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From Stoke's point of view though he's a good signing, might just help them avoid embarassment a la Derby.

It's just like I'll never forget the first time I came out of the entrance onto the stand at SJP, floodlights on and I'd never seen anything like it... felt amazing. Going Home has the same effect, just so many associations with great times. Even more so now that KK is back again.

If it matters to you that much, then I hope you a great time. It does and I will, not embarassed to admit I love Local Hero.

Come off it man, the power of music and the associations between particular songs and events is obvious. I can't wait for the Bolton game even more now, it's never been the same since they got rid of that song.

If he's failed a medical surely it must be mental instability for wanting to join Stoke?

All they're doing differently is not commenting on speculation as much and leaking names of players we're interested in. When something's official, they're confirming it through official channels.

I'm a bit sad to see him go, but to be honest if we get a replacement in pretty much any average to good premiership defender is equal to Faye.

A lot happier now KK has spoken about some more potential signings if Faye and Shola depart.

I suppose so. There's obviously two schools of thought about MO, I'm just a natural optomist - it almost seems like some people are hoping for our players to fail so they can wallow.

We could well have been relegated last season if it wasn't for Owen. He certainly hasn't delivered what we expected over the 4 years, but I'd def say the trend is in the right direction - i.e. he's getting better, and less injured recently.

From that it looks like this is the right time to sign him, just when he's maturing and developing consistency.

There's a massive surprise. Man U over estimating the time off for a player, must be a first And are these the legendary Jedi mind games Manure fans and the press think Fergie possesses. Not having Sky is great, means I haven't heard Fergie talking for years.

I think Warnock is pretty unlikely to be honest, Ince is having enough problems winning over the fans/players without letting one of their key players walk away. Though I thought we'd never sell Faye to Stoke, so what do I know?

Certainly isn't. But many of those came in an unbroken stretch up to the end of last season. And about 60 of the 70+ games he has missed were because of that serious injury during the World Cup, and a broken metatarsal. That's just downright unlucky more than anything. Haven't you heard though, these footballers just want to be injured and out of action so they can sit around rather than play the game they love? It's a well known fact.

I can't wait for MOTD tomorrow night! The first one is always lovely.

As an outside bet, Dave Kitson to score for Stoke against Bolton.

I think Cesc might make it, his return date is down as August which sometimes means the Fantasy Foot people aren't sure whether he'll feature. I've left him in anyway.

To be fair to him he has had to act like the leader for the last couple of years due to being paired with utter dross. Maybe he just needs not be the main man for a while and mature a bit. Hope he comes up trumps.

Can we post the fixtures like that by the way? Sorry

Aye, Arsenal to score first, maybe Van Persie if he's playing.

That 44-1 is pretty good, there aren't many pure goalscorers in the league anymore.

If we sign another CB as well as Coloccini it won't be that bad to see Faye go. But if we don't it will be very poor management by the club. The idea that because a player wants to go he should be automatically sold is bollocks IMO... much more should be done to tie players to their contracts and 'encourage' them to stay. Ideal world I know.

Seems like the leg break was more to blame for the 'downward spiral' than the Barton thing.

Berbatov's the spitting image of Monty Burns, I'm telling ya.