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It's WBA ffs! We beat them relatively comfortably under Hughton at their place last season with a similar looking side to what we have now. They, no the other hand, lost both Mowbray, a decent manager, and their best player Fortune and have brought in unproven replacements. Some are vastly overrating the quality of opposition here imo and I think we'll at least get a point.

Mascherano?

Gerard Pique.

Sergio Ramos as well. Maybe Sneijder?

Maicon.

Couldn't honestly say. I don't know Airdrie too well as I've only been there to visit grandparents and relatives but it's in a sort of cul-de-sac type area.

your dads from Airdrie? Yeah.

Plastic fan tbh None of my family have links with Newcastle - my mum's side are all from Manchester and support Man U whereas my dad's from Airdrie. When I was about 5 or 6, Newcastle were one of the best teams going and used to be king on the old football management games I played with my dad, which gave me an initial interest in the club. My dad reckons I started seriously following after watching the 3-2 game against Barca and just being bowled over by it all - Tino's hatrick and his class celebration, Gillespie bombing down the wing and the like. Got my first football shirt, the 97-98 home one with the itchy collar, that Christmas and have just gone on from there really! It's likely to be frowned upon by a lot on here but meh

I`m not annoyed really anymore, we get Eto'o and Hleb + millions, i am the one who's laughing here. He was bound to leave sooner or later anyways, just sucks that it have to be the one player i really like Moratti>> Laporta Eto'o is going to be completely wasted in that Inter side, zero pace around him and the midfield supporting him is hardly the most creative, he really should of made a move to England or tried to stay in Spain. Hleb should rectify that.

I think he's naturally a bit of a hothead tbh. Remember he kicked off with Morten Gamst Pedersen under KK last season seemingly out of nothing? Still a legend mind.

Not all that successful but is it Zico? Yeah. I was looking at his wiki, he's pretty damn successful. Didn't think he was all that as a manager though. As a player though, definitely successful.

Not all that successful but is it Zico?

The Daily Star (I know, I know) had us linked with Michael Mifsud, who I think is now out of contract. Would be a decent signing.

That's mad if true. Infact anything over £25m for him would be madness. Worth every penny. I debate that, I normally agree with you Mattis you are one of the few with a good knowledge of Europe, but I dunno 38M is a massive amount. When you think that Berbatov went for £30 mill, it doesn't seem as bad.

I think so, yeah. I'm guessing it'll be Johnson Walcott and Milner upfront, with Cattermole, Noble and Muamba in midfield. Not that bad, loads of running and pace up front, just worried none of them is a particularly good finisher. Oh well, we'll still have Richards who'll score from a corner. Walcott's a good finisher.

That's all we get. I haven't been keeping up with this is it really even likely to be true Dave? My gut instinct says no. Its from the News of the World so unfortunately its 100% false. I dunno. Don't NOTW have strong links with Ashley? Indeed,they are both full of s***. Well that's a given Seriously though, Rob Beasley (the guy who's sometimes on Sunday Supplement from NOTW) is apparently good mates with Ashley and I think it was only NOTW who Ashley gave an exclusive interview to earlier on in the season. Could well be wrong mind.

That's all we get. I haven't been keeping up with this is it really even likely to be true Dave? My gut instinct says no. Its from the News of the World so unfortunately its 100% false. I dunno. Don't NOTW have strong links with Ashley?

Done alright otherwise? Has probably been superb in training......

Done alright otherwise?

Still think it's a shambles that Guthrie isn't even in the squad.

Thought it was rank as anything when I first saw it, but I've got it say it's growing on me

He can go for a far better club than wolves. Not sure about Doyle, still not convinced that he can cut it higher than the Championship. He's scored 22 times in the Premiership over the two seasons that Reading were up; not too bad a record. Wolves could do a lot worse.

Either 98/99 or 01/02.

Sunderland can use black lettering though, we can't.

Nah, pretty sure it's different.