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We need someone who 'treats the ball as a friend', in the words of the Pro Evo commentators! Not seen him play, but seems a yes from the clips I've seen and things I've heard.

That's funny as owt - Italy, the last stronghold of the facist and prejudiced.

Surely that's the case yeah, just a lower margin when there's more intermediaries. That little paragraph is fantastic though It is hilarious, but I bet there's a few cheesed-off sports retailers now. After they bought a load of mackem shirts and now the club is telling the fans not to buy them

Oh Habib Beye, Oh Habib Beye...

Surely the club sells the shirts wholesale to the retailers in the first place? Someone must be making money from them, or is it just the manufacturers? I would have thought the club would make something from every shirt, no matter where it's sold.

It's a difficult balance, I agree with everyone saying we should be looking for a understudy to Enrique. Needs to be someone young enough to settle for second position most of the time but good enough to fill in when required. And given that Jose is so young, whoever it is won't have the prospect of replacing him in the long term either, which makes it even more difficult to find somebody suitable.

Hughes-O'Brien-Bramble-Bernard. They had better players in front of them though in general. Yep, I guess we had just managed to put the emphasis on attack/playing our own game at that time as well, much like we're doing now. I suppose the more any defender is asked to defend, the more mistakes they'll inevitably make (see Distin/Campbell recently). Even worse when those defenders are actually shit.

Some muppets will boo anyone. It was bad enough our fans boing the team when they were trotting out utter shit every week, but for any Man Utd player to get booed this season is lunacy.

To be fair, we could also list a seemingly-awful back four that qualified for the champions league. - so I don't know what to believe

A tried and testesd suggestion - Shorey?

Next up: football clubs call for ban on Sunday morning church attendance.

The boro keeper struck me as a bit Reidesque at the weekend... not the lightest fella. When he nearly got chipped and gradually collapsed over backwards it was hilarious

I confess I thought Alan Smith might be a decent signing as well.

I think even though Enrique is quality it would be very wise to add another LB in the summer, we don't have any decent cover in that position at the moment. Plus competition for places is always good.

I don't get why people keep saying this, when did we claim we expected to win trophies? We just want a positive team that can give anyone a game, and if silverware comes with that then great. Lazy, predictable comment.

I know, but I think that's just because he doesn't have the ability to play any better. He can't train his brain not to freeze... I do think the press exaggerate his mistakes though, there are probably a number of other players just as error prone but not getting half as much stick. His physical appearance also makes him an easier target, the gormless lump.

I think SO. So there...

He's got a point about the media treatment, they do go mad for his mistakes. But he really lets himself down with the rest of that rant/ramble... I would have gladly chipped in for his travel away from the toon as well. He's right about David James being an example to him though, another player who looks world class sometimes and lets in 5 or 6 goals a year with comedy errors.

Loved the KK interview on Sky, when he said there weren't many clubs players could go to and make a step up, it just shows he never stopped thinking of us as the force we were during his first spell. Maybe we did forget to a certain extent, and we needed a second injection of the KK enthusiasm to get us believing again.

The only two I can see us getting are Ben Haim and maybe SWP. I wouldn't mind either... Sidwell might be a possibility but not so keen.

I saw Rory McGrath in Oxford at the weekend, not a footballer but was on They Think It's All Over!

True

Alonso Crouch (maybe)

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Tracking Steve Carr must be a bit like hunting a one legged rabbit. Let's hope Moyes gets his man...