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Hopefully Big Sam can pursuade Sidwell to change his mind and join us instead.

Good news that he is getting rid of that lot.

Already said he won't be taking the assistant job unless their is a major breakdown in contract talks at Hull, which I very much doubt will happen.

I'm a big fan of Parker but I think £8m is a great price, especially when you can get the likes of Barton for £5 million.

One player doesn't make a team.

Also didn't Boumsong score against us in that Gateshead cup thing a few years back.

Did Faye ever score for us?

I imagine it wouldn't be too difficult to agree a fairly small fee with Bolton.

He's to young, A captain should be given to a player with expierence and is respected amoung the other players, Imagine Taylor trying to bollock a senior player on the pitch, They'd tell him to fuck off. Load of bollocks about senior players needing to be Captain these days. Nolan, Reo-Coker, Davies, Richards and Downing are just a few of the players who have captained aged under 25.

I wolud imagine if he came back in Sam's backroom staff he would retain the player/coach role he currently has at Bolton. He was made assistant manager there wasn't he? Not sure he'd drop that in a week and run. He's joint First team coach with Jimmy Phillips. Ricky Sbragia is assistant manager.

For me Nicky Butt already seems very vocal and in the long term I can't see him being here for more than 2 years. I'd rather have Taylor who could well be Captain for the next decade.

I wolud imagine if he came back in Sam's backroom staff he would retain the player/coach role he currently has at Bolton.

My personal opinion is Taylor should be made club captain. Firstly he is one of our better players and secondly he is a Geordie. Now before I get my tin hat out I use the Geordie reason as he is Geordie and seems to give 100% committment in every game, and for that reason the vast majority of fans will let him off when it comes to criticism and I think as has been shown with Parker this season the role and criticism that comes with it, if your name isn't Alan Shearer, is too big for anybody who isn't extremely popular within the club. For me unless Speed returns it has to go to Taylor as no other player we currently have is able to perform to the level needed and can take the criticism.

That would be typical of us, getting the players in before a manager.

Looks like I'll be coming home from sixth form for lunch then. Is it gonna be on SSN?

Whelan confirms Hutchings as new manager.

Chris Hutchins new Wigan manager apparently.

Times and Guardian both reporting this mroning he will be Big Sam's first signing.

Can fuck off. No player is bigger than the club.

Hopefully coming to us. *fingers crossed*

Said on Goals on Sunday this morning he was having a medical at Chelsea today.

Aye. What a let down he was. Only 17 goals - in his first ever season in the Premiership, in a shit team under a shit manager - effectively saving us from relegation. Infact, i believe that Oba is the sole reason for why we have had such a shit season. Also - it was the signing of Oba that meant that we haven't won the Premier League this season, and the season of 95/96 aswell. He's just so, so, shit. What an unbelievable disappointment the guy has been. Even the biggest Oba supporter can't deny that in the last 10 games or so he's been a passenger.

Been to SJP 4 times this season and been to one away game. However when I have a car next season I intend to go up at least 8-10 times.

Blackburn.

Haven't seen the match yet so I won't comment. However I'm pretty sure today was Pearson sending a message to some of the palyers he thinks let Roeder down, the likes of Zog, Martins, Bramble, Moore.