Mick

Has your dad been in contact with any insurers lately?

Excellent, thanks.

And you've sent three people to his site.

I think the right midfielder or two could change the team totally.

Right back so he's cover for Beye.

It says that he's a defender unless I read it wrong.

Can I borrow that smiley?

I hope we beat them and they go on the same kind of run as they did after the last game.

The only thing I'm not looking forwards to is the coins coming down from Level 7, Liam O has more to worry about than I have this year. Edit. And he deserves it.

The atmosphere gives us a massive edge.

He was shit first time.

You're such a "Wild Thing" Wullie.

Bobby Robson looked at both Balde and Boumsong as possible replacements for Woodgate.

No he didn't, the £70 million debt was known about before the club was sold/bought, they did go through the accounts before buying the club.

Smith was a good signing, the problem is that we haven't played him in his favoured position.

I don't think we'll find out although it is a possibility, I think we'll know a bit more after the next couple of games.

While it's on the books we do have to pay off, it's up to him if he starts taking it back or not and up until the end of the last financial year he hadn't taken a penny back, he'd actually put in a further £10 million. Like I said, we can't spend it twice. I don't see how or why taking us down would secure his loan and I doubt he'd think that.

Our accounts show that we have a £100 million loan on the books that we might have to repay, I would have thought that it will have to be paid off at some stage or written off. Either way it is technically debt as long as it's on the books although Ashley owes Ashley. Even if it isn't costing anything we can't spend it twice, it's gone.

I remember that, he ending up looking daft.

We'll beat the mackems, my guess is 3-1, they are shit and we're playing at home. The atmosphere should be brilliant, if this game can't lift the players then nothing can. I think it could turn our season around. I can't wait.

They've been bought out the same way as we were, unlike the other two mentioned who have been bought by actually looading the club with debt. In effect Man U and Liverpool bought themselves, if that makes sense. Villa have a lot less debt and are in a much healthier position on the pitch than we are.

I would rather know what was going on, knowing your problems should be the first step to putting them right.

I'm sure that the money shows up on the accounts as it comes in.

I wouldn't play him.