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part of Givens quote ‘When he signed a new five-year contract in 2006 it was on the basis that the club would challenge for major honours, but on the present evidence all that he can see ahead with the turmoil on and off the pitch is a battle for survival." Pm me about it if you like, but I can't see the point. This, in my opinion, is what this is all about, however you and one or two others might wish to deny it. we haven't challenged for major honours since robsons team finished 3rd, been downhill ever since. 3rd. Under the embarrassing old regime ? You don't say. How can that be possible. Back on topic, interesting to see the expected people now glossing over this and building up Harper. Probably said the same thing about Ian Bogie replacing Gazza. How marvellous to see the club with the 3rd biggest support in the country resort to losing its best players again. On the other hand, as mick predictably doesn't reply, I'm only 99.9% sure. because you know,like the vast majority of people on here who think the previous board done well,then lost it. we've been over this a million times and it's pointless as you wont accept the way the club was going backwrads under the previous board. you could say it was as bad as selling ferdinand ,against his will in the large part aswell. see post 290. Or any of the thirty-five million posts just like it.

Perhaps it's just denial kicking in, but it seems odd that this "statement" is being made by his lawyer and not his agent. Why have your lawyer make a statement about anything football-related unless you're going to sue the club?

If JFK has any sense at all, he doesn't play unless he retracts/disowns the statement.

He drinks Alize? That alone makes me doubt his godhood.

The club's really going to hell, isn't it.

This joke would be more fun if it wasn't done every single transfer window

I'm pretty sure Suazo joined Inter after Martins came here.

yeah but it's the oldest story in the book man, anyone worth having is gonna be wanted by others, what're we supposed to do? give up before we start (well, we did against liverpool i suppose ) Find more Bassongs. More difficult than it sounds but it's our best option.

Problem is that everyone knows that Man City will be buying/selling a lot in January. We'll face a lot of competition for the likes of Elano or Johnson and competition for players isn't something we can handle at the moment I"m afraid.

Surely the wronged party will decline to press charges after being payed a hefty settlement fee.

Van der Sar has been dire this season. Based on current form 1 Friedel 2 Cech 3 Given 4 Jussi 5 Schwarzer

To be fair to him I think he's pretty average, not "league one caliber" as he's been called. It's just that our standards are higher now that we have two actual quality centre-halfs.

I keep trying to convince myself that he's not actually shit. Getting hard.

mackems.gif To be fair, if you're going to assault someone an insurance claim official probably isn't the worst choice.

Any sort of winning is good in my book A couple extra matches are not going to severely deplete our squad. It's not like we're in the UEFA cup or anything.

What exactly does "acceptable" mean anyway? I mean, what are you going to do if you can't "accept" a result, cry harder?

Got so piss drunk yesterday I can't really remember anything about the game. I think that's a good thing.

Disaster waiting to happen. Never managed before. Didn't even want the job. Players obviously only backing him because they're so happy that they're shot of Keane now. Matter of time before the results don't go their way and the players turn on him. so...

My God Agbonlahor has disgusting pace. Oba is fast but he's just... faster. A lot faster.

I would not want to be a Villa fan tonight

Owen, Viduka, Ameobi, Oba, Barton, Beye, Enrique, and Gonzalez could all be injured for Sunday. Bassong suspended. That injury crisis that could completely fuck up our season we were all worried about? I think it's here now.

Fuck me, I was wondering when this would get pulled back up Expecting this to just about explode when we're back in the zone after this weekend.

For saying the stick they get is a little over the top at times (in my opinion). This place is a joke sometimes. Dean deserves everything he gets for today. f***ing embarrassing for him. Fine. I haven't hid from the fact that I've yet to see anything from it. when the bbc are questioning his decisions, then you know something is wrong with his performance OK! Point made, I get it. I wasn't as aware of the overall lacking quality of his performance as I am now. just watch the match if you can i'm sure the highlights won't show all of his decisions Thing is though, theyll have to be because they played such a pivotal part in the game. They'll need to be debated too. Is Match of the Day on tonight? 5 past 11. It better be Hansen and Shearer. No one gives a s*** what Mark Bright and Lee Dixon have to say on these types of things...yknow, football things. Would love Shearer to have a right go at him. Probably won't happen since he seems to bend over backward to be neutral with Newcastle matches.

Given his goalscoring record for the reserves, I imagine the potential to be a decent finisher is in there somewhere... With his physique, as long he's not completely hopeless he'll probably be Premiership playable at some point in his career.

That is a f***ing brilliant clearance from Sagna. Screw goals, they should just make that the goalplay of the month.