Fatwax

I get paid £20 a match to referee. Fucking con.

Dick.

Basically, selling Smith would relieve the wage budget if we're led to believe the figures, and it would force us to buy another forward. A player like Heskey would provide much, much more than Smith.. and I don't rate Heskey at all.

I reckon he'll get a run of games to be honest. He's been riding on the "recovering from injury, no preseason" ticket for a few seasons now. Keegan will give him a chance to show he's still got something and THEN dump him from a first team spot. I'd love to be proved wrong.. but it's Duff, aint it.

Our first press conference is going to be mad, we haven't had one for any of the players yet so surely they'll do them all at once? Ace.

So how do people feel about Guthrie now? 2 goals in 4 games (friendlies admitedly), and decent to good performances with tidy passing in every match I've seen him play in.. liked his finish against PSV too. Must admit that I doubt he'll be a Rob Lee world beater, but as of now I'd be happy to see him in our squad until proved otherwise. Nice little signing. Gutierrez has been everything I've expected from what I saw of him in La Liga, although I didn't expect him to be so strong. Looking forward to see him in a competitive match, if this is how much he puts into friendlies.

Out of interest who did your dad sponser last season? Serious question btw.

I can see us getting in another striker and offloading Smith, but its things like his wages & personal terms with Everton that bother me slightly. Aren't they skint?

I love the way people ignore things like this and spend more time scouring the internet for Bob Marley pictures for the thread.

CHANGE THE FUCKING TITLE NOW! Sick of it.

Yup. He's signed.

So Duff played good then? Curious..

Gomis signed a new contract with his club the other month.. I doubt it was him. It'd be nice though, cya Smith.

Thats a legal link btw. Also, if it doesnt work, have a play with the performance options in settings. Worked for me, but only after 2 goals! A Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM) component encountered a problem. If you are trying to use a file that you obtained from an online store, try going to the online store and getting the appropriate usage rights. What does the above even MEAN?! ARGH! Are you logged into your nufctv account in IE, with cookies on? Hmmm, I'm logged into NUFCtv.. have no idea about the cookie job though.

Thats a legal link btw. Also, if it doesnt work, have a play with the performance options in settings. Worked for me, but only after 2 goals! A Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM) component encountered a problem. If you are trying to use a file that you obtained from an online store, try going to the online store and getting the appropriate usage rights. What does the above even MEAN?! ARGH!

Why the hell isn't it loading for me? Nothings happening. At all. This is fucking bullshit. I hate football. Any ideas anyone?

http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/sub/TVNews/0,,10278~1359657,00.html It isn't working. For christ sake.. Is there no way to watch this via Mediaplayer anyone? I've paid money for fuck all. I'm literally fuming.

little help? Getting no feed here. How do you go about it?

whats the link tothe stream? I'm not getting anything :S

I would actually love the players to come out to Goldusts' music. I'm sure we used to play Kurt Angles music at half time.. either that or it was an away game I was at.. can't remember now.

SSN says that Shorey will have left Reading by the end of the week with Coppell not saying his destination. I'd have him here, good player.

So it is. Fuck it then.

That is a bit mental, like.

We have a paper thin squad containing a number of notoriously unfit players, some players made from glass and a fair number of players who just don't qualify for the level we should aspire to (strangely, these are mainly the fitter ones). We've known this for months. If you believe injuries will be a valid excuse for poor results be my guest, but not for me they won't, as it has been glaringly obvious for quite a while that this squad needed some major reconstruction work done to it, not just a new layer of paint.. I am still hoping we are getting the work done that needs doing (i.e. being patient like you and others have been saying time and time again we should), but it sounds to me like the optimists themselves are starting to doubt whether the club will do what is needed and are trying to get some excuses in early. And oh, I don't think any game is a write-off before a ball is kicked. An ambitious club going places should certainly not be worried about going away to clubs that finished higher than them last season, because there shouldn't be too much pressure and with some positivity why would an upset be impossible..? Football cliche phrase #75: paper thin squad. Sure, it'd be nice to replace every player we don't like and have a super duper squad that entertains, flows and dazzles but this is reality and we'll have to take gradual steps. Our squad isn't as bad as is being made out by some. We've got some brittle players, but fuck me.. Keegan got a midfield of Barton, Butt & Geremi playing good, spanking the likes of Tottenham and giving good value for money against Chelsea for 45 minutes - and to be fair that only went tits up when Smith emerged. I do agree with the arguement that the midfield caused alot of unnecesary pressure on the defense last season but at the same time I think that we'e lacked a leader at the back and hopefully Colo will be that, leading by example and pushing on for the win. So far this close season, although we haven't signed the likes of Deco & Hery (I am who seriously thought these kinda signings were a possibility anyway?) we have definatly improved by getting rid of 4 players that essentially never played for us with 4 players that have good injury records and appear to have ability on the ball - something we lack. And yeah, I reckon we'll get lubed up and pounded by Man U for our first fixture. That's not being pessimistic, that's being realistic and believing that we won't turn into the Brazil starting XI in a matter of months.

Hmmm, probably more use on the wing considering N'Zogbia insisting to never pass when it's blatantly obvious when he should, Duffs lack of ability to beat the first man and Milners gash crossing. It'd be interesting to see though.