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Well well well

Pavluychenko (sp?) looks like he has alot of promise, if he really is available for 6 mill we should definitely take a punt at him.

£25 million is a brilliant deal for your lot, why the hate?

Amagad those Valencia tops are sexy.

How high is Owen wearing his shorts there?

I think it's quite smart actually, don't think I'll be getting it any time soon though.

Looks like a darkish purple with a white collar.

They'd sell their best centre back by a mile to fund the buying of a Championship player?

FWIW I saw him play a bit for Bolton when they played us at SJP and he looked quite promising - tidy player, took plenty of neat touches and wasn't afraid to try and beat his man. This was him playing right-wing mind.

Bit gutted tbh, I think he'd have been a shrewd buy for us. Ah well, fingers crossed we have someone better in mind.

thought he was very good today, by far their best player. Agree, thought he looked class in both games. He's carrying this French team tbh, they seem to rely solely on him to make something happen.

Superb match, great stuff with Holland cruising then France pulling one back only for the Dutch to smack them in the bollocks a minute later, great to watch. Holland definitely have my vote for the tournament.

Just because a top 4 team wants him doesn't mean he's top 4 standard.

Or the fact that he had Messi and Bojan to compete with for a place in the side. Yeah, that as well

Well put it this way - if he was such a hot prospect then Barca wouldn't have sold him. I know their standards are much higher than most other clubs but to sell such a young player so early in his career and so eagerly as well suggests there's something amiss about his game imo.

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.