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Better deal for Villa if true. Surely Barry is worth more than £10million? Load of s**** this story. I know the fee we're going to tell them we want has been decided (not playing the ITK card, but don't ask, I can't divulge) and it is a much bigger package than that. Good for you! Liverpool takes the piss with what they ask for their players so take them to the cleaners.

I think we will sign Turam, Sahin and Deryidok. Turkish revolution this summer.

Can Gala afford not to sell him though? Have they got a decent amount of money anyway and therefore feel they can afford to wait till after the tournament? What happens if he doesn't play well, or if he gets injured? Is that a risk they can truly afford to take. Even Modric was sold before the tourney, and considering the hype around him and the potential he had to attract bigger clubs after a good tourney, it was a risk his former club weren't willing to take. We shall see soon enough.

Gala are playing a dangerous game and I think we are right to call their bluff. If they are in really in need of money as has been alluded to by some familiar with the club, then can they really afford to wait till after the Euros? If anything goes awry with Turan during the tournament either no one will buy him, or the bids for him will be much lower, which would be a big blow for them. After the Euros they will also have a lot less time to pursue their targets which a large chunk of the Turan transfer fee will surely go towards. I think we hold all the cards in this one and are going about things the right way, if we are truly in for him.

Who? Derdiyok is the young Swiss striker with Turkish heritage I believe. He was the one who came on and scored against England in the friendly. He's a big target man who is supposed to be very talented. Would be a shrewd signing for that price.

Villa and Keane would be a bit lightweight upfront wouldn't it? Doesn't at all sound like a bright idea.

I remember when we hired Sam and the Bolton fan came on here warning us about the kind of football he would play as well as the kind of players he would bring in and prefer in the starting lineup ... we dismissed him as being a bitter fan who was angry because we had nicked their manager. We were all clinging on to the hope that things would be different now Allardyce had a chance with a richer club. Those 76 will soon learn the hard way, just like we did.

Good. More chance of us going for a more mobile target man then, Crouch and Bent are two that come to mind. Crouch more mobile than Ashton?!!! That just rendered your statement null and void.

Heneage ... The thing is though, the player certainly has ability but Dortmund didn't quite give him the opportunities, especially as they bought a bunch of established players last summer. In a way it's similar to Bentley's situation. Not enough opportunities at Arsenal, goes to a not very good team in Norwich and does okayish, but then gets a chance at a decent team at Blackburn and hey presto! So isn't it possible Sahin having not got enough opportunities at Dortmund, and having done okayisj at an average team like Feyenoord could then flourish at Newcastle? The guy is only 19 years old. He would be well worth it and if not the Turkish clubs would always pay good money for him should we need to move him on.

Hmmmm ... wonder if they'll keep Sheva? Ancelotti did get the best out of him at AC.

Hasn't Ancelotti been a bit pants at Milan lately? Very odd that they are pursuing him so much. Just rmembered how well he has done in the champions league lately. Makes more sense now.

Have you never hear dof Crouch, Ashton or Darren Bent then? Cuz we've been linke with them too. Think the players you haven't heard of are probably better players on the whole so don't worry about it too much.

Well if the French don't think much of us we'll sign good players from other countries. Just chill out and be patient. If we sign crappy players and have a rubbish summer then we can all moan as much as we want then. We've heard what you think and it's all getting a bit repetitive now, so tak eit easy.

How has he not lived up to his potential exactly? He has been one of Feyenoord's better players at 19 and Feyenoord would loved to have kept him on. Out of interest ... what role did he play for Feyenoord? He seems to be quite versatile as I understand he can play as an attacking midfielder as well as a defensive midfielder, which would be great for our 4-3-3 setup. What formation did Feyenoord play this last season and what position did Sahin fill in their formation?

Exactly. Good to hear more and more fans are as realistic as me. Bet you're a blast in the pub before the match. Well if you'd ever been like. Oh he's been to plenty, at the stadium of s****. typical. denial are we?? I'm certainly not denial no.. mackems.gif hope so for your sake from more disappointment When we go through a s*** spell are you happy or sad? Of course i am down... you would not want to be near me after we lost a match or played crap. But these days i am much calmer after finally acknowledging and recognising the fact that my expectation of the team (we are a top 6 club at least and that we are famous n big club) is simply unrealistic. After seeing the crapness after the Sir Bobby days, I become more and more upset cos i know we have really fallen behind our previous lesser rivals like Everton, Pompey and Spurs. I am perhaps one of the few who predict days of mediorcity when players like Dyer, Bells, Robert left and the retirement of Shearer cos i know these are the best we can have. People rave abt the new coming ins like Duff but i got stick saying we will be in for a relegtion scrap this season but was called names for this view; I was more right. In any case, my upset turns to reasoning and finally acceptance that if i am not going to get disappointed i must face the truth. So i was delighted with our final position this season and performance in the last few games, even then, i am realistic of my expectation next season if no added quality players are made. Also, i was constantly upset by jokes from mates then, that i think my club is big and has a good squad. Finally, i understand our standing in the game has fallen and do not expect big names unless they are in twillight of their years whats more now, we are not spending due to wage cost pressures. As such, i face the truth that getting back into Europe and become more famous is at least 5-10 years away cos in simple terms, even if we add 3 or 4 good players this seasons, our rivals are likey to do the same to already superior squads than ours. We can of course do a Chelsea and buy big and pay big, signalling our ambition and thus attract more and better players but this is impossible under the buiness oriented Mike Ashley. So my expectations has changed to a more realistic one. I am given stick but just as irritated that these fans are deluded and asking for the impossible which will lead to disappointment and a hostile and unhappy crowd which thus lead to pressure on the squad. Would it not be better if we can create a vibrant and more suppotive crowd at St James if we lower our expectations or become more realistic? Would it not be that we wll be happy if we overahieve our realistic expectation and finish in the top 10 rather than moan and swear, creating a unpleasant environment for players and fans alike? I for one, do not expect any rising star/star signings but maybe a few unknowns who perhaps can surprise us, in fact i expect more departures to keep the wage bill down but hopefully that man is not Martins as i feel he is the only few top 6 quality player we have who also seem want to play for us. So what do you think our overall potential is? Why dont you speak about our club in terms of its potential rather than its current standings? fact is football is about now and potential is subjective. we have been talking about the same old potential for ages. Totally understable why KK wants better and more experienced players. just look at Chelsea years ago, what potential they have? nought and suddenly bang! they are champs. We are arguably more famous than Chelsea then and have more potenial; we have been talking abt this potential but since then have fallen. Look at Pompey spend big and suddenly they have the FA cup. Football players know that their version of potential is 2-3 years max (am sure Shearer joined us thinking we are to win something in that timeframe) and time again we disppoint and recently get worse, players reaching their peak will most likely join us unless we are the one in the running for his signature. Anyone will agree that we are at least 5 years away from Europe and silverware which by then, new blood has to be brought in as our gems in Martins and Owen (if they stay) will decline as age catches up aka Shearer scenario....looks like a vicious cycle of medoricity. In 5 years time our standing will be even worse if things do not improve and to get players like Martins and Owen will be even tougher. hope i am wrong, hope the board back KK in summer..... I hope you stop smoking crack this summer. dun worry, already accepted our current plight ages ago, not expecting any star signings but bargain buys so would not drown my sorrow in smoke or drinks. thanks btw Why not stop being so defeatist until we sign someone? I personally think we are all in for a pleasant surprise.

Exactly. Good to hear more and more fans are as realistic as me. Bet you're a blast in the pub before the match. Well if you'd ever been like. Oh he's been to plenty, at the stadium of s****. typical. denial are we?? I'm certainly not denial no.. mackems.gif hope so for your sake from more disappointment When we go through a s*** spell are you happy or sad? Of course i am down... you would not want to be near me after we lost a match or played crap. But these days i am much calmer after finally acknowledging and recognising the fact that my expectation of the team (we are a top 6 club at least and that we are famous n big club) is simply unrealistic. After seeing the crapness after the Sir Bobby days, I become more and more upset cos i know we have really fallen behind our previous lesser rivals like Everton, Pompey and Spurs. I am perhaps one of the few who predict days of mediorcity when players like Dyer, Bells, Robert left and the retirement of Shearer cos i know these are the best we can have. People rave abt the new coming ins like Duff but i got stick saying we will be in for a relegtion scrap this season but was called names for this view; I was more right. In any case, my upset turns to reasoning and finally acceptance that if i am not going to get disappointed i must face the truth. So i was delighted with our final position this season and performance in the last few games, even then, i am realistic of my expectation next season if no added quality players are made. Also, i was constantly upset by jokes from mates then, that i think my club is big and has a good squad. Finally, i understand our standing in the game has fallen and do not expect big names unless they are in twillight of their years whats more now, we are not spending due to wage cost pressures. As such, i face the truth that getting back into Europe and become more famous is at least 5-10 years away cos in simple terms, even if we add 3 or 4 good players this seasons, our rivals are likey to do the same to already superior squads than ours. We can of course do a Chelsea and buy big and pay big, signalling our ambition and thus attract more and better players but this is impossible under the buiness oriented Mike Ashley. So my expectations has changed to a more realistic one. I am given stick but just as irritated that these fans are deluded and asking for the impossible which will lead to disappointment and a hostile and unhappy crowd which thus lead to pressure on the squad. Would it not be better if we can create a vibrant and more suppotive crowd at St James if we lower our expectations or become more realistic? Would it not be that we wll be happy if we overahieve our realistic expectation and finish in the top 10 rather than moan and swear, creating a unpleasant environment for players and fans alike? I for one, do not expect any rising star/star signings but maybe a few unknowns who perhaps can surprise us, in fact i expect more departures to keep the wage bill down but hopefully that man is not Martins as i feel he is the only few top 6 quality player we have who also seem want to play for us. So what do you think our overall potential is? Why dont you speak about our club in terms of its potential rather than its current standings? fact is football is about now and potential is subjective. we have been talking about the same old potential for ages. Totally understable why KK wants better and more experienced players. just look at Chelsea years ago, what potential they have? nought and suddenly bang! they are champs. We are arguably more famous than Chelsea then and have more potenial; we have been talking abt this potential but since then have fallen. Look at Pompey spend big and suddenly they have the FA cup. Football players know that their version of potential is 2-3 years max (am sure Shearer joined us thinking we are to win something in that timeframe) and time again we disppoint and recently get worse, players reaching their peak will most likely join us unless we are the one in the running for his signature. Anyone will agree that we are at least 5 years away from Europe and silverware which by then, new blood has to be brought in as our gems in Martins and Owen (if they stay) will decline as age catches up aka Shearer scenario....looks like a vicious cycle of medoricity. In 5 years time our standing will be even worse if things do not improve and to get players like Martins and Owen will be even tougher. hope i am wrong, hope the board back KK in summer..... I hope you stop smoking crack this summer.

The itk guy says it 3 players to be done by the end of the week. Dos santos is near enough certain to be one, the guy says the other guy either plays for portugal or plays in portugal, and the 3rd is probably Bostock but people still havnt clocked on yet. There are a number of options bubbling away. Bostock has already had an official announcement of sorts so I would discount him as one of the 3 if there are going to be simultaneous announcements for 3 players. If there are 3 deals coming to fruition they could be announced on Friday as at the weekend Levy and Alexander (the Company Secretary) depart for annual vacations. BTW, I've got considerable doubts that Veloso will be one of the three, if indeed there are three. Veloso would be just about the worst sort of defensive midfielder you could possibly sign so it would probably be a good thing if you didn't for your sake of course. You need a real destroyer sort for that midfield but oddly enough it doesn't seem you have been linked with too many. Your midfield is still too soft in my opinion. Zokora and Huddlestone are just not effective enough as DMs in a 4-4-2.

Well I think he is at least a better option than Turan. He's probably stagnated a bit, but he is young enough to bounce back for sure. Aslo very experienced for his age and has been in europe all his career so will be well adjusted. Will also be cheaper than Turan.

Assuming this article is true ... Turning down a 25 million euro offer for Cardozo makes no sense. It really does seem to me to be an excellent offer for someone they paid about 10 million Euros for only a year ago? They probably didn't like the way our payment was structured, maybe if we adjust this there could still be hope. I think he would do well in the premier league.

Wow! That is a huge offer! I can't believe they turned it down. Don't really think we ought to offer more than that. It is a very fair offer. Thats a real shame they turned it down as he would be a great option to replace Viduka. Very good, young and talented target man striker is Cardozo.

Look at that smirk. He got us bad. That just infuriates me.

Well hopefully this means we have someone lined up to come in soon to replace Mr. Belozoglu. Massive dissapointment was Emre, because he had genuine ability. Pretty disgraceful effort from him overall.

I understand where you're coming from, but taking his injury history into account we have to sell while we can. Cut our losses and get his wages off of our books. If he gets injured yet again during the tourney we'll never be rid of him.

We do need another very quick striker as Martins is the only one we have really. I wonder if he would be more of a depth signing or if Keegan sees him fitting in somewhere in the starting lineup.

Spill the beans Parky. What have you heard?