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Utter tosh. If he's any good he's running out of time to prove it.

Owen was poor last season and scored the same amount as Fabiano.

A bowling ball drinking a cup of tea?

Maybe twenty years ago when he was about 25. You do know who Kanu is? The one who left for Wolfsburg? Nah the lad Anderlecht who is on loan at Cercle Brugge Ah.

Maybe twenty years ago when he was about 25. You do know who Kanu is? The one who left for Wolfsburg?

I just noticed the sniper on the Taylor one.

Maybe twenty years ago when he was about 25.

Ibrahimovic celebrating with the likes of Iniesta, Xavi and Messi looks like a dad hugging his kids.

When Messi and Ibrahimovic click they will be unstoppable

Who scored?

HAHA Stoke.

I remember when one of the nobs at the Guardian said he'd achieved as much/was as good as Keegan.

Plastic fan.

I hope Given gets dropped and City sign Casillas in January. Or breaks an arm. Hate him now he's at City.

Might by the Paul Robinson gaffe but the keeper is too skinny so I can't be.

I'm chuffed that it's 1-1. I'd laugh my arse off if Hull won 1-4, Phil Brown losing is nowt compared to the mackems getting beat.

If true, the bit about the Americans dealing direct with Ashley rather than through Seymour Pierce is interesting. Harris has said more than once that he thinks there should be a strong local presence in the ownership of the club. It's reasonable to surmise that he favours Moat. Personally, I think local ownership is a mixed blessing. You often hear that the club should be owned by someone who understands the place of the club in the region, but it's not clear exactly what decisions would be different in the case of a local owner. If anything, we need owners that can resist the pressure and not get sucked into decisions that are driven more by hope and emotion than common sense. A big problem with Shepherd was that, as a fan, he couldn't resist meddling in footballing decisions and showed favouritism to Shearer as the fans' hero. You could look at Ashley and say that he, as an outsider, hasn't done very well. My view is that his overall strategy was fine in the circumstances that the club were in, but his fatal blunder was appointing Keegan - a man whose motivation was suspect, who was unsuited to a long-term approach or working within a team, and whose chief asset was his standing with the fans. In that decision, Ashley was paying too much attention to local opinion, not too little. Of course, some may disagree. KEEGAN'S MOTIVATION, in coming back . . Yes, that is something that has bugged me quite a lot. I mean, what do you think he came back for? Certainly, events have proved that it was NOT (what we all hoped it was for) to "finish off the job he started and win us the Premier League every year" . . . NO, I think it was something altogether "less noble" than that. He certainly didn't stick around long when the going got tough, did he? Because of THAT (though it was probably Ashley's actual fault) we are now relegated and are in the Second Division ('nothingness', as someone once called it). Yes KEEGAN'S MOTIVES, are very, very, very, suspect - in MY opinion. Its KKs fault we are in the 2nd div? Lame, Not the fact that ashley would not invest money?? Thats why KK left, he could nto get Ashley to invest in any players. Jesus wept. Embarrassing isn't it? Some people still fail to understand why Keegan left.

My Slovenian is really rusty but some of the stuff I picked up: "Back in home country, no players like Nicky Butt, so an honour to even train with him." "Hughton is now a legend in Haris' village in Slovenia." He also said he was chuffed that the team is top of the Premier League but was suspicious of the disappearance of the likes of Man U and Liverpool

The standard of play It's like watching 22 Nicky Butts with long hair.

What do you think would happen if Moat took over but didn't pump loads of his own money in?

Eh? I never said they weren't, I'm just saying I don't think Zola has even spent a penny but they still finished in a respectable league position, which shows it can be done without spending loads. Answer me this anyway, do you think you need big investment to finish in the top half/top 8 of the PL?

And how do you hire the right manager? You make it sound easy, which if it was, every club would "hire the right manager." The fact is, it's not that easy. I know it's not easy. That's why I said 'easy (sic) said than done.'

EH? We are in the championship cos fat man would not invest in the first team or appoint a half decent manager. While he is here expect this to continue, so how are we in a better position then the prem sides, baring in mind we are in the championship, have had our income reduced and still have players on higher wages that Everton and the rest wouldn't offer??? Sorry I meant to say if we get promoted.

Black power.

Not really. As long as the club is run well i.e. investing in youth (without ignoring the first team), not spending extortionate amounts on wages and hiring the right managers, then we'll be OK. West Ham's owner doesn't pump money in, they've relied on a good manager and good youth set up, Everton rely on a top manager and buying the right players on the cheap, Arsenal, everyone knows about, and there's plenty of other examples. We are even in a better position than those clubs, except Arsenal, in that we already have a massive stadium and large fanbase as well as fans all around the world. All of this is easy said than done, but there's no point being cynical or negative for the sake of it, when no one knows anything more than anyone else. Not that we no Moat has no money of course, he could well have significant backing from the US still.