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SSN saying fees agreed with Boro for Luke Young (rejoice! a fucking RB after two bastard years!) and Reading for Shorey

i remember you saying Barry has been in poor form, round about the time he started playing well for england. seems like you're taking 2 steps forward and 1 step back. it's still an improvement but must be frustrating considering it could be so much better. you'll probably pull off a couple of signings on the last day, one of them will be good and the other will be a dark horse like knight or harewood. mind you, now i check, even your lot have spent quite a bit if you include making Curtis Davies a permanent transfer. it's just that the rest of your transfers are a bit shite. Friedel and Guzan = goalkeeper problem solved for a fair while, total cost approx 5m Sidwell = solid signing, 5m That's it. Our problem isn't that we've made shit signings (we haven't made any other signings), it is the signings we haven't made. Although Luke Young arriving, allegedly, to fill the RB position is a decent signing, and Shorey for LB whilst Bouma is out. Friedel Young - Laursen - Davies - Shorey That looks a pretty decent first choice defence, and will look even better when Bouma comes back. The issue is we've no right sided midfielder whatsoever (Routledge doesn't count, can't be relied on), we need to replace Barry (Sidwell is not a Barry replacement) and we could do with a more regular goalscorer. The squad right now is barely big enough to handle a PL campaign, let alone the UEFA Cup on top. Although when you listen to what Moyes, Keegan (I believe) and MON have all said about the market being difficult this summer, you start to think they've got a point. It is frustrating losing Barry, of course we'd prefer to keep him, but that shit happens to us all, unfortunately. I'm sure Spurs would have preferred to have kept Carrick and more recently Keane. It is annoying, but shit happens, onwards and upwards. We just need to speed things up considerably. Hard to believe the season starts a week Saturday.

I'd say there's probably a lot of truth in that, tbh.

That's a very sensual smilie. I'm in Newcastle this weekend. I'll be thinking of you the whole time.

O'Neill will never buy a Barry replacement - he could go out and buy one right now if he wanted, it isn't about the money - because, as you suggested, he cocks about for far too long umming and aahing about whether to spend the cash. Word has it Lerner is getting *seriously* pissed off as he's given him shit loads of money to spend and he won't spend it. I thought he'd played the Barry situation very well, though. Fuck them, pay what we want, or you don't get him. The only mistake was that stupid statement last week, which was a bit naive. He'll go, and he'll go for about 18m, which isn't bad for a player who had half a season last year (and if you think this is sour grapes, trust me, it isn't - ask Dave, he'll back me up on this, I've been saying it for ages, before this potential move was ever mentioned). Under Ellis we'd have creamed our pants and sold him for 8m last month. He's a good player, but it makes me laugh when I see people say "your best player". Last season Young, Laursen and Bouma all had better seasons than Barry did.

I was talking about most of the residents of Birmingham, regardless of race Of course you were. Still *looks at username* you've finally managed to find a theory more absurd than your original "we're all ruled by evil lizard overlords" one from the 80s. There must be a hell of a lot of competition in the market there then, birmingham must be the place to go for the price conscious druggie. Oh no, not you again.

I was talking about most of the residents of Birmingham, regardless of race Of course you were. Still *looks at username* you've finally managed to find a theory more absurd than your original "we're all ruled by evil lizard overlords" one from the 80s. People from Brum aren't only drug dealers, but reptilian humanoid drug dealers. Who rule you, you lesser mortals. Those pastel coloured shell suits won't help, either.

I was talking about most of the residents of Birmingham, regardless of race Of course you were. Still *looks at username* you've finally managed to find a theory more absurd than your original "we're all ruled by evil lizard overlords" one from the 80s.

Although what the fuck possessed him to sign Baros, I do not know. And Nugent.

Yes, Crouch will work very well with Defoe. Redknapp is a twitchy faced cunt, but there's no getting away from the fact that over a relatively short amount of time, he's put together a pretty impressive squad. They'll do well. And we need to remember, we're talking about Portsmouth here, an unfashionable nothing club until recently.

I can't be arsed to check the previous pages to see if this has been suggested, but maybe it was showjumping rastaman Oliver Skeete? Incidentally, Birmingham is full of black dudes with dreads who aren't footballers.

The transfer market is shit this summer. Villa, Newcastle, Everton - done next to nothing. West Ham - no money Liverpool - spent all their money, scraping round the back of the sofa to buy Barry Man U - Berbatov probably, but Ronaldo not moving therefore no kick start to market as a whole Arsenal - not spending, not selling Adebayour so even less likely to spend The only clubs who've done well are Portsmouth and Spurs. I reckon they'll finish 5th and 6th as things stand at the moment.

I do. Seriously, if i could have any of your players, it'd be him. Although, who have you got at RB these days, and is he better than the last shite defender we had off you?

Yours look horrid atm. Captain going, signed 2 yank GK's & picked up ginger cockney. I'm happy with the keepers, very. And Sidwell. The problem is that we still need another 5 or 6 decent players to stand still, and it just isn't happening. We've got 2 fit defenders at the club, and one of those is Zat Knight. And Stephen Carr is still unattached. Fuck Barry, the sooner the fat arsed cunt gets out of the club, the better. In fantasy football Villa's squad does look a bit worrying like, in some games they only have about 3 defenders listed. Total num defenders at club = 4. Num CBs fit = 2 Num CBs fit and NOT Zat Knight = 1 Num CBs on way back from long term injury = 1 Num FBs at club (excluding kids) = 1 Num FBs at club who have both feet currently pointing the right way = 0 Shorey is apparently coming, which is a decent LB signing, but we need a RB and we need him NOW.

OMG!!!! Maybe that shambling wreck of a homeless dude WAS DR SPECRUM!!!111!!!

Apparently the deals for the players Citeh have signed under Shineywhatwhat have all been structured "very unusually", mostly involving bugger all down and loads to follow. They owe shit loads of money even on Sven's first signings. I should temper this by adding that I got this info from Mike "Porky Twat" Parry on TalkSport, so in terms of accuracy, it could have come from the shambling wreck of a homeless dude who asked me for some change "so i can pay to park my car" on the way in to work this morning.

Perhaps he disappeared up his own arse the way he was acting after a few bright months under Sven. Bit harsh, dude.

Very nice chap who was a regular poster here. Man City supporter. Disappeared without trace a few months ago.

Yours look horrid atm. Captain going, signed 2 yank GK's & picked up ginger cockney. I'm happy with the keepers, very. And Sidwell. The problem is that we still need another 5 or 6 decent players to stand still, and it just isn't happening. We've got 2 fit defenders at the club, and one of those is Zat Knight. And Stephen Carr is still unattached. Fuck Barry, the sooner the fat arsed cunt gets out of the club, the better.

Re Dr Spectrum, I searched on mancityfans.net (I know he used to post there) for mentions of him, and they have noticed his absence too. http://www.mancityfans.net/mcfnet/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=26876&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=spectrum I hope he's alright. HIs profile there shows his last visit as 13th March.

This transfer window is fucking awful.

Is it Richard Dunne again? Both sessions for MJ to talk about his imagination problems. I reckon they're signing GOD and JESUS CHRIST.

Incidentally, the worst thing is that clubs like Newcastle, Villa and Everton seem content to sit back and do next to nothing whilst Spurs steal a march. And that's me with my negative hat on. Because I've seen nothing from any of those clubs to suggest otherwise.

I put Spurs slightly ahead of Pompey now. I agree, Spurs are doing very well, I just think traditional "big" clubs like Newcastle, Villa and Everton seem to be stood around doing bugger all, sneering at Redknapp, whilst he puts together a pretty impressive set up. Mmmmmmm not sure about spurs. there main problem for the last few years has been lack of strength,physically,defensivly and i don't see that being remidied. i can see sours going 4-2-3-1 next season but i have no idea who their vital "2" will be. Today they've bought - or practically bought - two excellent midfielders. What's to say they won't buy two excellent defenders and a DM in the 6 weeks between now and the end of the transfer window.

I put Spurs slightly ahead of Pompey now. I agree, Spurs are doing very well, I just think traditional "big" clubs like Newcastle, Villa and Everton seem to be stood around doing bugger all, sneering at Redknapp, whilst he puts together a pretty impressive set up.