Hughesy

People are genuinely saying Debuchy was poor last season? Staggering.

That's better than I thought. Must not have been looking properly.

What kind of fee would we be looking at? His scoring record doesn't look great from wikipedia. Is he more of a target man?

I love Laudrup as well, but his cv has the odd blip on it.

I still don't quite understand what is wrong with a midfield three of Cabaye, Sissoko and Tiote. Just try it, Alan, and see what happens.

4 more years for shola

2 additions would be fine as long as they are of a sufficient quality.

Crystal Palace probably found it hard to get him over the line.

I realise that putting an unrealistic target in the thread entitled 'Realistic Transfer Targets', but what is Micah Richards' status at Man City? Does he not get picked because he is injured or they don't rate him?

Yeah mate, I'm the blinkered one. What I actually meant was that there are certain games where I can see a role for Jonas. Not many, but certainly in the case of injuries or closing games out as a sub. So there's no 'probably not' about him starting, then? There's no games in which he should get near the starting lineup. I can see games where we might want to play him as part of a midfield three or games where we want to counter a specific threat and play him a midfielder in a 4-4-2. So yes - I don't think he should be part of a starting XI on a regular basis but I see a role for him. I don't know what else you want me to say - I can see a role for a lot of players in our squad that might be outside our first choice XI.

Yeah mate, I'm the blinkered one. What I actually meant was that there are certain games where I can see a role for Jonas. Not many, but certainly in the case of injuries or closing games out as a sub.

Yep, a massive error. Always seemed very weird to sell Routledge. He's just had his first decent season in the top flight in 8 years. Again like the Hughes situation, selling him wasn't the problem, who we replaced him with is. Not quite the same as the Hughes situation - we should never have sold Hughes.

Is Jonas worth a place in the team now? Probably not. Is he a valuable squad member that can cover a number of positions? Yes. That's it really.

He really isn't an awful footballer. Some of worst exaggeration possible gets wheeled out when it comes to Jonas.

I really wish - on the basis that Cabaye will probably leave - that we bought our bloody replacements before we sold. First, it means we aren't left in a position where we may potentially be a man light. Secondly, they have longer to bed into the team. Thirdly, and probably most importantly to Mike, there is less chance of the selling club demanding more money when they see we have sold Cabaye for lots of money.

I genuinely don't know what to make of the enigma that is Cabaye. He is clearly a very talented player, but, as others have pointed out, I am just not convinced that he will ever show his true potential in England. I think if we got a bid of over £20 million for him, I wouldn't be that sad to see him leave. Especially if he wants out.

I think Perch will be a miss to be honest. He will be a great buy for Wigan at 700k, if true.

Keown fancied Mata straightaway. He he.

Absolutely not true, they make thick end of £20Mill more than us. Maybe we should charge Spurs-esque prices, that'd make everyone happy I'm sure. Yep - people seem to overlook how relatively 'cheap' our tickets are compared to most other clubs.

Why is Ashley mates with kinnear anyway? Is there actually any proof of this friendship? Apart from the whole 'giving a job to a clueless dinosaur' bit...

Blizzard is a brilliant read. Wish they would leave out some of the 'comedy' articles though.

I really think you do have an issue with Shearer.

It is a very sad book - it was strange as you obviously knew what was going to happen, but it was still a shock when it does actually happen. If that makes any sense.

I like him as a player, and do think he's underrated, massively even by some, but he's not what we need, not at all. Cisse and him are just too similar for me. He's a better option than we have at the moment - can at least play him if Cisse is out of form or injured.