Consortium of one

Maybe it's not a lack of funds. Maybe the writers are assuming that and it's just a matter of the staff agreeing that they aren't going to overpay for a certain class of player. The only time you should overpay is when you have the chance to bring in an impact player.

I voted B but with a caveat. Who's going to buy him injured? Get him on the pitch and hope to hell he has something left. If he does has something left, you'll see what kind of value he has. Maybe he can still be good enough to keep, doubtful, but maybe. Still, people are going to want to see if he's healthy before they spend a dime on him. No choice really, other than to just release him and pay him anywyas.

There were some players that show marked improvement towards the end of the season and Taylor was one of them. He's young, wants to stay so it's worth it to make this investment in him.

where's my 100? Geez, that'd be what, $200 American?

nah, that can't be, we;ve got a sooper dooper new owner to replace the fat b****** who prevented the club from winning every game they played and so everything is just fantastic Well, this is a pleasant surprise, isn't it? Glad to see you finally "on board" with the new regime!

Great news. Signing Owen lends a lot of credibility and should help lure legit talent to the squad.

I don't go to the official site too much, preferring instead to get all my late breaking news off the ITK posters on the internet mackems.gif

hmm, I forgot what I was going to post. My mind keeps going back to Scarlett Johansson...

I would have liked to have seen him get to play more under Keegan. I'd keep him and give him a go in Geremi's spot. It helps that he could play on the left too, as I thought he did better on the left than he did on the right when Duff came back (and we were still playing 4-4-2).

Kaka is supposed to sign in about three weeks after KK returns from his 2nd vacation

Does the club supply fresh underwear too? Socks?

Sometimes having an owner get more involved can be a good thing but oftentimes, if the owner has a little success. he gets to meddling in the day to day affairs and if the owner has little practical experience in the sport it can be a very, very bad thing.

I'd get rid of him ASAP if his presence on the team is hindering us from signing other players.

I like Milner and think the best is yet to come from him but no way the team could turn down 10m. I wonder how many teams are looking to stash away a few natives in anticipation of this alleged 6+5 rule.

Rozy seems to slight for a regular spot in an EPL back 4. Maybe he can be a squad player and cover a game or two for injury or be subbed in late to aid an offensive push but unless he gets a little more bulky I would think the week in, week out I think he'd get ground down to a nub.

England, Spain and then home for Argentina will give every one a pretty good feel for how the team will fare going forward.

Did Spurs sign Emana yet?

I've wondered the same but in reverse I think it's because we can look at the club as both singular or plural. Most clubs are commonly referred to by their nickname, more so than the city so it depends on how the club is referred to that defines how the verb is handled. For instance: New York wants blah blah The Mets want blah blah I'm no english major but I think you guys always see it the same while we Americans will vary depending on if the name is pluralized or not.

I've wondered the same but in reverse

The toughest job for any kind of manager is to clean up someone else's mess. Not only did he do that but it looks like he also rebuilt the foundation for the club for the foreseeable future. Kudos to Chris Mort on a job well done.

I felt the exact same way.

Can't stand Man U.

A lot of American contracts have a morals clause in them. They aren't invoked very often at all but I'm curious as to whether European clubs have such clauses. In all honesty, if the club had adequate cover for him, I would expect them to ditch him if they could. Since it's presumed that they don't, they'll stick by him. He's probably on his last chance though.

The first question about any player is "Does he want to be here?" If he doesn't, no matter how good, he has to go. If he wants to be here, I want Zog. he's exciting on the ball and who better to bring out his full potential than Keegan?