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i'd rather play him with faye and sit taylor on his arse next to given tbh Cant play 2 defenders of the same style together it just doesnt work, like all partnerships througout centre of the team.

So competition for Faye then? Cant say id be too overwhelmed in that case, was hoping for a footballing defender, its what we're aching for.

is he a Ferdinand type defender or a Terry type defender, i actually havent seen that much of him this season.

Aye, it would of been a gamble but no more than any other foreign player, not matter how big there reputation was. I'd rather pay daft money in terms of wages and try and get Diego. I reckon if we offered sill £100kpw to him he might bite. maybe Juhnino will put in a good word for the North East to him....

Do you not think that if something racist is said then maybe it should be pointed out? Or would that be getting in the way of a good story.....

Aye, it would of been a gamble but no more than any other foreign player, not matter how big there reputation was.

Yes. Cant see why he'd mention it then. Doesnt seem like the sort of thing that you obligatorliy mention during transfer specualtion if it had no relevance to a particular potential signing. Suggest there is someone on the list with a bad reputation, no other reason for mentioning specifically mentioning it if they're all model pros on the list... The article is from January. So its not relevant article then?

Puts you firmly on a level playing field when debating with him if you really can't see it for what it is Innocent question.... but what is it?

Yes. Cant see why he'd mention it then. Doesnt seem like the sort of thing that you obligatorliy mention during transfer specualtion if it had no relevance to a particular potential signing. Suggest there is someone on the list with a bad reputation, no other reason for mentioning specifically mentioning it if they're all model pros on the list...

Agreed, good cover for Enrique. You mean Ashley Cole!! As for that Keegan article about problem players, there cant be too many high profile players who have that reputation, who do you think might be aimed at? Am i reading too much into it? that articles seems relevant to our future transfers-as well as the specific mention of South American players....albeit that would maybe contradict my theory....

This poll assumes we're sticking with a 433 in which case id have Butt the most important position to replace, its a position that is important for most formations and is vital - without possession we're toothless. Basically the spine of the team needs working on, Taylor, for me, doesnt work naturally with Faye, so i think it's important we look for competition for his place. And i think Viduka needs replacing, i think we need to have players in the squad who are in the squad and not the first team on the basis of there form and not there ability, age or experience. They need to be ready made replacements rather than the next bext best thing, for me viduka isnt good enough to lead the front line and for a big man doesnt really hold the ball up well enough for the current formation. The other thing that needs addressing is Owen and Geremi - toss up really, dont think Keegan will want to play him in the withdrawn role for too long, doesnt offer too much creatively and Geremi is good but not the level we want to be aiming for. Also wouldnt offer a great deal on the wing if we revert to 442.

Id be worried about his behaviour and mentality but if he came available and was on the clubs radar i would have no hesitation in signing him. The boy would take this league by storm and would be every bit as good as Drogba and Torres in my opinion.

Didnt Joaquin say he'd be interested in signing for us a while back, he looks a qulaity player.

I'd love him here, he's the player i think who has wasted his talent the most so far. He has done canny for being party loving one footed striker: Club With Flamengo Rio State Championship : 2000, 2001 Brazilian Champions' Cup : 2001 With Internazionale Serie A: 2006, 2007 Coppa Italia: 2005, 2006 Italian Super Cup: 2005, 2006 International Copa América: 2004 Confederations Cup: 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup: 1999 South American Youth Championship: 2001 Individual Copa América 2004: Top Scorer Confederations Cup: 2005 - Golden Ball for The Best Player of the Tournament and The Golden Shoe For Top Scorer Hell of a career so far, no wonder so many of the top Brazilians lose there appetite for the game, they win everything by the age of 21 and get paid stupid amounts for it. One of the 6 best places to party in the UK! I've always liked him, think its stupid how many people havent been snifing round him for so long cos he's made for the Premiership, i just cant see any reason why he wouldnt thrive in the league, even as a target man it'd be difficult for him to be lazy.... Keegan said something about South American players though...maybe having already played in Europe may work in his favour.

I'd love him here, he's the player i think who has wasted his talent the most so far.

11 now, there are 11 people out there who think that a club with a billionaire owner and 52k fans every week should attempt to challenge for 'relative honours ' by employing youth which isnt good enough for the fisrt team in spain but would come here and be good enough to help us achive our sky high ambitions, whilst having our best players at the mercy of another club. Am i missing something?

See id disagree with that, Jones for me is one of the best target men in the Prem, he never falls over and he dominates defenders, even Faye had trouble containing him, he just lacked so much support, he excels at holding the ball up but his finishing and composure is still in question if you ask me. Would take him over Crouch. Because Faye's the best defender this league has to offer... He's just a decent player in a s*** team. He looks good because the players around him are so bad. Would be a mistake. Not us moing forward in the slightest Cant remember saying Faye was the best defender in the league....however he's one of the strongest and Jones handled him like no other striker has handled him that i can rememebr anyway. How many times did Jones retain possession against Taylor and Faye when we played them but he had no support. If he had more outlets when he recieved the ball he'd get more oppurtunites to prove he's a good player. It wasnt long ago that people were writing off Martins and Owen even though the team around them werent perfoming......

See id disagree with that, Jones for me is one of the best target men in the Prem, he never falls over and he dominates defenders, even Faye had trouble containing him, he just lacked so much support, he excels at holding the ball up but his finishing and composure is still in question if you ask me. Would take him over Crouch.

Want to see Zog on the pitch at some point, really be interesting to see what sort of performances he;d give and what kind of response he'd get from the fans.

Does it matter which list he was on? That seems a retarded point to home in on. They eventually joined the lists together anyway so it's 'our' list. Exactly they are not going to go about this with their two seperate lists are they, with a fixed amount for Wises list and a fixed amount for Keegans. What makes you so sure? From what i gather, Wises list is of younger future stars, id wouldnt of thought the club would be as desperate to sign Wises targets as they were for Keegans targets. It seems to me that the club were only gonna pay a certain amount for a younger talent who is unprven and not a Keegan main target. Cant see the same applying to a player explicitly named by Keegan because at the end of the day, Keegan is the one who has to make the team work.

Does it matter which list he was on? That seems a retarded point to home in on. They eventually joined the lists together anyway so it's 'our' list. "retarded point" - every cloud.... My 'retarded point' is that id rather have a wise target underpaid for (as seems the case) than a Keegan target underpaid for, if Keegan didnt think of them in the first place then irrespective of there suitablity for the team they arent the players he primarily wants. So yes it doesn matter what list he's on, id rather the club looks at Keegans list and say, we need to hard try hard to get these because these are the player Keegan wants the omost, we need to go gung ho for there signature. Seems to me that Wises target have a llmit, i wouldnt want there to be too much of a limit on Keegans list. If Keegans list said Deco and Wises list said Modric, even though Modric might be the seemingly better option id rather go for Keegans option because he;s the one who has to fit him in the team.

Can definitely see Huntelaar being a target. Definitely more realisitc than i thought previously.

Hopefull this was a target on Wises list and not Keegans. Would be even nicer if we were looking to pay big money on the younger ones. Which means that if theres a max to wises targets then thats fine but id be more concerned if we hit maximums on Keegans targets.

Joe Lewis, the geezer who lost £500m in Bear Sterns banking collapse.

If anything it's encouraging we are going for £20m players in the first place. Obviously there will be other clubs competing so we don't have a divine right to win every player's signature. Modric seems to be a decent player but he looks a bit puny, so Spurs might get outmuscled in midfield next season. True it is good that we are going looking at a good claibre of player, but itwould shock meif we were beaten by Spurs mainly on financial grounds which seems to be the case. That is our main selling poit as a club, we can offer the finances other clubs can. Id have absolutely no issue if he signed for Spurs on an even keel with finances the same etc, but to be trumped by them on financial terms is actually a little worrying. Hopefully though, Modric isnt our first and main target and we are actually persuing others but Modric is the one that has made it to the media, we have a precedent of our club doing business in the quiet.