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I'll admit it, I'm "getting carried away by today's result".

Er, do people not know that the fascist salute doesn't actually involve mimicking a moustache!

To be fair to him, he looked like a Premiership footballer today. He was given acres of space and time by Villa, but like the rest of the team he made the most of it.

Didn't have his best game today, he was frustrated and frustrating with some of his passing. He's definitely a valuable player for us though, and will play much better this season. I've got no problems with him in our side at all... he's generally quality.

He seems a canny player for sure, neat and tidy for the most part. Our defenders are a lot better than some people seem to think really.

I was bracing myself for a battling draw and probably a defeat. I need new underwear.

TBH, Milner wasn't worth £12m when we sold him, and he isn't worth £20m now. He's a capable central midfielder, the hype in the British media about him is staggering.

To quote Interpolic, "he's good at playing devil's advocate, because he's always 100% wrong about every topic." Genius!

If this is true then it's immense, just the sort of player we need, and never thought we'd sign.

I just can't wait for the poll results.

It seemed like the perfect opportunity to give him a clean slate as well.

He sounds mental TBH. The French Freddie Shepherd? Let's just hope that mental Dassier and mental Ashley/Llambias can get together and make sure mental Ben Arfa comes here.

Fair play, that is quite funny. Weird that nobody in the history of football has picked up the amazing benefits of the loan with compulsory purchase deal though. Dindane's loan to pompey was exactly that, play x number of games and they had to pay to make it permanent. Likewise Mensah's loan to Sunderland this season includes a clause to automatically trigger a permanent deal if he plays in 25 games. Don't think we should be using the financial dealings of Pompey as our template TBH. In the case of Mensah it might well have been to protect the Mackems from having to sign a perma-crock. Which seems sensible.

Something to talk about that's not Ben Arfa I suppose.

Fair play, that is quite funny. Weird that nobody in the history of football has picked up the amazing benefits of the loan with compulsory purchase deal though.

He'll bring the black power to our midfield. It is sadly lacking at the moment.

Not far from the truth. If it was left to some on here we would probably sign no-one but 15 year old kids who turn up off the street and they'd sit back and pat themselves on the back at the end of the transfer window for not wasting any money.

Dennis? I was about to post exactly that.

Is it his shift key issue?

Is Ireland fit at the moment?

I'm quite sure that everything was agreed in advance and Shola decided not to go. I think that was the complexity in such a deal that someone posted about on the last page, it would be very difficult to tie the player himself into it... even if both clubs agreed.

Not far from the truth.

that was quick It's a massive blow for them. He's a fantastic defender and had a great WC, bar THAT penalty. Still... he is a good defender but bloody hell he isnt half accident prone He's got a problem with his back which bizarrely means he's constantly on the verge of pulling his hamstrings. There is an operation to cure his bad back but he'd have to miss 18 months and there's a large chance it would make the problem worse and end his career. Poor sod. As with Ledley King, I don't get why football club's persevere with players with conditions like that. I feel really sorry for him, but surely there are any number of players out there with no chronic fitness issues.

If we get to 300 pages and we sign him, I'm getting 'Ben Arfa 300' on the back of my shirt. Will 3 numbers fit on though?