spine typing it like. Sadly enough I can actaully reel off about three or four sentences of what he said before and after that bit, but that's the part that stands out. Another one is Albert's lob against Man U in the 5-0, always remembered that. Conversely, the words "Collymore closing in..." Still make me flinch a bit, it was part of an add on Sky there a while back, still causes me discomfort. Plenty of funny ones too. Clive Tidlsley (sp) on ITV during the World Cup last year when Crouch scored against Trinidad & Tobago, as Crouch, in the height of his robot dance craze, ran off to celebrate "GET READY TO DANCE!!" :lol: He wasn't even taking the piss.

What a loser. Fool. I'm not the one getting whooshed now am I?

Not sure our fans would take to him, he's shockingly lazy and generally does nothing in games apart from pop up and score goals. Great player in a top team that can afford to have a passenger type whose job is just to score goals, but I really don't think he's what we should be looking at right now. Not a fear of it happeneing anyway.

What a loser.

Hoping he'll be sold asap now. Think Owen is probably refusing to give Sam any assurances he wants to stay so Sam is blatantly advertising him to as many clubs as possible. Personally hope he's sold, wouldn't feel in the least bit bad for him if he does leave and then suffers another ACL tear. Disgraceful that he doesn't feel any sense of debt to us after the last two years, especially after coming out and saying that he did feel he owed us lasts season. How quickly things change, eh Michael? You little cunt.

Wish Barton would just waive it, I know it's a lot of money but does he really need it FFS? I've started a Master League at Pro Evo and put him on the team, I'll be annoyed if I've to start again.

top scoring midfielder in Portugal and most assists consecutively too. he has a brilliant end product his crosses are some the best in Europe and the flashiest. class player why wouldnt anyone want him here, just what we need a bit of spark. Despite my concerns, I'd still be more than willing to give him a chance, he could be a class player and perhaps the Premiership would suit him, he has the pace. Agree with James about the lack of ambition. No reason whatsoever we couldn't attract Quaresma, The Premiership is a massive step up from Portugal, and we're a club that have a buzz around us at the moment. With our new chairman, manager, ambition and apparently a lot of money I don't see how at all someone like Quaresma is out of our league. I think the fans will be pleasantly surprised at some of the players we try and get this summer.

Interesting thought regarding the atmosphere, nice to see tickets being made more affordable in any case.

He's 24 in September, I was surprised he's that old. He reminds me of Ronaldo when he first came to England, flashy but still needed a lot of work on his productivity. Ronaldo is only 22 now, and is a much better player already. Quaresma whenever I've seen him still seems a bit flaky. If Quaresma was only 20 or so I'd want him, but you'd have to wonder if he's ever gonna be a top player, or just another Denilson type, blinding skill but not enough end product. He'd be fun to watch though so whatever.

Brilliant game that Real-Zaragoza game was. Such a title race, shame Sevilla couldn't win but still. Real have it won now IMO, can't see them not winning next week. Barca will be absolutely kicking themselves.

Barca winning as things stand.

I think Martins might struggle on the occassions when he is out wide and he needs to deliver a telling pass or cross. No moreso than he does when he plays up front really. His delivery would have to be worked on, no doubt. But his sheer pace would make him a nightmare for defenders in one on one situations.

On the right of a 4-3-3 formation is very different to the right of a 4-4-2 to be fair, and I think the position would suit Bellamy. Would probably suit Martins too.

If Bellamy is off to West Ham then surely Tevez is on his way out? Those two couldn't play in the same team, can't see either being happy on the bench either.

You admit it!! Seriously though, I'd agree with Baines and Ben Haim and wouldn't be overly disappointed with Brown as a utility man (would he really want to leave his spot as utility man at Man U to be one here though?) but I personally don't think it's unreasonable to expect one or two big money acquisitions to compliment the deep squad we're building through cheap/free pickups. Fourth is out of our reach next year I'd agree, but the season after that there's no real reason we can't be pushing for it.

It's not the same thing, or even at all similiar, tbh. There's a legitimate debate over whether Martins or Bellamy would be of more use to us, doubt anyone on earth would argue Sib is anywhere near Viduka as a player. Bellamy would probably be an upgrade on Martins in the short term, but within a couple of years I'd expect Oba will be the better player so don't think the deal would make sense at all.

People laughing at other people's suggestions without offering suggestions of their own =

Liverpool hardly play to Belamys strengths do they? Allardyce plays a pretty direct style too, would we really be playing to his strenghts either? Think Bellamy is declining as a player personally, he'll be 28 by the time next season starts and he's quite injury prone. Just don't think it's a significant enough upgrade, and its one we would probably regret in two or three years time. That Tevez chap at West Ham is who we should be after.

It's illegal to drive without insurance though.

Wouldn't be overly bothered seeing any of those go, but if we sell Martins I'd want us to aim higher than Bellamy if I'm honest. He's proved this season at Liverpool he's not really good enough for a team aiming to push on towards the very top of the table, which must be our aim. Wouldn't be upset to see Dyer stay and challenege Nobby for the spot at RB. I'd get rid of Duff before Dyer for sure.

I've not been in many pubs other than The Union Rooms in Newcastle, I'd hope they have better to offer tbh.