S.S.R.

Bakari Kone for £10 million from Nice.

He'd be a great football. His bright orange head would be visible in the winter months.

Yawn.

Cut it out.

Good enough to start for the european champions though. The stick Brown gets never ceases to amaze me. Same with Rooney, both are great players for the best team around, yet apparently are s*** for England...think there might be a reason for that. Then again, paradoxically I think Gerrard and Terry never really perform for England cause they're actually no way near as good as people think. Biased I know, but I still think their comparitive club form backs me up. A final word on England's best players being crap. People whinge and whinge and whinge about Lampard and Gerrard together in a midfield. How is it always Lampard's fault? Why is it he, who is clearly not a centre mid and doesnt pretened to be, who should suffer to accomodate the most headless of all chickens? If England want to make any progress Saint Steven should be dropped until he learns how to actually play in midfield, which will be never I'd guess. Lampard should be allowed to play in his inimitable Lampardy way, with a pair of midfielders behind him who know how to defend. I've noticed this place brings out the rants in me, I'm not sure why. Frank Lampard's not a central midfielder? Not really, he's diabolical in a two man midfield. Put him behind the forward(s) and allow him to do his thing, and he'll always get you goals. if you partner him with some scouse pillock who overhits every second pass and whose idea of defending is to go in two footed and 3 seconds late then what can you expect? This is a very extreme and quite inaccurate comparison...but would you play Riquelme alongside Gerrard? My rationale was that Brown starts for United week in week out for a reason, your response was: "but John O'shea gets on the bench and Jesper Blomqvist played when Keane and Scholes were suspended!!!!!!" Stunning bit of logic that. Sod it, lets hear your genius directly, if Wes Brown isn't good enough for Newcastle United, why does Alex Ferguson play him for Manchester United? Heres a hint: its probably not because he says the word "hospikal." Welcome to the board. I'm sure everyone's going to love your 'Ferguson's word is law' style patter.

Good enough to start for the european champions though. The stick Brown gets never ceases to amaze me. Same with Rooney, both are great players for the best team around, yet apparently are s*** for England...think there might be a reason for that. O'Shea was on the bench too. I guess that makes him Beckenbauer Jesper Blomqvist - who? - started the 1999 final too. Stunning arguments these. What? Using the same rationale as you?

Good enough to start for the european champions though. The stick Brown gets never ceases to amaze me. Same with Rooney, both are great players for the best team around, yet apparently are shit for England...think there might be a reason for that. O'Shea was on the bench too. I guess that makes him Beckenbauer Jesper Blomqvist - who? - started the 1999 final too.

Is Capello Sam Allardyce in a disguise? Midfielders shoe-horned into positions and relying on lumping it up to the big men on corners and freekicks.

I see there's a new bar seat behind where I sit. Other than the magazine, what else do they get for their £17-19 extra each game? It's certainly not a better view.

That corner was Guthriesque

Beckham, Barry, Lampard, Gerrard, Lopsided much?

Brown isn't good enough for Newcastle, never mind England.

What about the over 16's/under 18's who pay for a full season ticket?

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You're mad.

Judging by the online ticket sales for Hull, we've sold fuck all season tickets. You can pick and choose where you sit. Available seats are white dots. I've had a look at my section, and there's a lot of white dots.

Didn't realise the seller would incur fees. Judging by the Villa website, it's 10%. The club expects you to pay for three years in advance and offer to buy back the games @ 90% their value? Greedy fuckers. I've gone and bought 12 season tickets on the strength of that idea. Balls.

This.

Sounds good. If it's implemented properly. Get a Barclaycard, buy about 4 season tickets, sell them all through this. Upshot - £2,000 loan interest free. Put the money in a high-interest account.

even though he's comfortably better than every single one of our defenders bar Coloccini Beye?

What's the point in starting a thread like this? An explanation would be nice.

Why shift Jonas for N'Zogbia? Apart from being inferior, he was angling for a move a couple of months ago. Sod him.