Dr Venkman

Playing the man who has the most assists (guessing) for us last season is an absolute farce? Geremi's never going to set the world alight but he's no Smith. I'm not going to deny Geremi has a good delivery, he probably has the best in our team. But he in no way should be starting on our right wing. He has zero pace, can't beat a man and due to his lack of pace has problems tracking back when opponents break quickly, leaving Beye badly exposed. My piont is Milner should have never been sold if we weren't going to buy a replacement. Why are you ignoring Geremi being a better player than Milner. There is also an arguement that Jonas was bought as Milner's replacement as he plays on the right wing. Seriously, f*** off. You must still be pissed if you think Geremi is a better player than Milner. My piont is also even if Jonas was brought in to play on the right, with our squad being so small he'll end playing on the left a fair bit. Geremi is a better player than Milner. He scores more and he creates more despite being older and slower. Milner has scored 11 goals in 136 appearances for fuck's sake and is the worst crosser of a ball i've ever seen. FACT

i've just laid £17 at 1.8, thanks daily mail

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i've been saying all day i reckon well sign a few and not announce it for ages, i wouldnt be too dis-heartened that david craig hasnt got any 'exclusives' for us

someone should tell man city to spend their day putting in bids for players that actually want to join them, they'll end up with no-one having just sold one of their best players, unless they're gonna bid 1 billion for the premier league tomorrow and open the transfer window again

mask was fucking brilliant

ssn already setting up the CRISIS IN TOON AS ASHLEY SELLS BARTON BEHIND KEEGANS BACK story line

as much as i admire and share your optimism, i have a feeling they wont bother announcing anything until the night before the hull game

where have they got this idiot reporting in manchester from on ssn? he's not even convincing, you can tell he's making it up off the top of his head

Yes but we've only signed 2 today, the other 4 don't count. They count but when you've got a squad as small as ours, we need more, a fuking lot more, or are you happy with the size of our squad? You like things little? Assuming the Xisco deal is sealed, the size of our squad is acceptable and in line with those of our competitors. I was hoping for more than a relegation fight. Yet you still want to sell Owen with little chance of replacing him? Crazy. I'd rather sell him now than let him walk away for free. Yes am totally fuking mad. Tit. why?

Starting to think not. Was optimistic a few hours ago, but its died off now, reckon thats it, if so, a very poor summer which could have been so much better. Still a load of shite on the books that we need to get rid of, sounds daft but i'd be happy if a couple more players had left, even if they were not replaced. would you be more satisfied if we sold owen today? More satisfied if Ameobi & Smith were sold without being replaced. If Owen doesn't sign a new deal, then yes, i'd like to have seen him leave as well, because its twitchy bum time when it get to January and European clubs start to look at pre-contracting Owen. I'm sure you'd be more satisfied to keep him for a season and let him go for free? I'd rather keep him and let him go for free next year, yeah. I would hope that we wouldn't require his transfer fee in order to replace him. He's much more valuable to us this season as a player than he is as £8m £8m fee & £5m wages and at any moment one injury away from another missed season. Love your thinking. IF IF IF IF IF More valuable to us NOW than the money would be. If you can guarantee a replacement coming in today (who wouldn't get injured for the entire season, and would be a goalscorer in the premiership) I'll agree with you. The bigger IF is IF he doesn't get injured this season, even bigger than that is IF he signs on again. name a player we can get for 8 million with as good a record in the premiership, tonight, and try not to mention injuries because anyone can get injured.

Starting to think not. Was optimistic a few hours ago, but its died off now, reckon thats it, if so, a very poor summer which could have been so much better. Still a load of shite on the books that we need to get rid of, sounds daft but i'd be happy if a couple more players had left, even if they were not replaced. would you be more satisfied if we sold owen today? More satisfied if Ameobi & Smith were sold without being replaced. If Owen doesn't sign a new deal, then yes, i'd like to have seen him leave as well, because its twitchy bum time when it get to January and European clubs start to look at pre-contracting Owen. I'm sure you'd be more satisfied to keep him for a season and let him go for free? I'd rather keep him and let him go for free next year, yeah. I would hope that we wouldn't require his transfer fee in order to replace him. He's much more valuable to us this season as a player than he is as £8m £8m fee & £5m wages and at any moment one injury away from another missed season. Love your thinking. and any player we bring in to replace him is any different? apart from there's no guarantee that they will score if fit. owen's about as close to a guarantee of goals as you can get

Starting to think not. Was optimistic a few hours ago, but its died off now, reckon thats it, if so, a very poor summer which could have been so much better. Still a load of shite on the books that we need to get rid of, sounds daft but i'd be happy if a couple more players had left, even if they were not replaced. would you be more satisfied if we sold owen today? More satisfied if Ameobi & Smith were sold without being replaced. If Owen doesn't sign a new deal, then yes, i'd like to have seen him leave as well, because its twitchy bum time when it get to January and European clubs start to look at pre-contracting Owen. I'm sure you'd be more satisfied to keep him for a season and let him go for free? i'm satisfied as long as kk gets to deal with the situation as he sees fit, if owen went today i'd expect a replacement for him today, as he's the only person scoring at the minute while martins and viduka are injured

Starting to think not. Was optimistic a few hours ago, but its died off now, reckon thats it, if so, a very poor summer which could have been so much better. Still a load of shite on the books that we need to get rid of, sounds daft but i'd be happy if a couple more players had left, even if they were not replaced. would you be more satisfied if we sold owen today?

replace berbatov with heskey = top 4

we might have, and a lot of things can happen in a year, he might love it here and decide to stay, he might be shit and we might not want to buy him, you're worrying about nothing imo

why the fuck would berbatov go to city? and why the fuck would city want him when he'd be sulking like a kid if they didnt agree to sell him to man u before midnight

he's in the last year of his contract and hasnt signed a new deal, so its another easy story to write. i'm not saying he'll 100% stay and sign, but everton are just about sign saha, would they pay him that much? would he even want to go there? those two apply to man city too

ssn spanish reporter saying no-one knew anything about the deal in spain, and that the player is big, strong, quick and got bags of potential but didnt get enough games at depor

i'm happy for him to play in the hole, which means butt still plays, as long as butt is briefed that under no circumstances is he ever to try and pass more than 5 yards, win it, and give it to the lads who can actually pass

it looks that way, as i said earlier in the thread, its just a youtube vid, but he does look quality, driving attacking mid

haha, love that. to be honest mate i think the 12 million numbed the pain, 6 million would've seen it totally numbed, but twice as much as he's worth made me completely numb from head to toe. watching him do slow motion step overs, running slowly and crossing and finishing badly for villa for the rest of the season should see me in a constant state of numbness alright

does anyone think that even if we do sign 5 players today, the club will take their time confirming the signings anyway? there's gonna be some tired heads at work tomorrow

Those three would concern me (know nowt about the others but their circumstances are lower risk), but I trust KK. pretty much my thoughts exactly, i doubt very much there's anything in the heskey talk, apart from its an easy story to write

'ffs we just lost our #1 striker!!' @kaka, no worries mate, it was me getting excited there, i thought there was another deal in the pipe line