Sifu

, that face.

Scott f***ing Parker. How he won Football Writers Player of the Year is one thing, playing for England shows Capello is absolutely useless at his job. Would rarther have Gareth Barry playing and I detest him. Let's not get overexcited here.

Offered a new 5 year contract.

Crouch U-turn, http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13683679.stm :

I really get the sense from that interview that he was just specifically asked about that article (about Arsenal and City). I find it hard to believe that those clubs are looking at him to be honest (Arsenal because of the players they've got, and City because they could spend whatever amount of money on whatever player). The (reliable) French press have only really credited ourselves and Everton with an interest / bids. Agreed. Honestly couldn't see him fitting in at Shitty. If he does go there he'll most likely regret it come the end of the season having spent most of it on the bench. I concur. City honestly don't need Gervinho with all the other players at their disposal.

Step up your interest, Mr Allardyce......

Loved it.

Hmmm

Pretty much.

Stephen Carr??? , (has done well for Birmingham tbf) Right......

This basically.

Whatever the contract situation, Nolan will not leave this summer imho.

£12 million, hmmm yeah I'm okay with that especially if we've offered more for Gervinho (and there's no guarantee we'll sign him).

Nolan.

If that's so, he only has himself to blame. If he applied himself more in training (like taking Nolan's offer of help) then he may not be in this position atm. I hope this is the case too.

In the first half of the Championship, Smith was definitely a better option than Butt! But back to the subject at hand, Smith being told to leave............... :celb: YAY!

I consider Caulkin to be a very reliable source. One of the first people I started following on Twitter actually.

I predict that next season, it'll start well for Liverpool then ultimately falter away mid-season.

I'd rather take the hit with Sir Chesney, blooding him like us with Krul than with Given, a keeper destroyed by injury and not playing. They need a keeper about to hit his prime, 27-29, established and not just a good shot stopper, someone with presence in the box, a good communicator and spot on distribution, none of which Given ever had even at the height of his powers. True that, as much as I loved Shay when he was with us (now that he's left, wish nowt but failure for him), he did lack the attributes you highlighted. But I reckon he can still do a job for Arsenal, in the short term anyway. EDIT: but then again, Szeczney playing for a full season will do him a lot of good and aid his development.

Would be better than Arsenal's current options tbh.

Glad I don't follow cwarr07!

I agree to an extent but we are never going to spend the £20m required on an experienced ready made keeper. In an absolute ideal world we'd go out spend £20m on Reina and send Chesney on a real decent loan for 2/3 seasons then get most the money back on Reina, but I don't think that is feasible. A simple solution would be to sign Shay Given............