Mr_Dogg

But it's not like we have any say in terms of signings. Mon has scouts across Europe. Sometimes a Youtube video is all we have.

Yes I do believe Heinze is better than Bouma but not such a huge step up to merit us bidding for him. There are more important areas of the pitch. I'd just like to say again that I don't believe Heinze is even on the radar for us.

I don't want Heinze as I think Bouma is up to the job and Heinze would be first choice at a new club but the fact is he is a top class player. Heinze didn't start playing football this season. Remember last season where he was magnificent. Anyway I think this point is moot as we have no need for him. We need a new left back for sure but only as a back up.

The only players I wouldn't take are Solskjaer, Sylvestre and Richardson. The rest would be very useful additions to our squad. Brown for example is solid at RB. Heinze, Smith and Brown are quality players. Lets not get above ourselves.

Thats definitely bullshit. Why are City offering him a contract of 50k then?

Barca fans absolutely hate Mourinho though.

I believe Saviola is heading to Real Madrid which is slightly bizarre. He's meant to be on outrageous wages from before the new president took over and that's why they don't want him. Oh and we can't compare ourselves to a freak show like Chelsea.

Sorry dude, the guy was class, but.... well it didn't turn out great as a signing did it? You realise an injury ended his career after playing 3 times for us don't you? Yes and that injury prevented him from being a great signing. We could sign Kaka tomorrow and the same thing could happen to him. The original quote was comparing Berbatov to Luc Nilis. I think a comparision with someone like Balaban would have been fairer.

Meant to be going to Barca. And the fact he's 26 and only now becoming known is a bit..... odd. Luka Toni never started being "known" until about 2 years ago, and Drogba wasn't a big name for a while, sometimes that happens, at the end of the day the man is class and i'd love to see Afonso at villa, he's got those brazilian skills along with fantastic finishing ability, it's not just the dutch league he scored in he also done it in europe too. Don't get me wrong, I'd be delighted if we signed him if just for the fact that a Brazilian player is always exciting.

Sorry dude, the guy was class, but.... well it didn't turn out great as a signing did it? You realise an injury ended his career after playing 3 times for us don't you?

Are you dissing Luc Nilis?

Smith contributes more than just goals but we already have a striker like that and it's Carew. So we just need goals, plain and simple.

Meant to be going to Barca. And the fact he's 26 and only now becoming known is a bit..... odd.

Hi General, First time in this thread but I was wondering are there any plans to make the Holte Hotel into an actual proper hotel? Would be a great place to stay for overseas fans.

The affliction known as BrambleTitus. Poor lad.

It would be insane for Darren Bent to join West Ham. They're a no hope, yo yo club with delusions of grandeur. At least with the other clubs he's being linked with there's some chance of success but with West Ham he'll achieve nothing.

I thought we were still on about Trabelsi. :oops:

Yeah he is,why? Still a talented lad with a good left foot. May be worth the gamble? Yeah possibly but I don't think left wing is a priority for us. It is the favoured position of Young, Maloney and Berger not to mention Gareth Barry who has spent most of his time playing there for the last 2 or 3 years, even if it may not be his best position. I think we will be looking at somebody for the right myself. Well he is a right back but he's basically the walking wounded. And we don't need anymore of them.

About 28 or 29. One of the best RBs in Europe at Ajax but Pearce was playing him at RM due to Richards being there. Could do a lot worse imo. He's the Tunisian Delaney though.

Linked to Man Utd apparently.

On the BBC Surely they wouldn't? Also

Well any footballer with a brain would choose us...oh wait!

We could do a lot worse. What a load of crap. Why oh why would he sell there best player? He's fat not stupid.

Wouldn't McCarthy have been picked up earlier by Mourinho if he thought he was good enough? Maybe this season will have changed Jose's mind but if he has handed in a transfer request in the hope of being picked up then he's acting the bollox.

Exactly what I thought and when I look around the league and ask myself about Owen, other than the top four, I think of...... ......Villa! The funny part here is what i just read some Newcastle fans discuss. Apparantly he has a £ 9 Mill release clause in his contract. One of them even implied that that it had been confirmed. How the hell can you sign a player for £ 17 Mill and give him a £ 9 Mill release clause? No wonder you aint finding Owen in a hurry to dismiss these reports. And absolutely no wonder Sheppard is so flippin mad about the reports. I thought the same but then remembered it was Newcastle.