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Mort is a sensible guy and he handles all the transfer dealings. I don't think we'll become the next Chelsea or anything. I really hope we don't anyway. That would be quite dissapointing.

also they need to fund the deal for alves because the downing deal is not as likely as earlier thought Yup. They're struggling to raise funds for their targets, so we migth take advantage.

Wheater has been really good for them and Huth is back to full fitness so I guess something's got to give. I imgaine one of Huth or Woodgate might be available.

I don't understand where you are going with this? You think when they got to "where they learnt their trade" they had never seen a ball before? Get real.

Justin Hoyte will do that to you ...

Julio is faster and more athletic too, so yeah, I would roll with Bap over Ashton too. Owen is already pretty slow and unathletic at this stage of his career. He needs some va va voom up there with him.

I know ... not as good as England's Phil Neville, Alan Smith and Michael Dawson though.

Spurs ITKs and their bollocks claims that everyone in the world wants to sign for them, and the only reason they don't is because someone else gave them a billion more in hard cash. Therefore these players are really mercenaries and they never really wanted them anyway.

You sir are quite the ignoramus. I can see where your trying to go, but don't go there! Africa has some very gifted technical players. Kanu? Okocha? Eto'o? Kanoute? Yaya Toure? Drogba? ADebayor? Kolo Toure? Not to mention the majority of the French squad!!! Get out of town pal!

It's how the game ought to be played. Good, hard tackling, but without being malicous.

I just saw we had been linked with Baptista and so I wanted to talk about him a bit and I just read the last post and almost choked to death it made me laugh so much! Adebayor the next Ameobi?!!! How bad does that look now? The last post is basically the reason I think Baptista is worth a punt. He needed more time at Arsenal and a run of more games, but it was difficult for him with the strikers and midfielders they had there, especially as he was on loan. I don't think Wenger really committed fully to getting him involved. I think he would be brilliant for us in the original role he played at Sevilla, where he was awesome, as the second striker in a 4-4-1-1. If we could play him just behind Owen it could be brilliant. He has the presence, power and pace that we need upfront, and with Keegan in charge he will be particularly effective, as the ball will be played on the ground, because despite his physique, he isn't a lump it up to him sort. His game would also allow Owen to stay further up the pitch and finish things up in the box without having to drop back and get involved in general play as much, this is because Baptista tends to drop deeper and get involved in play more. Don't believe the hype about him not liking the weather and all that. He was just a bit dissapointed Arsenal decided not to keep him and was looking for excuses. Keegan will be able to give him the confidence to get his game back to where it was at Sevilla, and with Cacapa here he will at least have a fellow brazilian to samba with, you dig. I'm all for this, and I would love us to try to make a move for him. Shola out and Julio Baptista in. So who is with me on this?

Owen is a small, shorter striker, who doesn't really drop back much to get involved in play. Therefore we really should be looking to partner him with a bigger stronger striker who drops into "the hole" and gets involved in play a lot more, and who can hold the ball up and link up play effectively. Ashton is really good at this and he also scores goals. The main problem with pairing up Owen and Ashton is the fact that our two strikers will lack real pace. However if we play a pair of really pacy direct wingers and two quality attacking fullbacks who get into dangerous positions, and supply good balls into the box, then it wouldn't be as much of a problem. Lets see how it goes.

One good game from Jenas and we should want him back? Bollocks mate, the goldfish bowl is in the lads head and he'll never be a top player.. Amen brother man, AMEN!!! No more Jenas loving! This is driving me insane. One game and we want him back?! (Not to mention I didn't notice him once other than the goal and the pass across at the end!) Get the heck out of town with that mess!

Agent blatantly used our name for contract negotiations. Same deal with Dunne too. We definitely weren't after either of them.

Are people trying to imply Jenas is a great player now?! Please get a hold of your emotions and stop getting over excited If they gave him back right now for free I would pass. Don't you dare go there. He is absolutely rubbish, so don't even bother. End of story.

Theres been a lot of hype around Zidan for a little while now, but he's never been picked up by any significantly bigger clubs. I know he's got a bit of a reputation for throwng the odd tantrum and stuff, but he really does look an exciting player.

Sissoko is eerily similar to Amdy Faye so be careful what you wish for. He works on a team surrounded by more technical players otherwise steer well clear.

Is Garay good on the ball? i.e. a ball playing type of centre back? Because we could do with one of those if we bring a centre back in.

Cool. Well I guess we'll see what happens. I'd be surprised about Jesus Navas because he's got serious issues when it comes to being away from home. He has violent anxiety attacks and stuff.

Not surprised at all - watched the recording, and they played as well as any team I've seen play Liverpool at Anfield ; very competitive, always after the second ball(one of our biggest failings) and very unlucky not to have won - are all the knockers ready to surrender about MON yet !?? STILL think Allardyce is better !!..... I thought we played as poorly as we have all season in the first half last night, but were much better in the second. One thing I love is that we've got incredible team spirit. I never think we're going to lose matches, and I don't think the players do either. If we can strengthen in this window then Europe could be on. We have now only lost one away match since February 2007 - if we avoid defeat at Fulham on Feb 3rd, that will be one away loss in an entire year. Impressive. Considering the fact that you didn't have your best player Barry, I thought it was an incredible performance. Especially as Petrov wasn't all that great. Petrov could be so much better if he would just do things a tad quicker and not linger on the ball for that extra second. I think you guys would have done even better if you had put Gardener in the middle at some point and replaced Petrov with Maloney. Maloney didn't even come on though. Can't believe MON is till fumbling around in the transfer market You guys could be so much better if he just made some moves.

On the cards? Where did you hear this?

Beckham in centre midfield, why not? I could see it happening, but convincing the Yanks would be a problem.

Riise is one of many Liverpool players who has struggled for consistency of late as Rafa has rotated him to death. Still only 27 and I think a change of scenery would be good for him. We only have one left back at the club and therefore Riise would be a good addition.

Riise taking all our set pieces alone will make us twice the team we are.

Just been having a conversation about Gerrard along these lines. I don't think he does enough with the ball at his feet. Doesn't go past people enough and only really drives forward witht he ball if he gets it on a counter attack. Other than that he plays too many long passes and passes the ball off to quickly, too often for my liking. Still a top player mind you ... but certainly not in the same bracket as the type of players you have mentioned.