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Might be missing something, but how did we sell players left right and centre last year? Young went because Man United wanted him. Downing went because he's a weaselesque rat-faced c***. Beyond that? Ahh ok, your right. I'll rephrase it then. Selling key players.

Hope we get him, gut feeling tells me were gonna lose out though. He's worth every bit of what Lille are valuing him at imo

They have waited a season to long to try and get Agbonlahor in I reckon. If he was ever going to leave Villa then the last campaign would be have been the one. Selling players left right and centre and with one of the most uninspirational managers their likely to have for some time. They have a promising manager in now and that muppet Darren Bent has been harping on about how he's looking forward to pairing up with this season under Lambert. Would not suprise me if they go for somone like Kevin Doyle or Holt.

Capello gotta be a good shout .

Think Redknapp did a good job at Spurs, but a list of his expenditure would be intresting. He's always had a very generous budget there. If were going to be harsh then the top 4 should be expected. That said, did well to get in that spot twice given the apparent strength of the other sides. Knocking AC out the champions league is not easy either.

He has but never a second yellow which I guess is what you're probably alluding to. He does walk that tightrope very well. Somewhat recklessly, but very well Oh yeah, that ludicrous one against Stevenage in the Cup. Ridiculous decision that was, tackle was text book.

Aye, remember that. Such incidents lead to major questions about a football brain and indeed desire. If you care you simply dont do that. Looked like he cared when he made it 1-1 later in the game. By celebrating? Would have been odd if he didnt. As I mentioned in a previous post and also it's been said by several others, no one denies Martins was a gifted player, some of his goals defied belief,but it's also fairly clear he was not as focused as he could have been in that famed season. If you think he was really that bothered when we went down then your kidding yourself ...... imo. Trying to deviate the blame away from himself did him no favours for me.

Seems to know his shit the lad who wrote them Zonal Marking articles. I wonder if he does anything else but watch football. Reminds me a bit of Marcotti, seems to forget footballers are actually humans.

Would not suprise me at all if Wireside = David Meyler. Both seem to carry the same child like intelligence when it comes to talking about their rival club.

It is classic. What they fail to recognise is how much we have overtook them. Sure they got Coldplay & The Boss playing at SOL in the summer but we got BA, HBA, Cabs, Colo, Krul, Cisse & the gang playing for NUFC. Yeh thats true, but we dont need to overtake them as they have never been in front. Even in the seasons they mention, the first one we were the crisis club of world football, a laughing stock, and they just to say survived whilst we went down. Yet they have that down as success? The post match interview with Quinn and Sabragia was cringeworthy. The second when we were down they finished 14th I think? They had to chance then to stamp some sort of authority on the region but as ever, failed. The third season in this ever impressive display of dominance was down to us throwing away a 3 goal lead on the last day. To claim bragging rights from such feeble achievments is embarrasing but wholly predictable.

Aye, remember that. Such incidents lead to major questions about a football brain and indeed desire. If you care you simply dont do that.

Well that's a fair point I guess about his previous seasons with us, just felt he vanished when we really really needed him. Obviously he was in plentiful company, I'm not singling him out here.

Attitude appaling during relegation season (not alone I know), suspicions of faking injury, and in an interview whilst a Brum player, inexplicably claimed he and the other players could do nothing to prevent us going down. Raw ability never in question, but when the going got tough he didn't want to know.

If thats a fake even better, hilarious the uproar its caused.

Off RTG 'Prior to this season when was the last time they had finished above us? I love that, the secret weapon that the mackems bring out. No mention the fact they were only just above us twice and the other time we were in another division. Such dominance.

The game in the championship was quite similar aswell. One chance one goal. What the hell are you supposed to do if you cant get the ball. They harp on about dominating games but its the dullest form of it in football.

He did. No doubt about it Martinez got them playing the attractive stuff, had some end product to go with it aswell. Paulo Sousa also took the passing game very seriously and just recently Brendan Rodgers seems to taking all the credit for it, as if it has been him who has instilled it. Rodgers has taken it to the extreme imo, when they played us at the Liberty is was laughable how they went about it.

Agree with this. I don't mind Rodgers as a bloke but he strikes me very much as someone who has been seduced by his own hype, and its hype I dont think is justified. He did well keeping Swansea in the division but the press went completley over the top when it came to praising the brand of football he adopts. He did an interview with the MOTD lot and it was painful to watch. If he hits the ground running at Liverpool we'll be scrambling for the sick buckets. If we weren't already mind, anything to do with Liverpool has my stomach doing somersaults.

Just starting to look such a good player, be incredibly suprised if we sold him now. That article is so poor. Mind you if it was the mackems they'd be happy to sell him.

Because we're all paranoid.

Linked with Joe Allen already.

Just got him on the back of me shirt.... he better not leave!

Not bothered about the national side at all... and not guilty about feeling like that. Would rather Newcastle win a corner than England win a match..

I think Hulk looks a good player but he seems to have the 'it revolves around me not the team' attitude. Every time I have watched him for Porto he pings shots from a ridiculous distance rather than take more sensible and better options. Ability ain't in question for me, just looks a bit of a sulky b*stard. On the surface looks like Chelsea working hard to replace the old guard. Mata, Hazard, Hulk and Marin. Potentially very potent. De Bruyne & Lukaku aswell. They will be looking to have Essien replaced next and someone like M'Vila or De Rossi will hopefully be on the shopping list... not our kid.

Well I must say the humiliation of all this is quite unbearable. A few misspelt words and this forum really hits you hard. Oh and you've spelled Susie wrong. Terrible for an expert.