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Was worth a gamble, I thought he had a big future ahead of him. We haven't really lost out on signing him.

If he can keep it simple and keep his cool he will be a useful player for us. Don't feel ready to give up on him just yet. In the right set-up, and with confidence back, he'll do well.

Of course no one missed Demba, when we stopped being able to score goals out of nothing with him. Awful, awful article.

Realistically, we aren't looking at receiving bids of £30m for him. More like half that. He is quality but he hasn't shown it consistently enough. Any team would be bonkers to fork out £30m. At least Carroll looked like a real danger for a while, but he also had the young English talent factor going for him also.

Well isn't that disgusting.

Have they released the baby kits then as last I looked it was only adults and children.

I am just hoping the logo won't be on the infants kit. False hope I know.

This thread has got me wondering just how easy it'll be to peel off the Wonga logo on the new shirts.

Less than Jordon Henderson. Fek off. Ah if only every club were as retarded as Liverpool during that season or two.

sorry was only joking. I know dude, was pretty good.

Didn't want people thinking it was coming from a source.

Cisse will be here come September, I'm very confident of this. Of course, this is entirely baseless.

Price tag will be around £15m I'd think. Providing he is replaced and the excess used to strengthen other areas of the team, I'd accept that bid.

Man United apparently put a £8.5m price tag on Nani, according to Galatasaray.

Monster should have been on from the first whistle. It's them kind of errors that really, for me, stopped Keegan being one of the greats.

Which makes it crucial that you find the right man for the job. I doubt Pearce's credentials.

He's been with England U-21s so maybe a future role in the coaching set-up there.

Huge blow to Martinez' start as Everton manager. Going to have find another player capable of playing a quick, passing game based on intelligence and movement.

Hypothetically speaking of course, I see no reason why he would want to come back and work under Pardew again. He's already achieved the absolute maximum this club will reach under Pardew and Ashley, and we won't be able to match the wages he is currently on at Chelsea. There'll also be a few clubs capable of giving him what he wants financially, with the added incentive of trophies if he is interested in those.

I don't think he's spoke publicly about it, it's just something that has possibly leaked or been made up. It could be a problem for a few of our players, if it is something that has been falsified its an odd time to make it up, so long after the Wonga deal was finalised. Allowing him to wear a different sponsor or no sponsor at all could be a workaround, though how happy Wonga would be about this I'm unsure of. It happened with Kanoute at Sevilla, then he eventually agreed to just wear the sponsor "888.com". It does become a headache if Wonga stick their heels in, as all players wearing the sponsor on their t shirt must be a pretty basic and mandatory requirement in our agreement.

It's risky to buy before you sell as there's so many factors that could stop your player from moving. I can't see us doing that unless we need a player in that position anyway.

He scored goals for us when we were playing poorly. I'd take him back in an instant. I don't think we'll play a particularly good style of play under Pardew so players scoring goals off their own back seems pivotal.