The Prophet

Eh? Let's be honest, anything we get from this game is a bonus. I'd say the same about any of last seasons top eight.

If all goes to plan: ------------------------------------------Harper------------------------------------------- Perch-------------------Williamson-----------------------Colo----------------Enrique Routledge-------------Barton/Nolan/Guthrie---------------Tiote------------Jonas ----------------------------------------Ben Arfa------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------Carroll-------------------------------------------- Should be enough to stay in this league.

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I'd take Ireland over Milner every day of the week. Villa must be laughing all the way to the bank.

I can't believe neesy is turning this into a negative, have a word.

Think I'd pass out if we signed both of them.

Get out.

Link to RTG? They must all watch Dutch football.

Not as good as:

F5, F5, F5, F5, F5, F5, F5, F5...

We need a midfielder with legs as much as we need an attacking midfielder.

...but it's the Daily Mail.

Cheeky loan bid?

If Alan Smith is on the pitch early on something has went very wrong. Speaking of which is Guthrie fit?

Oh aye, missed that comment somehow. See what you mean now.

Also get Smith to go in hard on Young early on.

What's he said wrong there like?

Anyone else worried by the prospect of Colo against Carew?

'You've got your Gerrards and you Lampards and your Terrys.' Fuck off.

PM Keefaz, he has the latest.

Had a very impressive World Cup, shame they weren't in it a bit longer.

In all seriousness, are you boxed?

Can I have some of what your taking please? He's maybe talking about a different Ben Arfa. I mean, I know he's a good player, but he's not Christ reincarnated. FYP

He's got to be on the wind up.

Surely it's occured to Ashley making an investment now is a more profitbale long term startegy? I echo what Parky has to say about debt, I made a post about it last year but I can't be arsed to find it. I applaud Ashley for slashing the wage bill, etc but he has to realise well established clubs have a certian amount of debt, while the clubs at the top end of table have a massive amount of debt, perhaps with the exception of Arsenal. You can't climb the ladder serching the bargain bin for the odd Bosman here and a loan there, it doesn't work like that. Take Sunderland for example, what is they've spent something like £100 million on players in the last two or three years (I could be wrong there like)? And they're still struggling to break into the top half of the table. It's not like we're asking him to spend that much either, it's a case of screwing your loaf. I really don't know what Ashely's perogatives are, I've said in the Ben Arfa I'm not sure whether he's penny pinching because he feels it's necessay or because it's part of some pipe dream buisness plan in which we climb the league on a wing and a prayer but either way we're going to suffer for it. We'll stumble from season to season maybe scrapping through one and getting relegated the next, then the ultimate goal of breaking even will become longer and more painful. Surely it would occur to anyone with a modicum of sense that a reletively sized investment now will serve him better in the long term, even if we have to suffer as Premier League whipping boys for a few of years it's a hell of a lot more valubale the lurching from league to leage every other year.