LucaAltieri

You're missing the point. Try reading it again. Nope, you have. Oh, alright then. I didn't realise. Let's lock the thread.

You're missing the point. Try reading it again.

Cheeky bid for Balotelli.

Players are not simply good or shit. They all have their attributes, and if they're playing at the highest level then they have some positives about their footballing ability. Some will have pace, some a good touch, etc. You can't just write off every player in the lower teams, it's moronic. We're probably not going to pick up the next Messi by raiding the relegation sides, granted. That said, if we know what we're looking for we can make an incremental improvement on what we already have. Danny Simpson isn't a world beater, is there someone amongst those teams that's stronger in that position than him? What are their flaws? Are they more of a risk because of them? Simpson has done a job for us despite his limitations. Same can be said for Routledge when in the championship, Obertan this season. This is what we do now. Where we can't afford/find quality, we find someone that's good enough to paper over the cracks until that quality player becomes available at the right price. Lovenkrands, Carroll, Simpson, Sibierski, etc. Is there a relegation player whose passing might help out our system? Someone who has physicality that could change the way we play in one area of the pitch? If you genuinely can't see anyone down there that what offer an incremental improvement or offer us something different, or provide us cover in an area that we're weak, then fair enough. But personally, I think you're not looking hard enough. Of course, buying from abroad is already an option. Maybe we can find something better and cheaper. I'm all for that. But, with relegation comes financial problems. Teams are often ok letting players go at cut down fees to get them off the wage bill. We might get a bargain.

DC 0-0 Sounders I have absolutely no idea how Roger Levesque is employed as a professional footballer. There's still hope for me yet. 'Big names' De Rosario and Montero both looking pretty toothless. Glad I didn't sit through the whole thing.

100% agree. Of course we would. That's what we do: buy on the cheap, get some performances out of them, sell for a profit. The guy still has potential, just needs to get back in the habit of having a night in once in a while. whether or not he'd have the right frame of mind to do that is another question. Personally, I wouldn't want him anyway, but away from Liverpool, in the right environment, with a renewed focus he could be a quality player. After really stepping up and improving rapidly when we gave him an opportunity he seems to have gone to Liverpool and not improved in the slightest. With that in mind, I think the right thing for Liverpool to do would be to loan him out. - Liverpool get him off the wage bill without having to admit defeat and take huge losses. - Carroll gets the games he needs (presumably) with less of a spotlight as well as having to take on board the "it's not working out" message, which will hopefully spur him on to get better. - Some third rate Prem team gets a beast of a workhorse on the cheap - that just isn't us.

The exact opposite of Shola then. Shola earns his wages against the Mackems, and I'm perfectly fine with that. Play him twice a season for all I care. Worth every penny.

You sure? looks legit just looking at it...... oh well i been fooled The main sign that points to the account being fake is the lack of NUFC players following him. Plus some of the written French is a bit suspect. I thought the Danny Simpson account was fake because some of the English was a bit suspect. Turned out to be genuine.

Exactly. A tenner today is more valuable than a tenner spread over three years. I'm not sure it's that simple. With interest payments and higher transfer fees I imagine that paying by installments is lucrative and actually preferable for clubs that don't need the money up front. I'm almost certain interest payments are rare in football. Based on what? I'd always assumed they'd be the norm. I wouldn't be too keen on deferring a multi-million pound payment and not having any compensation for lost interest.

euphemism? You're thinking of Xisco.

Exactly. A tenner today is more valuable than a tenner spread over three years. I'm not sure it's that simple. With interest payments and higher transfer fees I imagine that paying by installments is lucrative and actually preferable for clubs that don't need the money up front.

Anyone fancy Joey Barton on a free?

Bolton Blackburn QPR Wigan Wolves Any 3 of those likely to be going down. Which players should we be getting cheeky bids in for?

Bleh.

Sounders vs. Dynamo tonight. Should be a good one.

Papiss Cissé = Faustino Asprilla 2012

Feels oddly like a loss. Not at all convincing.

Surge forward, pass back, serge forward, pass back. Have we hired Clive Woodward as attacking coach?

Put a couple of bets on. 2.5+ goals and Newcastle -2 to win. Would feel better about them if Cisse had stuck another one of those chances away.

I thought he did rather well.

Demba2 It's been coming.

Another tap in* from Ben Arfa, I see. *after running 25 yards with the ball and making monkeys out of two Arsenal defenders.

Because we've been playing long ball without a target man up until this point.

Who cares. We need a change upfront. Shola is our in-form striker.

Playing for Liverpool! I know some Liverpool fans who'd disagree.