Jack Flash

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Imagine if they had a "wormy day"

http://a.yfrog.com/img876/9302/uwxkyi.jpg Burundi Day for Bigi.

He'll have more match fitness than Cabaye and probably Tiote so playing him on Saturday isn't out of the question.

If he stays in the PL he can't win. He'd get criticism for going to all the teams that could afford him. the only one that could have been worse than this move is Spurs He'd be called greedy if he went to Chelsea or Man City. He'd never go to Tottenham as they can't win the league.

If he stays in the PL he can't win. He'd get criticism for going to all the teams that could afford him.

Vurn baby Vurn, Vurnon Anita!

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Looks like nearly 10 past 8 on his watch.

I think we'll tell him he'll play as much as possible. He doesn't have that much of a reason to leave so giving him strong assurances might swing it. Playing 2 DM's at home against bottom half teams/poor European teams isn't something I'd want to see, so he might find himself on the bench more than he'd like.

"You'll get your chances but you need to take them" should be our answer. Don't really want us guaranteeing places to anyone until they've earned it.

Sammy is out.

We really need to be more grateful to our scouting/negotiation setup than we already are. £14 million would probably cover half of our team.

The Premier League is a multi-billion pound industry. Nearly every game is important in some way by the time May comes around. Dropping out of the PL can almost end your team/clubs chances of ever being in the elite again, which impacts greatly on your club and on your fans. I'm not a follower of Rugby or Cricket, but I doubt the overall pressure is as bad.

yet they can control themselves in pther sports, i wonder why ? No other sport with this many differently interpretable rules has as much pressure as high level football. Fouls, offsides, throw ins, penalties, corners etc are not as set in stone as the rules for other sports.

Curtis?

It can be changed with concerted effort to reinforce the position of the ref and make dissent unacceptable though. Aye, right now it won't stamp out the petulance that has become acceptable in football. But over time the game and the standards of behaviour will be improved, if action is taken. I'm hoping that the Olympics and all that will have fans in a better mood for the season. Maybe a bit more perspective, and a bit more unwilling to accept bad behaviour. And the referees enforcing the dissent rules would be good too.... they already have the power to change things, they're just scared to use it. If the standard of refereeing were to improve there would be less reason for players to kick off. Giving a red card to a player who is angry about an awful decision (that could lose his team the game) is just papering over the cracks. The dissent is largely a by-product of growing ineptitude. I'm not including managers in this btw. They have time to calm down and see a replay before they give their opinions.

While I don't agree with it in general, it's hard to control yourself when the referee is just blatantly getting things wrong. A few times last season I've been convinced the referee has decided to give as many decisions against us as he can and it's hard to just smile and carry on when it happens. Who wouldn't have questioned the ref when Luiz only got a yellow, for example? Some awful decisions cost games, which costs points, which costs money. You can't just switch off immediate emotion.

I wasn't there. Hope a summary gets posted though.

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Didn't like the way he left us but he was a top class keeper back in the day. Detested the way he left us - it was like a general leaving his troops to fend for themselves (silly analogy I know). His departure definitely left a bitter taste in the mouth but these days I feel sorry for him more than anything - he did get his medal at City but that was for sitting on the bench and his career has now led him to Villa. Shame. http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/24133683.jpg Nah this is the one transfer we really failed to get the most out of. The Given money might well have paid for every transfer we did until Ben Arfa. Possibly. Either way that £7/8 million went a very long way.

Didn't like the way he left us but he was a top class keeper back in the day. Detested the way he left us - it was like a general leaving his troops to fend for themselves (silly analogy I know). His departure definitely left a bitter taste in the mouth but these days I feel sorry for him more than anything - he did get his medal at City but that was for sitting on the bench and his career has now led him to Villa. Shame. http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/24133683.jpg

Shefki Kuqi LOL

http://www.the-wanderer.co.uk/boards/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=23494 Mostly good reviews on there. Great finisher but should only come off the bench. Claznoc pls

Klasnic would be fine off the bench, especially if we're not buying another striker. Scored a fair few for Bolton in his time. I don't want Gabbidon but he played loads for Pardew at West Ham. Very, very outside chance.