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Na Drogba will be gone next season and Grant will turn to Anelka. Otherwise i would have loved him here. Saha would be a better shout!

Na they won't but i twas a nice way for us to turn our attentions to portugal

Would be an immense signing. Who the captain of sporting, looks like a good player?

Porto only need one more win to win their league Match fixing?

Giles Barnes is the only one i'd have here. There are some other good players but none of them have enough. Barnes would give a little extra to our squad.

Porto not got any players worth signing? If they get relegated they might need to sell.

Can of worms but......................... Bellamy would be the sort of signing who would fit in well to the way we are playing at the moment. *Tin hat firmly in place*

Only if we were to mould him into a DM position. Not good enough on the front foot for me but he has a great engine. Barton is better. I never thought I'd say that but there you are. Barton isn't defensive, he is better though.

Only if we were to mould him into a DM position. Not good enough on the front foot for me but he has a great engine.

really? apart from pennant when have they ever signed a player like bentley? they are more into foreign markets and good youth tbh, they dont seem too keen on signing brittish talents in their early 20's. they dont need him either. Liverpools problems have always been in the wide areas. Full backs and winger are exactly what they need. Someone like Bentley to complement Torres and Gerrard would be ideal for them.

Man Utd don't always need players to sign them TBH. Would suprised me if they forced Scholes into retirement or got rid of Fletcher and signed Bentley. SAF knows no limits and wouldn't want Chelsea or Arsenal getting him. Unlikely all the same.

Would be a great signing. I think he's got Liverpool written all over him.

I mean don't get me wrong Speeds over the hill, Dyers a useless injury prone twat and JJ is vastly over rated but back then we were hot as shit. Remember beating Arsenal 3-1 away or Man Utd 4-3 at home? What i'd give to have someone of Acunas talent in our midfield this season.

I think he'd be class............... in the dutch league.

Bollocks, complete over haul has never worked. In your opinion Barton is mediocre. For me he's in good form and can get better and better with the right coaching. Do seriously believe we can go out and sign ferdinand and vidic standard for next season? If not that standard what? I suppose you believe someone like Melberg is better than Faye? Us conceeding goals has been down to the midfield not the personnel in defence. us conceeding goals is down to our centrebacks being useless Are Bramble and O'Brien better than Faye and Taylor? If you answer yes you want shot. We performed all right with those two here behind a class midfield. who was our class midfield? cant remember us having one of those You taking the piss. Speed, Dyer, JJ at the time were getting us in the top four, or is that not good enough for you now? I believe we played Inter Milan with a back four of; Griffin Hughes Bramble Bernard and drew 2-2 in the san siro

He's one of those i would always worry about because he's an ex manc. I think people have judged him a little harshly this season because he's been playing at right back. He's the intellegent sort of defender who would complement Faye but he's injury prone and i would like us to look elsewhere. For a free he would hardly be a shocking signing though.

Bollocks, complete over haul has never worked. In your opinion Barton is mediocre. For me he's in good form and can get better and better with the right coaching. Do seriously believe we can go out and sign ferdinand and vidic standard for next season? If not that standard what? I suppose you believe someone like Melberg is better than Faye? Us conceeding goals has been down to the midfield not the personnel in defence. us conceeding goals is down to our centrebacks being useless Are Bramble and O'Brien better than Faye and Taylor? If you answer yes you want shot. We performed all right with those two here behind a class midfield.

Bollocks, complete over haul has never worked. In your opinion Barton is mediocre. For me he's in good form and can get better and better with the right coaching. Do seriously believe we can go out and sign ferdinand and vidic standard for next season? If not that standard what? I suppose you believe someone like Melberg is better than Faye? Us conceeding goals has been down to the midfield not the personnel in defence. Complete overhaul worked for Spurs under Jol, and City under Sven. It only doesn't work if you do it badly. Barton has had a couple of good games, he still has below par talent for me and is a mere grafter. I don't think we can go out and sign Vidic and Ferdinand, i just said that Carrick is unrealistic ffs. And yes Mellberg is better than Faye, he would be a good signing if he wasn't going to Juventus. And i know the midfield is largely to blame for our poor defence, i've said it all season, this is partly why Barton shouldn't be a first teamer. All season he has been losing the ball in the middle of the pitch, been getting caught in possession, and passing to the opposition. Faye is a decent player, but he is clumsy ast times and his positioning isn't great. Citeh have largley used players they had previous to Sven arriving, even those signings who were playing well have dipped in form massively. I can't remember Spurs having a huge turnover in players, in their first team, alot of midfielders IIRC. Like i say i think Barton is far more than a grafter but we will have to disagree. When i said Vidic and Ferdinand i was reffering to the Faye subject and who we could realistically replace him with. Personally i believe he needs a partner alongside who is of a simiar standard but with a better brain. I don't think Mellberg is any better but has been playing in a far more compact Villa side, Faye would have done the same. As for Carrick, i agree he is a touch unrealistic but so were Owen, Luque, Duff and Martins until they walked through the door.

Not to different to the side i suggested, i recommendated Dunne in another thread. Mind you i don't think SWP and Zoggy would have enough bite, plenty of pace mind.

Bollocks, complete over haul has never worked. In your opinion Barton is mediocre. For me he's in good form and can get better and better with the right coaching. Do seriously believe we can go out and sign ferdinand and vidic standard for next season? If not that standard what? I suppose you believe someone like Melberg is better than Faye? Us conceeding goals has been down to the midfield not the personnel in defence.

IMO 3 in midfield works like this; DM- Someone who sweeps us the play, wins possesion and provides for others to attack i.e Carrick, Makelele, Hargreaves CM- Box to Box player someone with energy and drive who commits to both attack and defence i.e Essien or Barton in our case AM- Someone whos main priority is the assist the attacking players, for me Kranjcar (sp) would be ideal, as you say great passer and great vision, pace not vital.

No clear out needed. Harper Beye Faye Ben Haim Enrique Carrick Kranjcar Barton Martins Viduka Owen Ben Haim 7m Carrick 14m Kranjcar 8m

Completely unintended but i'll take it........

Didn't Valencia spend something like £12m on him? Maybe a bit too expensive for someone like him I think, but then again I haven't seen him on that many occasions. Aye but they cant be overly impressed if they have sent him out on loan. I honestly don't know how good he is but would suggest we could get him for 6-7m.

I think SWP is very realistic given his relationship with Keegan. and the fact he's a bit part player at Chelsea. Think it would do him the world of good to play for us.