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Going home now, hopefully by the time I get there we'll have wrapped up this deal. Or at least reached page 300.

They might have very different ideas about what is 'suitable', or an attacking midfielder might be considered more valuable to the club at the moment.

He just needs to get a Mourinho-style suit and he's sorted.

I would be more worried than happy if the club was sold again... strange but true.

Most of our games are going to be like this I guess, some surprising wins and some surprising defeats. Hard to call. I'd be content with any points, keep us ahead of the curve for the season.

We need to slow down posting so he signs on page 300, take a break people.

Experience for young players is only valuable if it somehow simulates the first-team experience IMO. Last night was just like another reserve game for them, surely?

Bellisimo.

Nah. They need a couple more seniors in the team in my opinion. Helps the young ones perform better... I agree with this, it's great to give the youngsters a run out but the performance was very disjointed at times.

They're both cowboys and wheeler-dealers, Ashley has just gone for the nuclear option to sort things out. Bear in mind it's Taylor's agent that is saying he's "devastated", not the player himself.

Stop getting my hopes up man!

Pretty funny interview. No dice Burton. Is it online anywhere? http://www.skysports.com/video/clips/0,23791,16556_6337943,00.html Cheers, I always forget about that Sky Sports site.

Don't think you could say Taylor is fourth choice. He's arguably our best CB when fit... Colo has a terrible season in the prem in his recent CV, Campbell is ageing and Williamson looks good but has a lot to prove. I don't want us to break our wage structure for Taylor, but I'd rather keep him than sell him still.

Pretty funny interview. No dice Burton. Is it online anywhere?

Piano and a bit of guitar. Think he's only grade 3 on that though.

I don't want to believe this is possible TBH, just try to wait and see.

Aye, totally. They could write a book on the amount of shit players we've signed for big money. Can't argue with that. I fell sorry for journos in a way, so much airtime and column inches to fill, 24 hours a day now. No surprise they can't fill them with quality.

Don't think Tomasson should be there, he only cost £2.5m.

Is that true? Fucking hell, interesting stat that. I don't actually place that much blame on Smith. Even if he is shit, he always gives 100%. It's the likes of Duff and Owen I'd like to inflict pain on. Like when he hides in the defence and doesn't track any runs? Just because he fancies a tackle or two doesn't mean he's really giving 100%. He did the exact opposite of that in the Aston Villa match and was 10x better than usual as a result. I agree with the Villa comment, I would much prefer if he always played like that. All I was saying was that I think he's a hard worker who cares about the team, I still believe that. I don't think he 'hides' in the defence deliberately - he's just not very good at playing DM.

We should always refer to football positions in French, the words are brilliant! Guardiens, Attaquants, awesome.

Yours was just the latest post using made up numbers to reach a decision. You're assuming he's been offered £40k. Aye, only hypothetically though. Obviously I couldn't list all the hundreds of possible circumstances that may or may not have happened. Maybe he's been offered £41k, maybe £38k... maybe a lot of things. What I meant was that the result will speak for itself, either he'll accept a contract within the new wage structure or he won't.

UV, I said that we didn't know what has really happened, that was my main point. Hope I didn't spark a rant by mistake. Careless talk costs lives.

Feel exactly the same, except the babies bit.

I think this is basically the main problem. If Ashley owned a credible business with a decent logo and reputation then I doubt we'd be having the same reaction. The problem is having a brand like Sports Direct plastered all over a holy place like SJP is a bit like watching your sister being violated by a sweaty charver.