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I think a lot of the irritation with all three of those teams comes from rival fans who hate seeing success in others when they aren't enjoying any. I would reluctantly admit that I'm sure I would have loved Roy Keane if he'd been a Newcastle player for example, much in the same way we used to get a strange satisfaction when Bellamy would go on one of his rants. It's a lot different when these players are on your side and helping you succeed. I wouldn't condone outright cheating but other than that I think it's just a question of what side of the fence you're on.

meat and drink to those who constantly harp on about finance and how skint the club is. Funny thing is, they ALWAYS appear not to see posts such as this. Not sure I get what you're saying here. I did mention we may not be able to afford him, but I stand by the fact he'd be a good signing. And I think spending 6 million recruiting a proven quality player in a position we are really weak in would be prudent, certainly not comparable to the money we've wasted on some players.

Who else do they have for left back apart from A Cole?

I'd say 6 or 7 million would be a good signing, considering he's arguably the second best left back in the country, and not that old. Not sure we'll have that much though.

Is it not already within a ref's power to call the two captains over and 'have a word'? And I'm sure there's already rules on dissent and ungentlemanly conduct that refs could use to properly punish (and deter) players who abuse them. All UEFA/The FA need to do is make it clear to refs that they won't face any comebacks if they enforce their authority fully. Problem is, they probably will - the pressure of the fans, managers and media must be immense at times. IMO we should just accept that referees make mistakes like everyone else and get on with the game, no need for video replays or any of that stuff.

Hard to believe this has reached 6 pages :roll:

Do we actually know this thing about the wages is true? Or the signing-on fee demand? Don't think you were insinuating this MJ, but it can get a bit annoying that people assume whenever a player joins us it's because of the wages but when they join anyone else it's because it's a great opportunity.

I watch Reading quite a bit, and Doyle's quality. I seriously doubt Reading would be willing to sell him to us though. It's going to be a difficult one to get a proven premiership goalscorer, Koller might be worth a punt if the price is pretty low, his physical presence is immense.

He could always be there to watch Lucas Neill, probably seeing him every week in the premiership isn't enough for Glenn.

WTF, how much did google pay for youtube again? blueeek.gif

Yep, bravo for all the vitriol on here people, totally agree as well blueyes.gif

Innocent until proven guilty lads?

I really can't believe this is true, I'm sure we'll be seeing Bernard back sometime soon. If not then some heads have to roll behind the scenes, do we even have a fitness coach/team?

I don't think even winning the champions league could make up for the unthinkable horror of playing in the championship

I think some people need to realise what makes up a successful football team. It's not 11 Scott Parkers who run themselves into the ground for the cause. It's a good mix of Scott Parkers and a couple of Albert Luques. We need someone who has talent, technique and vision, as well as an eye for goal as he has. True, I haven't seen enough to truly judge yet, but I bet if he had had a few of those chances Duffer wasted against Charlton we'd have won that game.

respect to the kid, he's the new schmeichel

Pav, Tim, Shay and Steve try to avoid Glenn's eye as he asks for a volunteer to play centre half

I really hope he comes good this time, for him and us.

I particularly like the use of the word 'defender' in quotation marks!

blueyes.gif Sadly all true. 'Henry Winter more reasoned than Alan Oliver' shocker!

We've not been doing too good a job of that so far though, have we?

Sadly last time Martins seemed to be getting out of his duck he was dropped the next game. :roll: I bet the lad's afraid to score two cracking goals now, in case it means he misses the next match. Earth to Roeder...

Like I've said in other threads, fair enough some fans were calling for Roeder. But Shepherd isn't supposed to just appoint whoever the fans ask for just because it's popular, he's supposed to know better than us and do what is right for the club. Any numpty can listen to what the fans are chanting and give them the job. His popularist moves are a symptom of the fact he just wants to appease the fans in the short term each time and maintain his own position.

Seems about right, except I rate Martins.

Tbh Jam it sounds like we were a bit out of order, but you must realise that we don't literally think boro is 'town full of...', it's that famous football fan sense of humour! Gotta love it