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There is no weak link in that defence! The Geordie John Terry will come good now he's lost a couple of stone, we'll see.

Watched the end of season DVD again last night, Jonas plays a significant part in a load of our goals.

Didn't know any of that. Guess we won't be buying him then.

Wish we'd had benarfaNUFC on the case before we signed Pancrate.

Yeah, also he's knackered after beating so many players.

They're basically the same really, except Barton will be more comfortable. Which is fine.

Yep, with Jonas starting ahead of Marveaux at first - problem is that Barton might not work in the A N Other position.

Cabaye was 52, dunno if that's been mentioned. Maybe it's just me being weird, but i have this recurring daydream where Ben Arfa hammers a 35 yard back heel into the top corner against the mackems, due to his leg being on the wrong way round. Maybe!

I think Jonas will definitely play a few games on the right.

Is he debating the NOTW situation?

Spot on IMO Zero, the problem with our existing strikers is that nobody with half a brain would spend money to take them.

I thought Smith was a good signing. That doesn't surprise me. Ha ha, fair play.

Are you still thinking about putting that bet on? Definitely, if I ever get into a bookies and ask for a price.. what do you reckon it might be 10-1, 8-1? I reckon something like 25-1? Reason being that he's just come back from injury? Might make my first dabble in football betting if that's true.

Just pictured an ambulance crew trying to remove a mobile from a blokes rectum. Rectum.

Yeah, that's all probably possible. We already tried to sign Gameiro for a pretty decent fee, so it's not out of the question IMO.

In the next half hour we'll find out Joey assaulted the guy and is back inside.

Surely Zoggy must be sick of being the only talented player in the team? Don't join Villa Charlie boy!

8 quality signings in a summer would be pretty impressive like.

Is this one of the questions you ask where you already know the answer? No. Ah right, fair enough It's not good FWIW.

Same, would be nice for something to trigger some developments.

Is this one of the questions you ask where you already know the answer?

seriously ian, seriously? taking devils advocate to the extreme here like I'm not saying we shouldn't spend anything, but wouldn't using some of the money to shore up other aspects of our finances be a good idea?

Fair point Dave, the Carroll sale was an unexpected boost to the cash flow. But on the other hand, £35m quid doesn't completely transform the picture of the club's finances. You could equally argue that spending it all on transfers now would be a reckless way to manage the club. If the right players are available at affordable prices, obviously I agree we should be spending

I hadn't noticed the lighter diagonal lines before, that's a nice touch.