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Huge shot in the foot this brochure business. He's turned himself into a bit of a joke now. A lot of negative publicity is what it has brought on if anything. Karma, karma, karma ...

I like Glenn Johnson, but he's the exact same player he's always been. Great going forward but a bit of a headcase defensively at times. Would be laughable if as rumours have suggested that he is going back to Chelsea.

Has Negredo moved? According to Hunter on SSN, it's 50m euros plus Negredo for Villa and Albiol. Aaah I see. Very good pickup for Valencia then. Good player.

Has Negredo moved?

Like when he backed Bobby with just Bowyer when we needed to push on when we had the chance, or go for his own choices like Carr over Miguel etc. Meh. Besides, what is the point of backing managers when the managers you pick are for the most part penny dreadfuls. Sorry, not having a go, just need to vent when there is a prospect of the fat man returning. Aye, just like when he backed Souness with Owen and Luque instead of Anelka and Boa Morte, who probably would have cost about £13.5m less!!. Didn't Sir Bobby also say (in his book) that Gary Speed was sold by Shepherd without his (SBR) knowledge - and he (FFS) even denied what he had lined up when confronted about it by SBR? Aye, wouldn't sanction a move for Carrick either so we got Nicky Butt. When all is said and done it all comes back full circle to Freddy Shepherd. If Butt never gets signed we never get relegated. What a freakin' thing that is. pretty foolish if you think it comes down to that. Aaaaaah shut your Face Butt lover! "i like big butts i can not lie"

The Carrick thing was in Robson's book too IIRC and Souness wasn't shy about telling the world how he was done over by Shepherd when it came to signing Anelka. I'd like to think Freddy is savvy enough to sue when he's being defamed. Souness wanted Anelka and Boa Morte. Shepherd brought in Owen and Luque. God help us ...

Like when he backed Bobby with just Bowyer when we needed to push on when we had the chance, or go for his own choices like Carr over Miguel etc. Meh. Besides, what is the point of backing managers when the managers you pick are for the most part penny dreadfuls. Sorry, not having a go, just need to vent when there is a prospect of the fat man returning. Aye, just like when he backed Souness with Owen and Luque instead of Anelka and Boa Morte, who probably would have cost about £13.5m less!!. Didn't Sir Bobby also say (in his book) that Gary Speed was sold by Shepherd without his (SBR) knowledge - and he (FFS) even denied what he had lined up when confronted about it by SBR? Aye, wouldn't sanction a move for Carrick either so we got Nicky Butt. When all is said and done it all comes back full circle to Freddy Shepherd. If Butt never gets signed we never get relegated. What a freakin' thing that is. pretty foolish if you think it comes down to that. Aaaaaah shut your Face Butt lover!

Like when he backed Bobby with just Bowyer when we needed to push on when we had the chance, or go for his own choices like Carr over Miguel etc. Meh. Besides, what is the point of backing managers when the managers you pick are for the most part penny dreadfuls. Sorry, not having a go, just need to vent when there is a prospect of the fat man returning. Aye, just like when he backed Souness with Owen and Luque instead of Anelka and Boa Morte, who probably would have cost about £13.5m less!!. Didn't Sir Bobby also say (in his book) that Gary Speed was sold by Shepherd without his (SBR) knowledge - and he (FFS) even denied what he had lined up when confronted about it by SBR? Aye, wouldn't sanction a move for Carrick either so we got Nicky Butt. When all is said and done it all comes back full circle to Freddy Shepherd. If Butt never gets signed we never get relegated. What a freakin' thing that is.

The only real positive I see at the moment is that both the Shepherd and Profitable groups want Shearer as manager. The one thing we can all be confident of is that Shearer completely has the clubs best interests at heart and he is a very very sensible person who will not settle for any crap. Take Shearer out of the equation though, and I am seriously struggling to get excited about either of the two groups tbh.

Wonder how excited we'll be when Freddy vetoes Shearer's move for Beckford and signs a free Lita instead without running it by Shearer. Sigh ...

As one of the articles said I think the interested parties are trying to haggle the price, and I think it might still be possible that the Profitable Group are interested at a lower price. It is clear now that the attempts to haggle the price was clearly what led to Ashley putting out that silly statement with the email address. It looks like the Profitable group have countered that by stating their plans which every supporter of the club would clearly be very pleased with, in order to pressure Ashley into accepting their lower offer. It's kinda how I see it anyway.

I don't think it's a big problem if they don't come in with ridiculous amounts of money, as long as they put something towards building the squad, which lest we forget Ashley hasn't actually managed since coming in with to his sell to buy ways. The fact they want to install Shearer as manager is a very good sign as Shearer has made it clear that he has a plan that will require investment and he is unwilling to budge on it. If they are willing to fund this then the signs are good.

Okay ... so I don't know how religious people on here are, but even if it's the only time you ever do it, say a prayer tonight! As someone has already said. If this happens relegation might have actually been worth it. I'm hopeful.

I think it's clear Fatso and his gang have a problem with the wages Shearer and his staff want and are trying to take advantage of Shearer's ties to the club and his desire to lead them out of this mess in order to try ang get him on the cheap. How else can you explain all the talk of Shearer being the best appointment to the sudden ignoring of him and talks of selling the club and all these rumours of high wage demands? Ashley really is a disgusting piece of work. He is very underhanded and completely clueless. How can he not realise that ultimately he will lose a hell of a lot more money if anyone other than Shearer is appointed in the current circumstances. It would be the final straw for many who will no longer be involved with the club until he is gone.

Will be joining Roma or Fiorentina by the end of the summer.

This is so sickening. I am scared to death of what the hell is going to become of the club now.

Bentley? Is the Milner experiment over already then?

Hoe do you work that out? New manager who likes to play football, they'll be more open and will get cut to pieces. Just my opinion like but we'll see. Actually, I think Wigan have just upgraded their manager and they will be better next season. Whelan must be ecstatic right now. Martinez will get them playing a more open sort of game and I could see the kind of success Fulham enjoyed this year. I don't think they will get ripped to shreds like West Brom did for example because they already have a solid set of defenders in place already, all of whom are premier league experienced.

Bruce will fail miserably. That is all.

Watching Revista de la Liga and like you said it's unbelievable how similar their situation is to ours. Big fanbase, 52,000 seater stadium, fanatical city, spent big money on overrated s****, they've been ran farcically by their owner, and they even had an inexperienced manager brought in with 10 games to go. That is weird ...

Incomplete ... because he will inevitably break down then take match after match to get match fit while claiming he IS match fit, and then he'll score a couple and everyone will say "I told you so" he just needed to get match fit. He will then inevitably break down then take match after match to get match fit while claiming he IS match fit, and then he'll score a couple and everyone will say "I told you so" he just needed to get match fit. He will then inevitably break down then take match after match to get match fit while claiming he IS match fit, and then he'll score a couple and everyone will say "I told you so" he just needed to get match fit ... (continue to repeat)

Yes but Owen is available for free and the Martins isn't. The question is whether Moyes is looking for freebies or looking to take his team to the next level. Owen might appear to be free but sign him up and the chairman isn't getting any other striker for Moyes this summer. So when Owen gets the measles, malaria, typhoid etc and misses all of preseason and then gets his standard knee knock here, ankle knock there and hamstring strain everywhere, and the team is no better off than it was last season because even when he plays he is never match fit, I bet the fans will feel like he is costing them a hell of a lot then. Owen will hold them back if anything and he is only getting older and more pathetic physically. Waste of money.

You would think so right. Beware the lure of the English player who can do know wrong unlike all those evil, diving foreigners.

It's so ironic isn't it ... We are now going to be forced to buy the sort of players many of us have been arguing we should be buying for a while now, the sorts we just didn't have enough of in our team i.e. young up and coming talent from the lower leagues rather than the top clubs older cast offs. I am looking forward to it immensely. All we need is for Shearer to be given the go ahead to do what he needs to and we are on our way to having a younger hungrier team we can really get behind. To see what the Lescott and Jagielka have become at Everton is just so demoralising. These players were considered by most to not be good enough for us back then just because they were championship players.

Initially maybe, but by the end of the season you'd be talking abouthow you robbed us. In that Everton team he would erupt. Would be an ideal setup for him. Unfortunately for you guys it appears your manager is more hung up on Owen.