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Couldn't agree more. The whole "package" of an away day at Fulham is just perfect If you get a match there in the spring, and the sun is out, it is pretty much the perfect PL football day.

He wanted more first team football, apparently. The crowd loved him, there was "One Gary Cahill" ringing out after we played Bolton at home last season, and the lad apparently had a tear in his eye as he came off. Crowd were always going to have a bond with him after he scored that amazing goal at home against the knuckledraggers in O'Dreary's last season.

Knight is off to Bolton. Distin is signing today apparently, to replace Laursen, and I suspect someone like Onuoha won't want to be nominal fourth choice CB, he'll go somewhere he'll get more games. Wonder if that means Cahill is off somewhere? (You shouldn't have let him go btw) Pretty much every single Villa fan you ask will agree with you on Cahill. If we gave them 10m for him tomorrow, I'd be delighted.

Knight is off to Bolton. Distin is signing today apparently, to replace Laursen, and I suspect someone like Onuoha won't want to be nominal fourth choice CB, he'll go somewhere he'll get more games.

Both SJP and the SOL (what a cringemakingly bad name that is, btw) are good stadia. The SOL's advantage is that being a new ground, the whole thing was done at once, so perhaps there is a better "continuity" to its facilities, I don't know. However, it isn't just about the stadium itself, it is about transport links, quality and number of hotel rooms, experience in the tourism / business travel sector etc etc, and on all of those factors, Sunderland falls well, well short. There is only possibility I could see it not being Newcastle out of the two (and there's no chance they're going to use two grounds in the north east, precisely because Newcastle would serve as the "base" for both grounds, and I doubt it would have the infrastructure to handle that, plus the FA want to spread it to "non traditional" football areas like Bristol and MK).... I know for a fact that the WC bid inspection team were at Villa Park at the end of last week doing their inspection stuff. With the current lack of leadership at NUFC, it wouldn't surprise me if Ashley forgot to arrange for someone to show them around

I agreed with your first point and disagreed with the second a month ago and realistically still think the same now. However, I think Spurs are in with as good a chance as any club right now and certainly more than a month ago. I'm not ruling the idea out just yet. MON is very keen to get Bentley though I cant fathom out why. Word down here is that MON doesn't want Bentley. And do Spurs have as much chance of signing him as, say, the four teams who can offer him CL football or Man City who can offer him absurd wages?

That'll never float!

That West Ham shirt is fecking awful. THAT, you eel-bothering cockney WANKAHS is divine retribution for copying our colours, you kitstealing scrotes.

Id like us to look abroad a little more often, but i quite like Downing. He was superb against us at our place this season, is two footed, and provides ammunition: Daily Telegraph - Chances Created Last Season 1 Frank Lampard Chelsea 124 2 Steven Gerrard Liverpool 80 3 Stewart Downing Middlesbrough 72 4 Luis Antonio Valencia Wigan Athletic 70 5 Wayne Rooney Manchester United 67 6 Francesc Fabregas Arsenal 63 7 Mikel Arteta Everton 63 8 Dirk Kuyt Liverpool 63 9 Mark Noble West Ham United 63 10 Nicolas Anelka Chelsea 62

That's what I think he will do. Also, Young and Milner can also play both left and right wing. Have you seen how many matches the Europa League involves this season? I'm just glad we're getting decent standard players in to build up the strength this time around.

Were you the first man on the moon? Neil Armstrong. Yes yes yes, but supposing I didn't know that. etc

Whcih two are they?

Pretty harsh. NRC isn't the best but he certainly isn't the worst either. In a midfield alongside Cahill, Pienaar, Arteta and Fellaini he would be alright I think. The others would make up for his lack of technical ability and he would add a hell of a lot of aggression and drive. The guy does a lot of hard work in midfield. I think he would certainly be an upgrade on playing Phil Neville in midfield. He can tackle (well, more that he's an in your face, tenacious type), the problem is that he can't pass. These are his specialities. 1. Tackles, wins ball, tries to pass it - at most - five yards to team mate, fails. 2. Makes run, box to box style, holds on to ball too long, runs into defender, loses it.

I dunno, who was that guy I saw play for you in the UEFA - Salifou? He seemed pretty technically inept, and that's before we get to Marlon Harewood! They're both technically better than Nigel. No, seriously.

Yours looks like Usain Bolt compared to ours.

Everton linked with Nigel Reo-Coker. Oh please God, please make it happen. That's what you call a six pointer. Get shot of the most technically inept footballer I've seen play for us for a long time, and fob him off on a direct rival.

Shit, I just recussitated a really old thread, apols. EDIT and engaged in the worst bit of spelling I've carried out since i was at school

yes clubs could carry 100mill of debt...if they werent already paying out more than was coming in and having to borrow to pay its current loans. Every single PL club is carrying debt, varrying from 700m (Chelsea) to 1m (Hull). If you don't stay in the PL that is the quickest way of going out of business. doesn't in anyway address what i was saying. in my numerous discussions with ne5 i had to constantly state that i don't think debt is necessarily a bad thing contrary to how he tried to portray me. Well if a PL club don't have debt I'd fire the board as they clearly aren't trying. Bolton, Everton, Pompey and Villa all have debt between 40-80m. How do they continue??? maybe they aren't borrowing 30mill a year to finance that debt. (villa have lerner to back it up and pompey couldn't do it, thats the main reason their owner sold them) Villa's debts are to Lerner. When benevolent billionaires pump money into football clubs, they don't just stick it in their bank account, they do what RA does at Chelsea and make it a loan to the club. Then if they sell the club, it is a loan which is due repayment from the new owners.

just like to add to this; I HOPE HE LOSES EVERYTHING AND HIM, HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN END UP FLIPPING MY BURGERS THE FUCKING CUNT You eat burgers? Crikey, how very déclassé

None that would tempt Megan, which is the salient point.

This transfer window is quite boring, isn't it? I've never even heard of Melo. Except his name sounds like 'mela' which is the Italian word for "apple". God, I'm bored. You've been linked strongly with Hangeland. Would be a very nice replacement for Laursen I reckon. I agree. In the Times that Harry offered Jenas and Bentley for Carew. Really fancies himself as a whealer dealer does Redknapp Thoughts? That's like me saying I quite fancy Megan Fox and am considering offering her a go on my Xbox in return for her letting me sexually abuse her for hours on end.

This transfer window is quite boring, isn't it? I've never even heard of Melo. Except his name sounds like 'mela' which is the Italian word for "apple". God, I'm bored. You've been linked strongly with Hangeland. Would be a very nice replacement for Laursen I reckon. I agree.

This transfer window is quite boring, isn't it? I've never even heard of Melo. Except his name sounds like 'mela' which is the Italian word for "apple". God, I'm bored.

Villa rumoured to be "in advanced talks" with that Berg bloke. Although knowing Martin, I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be Henning Berg

Apparently Paul Scholes has been at Villa's training ground this week. Apparently he's deciding between us and Everton. Great player. Past it.