Optimistic Nut

Just seen Mike Williamson has went from managing in the Football League, being First-Team coach at Rangers, to joining the coaching staff at South Shields. Gateshead.Head Coach MK Dons Head Coach Carlisle Head Coach. Rangers First Team Coach South Shields First Team Coach That's some path.

Had no issue selling Ferdinand. He was hitting 30, starting to pick up injuries, we got our £6m back and he had one good season after he left us, which was about 6 years later in a relegated Leicester side. The way we spent the money was atrocious though. Not helped by the fact we had no reserve team and we had to pad that out with the likes of Brady, Serrant, Pinas, Coppinger, Gudjonsson, etc just to get it started up again.

Well that's the other side to the coin when people are saying Man City are doing what they want. The alternative is that Liverpool, Bayern or Real Madrid get him on a Free and cherry pick whoever the fuck they like.

I honestly think this will be his Sol Campbell to Arsenal or van Dijk to Liverpool move. Would be funny if it was the Maguire to Man Utd one, just don't see it. Think he'll be great there.

FA Cup all day long surely.

Plus his wage will be 3-4 times more than he's on. He'll make about £4-5m extra in wages just leaving Palace now if imagine.

He's going to a club who'll compete for CLs & PL titles consistently, and make a boat load of money while doing so?

Mid-table Championship club? I'd love to see that again.

Loan bid for Ake?

I remember an episode of Football Focus when they came up in 99 with the same.

We're their everything.

Boro have just signed some left-back from Villa. Targett coming back?

Not saying we will finish top 5, but I think our chances have increased a fair bit by Chelsea & Man Utd downgrading from Maresca & Amorim to Rosenior & Carrick. Mental that these are the two clubs that had Mourinho & Ferguson not so long ago and were the very top of European football.

His Tomasson moment..

Hearts 2-0 St Mirren. They've played 110 of the last 170 minutes with 10 men.

I thought we were going to do well, like. Still think we'd have finished top 8 if Keegan had stayed even with what happened with Milner, Cisco & Nacho.

Hearts leading with 10 again!

Hearts HT with 10 men again. Still 0-0. Celtic lead.

He created an atmosphere where he was a friend first, boss second.

Selling young European talent for PL proven experience you say?

Was a massive miss yesterday. Doku ruined us.

There'd have been 35-40k in there either season ticket holders or regulars.

£40m and he's yours.

I actually thought he did really well with his headed attempt. Ferdinand was saying he didn't time it but I think he did well to get it up and over. Was a very good save.

3 of his 19 goals last season were from right-wing crosses watching his YouTube highlights from last season. None of them in the Murphy-whipped in style. I know he must do better but if we're not playing to his strengths (a fair few of his goals were from balls played in behind and tapping in from chaos caused by their corners & long-throws) then we might have a problem.