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Have I missed a story here? We've bid for someone else? Modric

Ashley is selling the club. We aren't buying anyone

Just look at his appointments so far at a director (various) level. All people either known to Ashley or recommended to him by friends. Look at the strategy he has for taking the club forward. Its a long term project. Any mong with half a brain cell can see this, its not the type of structure you put in place to make a quick sale. Signing Henry, Ronaldinho and Deco would be.

Good gagging order that turned out to be then

Unlike the sun to run a Toon story without mentioning that Oba is going to Arsenal

Just to Gatwick isn't it? Another one more of Ashleys evil ploys to move the Toon down to London

Spurs action since Jan Woodgate in Anton maybe in Kabout maybe out Modric in Possibly Crouch in Possible Bent out Possibly Berbatov out Possibly Keane out Gomes in Robinson probably out. Are they actually any better off based on players defineitely in and out, and would they be stronger or weaker if the 'possibly' all came of?

To be fair to MJ, iirc correctly he put a sizeable wedge on Roeder becoming manager and ended up in the Caribbean or somewhere on the back of it

dunno about the rest of you, but I hope he does this for us! Want to see a black and white one tbh

And potentially losing Keane, Berbatov, Robinson, Defoe (from Jan). Are they really any better off?

And I say Hey Hey Hey Hey.

Hmmm... he did say he had too many other committments to take the Blackburn job. If I drank tea the tea leaves would be moving. (load of bollocks imo anyway)

If this is a massive thread, what is the Arshavin one?

As long as its not 5:15 I'll be happy. Would rather Sunday 4pm, but I can't see them leaving the current champs and their successors until then

We'll give em Alan Smith!

Obviously not on Keegans list either

If ManU had not rejigged their finances just to sign Rooney (i.e. Ferguson knew he couldnt miss out on him), we would have landed Rooney. At the time, Everton were your bog standard lower mid table team with no money and no indication of moving forwards. IMO they had nothing but a dirty side that kicked lumps out of the opposition team, although thats easy to forget now that them and e.g. Blackburn have moved on and play decent football. Right now we'd look back and think Rooney wouldnt move because it would be a sideways step, but at that time we were still a club that had recently been in the CL, we were still in Europe having just finished 5th, and we still had some star players in the squad - i.e. it looked like we merely had a blip as all sides do. Hence, we'd have been a sizeable step forward over Everton at the time. On top of all that, you have the fact that we'd have offered ludicrous wages that even now Everton wouldnt be able to or want to match, just as we did with Owen. Hence, if ManU werent in the picture (as they had led everyone to believe) and the choice was between moving to us on big wages and playing alongside Shearer et al, or staying with Everton for another year, I think he'd have moved, and therefore I dont see how it never would have happened. never would have happened 'cause manu would NEVER have not signed the lad, they were always gonna do what it took to get him, our bid just forced their hand (i take it you've heard the kenwright/shepherd rumour) - BUT in the other universe where ferguson misses out on the third english footballer who is the best of his generation then yeah, perhaps we might have got him but if you think it was possible for even a second you're mental - i'm sure i even remember rooney saying he'd never have joined the club anyways after the event get a grip man No Rooney has said he would have joined. He would have gone anywhere to leave Everton (once a Blue and all that.....) at that point. FWIW the Rooney deal was genuine and it was a close call that he went to ManU (I was auditing at Old Trafford at the time of the signing).

Hansen Lineker Shearer

Wonder if Barca will push the boat out for Cesc after last night.

They actually win stuff tho. F**k me they have revamped their team and we've done nothing but the Spears kid. Come on Mikey, get your wallet out man. But have they really revamped their team over the past two years? Seems that they still have the traditional Spurs traits: Slightly dodgy keeper (Don't think Gomes is that good personally) Decent defenders on paper, dodgy in practice Pretty but weak midfield Decent but eratic forward line. They've bought some really good players over the past 12 months, some of whom I would have loved to see here, but its been a like for lke replacement in terms of the type of player they buy.

Thought that was from Wayne's World 2?

That's the end of that then. Bum Remington it is then

Just voted end of May. Reckon we'll have that Russian Bloke tied up by then

Did they take 4 keepers with them? Haven't seen the squad but that seems a tad excessive.

(mischief making)