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Odd. I thought you simply had to accept offers that big? The two scenarios are a little different to be fair. How so? Because they won the league? They are in the CL as well so have a bit more money. Plus, Carroll isn't worth £35m, Gotze probably is. Fair enough, haven't seen anything of him bar a few you tube vids.

Odd. I thought you simply had to accept offers that big? The two scenarios are a little different to be fair. How so? Because they won the league?

Errr....thought we weren't allowed to post footy vids.

We've not done too badly tbf. somehow despite a whole load of factors from crap pre season, not technically having a left back etc It's a bit of a miracle isn't it? I did discover a semi logical reasoning in that the teams we had were good teams to get, Arsenal; all over the place great time to play them, Sunderland; Bruce is clueless and Fulham suffer bad travel sickness True, we were lucky with Arsenal, but I expected a draw against Sunderland and Fulham tbh. The majority of the mackems players have played in the prem before, giving them an edge (or so I thought). For Fulham both teams played on thursday which negated our advantage a bit. But Timmy made a few good saves and Best showed some class so, happy days so far. EDIT: Had we played the Arsenal team that Man U did we would have won though.

We've not done too badly tbf. i meant in terms of Ba being a new signing and playing his first few games, thats all.

We've not done too badly tbf. somehow despite a whole load of factors from crap pre season, not technically having a left back etc It's a bit of a miracle isn't it?

We've not done too badly tbf.

Surely everything has been agreed by the time a medical starts?

Ancelotti would be a good replacement for him imho, not that he will be sacked in the near future Forgot about Ancelotti, good shout.

Forster must be leaving.......?

Same with SSN. Well hopefully we have LB sorted, now what about RM and a striker? Covered in midfield. Dreamland if you think we're going to get another midfielder. The problem with midfield at the moment (Ben Arfa out, Gosling needing time to develop a bit more) is that centrally we have Tiote and Cabaye. Tiote is a defensive/holding midfielder, Cabaye is box to box but needs time to settle in English football (about a season to fully find himself I would imagine), and even though Jonas and Obertan are good runners they just can't put the ball in the box. Jonas against Fuham got to the goal line, turned back and was asking where the fuck is Enrique to put this cross in and Obertan had to cut back in centrally. At the moment in midfield we have no one who I'm fully confident can put the ball in the box, though I think with time Cabaye, Obertan, Gosling will all be able to do this, and of course Ben Arfa will when he comes back. I'd add Vuckic to that list as well.

Same with SSN. Well hopefully we have LB sorted, now what about RM and a striker? Covered in midfield. Dreamland if you think we're going to get another midfielder. Yup. I'd be happy with the transfer window if we just got one more decent striker in.

Chelsea pretty much have to play Torres, otherwise he will become a £50 million flop. Lukaku was bought for less and is still young, can see him going on loan for a few months in the prem. rumours say for 6 months at most as they want him back for when Drogba heads off to ACN, hardly ideal for any teaming loaning him Half a season isn't too bad. Depends on the fee paid really.

SPL forwards/strikers are hard to judge though. You could find a Larsson, then again you could end up with a Kenny Miller or Kris Boyd. True, but he's done well in the Championship as well, something like a goal every two games. Also, he's still only 23, potentialtastic.

Chelsea pretty much have to play Torres, otherwise he will become a £50 million flop. Lukaku was bought for less and is still young, can see him going on loan for a few months in the prem.

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Anyone who watches Scottish football, how's Gary Hooper been playing? I see he's scored a ridiculous number of goals (23 in 30).

Think he's done well so far. The start of the season was always going to be hard on us with the number of changes we've made in the transfer window. After our new comers have settled in properly, and got used to playing with each other in a new league (for most of them) I think we'll have a really tidy squad, injuries permitting of course.

It's funny, out of all our links I thought this was the least likely to actually come off. Should stop paying so much attention to FM.

Don't think there are any players ahead of him tbh, he was incredible in pre season and Villas Boas rates him, I think we'll see him in a front 3 with Torres and Mata now he's back from suspension. I'm amazed how down some people are on a loan for Macheda though, Ba has just shown the first signs of being the player we thought, in which case he'll be a more than good enough 1st choice, Best will continue to graft and get goals, and of course Pardew hearts Shola. Add Macheda to that and it's very healthy competition for what will in all liklihood be 1 striking position when HBA returns. Some people are so transfixed on a big fee marquee striker it's almost demented, I fear for their mental health. It's just possible that there isn't an outstanding target out there now, it's not gonna kill us to keep our powder dry and wait for one if that's the case The thing with Macheda is that he hasn't really shown anything great apart fomr that one goal against Aston Villa. Would much rather develop Sammy or Vuckic than him.

What do you do to your transfer testicle if it's wrong? Do you beat it savagely with a belt until it stops giving false alarms? If it's wrong, it's cancer.

If Wenger ended up getting sacked who could step into his shoes? I'm assuming a fair few staff members would leave with him. If Wenger was sacked it would be interesting to see where he went next, watching him coach England or staring fresh at another club would be fascinating.

What do you do to your transfer testicle if it's wrong? Do you beat it savagely with a belt until it stops giving false alarms?