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Thought City didn't want to loan him out?

Not really imo. It didn't go so well the last time he played at RB like.

Djibril Cissé linked with QPR.

Strange. They need players that are going to come in and do the job straight away. Correct. Well he is pacy which could massively benefit yous.....

It's his way of creating suspense... You should try it... I, used, to , over, use, commas, cos, I , didnt know , where to, put , them , so I, put, them, everywhere. Nothing Is As Annoying As Someone Who Starts Every Word With A Capital Letter. Someone kept doing that on my Facebook, annoyed the fuck out of me!

Aye, fucking hated him.

I wish this was the case. There must be something we're all missing about Samba. He's a f***ing class defender, approaching his peak at 27 years old and wants to leave Blackburn who are s****. Why the hell haven't Arsenal taken him yet?! Wenger will probably argue that because he signed Mertesacker, he doesn't need another CB......

Bidding war (Can't see us paying more than £3 million imo).

Agreed.

The Kevin Davies of yesterday was indeed a good player (great professional, did the job he was required to do) but these days, he's simply past it (which is why if Sunderland do sign him, it would be quite funny).

It's basically a conundrum. Don't really like Cardiff and their fans (plus I f***ing hate Kenny Miller) and of course there's those Scouse c***s. Argh! It would be funny if Cardiff won but that would mean the PL loses out on one Europa League spot......

I thought O'Neill was going to make Sunderland play like Barcelona?

Mariappa can apparently play RB. Not very well according to some of the Watford fans.

£2.5 - 3 million should be the absolute maximum imo.

Please make it so Martin. ( )

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Your assumption is correct methinks as in 4th would have to accept the Europa League while the CL winners who finish 5th would be let into the CL.

I'd imagine that Arsenal would be let into the CL (they'll use Liverpool as an example), how that impacts the Europa League spaces however is quite a puzzler. Hmmm.... I think, enforced mainly by Uefa, is that 4th place would then go into the Europa League, won't they? But then whoever finishes 4th would feel aggrieved of a place in the CL, they would cite the Liverpool/Everton example to argue their point.... I think UEFA let Liverpool in begrudgingly and effectively said it would be the last time that was allowed to happen iirc. Ah, didn't realise this.

I haven't seen loads of Vertonghen, but looking at the clubs' defences you've posted there, it's not hard to put forward some arguments why they'd need strengthening. Man Utd - Vidic is very good, Ferdinand is (has been) going downhill fast, Jones lacks experience (is he a natural CB?) Chelsea - Luiz has been unreliable on a spectacular basis, Cahill IMO is overrated, Terry I still think is a very good defender. Arsenal - does this really need to be discussed? Man City - Kompany has been the best defender in the league this year, Lescott is decent enough but you can easily improve on him, Toure's days there are numbered I'd imagine. Tottenham - King has a part-time job in being dead, Kaboul and Gallas are decent but again, easily can be improved upon. ^ This is basically what I think too. Vertonghen would improve all those defences like.

Looking like this is indeed the case......

I'd imagine that Arsenal would be let into the CL (they'll use Liverpool as an example), how that impacts the Europa League spaces however is quite a puzzler. Hmmm.... I think, enforced mainly by Uefa, is that 4th place would then go into the Europa League, won't they? But then whoever finishes 4th would feel aggrieved of a place in the CL, they would cite the Liverpool/Everton example to argue their point....

Daniel Taylor (don't know who he is mind.....).

Tempting fate there....... My sums were wrong originally, it's even worse than that, edited. Oh, brilliant! Don't know which one p*ssed me off more, the fact that Stephen Carr captained a side to League Cup victory or the fact Owen actually contributed to Man U's win a couple of years back

Tempting fate there.......