Ronaldo

Cos he anticipated getting £12m to spend on a better player(s)? Also would have triggered a fair amount of controversy if he hadn't, given that he'd said a few days earlier that he didn't want the guy to leave. In theory that works but it seems really strange to me that he'd compromise his principles like that in order to save face for the club and then walk out 3 days later because of those same principles

I really do wonder why Keegan said it was his decision to sell Milner.

takes me back to the last time we were in the second tier

How on earth do you know what the fans want? The Sun wants him out? He wants out? Just stop it man. Whilst other players are delcaring availability via the papers or distributing brochures at Ascot, he's made it clear himself and through his agent that he wants to stay. Has to count for something

yes, wishing thinking by The Sun, another ingenius post by Kasper

When has Martins implied that he wants to leave? It's all been paper nonsense with him

If we really want to keep him that badly, then we keep him, what's the big deal? We up his wage to £20,000 with the promise of jacking it up to £40,000 should we get promoted. If he keeps complaining, give him a slap. The club holds the cards here and I don't really see what the fuss is about

Ashley bought the club when it had just appointed a new manager that he didn't want. The club may be a more attractive proposition if the top job is left open. One of the consortiums may not want Shearer

If anyone deserves innocence until proven guilty it's Keegan man, honestly

we only have speculation to defend him with aswell. exactly. So let's give him the benfit of the doubt then instead of having these daft arguments everytime

so bad that's actually really entertaining

It's a shame that you're using nowt more than Speculation against the man

Kinnear made an excellent first impression on me but it was all downhill from there. Everytime he opened his mouth he embarrassed the club man. From claiming that Michael Owen 'was the best player at this club by far' to announcing that Joey Barton was being linked with 'every other murder in the UK'. Not to mention saying that no other manager 'had the arsehole for this job'

I agree. The unfinished business he spoke of 16 months ago was compounded by his exit in september and he'll probably be manager again within 2 years

Geremi and Smith were Ashley buys

The only thing I can imagine being an issue on the pitch would be swallowing your dentures. Have these people not heard of Polygrip? it probably happens everytime he tries to pronounce his own name

A poster on here nailed it a few weeks back when he pointed out that Edgar (at 22) has never represented Canada at senior level. The only other Canadian footballer past or present I can name is Craig Forrest

You do know we're talking about Bassong here?

Overpaid waste of space, get fucking rid

he's a risky man to appoint given his previous history, his fault or not

It never ends

He plays in the Russian second division and he's class?

Jenas to Villa? surely not

so why haven't they? if there is a player available, who has the potential to be better than adebayor,why haven't they taken a gamble on him? because he's s***. At newcastle he's played under Roeder, Allardyce, Keegan, Hughton, Kinnear and Shearer which one of them could of and had long enough to correct the faults in his game? Apparently none of them gave him one on one coaching ffs

hahahahahahaahahahahahahaha You are right very very right cannot argue at all.... Oba would put Adebayor to shame under the right management like s****. why hasn't ferguson, wenger, mourinho etc ever taken a gamble on him then if he can be better than adebayor? delusional man. adebayor is one of the best strikers in the world,martins will never,ever be as good as adebayor . Adebayorhouse is not one of the best strikers in the world man. Martins' major fault is his brain, a good manager would surely sort that out