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Either way, if Everton are interested they will put the cash up for him. Have faith.

Here we go again Exclusive Taylor interview coming up next week? Embarrasing really. Anal says it- David Craig reads it- Sky sports hear it- the fans believe it How the fuck can he forget about Abdoulaye Faye, our best centre half?

I know it's obvious but i will say it anyway...... Pace isn't the most important part of being a centre half, intelligence and positioning are. Pace is just a bonus.

Benni McCarthy is still a very good footballler, he just had a poor season last year. I hope the mackems don't sign him because he'll score hat fulls for them. I'd have him here, at the right price.

Like i say, wasn't sure it was true. Some argy told me that like.

Tim Vickery can suck my balls. On a seperate note, one thing i have heard about Coloccini is that he tends to give away a few fouls and gets a few bookings. Don't know how much truth there is in that though.

Not to bothered about whether he is playing or not. As long as he signs and gets a weeks training under his belt, hopefully a behind closed doors match too.

I mean Shearer signing went unnoticed until it happened didn't it?

t'was ever thus for us older blokes. we didn't have 24hr bullshit feeding frenzys. all we had was the back page of the chronic announciong someone had come or gone. (to be honest after living under both conditions i preferred the older way) I'm probably not as old as you, infact i'm sure i'm not but my word do i wish it was like that now. If i took any notice of the media, they would spoil the game for me TBH. The club has no obligation to inform the fans of every stage of a transfer. I'd rather hear about it when it happens.

Apparently he has DEFINATELY arrived to have his medical, confirmed by two local papers and expected to be at the match tommorow. No confirmation from the club but i think it's safe to say it will be confirmed imminently. My guess is when he's at the match tommorow.

This.

Thing is, i think we are all trying to second guess KK, which won't ever work. He's always been a guy to make strange looking choices. For example if i was him, i would be going all out for attacking talent but it seems obvious KK is focusing slightly more on the defence. I think he believes his side will always attack and score goals, therefore it's a bigger priority to sort the defence.

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Only a sad person would edit a wiki page like that.

I couldnt give a fuck what you think as i said im only passing on info that i heard If you don't care what people think, why are you on a football forum? Anyway back to subject, you are going to have to give ALOT more information.

Simple formation and line up; Given Beye Coloccini Faye Enrique Butt Guthrie Gutirrez N'Zogbia Owen Martins

As well as teamwork, style, fitness and quality. You don't seem to have alot of faith in Kevin Keegan. Maybe that is the reason for all this pessimism.

You see that's where you've taken me wrong. I know I'm like a bull in a china shop sometimes. I'm not having a go at the thread, it's a perfectly fine thread, it's is predictable though that IMO someone would start one like this. It happens almost every year. For me though there are two seperate things: One thing that excites me is that Footie is back. One thing that makes me aprehensive and nervous and pessimistic is that we are not bloody ready for it In your opinion and it's this negative false opinion that i believe Dave is reffering to. Kevin Keegan will be undoubtedly ready, that's what should matter to you, nothing else. How is one opinion true and the other false ? They are both opinions, they are therefore both correct in each person's eyes. The accepting of other peoples opinions is something that footie forums in general don't do a good job at. It's not the forum's fault of course it's the people posting. Back to the point, I'm still to be convinced that we are ready for the season, which is one week away. The squad isn't big enough, the quality that we can put out on the field consistently is not there. All in my opinion. Apoligies, false wasn't the correct word. Imagine last season KK had exactly the same squad of players, except for the whole season. Now do you think he would have finished top half? because i am in no doubt that we would have. If you look at the squad now, it hasn't got any bigger but it is better (IMO). Out's: Emre, Ramage, Rozehnal, Carr all of which played next to no part last season. Yet we have brought in 3 new faces, with Coloccini expected to be added too. Now i'm not going to try and convince you that we will be a great side or infact that i will be happy about not adding more to the squad. What i am saying is, because of the above, there are reasons to be optimistic.

I believe he will be gone by the end of this window... thank fuck.

Forgive me for not believing you.

You see that's where you've taken me wrong. I know I'm like a bull in a china shop sometimes. I'm not having a go at the thread, it's a perfectly fine thread, it's is predictable though that IMO someone would start one like this. It happens almost every year. For me though there are two seperate things: One thing that excites me is that Footie is back. One thing that makes me aprehensive and nervous and pessimistic is that we are not bloody ready for it We were ready last season and look how that turned out It's all about the signings no matter when they come in, if Keegan can get the level we've been seeing we have nowt to worry about. Is it shite all about the signings, i'm sick of hearing it. Last seasons failure was not down to personel which KK proved when he turned our results and performances around. The reason we fell short of our league targets were because of; Sam Allardyce and more specifically his tactics, fitness, use of our talent, motivation and negativity. None of which KK won't have us prepared for.

You see that's where you've taken me wrong. I know I'm like a bull in a china shop sometimes. I'm not having a go at the thread, it's a perfectly fine thread, it's is predictable though that IMO someone would start one like this. It happens almost every year. For me though there are two seperate things: One thing that excites me is that Footie is back. One thing that makes me aprehensive and nervous and pessimistic is that we are not bloody ready for it In your opinion and it's this negative false opinion that i believe Dave is reffering to. Kevin Keegan will be undoubtedly ready, that's what should matter to you, nothing else.

Completely agree with you Dave. What i have noticed is that the negativity is on this football forum more than anywhere else. Don't seem to see it as much amongst friends or actually at the games. I'm not worried about next season in the slightest, very much looking forward to it.

You a mackem or a geordie?

Definately 4 or 5 in total.