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Do us a favour and change your avatar to someone who has not recently killed his wife & mentally retarded son.

Has promise, looks like a detention centre.

So far this is all good publicity for Carling. What do we get (apart from a different brand of average lager), how much is it worth? NB Shearer's Bar isn't even the best pub on Strawberry Place.

If I were Wenger & it got offered you'd bet I'd take it. He owes Arsenal no loyalty these days.

No. He's obviously saying that he wants to keep him. If I had a player with a get out clause that I wanted to keep the last thing I'd do would be to go on TV & talk openly that Arsenal hadn't made any offers and remind everyone that the player does have a get out clause. If I wanted to keep him I wouldn't say a word to the media & would track down the player and get him to state his intention. Sam seems to do most of his business covertly & did say when he came that he hoped the 1st that the fans new of signings etc would be when they were done. It was unfortunate as he knew how we loved our gossip. He's talking like a fish wife over these get out clauses.

Haven't seen Sam's SSN interview but reading his comments (verbatim?) what strikes me is the fact that in very few words he reminds everyone (twice) that Oba has this get out clause & then mentions it again when talking about Owen. Could Sam really be saying "Oba has a get our clause; come and get him"?

I'll get the Car ready for him (pun intended? not really).

If Arsenal bid 13M & activate his buyout clause he will go. He has no ties to Newcastle & the buy out clause is there so he can go if something better comes along. TBH I'd rather Arsenal captured him rather than Owen. The obvious problem is that someone else may come along & take Owen. New Rule Number One - If buy out clauses are now the norm make sure that we insert a ridiculous figure. I don't understand why there are comments about what we should do with the money from the sale; the money is or certainly should be irrelevant to us now. I would love to see Gudjohnson & Baines here; I doubt that Gudjohnson would come & there is a school of though that Sam doesn't see Baines as being big enough. I'd stay away from Anelka - we could never play Viduka & home together as it is potentially the laziest forward line you could imagine.

98, 99, 100 - COMING READY OR NOT. :frantic: I'll post a thread when I have something I think is interesting. Geremi? I think he has quality in him I just haven't seen enough of it on a regular basis to mark him down as a regular - unless you play him RB. Will Sam have told him where he plans on playing him?

Good addition to the squad. Never came across as a consistant performer & could go missing - then again I remember him most from his time with the Smoggies.

I certainly hope so.

again, i did put in bold letters "once the squad rebuilding is done" but don't let that deter you I guess we all have different opinions on where squad building stops & trophy signings start. I know that you have defined this in the original post but for me the current realistic trophy siginings being mooted aren't really trophy signings at all & I would class them as part of the squad building. We aren't in a position to go for true trophy signings. Playing by your rules, the needs of the team & on the basis that he will be guaranteed to be fit I'd have Woodgate back like a shot. Unfortunately, he will not be fit.

Free & better than what we have (if used as a RB) = Get him in

Let's just not put a figure on it. MA should simply ask Sam which players he needs & can attract to the club, to make us into a viable option for the real top players to consider coming to in the future. He should then tell Sam to go & get them & that the money will be there. This may cost 20, 30, 40, 50 Million or more but it is important we do it right & have a platform to build from. We must start this process now, we will have competition from the likes of Man C, WH, Blackburn & possible others so there is not time to waste. MA over to you.

I think we should only consider trophy signings once we have a real one in the cabinet. We have spent years buying "trophy" players, these have sold shirts & captured imagination but the team has failed to deliver silverware. Use ALL the money to build a trophy winning team & thereafter, by all means, get a trophy player. By that time we may be a team they would want to sign for (as opposed to being mercenary - Shearer excepted) and will come and want to perform. Let's walk before we can run. There is going to be an awful lot of cash out there with all these buy-outs. 50M may not go that far in what may become an inflated market.

Gudjohnsen would be a much better acquisition than Smith. Trouble is I don't think he'd come here.

May just be spin to put pressure on Spuds to increase their offer.

Dyer isn't a wide player, you can not compare them in that position. Dyer will never make a winger, Milner's biggest problem is a lack of pace. His crossing is ok; Nobby's is better.

Means I can talk shite & get away with it. You would though, wouldn't ya?

No no no. We should not be even mentioning bargain basement signings. Just a thought, we don't know what system Sam will play & he has a midfield of Milner, Emre, Butt, N'Zogbia, Barton, Duff, Dyer & Solano to chose from. Roeder tried Nobby at right back & Sam has apparently mentioned Dyer; how about giving Milner a go? This may suit Sam's formation & would allow Dyer the flexibility to play on the right without perhaps having to hug the touchline. Do I like Dyer? No, do I think he could be a real asset if motivated? Absolutely. Do I think Milner could play RB? From what I have seen Milner could play most positions adequately but I don't think he has the pace to be a top winger.

Can only 1 person find a place for Dyer or do you think he's leaving? If he is fit & interested I feel Sam will have to make a place for him. He may be rubbish at finishing but he can wreak havoc with his running. As for Roze; we can only hope he is better that what we have got. I don't think any of us really knows enough about him. We were told Boumsong was a world beater..........

Best player seen? Gazza without question. He was simply unplayable in Italia '90. When we played the Dutch he was head & shoulders above anyone else on the pitch. It was his performances that set the tone for the whole team.

Ask how much money he has got to spend & when will he get it? We are scrapping around bargain basements when surely we will not need too.

The agent seems a bit of an operator. I hope his goods are worth it & not over hyped & priced rubbish.

Decent squad player. However, Sam must have guarenteed 1st team football & a striking position (otherwise why join us from Manure?). Does Sam know something we don't - Owen or Martins which one is on his way? Owen wants to go & Martins is "home" in Italy & his buy out clause has just been revealed - coincidence?