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It's a pity that we're not looking to loan him out. He's got the attributes - I just think he needs more experience and playing in the Championship is ideal. Lovenkrands and isn't going to be about for much longer and Ranger would have hopefully progressed enough by that time to step in.

Pot 1: Spain, Netherlands, Germany, England, Portugal, Italy, Croatia, Norway, Greece Pot 2: France, Montenegro, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Slovenia, Turkey, Serbia, Slovakia Pot 3: Switzerland, Israel, Republic of Ireland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belarus, Ukraine, Hungary Pot 4: Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Georgia, Lithuania, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Austria, Poland Pot 5: Armenia, Estonia, Finland, Cyprus, Latvia, Moldova, FYR Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands Pot 6: Wales, Liechtenstein, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Malta, Andorra, San Marino

France Pot 2! It's possible for England, France, Wales, ROI and Scotland to be in the same group. Would love that.

Love this bit under Evra: Fluent in five languages and is currently learning Korean to help him chat more easily with teammate and friend Ji-sung Park.

Reminds of the Soccer AM slot they had on Boston United. Commentator saying things like 'a slapshot on the edge of the D, lead to a touchdown. 2 to zip to the pilgrims.'

Aye.

Bannon on the wing? I'm only looking at the line ups. Thought he was CM and strange with Albrighton on the bench. Got a fiver on you guys to win.

How much is it? (Can't access it at work)

£38m is the reported figure.

Aye, Marveaux on the left. It'd be interesting to see if Barton comes back to play on the right and if so, who will be first choice between Marveaux and Jonas.

But again, Ronaldinho is about pace and trickery. It's bound to go when in your latter stages. Scholes has never been about pace, his area is more his passing and his ability to read the game. Same with Giggs, he's not bombing down the wings beating players any more, but he's adapted his game because of his age.

Sad to think that we wouldn't sign a 32 year old Beardsley now because he wouldn't be worth much in 2 or 3 years. To be fair, a 32 years old player 10 years before is a lot from a 32 years old player now. Look at Joe Cole and Owen, you can't imagine a player can deteriorate so much when they just reach 30. You're comparing chalk and cheese though. Owen relies on his pace and Beardsley relies on his brain. It's the reason why Sheringham had been about for ages. Same with Scholes and Giggs.

It'd be superb if they just had their first names on, as does Jonas.

I'm not suggesting that Ben Arfa to be rushed back for the derby, but I can't remember the derbies being intense affairs on the pitch in recent years. I can't think of a horrible tackle that occurred in either game last season.

Seems like Dalglish doesn't think he needs one. Looks like Carragher and possibly Martin Kelly, as he's played in majority, if not all friendlies in his natural position. Also got Skrtel, Agger and Danny Wilson in that position.

Luke Edwards slags off Jose for speaking his mind, but then congratulations Barton on doing the same. Is there any difference? http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/5613/unledgrk.png

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I can see where he's coming from though - why should the first teamers get a plane over. Surely for team morale, it'd be better if all were on the ferry?

Aye, others can get a ticket for you, but from now on S/T holders will have to be careful who they get tickets for, as now when there's bother, the person whos name that ticket is in can be held accountable. . This has always been the case. Granted, but that's my point. NUFC want every away ticket holder to be accountable for their behaviour. General sale ticket holders aren't, other than by any police action. Neesy mentioned it before - you can do this, by creating a database on the cheap and having a record of all ticket buyers. Daft that supporters are being charged £20 odd to sign up for the service.

Can't afford it. Surprised their not on dinghies rowing over to Holland

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/4078/imag0608.jpg Got this from soccertriads.com for £19 (£2 extra for lettering). They've got a problem through google checkout when I ordered, so you don't get charged for delivery. Looks great, but I'm not sure if there are differences between the official one until I compare the two.

Smith should be done for fraud - for imitating a football player.

Work Visa been knocked back too. BRRAAAPP!!

Has there been no offers for him?

William Hill are offering 7/2 on Zog coming to us. Worth a punt Baggio?