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Ramos bought Hutton as well who's looked good value for money.

At least see who we bring in before August before comparing squads surely? Say we bring in three or four players like Veloso, Torosidis, Derdiyok and Turan, all not out of our reach by any means, then our squad will be very comparable to theirs imo. Just wait and see what happens, we won't be far behind come the start of next season I reckon.

Schweinsteiger's impressed me both times he's come on, think he'd do well in our 4-3-3.

Modric looks quality.

Can't see him getting on with Abramovich either tbh.

I took Quaresma out earlier today so dunno if I'll get his points or not.

I'd say it is, yes.

Well its certainly not attractive but you can't deny there's logic behind O'Neill playing like that when we've got someone on such inconsistent defensive form as Cacapa. He'd be a fool not to try and exploit that weakness tbh.

check out the clip `MARADONA Peruano - Roberto Merino` Some skill that fella has In almost 10 minutes of footage I counted 563 stepovers, 3 assists & 3 goals. Youtube showboat rating: 8/10 Youtube effectiveness rating: 4/10 That's a different player I think

I thought Simao was excellent last night from what I saw of the game.

Apparently Pograbnyak's out of the tournament btw for those who have him in their teams.

Great goal. From a centre back as well.

So you're saying Carroll could score 10+ goals a season for an average team in La Liga, 11 in 29 for his country and warrant a transfer to one of Europe's biggest clubs? Bollocks my friend, absolute bollocks.

More importantly, he's in my fucking fantasy team!

Exactly.

Just signed up.

http://nufcblog.com/2008/06/06/newcastle-news/newcastle-to-participate-in-majorca-tournament/#more-8002

I always thought Behrami was the sort of poster player in Switzerland.

12 million sterling offered perhaps? And based the earlier stories I think that matches Galatasaray's asking price too iirc.

Sounds ok, depending if the price is reasonable I'd get him in without a second thought tbh. Might be pushing the boat out a bit here but I think he could prove to be a shrewder buy than Modric ever would have been - would come at about half the price, younger, and is arguably more experienced having played in the Bundesliga and Eredivisie and therefore could be less of a risk regarding transition to the Premiership. Anything in excess of £10 million is too steep though imo.

What kind of midfielder is he, ie playmaker, holding midfield etc?

They're in a bit of a financial state though so could sell for a good price.

My team, made a few changes since last time: Buffon Bosingwa Barzagli Mertesacker Seitaridis Quaresma Emre Fabregas Ribery Gomez Benzema Sub: Sychev Taking a bit of a risk with the two forwards but I have faith

I guess this means signing Arda Turan's gone to complete pot?

Makes no sense selling him now before the Euro's where he's set to shine imo. We could have got double what Fener are paying.