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To be fair, at least now when they get left behind they've got that Downey lass to do some proper fitness work with them. I just imagine it's normally just Fat Derek making them do laps.

Isn't that the point of pre season games though; to gain fitness? Maybe they think he'd benefit more from a few days extra fitness work before playing against St. Mirren on Tuesday?

Those will be Anita, Ben Arfa, Tiote, Obertan, Cisse and (forced to) Colo then.

Blackpool are 5/2 by the way folks.

Elliot Debuchy Taylor Willo Santon Cabaye Jonas Sissoko Marveaux Gouffran Shola nailed on.

Ben Arfa looked way off the pace against Pacos like, touch and movement was pathetic.

Surely we could have given Cisse ten minutes at least? Silly to leave him out entirely IMO, we're far too cautious. He'll not be fit for City, so obvious.

Williamson, Jonas and Shola Jonas on the right? Bet it's Marveaux left, Gutierrez and Cabaye central, Sissoko right. Where's HBA?

For once I think we've been fair and the other chairman is the tight-fisted get. Leave it a week or two and maybe add another few hundred thousand and I think they'll accept it.

supposedly his representatives are flying in tomorrow for talks, hopefully that still goes ahead.

Ended up getting 5/2 with Betfred. I think we'll lose.

Just flicked over to watch the last half an hour of the dippers against a Thailand XI and that Jordon Ibe lad is so talented. Gonna be a class player IMO.

I'm pretty confident the Bardsley stuff is just paper chatter like.

Any radio coverage?

Should just leave the offer on the table. It'll be like The Simpsons when Homer's trying to sell Burns the bear. "I gotta call Burns! I gotta call Burns! Maybe I can still get that drink!"

Shola brace this afternoon; Ashley pulls the plug. You heard it here first.

£8.6m (aka 10m euros) has been the alleged asking price bandied around all the papers, hasn't it?

As if Sammy's been referenced there. He mentioned him in the TalkSport interview too, the senile old cunt actually rates him.

Lyon went through a period where they always seemed to beat Real 1-0, I'm assuming it was in one of those games?

no wonder we were so keen to get him out the door.

it wasn't exactly seamless but I still laughed like a drain.

Blackpool are 11/5 for tomorrow, probably gonna throw a fiver on that. Better odds might yet appear.

great news. Hopefully these supposed talks on Monday come to a good conclusion.

same here. I think the attendance would drop to below 30,000 within a month if Kinnear took over.

Where are you getting all this from Tooj?