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Hatem Ben Arfa is easily the least likeable player in world football. I think pretty everyone outside of Algerians would like to smack him.

Yes!!!! Marseille through! (barring insanity) And yeah Tyrone F***** Mears! He's been playing well too. Man, l'OM really has to win some silverware this year.

Fabregas has always been a c***. But Shearer was absolutely rubbish in that game iirc Yes, but Fabregas is a fantastic c***, and there isn't much better than a fantastic c***.

Again, f*** off!

Someone needs to kick his arse right to the Newcastle dugout. Best manager in the world.

Hey f*** off. Dave's right though Oba is one of the most important players for the run in. I think him, Owen, and some combination of Nolan/Guthrie/Barton is what is most necessary for us to experience success.

Absolutely nothing wrong with signing him up. Decent young player who's put in some decent performances this season. I'm not drooling over him, but I don't see any reason why he shouldn't be kept at the club.

Balotelli constantly looks average when I see him.

The attitude some people have towards foreign football is just atrocious. Almost pitiful. Almost.

Hence the name "OTT"-er? Jose is one of the best players that we have. Solid defensively and can be a threat going forward. I think sometimes he is too passive, and can hold the ball too long in bad situations, but he has undeniable quality about him.

Blatter is correct in alot of what he says. I strongly disagree with 6+5 and the other methods he has suggested for fixing it, but the Premiership is definitely spiraling out of control.

He's bulls***** his way out of quite a few. The guy is a fairweather national team player. Only wants to show up for WCQ/World Cup matches and the ACN. Regardless, I'm excited to have him back. The sqaud is taking shape and looking pretty good for qualifiers.

None of the good players from Valencia would have come here anyway. The have ALOT of s*** players we could have picked up though

Not that I particularly give a damn about who signed Bassong, or any of this other mundane rubbish, but I don't think Bassong knows exactly who "spotted" him or who facilitated his transfer. In all likelihood , it makes the player feel better about coming to a club, if he thinks the manager has been looking at him. As he says himself, "it was a big thrill when Kevin Keegan wanted to sign me". I doubt he's jumping with glea because Derek Llambias is an admirer.

Oba would be off. Immediately. Same with Bassong and Jonas. I could see all three of them (Enrique as well) moving to a top six club in any of the top 3 leagues +top teams in Russia, France, Germany.

Why? What do you think about my points re: it being impossible for smaller clubs to attract promising youngsters? edit: and as for the second part, why do you think they signed Manucho then? Man U signed Manucho for the same reason they sigged Dong Fangzhou or whatever the hell his name was. To create a foothold among African supporters and such. The man is nearly 26, he will never develop into a Man U level player.

Unless the money is more evenly spread, then there is no real reason for the players to want to go to smaller clubs. There is no problem with the loan system.

In my real world, I am constantly indoctrinated with the idea that Vidic and Ferdinand are the best two defenders in the world. I don't think I've ever heard any of them criticize him in the last few years o. Rio does have a bad personal reputation, but frankly he's earned it through some of his actions on the pitch and some off. It's not even like Michael Owen, where we are just speculating. We have tangible proof that Rio has done some pretty bad things.

The loan system is fantastic. Beneficial for the loaner and the loanee. Also, it usually means regular football for the player which is important. The only thing that is questionable is whether or not it should be allowed between teams in the same division /league.

Our current squad would beat the s*** out of the Championship. The idea of Michael Owen and Obafemi Martins playing against Championship sides is frankly the stuff of wet dreams. We'd easily have one of the best defences as well. Some people on this forum are so ridiculously negative that it is just stupid and kind of takes the fun out of discussion. I mean I could have written cp40's post before he added it. "This current side would get destroyed. It is dire. Unless Keegan was manager, in which case we would amass 138 points with record goal difference."

Didn't really think Bassong was that great last night. Still probaly the best centreback on the pitch.

West Ham's team isn't vastly superior to ours in anyway.

If Owen is fit, he will be a major help to us. Can score goals, and that's something we could always use. I hate him. If we are relying on Owen to keep us up then we will definitely be relegated. He's our top scorer at the moment and before tonight had scored about 1/3 of our league goals. I for one will be glad when he's back to be honest. He's also a want away who couldn't care less about what happens to this club as he'll be happily off in the summer. Started to be a complete passenger for a while before his injury. Obviously no longer gives a s***. I wouldn't drop Lovenkrands or Martins for him. Owen guarantees goals man. It's a shame there isn't a feasable way to incorperate the four of Jonas/Lovenkrands/Owen/Martins... we'd have a lot of pace to work with then. he certainly guarentees 1 goal in 8, if his record before injury is owt to go by And yet he's still our top scorer and has been for ages. hardly difficult when: a)he's our penalty taker b) we have one other premiership striker in the squad, who's been out for 3 months Like i said the other night ,If owen was fit we would have taken Bolton apart That's ridiculous by the way. Owen is good, but no striker would have done well vs. Bolton. We didn't have one moment of coherent attacking play throughout the entire match. We would have barely seen Owen if he played vs. Bolton. Owen wouldn't have torn them apart but he would've finished Martins' chances. Martins had one decent chance the entire match. I'm all for Michael back in the squad, but I think some are overestimating his effect just slightly.

If Owen is fit, he will be a major help to us. Can score goals, and that's something we could always use. I hate him. If we are relying on Owen to keep us up then we will definitely be relegated. He's our top scorer at the moment and before tonight had scored about 1/3 of our league goals. I for one will be glad when he's back to be honest. He's also a want away who couldn't care less about what happens to this club as he'll be happily off in the summer. Started to be a complete passenger for a while before his injury. Obviously no longer gives a s***. I wouldn't drop Lovenkrands or Martins for him. Owen guarantees goals man. It's a shame there isn't a feasable way to incorperate the four of Jonas/Lovenkrands/Owen/Martins... we'd have a lot of pace to work with then. he certainly guarentees 1 goal in 8, if his record before injury is owt to go by And yet he's still our top scorer and has been for ages. hardly difficult when: a)he's our penalty taker b) we have one other premiership striker in the squad, who's been out for 3 months Like i said the other night ,If owen was fit we would have taken Bolton apart That's ridiculous by the way. Owen is good, but no striker would have done well vs. Bolton. We didn't have one moment of coherent attacking play throughout the entire match. We would have barely seen Owen if he played vs. Bolton.

I'd take just about anyone over Bentley though.