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We've heard this all before when Houllier brought in a load of youngsters... And if the rest of them are as bad as the Levski Sofia goalie they signed then they'll have trouble playing for Blackpool, nevermind Liverpool

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Hopefully we'll go in for him now at a more sensible price. He's not worth £6/7m. I'll cry if we sign that useless twat Alan Smith instead.

Bit plain no trim or anything! There's a thin white stripe right down the centre on the back Looks wank.

He's terrible at right back and a bit dodgy at defensive midfield as well. PLay him in his proper position and he's class. Anywhere else and he struggles.

No chance I don't think he would turn down Arsenal to sign a 5 year deal only to leave for Newcastle once we qualify for Europe and he sets a personal appearance record.

Yeah, sorry. I meant Justin. Isn't Gavin a centre back anyway?

Chelsea v Arsenal?! Hahahahaha How clueless.

I reckon they might make Sagna first choice RB with Eboue pushed up to the wing. Going forward he's great but he is suspect defensively and play acts way too much for a defender for my liking. I'd be surprised if Sagna wasn't made of tougher stuff. Gavin Hoyte could be available? Not a "top class" player but young and a lot better than Carr.

Lets wait until we actually make a signing. Or five. Hopefully.

No chance. It makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. That roar after the initial drumbeat. That's what it's all about.

Yeah, the theme does my head in. Atmosphere killer. Z Cars just isn't the same now when it gets cut off after 30 seconds when the players have barely set foot on the pitch.

Wouldn't be suprised if we were after him. There's no rumours but he seems a very Moyes-like signing with his versatility, he also made a comment about players from the top 4 at the start of the summer and if he's free then that's great because we're supposedly skint.

:lol: What a load of rubbish! Jesus christ. It sounds like a gay 90's telly theme tune.

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Outscored your record signing tbh. Not in the league he never. He also never played for half the season 80% fit with a niggling injury. Anyway, it's not justa bout goals which is the main point of what I was saying. Martins all round game is poor. If you think Johnson's work rate and link up play doesn't mean he contributes a lot more to a team than Martins does then you're mistaken imo.

If we don't make a few good quality signings and also get a few squad players there's no chance we'll finish in the European spots this time round. Our squad, the smallest in the Premiership, has actually got smaller since the season ended and there isn't a sniff of any signings being made. Nearly everyone we're linked with is fucking bollocks as well.

I can't believe Wenger would want Martins No offence to you lot but he's absolutely f****** gash imo, the idea you would make a profit on him is a bit crazy. His first touch is non-existant, his attitude is questionable, crap movement & he contributes nothing off the ball. Apart from the occasional scarily powerful shot and his pace every other element of his game is poor. If I was Allardyce I'd snap off the hand of anyone that offers you more than you paid

He's not that bad a player, looks pretty good in the SPL but then again Davey Weir looks even better than him and his last two seasons in the Premiership for us were terrible.

Correct, McSheffrey plays wide, Forsell's knees are f*****, and even Spudface Bruce must know Campbell belongs in the lower leagues. Which is where they'll be again after next season, thankfully. I don't understand why Birmingham signed Forsell. After rejecting them and failing a medical with us they then go back for him. Muppets.

People seem to be struggling with this. and the size of the club is down to their fan base. Half of the teams people have posted are way off. Man Utd Liverpool Newcastle Arsenal Chelsea West Ham Spurs Everton Villa Man City Sunderland Blackburn Fulham Boro Bolton Portsmouth Birmingham Derby Reading Wigan That's a complete guess of the clubs fan bases. So Everton get bigger home crowds and have WAY more away numbers than West Ham because...? West Ham should be below Sunderland on your list

The price is £12m. The £6m or 9m euros is for Benfica's 50%. A consortium owns the other half.

They're supposed to be signing Yaya Toure within the next few days so I would expect him to be there instead of Albelda. Although even Toure isn't strictly a DM. He likes to get forward a bit too, more Essien than Makelele.

Liverpool should have just kept him instead of spending money on Sissoko. Diarra is just as good. Benitez probably got rid of him just because he was a Houllier buy and brought his own man in. Cutting his nose off to spite his face at the bargain price of £6m. Then he cries poverty to the media.

He was a teenager that played in the reserves at that point, don't think he kickeda ball in thePremiership. He was also in Bayern Munich's youth system before that. Good player.