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This is absolutely hilarious To see Villa and Sunderland fall apart at the same time is just......it's just too much. I'm completely overwhelmed By the way, if they had second thoughts on McClaren due to the reaction amongst Villa fans, why are they persisting with McLeish?

Bayern have bought Rafinha and want Boateng, so they're out. Barcelona have probably set their sights higher and that pretty much just leaves Liverpool (who are said to be reluctant to pay his wages). He probably wants to go, but it's no guarantee that somebody wants to get him right now. That's why he hasn't committed yet. He'd like to leave but doesn't want to burn his bridges, just in case he doesn't. Hence the wait. It's annoying, but hopefully Pardew won't make it worse.

Shaqiri > Barnetta. Whoever suggested Onuoha, thats a great call. Although with him being English, we'll most likely baulk at the price.

Sunderland are busy with other signings and selling Gyan Everton need to sell Yobo and Yakubu first Aston Villa don't even have a manager yet It makes complete sense to bid for him now. Not saying that we haven't, but we really must do it now. At the minute only Liverpool might be in the way, but hopefully they want Mata and Adam instead.

He's not particularly great, but it'd be a disaster for Sunderland if they let Gyan go too. Hilarious Of course, if they spend that money well they could do great, but Bruce has already let that ship sail.....selling star players and replacing them with crap. This sounds too good to be true. May as well offer them Perch and Smith for £5m.

Can't believe the negativity - even on here. We're only halfway through June and we've overachieved with one signing, almost did so with two others and are still pursuing quality players. Ba is on a free transfer!!! The bonus is that he's very good and we'll structure the contract so theres little risk for us. OK, I'm not excited about Erding, but after having a good think I still can't think of who else we can buy thats realistic, excellent and affordable. We're probably going into next season with a stronger squad, plus the returns of HBA and Gosling. If being active in the transfer market is a bad thing, just remember how it was in January - a hell of a lot worse.

So Pardew rates the SPL so badly, he decided to buy a player from there? As if.

In FFT's 'Brazil in Crisis' mega-feature, they keep mentioning Lucas (SP) in the same breath as Ganso and Neymar. As a three, they could be marvellous.

I bet we get Arsenal at home, so Sky can hope for another 4-4.

To counteract the two letters of Ba

Forum-wide piss up if Enrique signs a new deal. No matter which night it is!

Aston Vil-LOL. LMAOston Villa. Aston ROFLcopter.

Thanks Dave, I hate hope - it's a painful emotion.

Was worried when I saw the title change, but it sounds like nothing has changed. He's waiting for either us to impress him or somebody to show interest in him (which isn't a guarantee). It's early June, so its no surprise we're still in a stalemate stage. I believe he's willing to stay here if we buy some real quality in the next few weeks, but it could still go either way. A compromise would be a buyout clause of £12-15m. Those are the rates for the type of club he wants to join, so it shouldn't be a problem if he keeps playing like he has.

I'm at a graduate jobfair at SJP and have just seen a French-Turkish looking man. his body language suggests a poor season and i heard him mutter "j'adore paris". ITK4LIFE

If we're playing 'Transfer Window Bingo', I'm just waiting for a Skjelbred and Huseklepp.

He'll fail there. At best he'll get 15 goals for a few years, but he'll never justify £35m. This season is massive for him, including Euro 2012 and I'm not sure he's got the winning mentality needed to overcome pressure. Fingers crossed!

I just 'liked' Patrice Loko on Facebook the other day, as well as Nestor Sensini, Ulrich van Gobbel, Wolfgang Feiersinger and Kriss Akabusi. I'm an idiot.

is there that much of a difference between them? i've never read either. surely they end up replicating stories....

might sound weird, but why do we have both the Chronicle and Journal? especially when they share journalists.

If they didn't like what Hughes did, why would they like what McLeish did? Quitting by e-mail?

Meh, don't think he's that great.

Old. oops i forgot, he's over 22. sorry. http://theoverflowroom.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/nothing_to_see_here.jpg

And of course they're selling Roger Johnson - if you've managed a team to relegation, you know you'll lose players. Duh!!!

Has anybody seen Nolan Roux play? I've heard good things about him. Pacey, apparantly.