Ashley17

From the same paper, 3 days earlier: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1104482/Manchester-City-poised-net-unhappy-Given-10million.html Did that happen? Did it shite. This is going to run and run and run I'm afraid

Look on the brightside, when those 3 years are up his brother will be ready to replace him.

I swear our doctor's just guess at how long players will be out for. Also, from the same article: "Sources close to the player have revealed that he has been booked in for a hernia operation later in the week if, as expected, he is not ready for a return. Club medical staff have been told that he could recover from that operation within two weeks. Barring any further setbacks it is better news for United boss Joe Kinnear, who will also be boosted by the return of Joey Barton and Alan Smith to training next week. The pair have been pencilled in to return to first-team duty before the end of the month" Being selfish, I say get him in for the op now so he's back for the mackems

On Day 1 of JFK's reign he was comparing Xisco and Shola and complained that Xisco didn't attack the box at all. First impression is often the only impression and all that..

His agent is called Jazzman

Some of the guys on that list don't own the club and are just shareholders. I can't be bothered to work it out exactly but he's probably in the top 10 or maybe even 5 if you only include the outright owners/majority shareholders

Are we already in the championship? ffs Did everton say that when they signed Cahill? Did they fuckers. Or Jagielka? or Lescott? lol Im not saying dont sign anyone from the championship, Im saying those players with Zog gone would be a championship squad. Bullard and Elano both have premiership experience but man city and Fulham dont want them, both of whom are teams we should be competing with this season (not standing man citys new year spending spree). So buying players not good enough for them doesnt make sense to me. Elano has been good for man city, then again mido was for spurs, yes they can afford to replace him with a top drawer player, but until now they havent had the opportunity, and hes done f*** all to make them want to keep him. Disagree with everything you have said. Our side minus Zog is a championship one already then by your words. I believe we need depth to our squad and we need it NOW. We have some of our better players on long term injuries and only kids who are not good enough yet (if ever) to step in. Firstly, Fulham don't want rid of Bullard, they said he can go if they can't meet his wage demands. Elano has fallen out of favour with Hughes over personal issues (from what I can see) and he was a dangerous player for them last season. Plus Man City don't have to settle for keeping Elano as they have so much money they can buy whoever is willing to come for silly wages. Bit different from the angle of "they aren't good enough for them" that your trying to create. Mido hasn't been suggested, so again your picking a bad example and trying to pin it on a different set of players with different circumstances. Also, are you saying you'd prefer to keep what we got instead of adding Elano and Bullard to the mix? - Sorry but I don't see how our current midfield is better than not having Bullard & Elano in it to pick from. And please, suggest 4 players you think we can sign like I requested. If your going to criticise my choices at least have the balls to lay your cards on the table. I already did a long way back in this thread and i stick by it. Bullard has gone on record as saying he will take a cut in wages to stay at Fulham. Elano is not wanted by man city, theyve struggled for goals this season with Jo being slow to settle and still he hasnt featured. My point is to improve the squad, swapping zog for bullard or elano is not imo improving the squad, nor is signing untested players for a potential relegation battle. Im saying id rather keep zog than bring in two lesser players. You think Zog is better than Bullard and Elano? Talk about over rated. On his day, Charlie could come close to Elano.

Rules mean nout, look at Defoe and his move back to Spurs. If I'm not mistaken Mascherano from West Ham to Liverpool shouldn't have been allowed as he would have played for 3 clubs and that was allowed. I wouldn't worry, basically.

Yes but if we're picking the team on assists Geremi is the main man

We beat Champions League contenders Spurs without Oba

What's the source Brazilianbob? Paper, forum, man in pub, man in the know?

Wouldn't be surprised one bit to see us get Lita in as cover if the 300k reports are true

Every morning Skirge wakes up during the transfer window it's like Christmas morning

Where's that from?

I hate you Dave.

"Matt Derbyshire's superb overhead kick" Yes Sam, it was going out of play for a throw in until it hit the Blyth guy in the face.

Who in the blue hell is he? And who told you?

Wasn't Duff at Chelsea for some of those games?

One, which is more than Duff. Zog's assists: Technically Xisco's against Hull (shot hit the post) Martins vs. Wigan (Coventry if it's an OG) Duff's assists: .

West Ham selling their players nicely in time for their visit up here, 5 days to get rid of Upson and/or Green. I'm assuming Bellamy will be giving this a miss

Is this confirmed or just paper talk?

Milner is English which doubles/triples his transfer fee in today's market. We'd get £4m tops for Zog, which is a damn shame.

Johnie Jackson has had his pop on the big stage. The likes of him & Richie Wellens are best off lower down the league looking class acts. I think he means Simeon Jackson, the guy who scored the goal.

Why not? Look what the final was last year. One of Everton and Liverpool will be out, it's not impossible for Spurs to knock out Man Utd. f*** knows if Chelsea will even win away at Southend the way they're currently playing. Even if they do, they could draw another big team in the 5th Round. I don't see the point in being so pessimistic when are next 2 ties are very winnable home games. I admire your optimism and yes, we could go far if we can get past Hull and Milwall/Crewe, which we really should. Problem is we both know we're a bit shit, and as a result at home to Hull isn't even as certain as it should be/would have been a few years ago. There are very few games we go into now where I think we are going to win - look at Stoke the other week - obviously the flipside of that is that we've picked up some unexpected points away from home. Realistically though, can you see us winning it? Given general peformances this season, I'd have to go with no, but you never know.

I normally want Man Utd to lose but the prospect of them knocing out Spurs appeals too much. And it's not like we're going to win it.