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My mate in France has told me that L'Equipe today, contained an article about a bid for Sessegnon, for around £3m (I can't remember exactly). He plays for Le Mans and has apparently emerged as a very promising prospect this season. I think he's an attacking midfielder, but I'm not sure. Does anyone else know anything about him?

Couldn't Troisi fit into Keegan's system?

Not a top player, but he's still a better footballer than our other midfielders. Any chance that Stoke will be tempted to take Smith off our hands as a freebie? <_< Are you crazy? Duff still hasn't had a decent game for us. Butt, Barton, Milner and N'Zogbia are all better players than he is. To me, Duff just looks much more comfortable with a football than any of the other players you've mentioned. That doesn't mean he's been better for us than the rest though. He looks comfortable because he doesn't do anything.

Taylor looked good today, I think he and Dunne would make quite a formidable partnership together given the opportunity. Taylor was our best player and yet again showed he could be captain one day.

Why did Smith come on for Viduka? Why did Duff come on for Geremi? Both Smith and Duff must be replaced.

Ferreira looks anxious already.

Hopefully we'll play for the win, but a draw will be a good result.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A35586912

BBC.

What a game that was.

Had Emre until the start of this season. Got my Beye shirt in October.

I'm almost 100% sure that Arsenal have the biggest pitch.

Yes, I think he did it to take the piss out of us because he went for a fraction of his worth, the article and link was discussed on here at the time. We accepted a £5m bid from Birmingham but Bellamy turned the move down. In the end he went for less than that. ''He shunned a move to Birmingham City, texting Souness and chairman Freddy Shepherd ''I am Craig Bellamy and I don't sign for shit football clubs.''

Ronaldo to be number 1 by the end of his career?

under premier league rules, the opposition is allowed access to any part of the pitch at any time after a match, so the groundsman wasn't doing his job Maybe the whole thing was planned? Say the groundsman was meant to entice Evra into a fight and subsequently unsettle the whole club before a Champions League semi-final and title run in. Notice how no Chelsea players were involved whatsoever. There were what, 6 or 7 Man Utd players out there and this whole story does not affect Chelsea players or Avram Grant at all. I reckon Chelsea would have rather played Barcelona in the final. We don't know what Abramovich is capable of, and I wouldn't put this past him.

? They'll all be traveling from London that's why. You didn't think the final was in Manchester did you?

This post says a lot about the person you are.

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The Mackems would be fucked.

Ryan Babel? I think it's Abidal at the start.

He's very well spoken of amongst the people I know who follow French football on a week in week out basis. Apparently, he's a Makelele-type defensive midfielder.

Get on one of those Asian channels and watch a Feyenoord match.

I've seen Sahin play twice this season for Feyenoord, he scored on both occasions. He's simply everything we'd want Emre to be. He's had a great season on-loan, scoring 9 goals in 28 games. He could well be turning into the ultimate attacking midfielder and would give our team the dimension we desperately need, for years until one of the world's biggest teams come in for him presuming he lives up to his promise. Sahin is the sort of player who will pick up the ball in midfield and instantly make his mind up whether to distribute the ball or run into space, personally I prefer him over Modric as it is. He can create and finish, his sight is similar to someone like Messi's although he does not have the pace of someone like him. What makes Sahin outstanding is his passing ability. If he is put in behind Owen and Martins we could have a devastating strike partnership on our hands. This is the sort of player who over years could aid our transition into a well-respected European club again.

Agreed.