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Anything relevant to say on the matter then? totally irrelevant is it? Not by your usual standards, admittedly. But more or less, yes. Didn't see much about other clubs being after Hargreaves or Anderson, this mean Man U are skewered as well? Barton has been linked quite a bit with West Ham as it happens, though that's not really relevant. comparing the signing of Hargreaves and Barton? excellent And how exactly are they not comparable?

Anything relevant to say on the matter then? totally irrelevant is it? Not by your usual standards, admittedly. But more or less, yes. Didn't see much about other clubs being after Hargreaves or Anderson, this mean Man U are skewered as well? Barton has been linked quite a bit with West Ham as it happens, though that's not really relevant.

Anything relevant to say on the matter then?

Barton is a significantly better player than Parker, so on the face of it this is brilliant business. However, we all know his off the field problems are a real worry. If he was to sort himself out and start acting in a bit more professional manner, then we could have gotten ourselves a very good signing. Type of player that can drive his side forward from midfield. Sort of like a lesser version of Gerrard IMO. Personally I think the guy is a lunatic and he'll end up having a semi-succesful career here before being peddled in about three years. Hope I'm wrong, cos I really rate him as a player.

And Viduka up top on his own I suppose? We'd be rubbish.

How do you figure? A quality CM who can pass the ball very well has got to be very near the top of our list of needs this summer, if we've a decent transfer kitty I don't see spending 10m on one player as being that unrealistic. Personally don't think it will happen, as I reckon Allardyce will fancy that he can get some good performances out of Emre in that role. If this takeover thing happens, and in time to give us some silly money to play with (which as i've said before I think people are getting slightly carried away with) then spending that on him isn't out of the question I suppose, no. I just don't see why they would sell him, and to us in particular. He's one of their star players now, and we're hardly better than them at this point in time. He's hardly going to put in a transfer request to come to us is he, like he would to go to Man U etc? Can't see it happening. But if we had "silly money" then surely we'd immediately become a much better proposition than Everton at this moment in time, no? For the record I don't see us signing Arteta either.

How do you figure? A quality CM who can pass the ball very well has got to be very near the top of our list of needs this summer, if we've a decent transfer kitty I don't see spending 10m on one player as being that unrealistic. Personally don't think it will happen, as I reckon Allardyce will fancy that he can get some good performances out of Emre in that role.

Thread has turned into bollocks a bit. But Arteta isn't at all an unrealistic target for us if Ashley can gain full control over the club fairly promptly and hand Sam a decent transfer kitty. Whether we'll target him is another matter, but I'd be very happy to see him here, class player.

Shearer was past it for his last two years like. And we got our best production from CM when Parker was absent and Butt and Emre played together. Roeder should get a lot of the blame for it as he was the one who set out the tactics, but to say Parker was anything other than completely useless this season is wrong.

Can't see anything other than people trying to stifle their laughter if Parker goes anywhere near taking a set-piece. Anyway, happy to see him go. I would wish him well as he did always give his best, even if he was mis-used/not good enough for the most part. However, he's going to West Ham. So I wish him nowt but misery, in his professional life at least.

One of the very rare occasions I actually laughed really loudly at the screen, quality AS9.

Agreed, like a better version of Faye tbh. Breaks up play and gets about well but a very limited player. Honestly think that's harsh on the lad, he's a much better player than that. Looks good for Liverpool at times because he has a very basic role, namely to win the ball in midfield. Meanwhile Alonso alongside him has the task of passing it from the middle, while at the same time playing as a ballwinner in midfield himself. They play with two holding midfielders for the most part, think its easier to look good for him in a system like that. His touch can be a shambles at times too.

Agreed, like a better version of Faye tbh. Breaks up play and gets about well but a very limited player.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2001/05/08/valencia_leeds/ Leeds United: 1-Nigel Martyn; 18-Danny Mills, 29-Rio Ferdinand, 21-Dominic Matteo, 3-Ian Harte; 4-Olivier Dacourt, 23-David Batty, 19-Eirik Bakke, 10-Harry Kewell; 9-Mark Viduka 17-Alan Smith.

ABola says both transfers are agreed. But it wouldnt really make sense for a club llike united to gamble big money on two foreign, untried youngsters. Surely it makes the most sense for someone like United as - They're loaded. - Their team is quality already. - They're renowned for developing great talents. - There'll be no pressure for them to step into the first team straight away and contribute massively.

Thought of you the second I heard this. You turned me against him... I hope you can live with yourself. Not my fault you're so weak-minded tbh. Did you rate him particularly highly beforehand?

Great stuff, can't imagine we'll be daft enough to reject that.

I thought he did follow them. Dunno, suppose he might.

Raiders would suit him tbh.

The practice squad, which will be trimmed quite significantly before the season starts. Basically in NFL pre-season you need more players to do all the training exercises, so players are brought in for a small wage and the majority will be cut before the actual season begins.

I never knew the NBA had squads of over 80+ players. Squad Depth FFS! NFL squads don't tend to have many more than 55 either, and have more backroom staff than 25 and all.

Be hilarious if we signed Offensive and Defensive Co-Ordinators. Great article though and this is my favourite aspect of the Allardyce appointment. Regardless of whether we do well on the pitch, you do feel that he will really modernise everything about how we are run behind the scenes.

There's always time to rape kittens like, cute little things.

ordinary players ---- like at porto? like at Chelsea So he's had ordinary players at Chelsea?

Haim Ben isn't his first name like, it's part of his surname. In case anyone's thinking of getting it on their shirt.