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'A' League? So including the 2nd and 3rd division titles............ Yes I think it is. 21 years and counting (we are not talking about the intertoto!!) longer than the 18 seasons between winning the FA cup in 1920 and the 2nd division title in 1938 If we are only talking division 1 titles however and take the 1938 2nd division title off the table then it's a huge run spanning over WWII 1919/20 FA CUP - 1956/57 FA CUP Which I believe stands at 30 years due to the 7 seasons cancelled due to the war.

Nah, he values a signing on fee more than your adoration Grasshopper.

Yes I can wind my neck in thanks for asking

See that Asset you thought you were paying for? Well it's not there anymore alright mate? Cheers.

"Fighting ISIS is No.1 tricky"

"That's because we're run by people who don't know what they're doing"

And lol someone's typed it onto the banner

"BBC news there's another beauty" Live on BBC news of course

Mexicans are so nice I have some that work for me lolz

people who use the phrase "believe me" are always so believable don't you find?

I didn't get the Gardner contract extention at all TRO. With the 3 midfielders out on loan we have 9 Central midfielders on the books (ok gil/Grealish could be argued as wide players but you get my point). And we ideally require a minimum of 2 Central Midfielders in in this window in most people's eyes! Mine included and that's just to be competitive. It's a shambles.

So who are the 7/8?

So of the 26 that are here lets cut the kids some slack. Gollini, Lyden, Tshibola, Grealish and Green. Those 5 can always improve and most of us wouldn't have an issue with them at least making up the squad and maybe 2 or 3 could head out on loan even. Obvious first teamers - so Chester, Baker, Amavi, Jedinak, Adomah and Kodjia for me at the moment. They pick themselves due to lack of real competition if they're all fit. Johnstone is in for the first team. that's 12 out of 26. RDL and Steer are injured ok so 14 of this squad of 26 going nowhere. Of the other 12 Hutton, Bunn and Kozak are on expiring contracts. Unless something weird happens (Kozak gets a free etc) it's fairly safe to assume they are here for the remainder of the season. But they certainly aren't generating any income. Richards is injured until after the window shuts. Leaving the other 8. Bacuna, Cissokho, Elphick, Gardner, Westwood, Gabby, Ayew and MCormack. I'd argue these are our saleable commodities. However Cissokho and Elphick are the only cover for their positions. McCormack is an 8 figure signing this season and for me it would be odd to let him leave. What with the injuries at RB Bacuna is the cover for Hutton but even if Richards comes back from injury in Feb, Bacuna is still our only cover for Adomah. As well as our left midfielder atm it seems. Ayew is arguably our second best striker and a starting 11 player arguably our best left midfielder this year too. So anyone want to buy a slightly used Westwood or Gardner? What about an injured Richards? Gabby? Oh. I see. So maybe entertaining offers on Cissokho, Bacuna, Ayew or McCormack isn't so silly after all......... But we're in a mess - important to remember these guys didn't make it - but all these things don't usually get sorted in 3-4 weeks.

We have an unbalanced squad as Bruce himself alluded to when he took over. Specifically that 6 strikers was too many and Gestede for a midfielder was the plan. But it doesn't end there and much as we want to see the team on the pitch improved our squad is an absolute shambles. Especially if the plan was 4-3-3 and our new manager likes a 4-4-2. 3 goalies on the books with no one the stand out obvious first choice. Ok Steer is injured but Gollini wasn't the short term solution and Bunn, well at least his contract is up in the summer. No offers flooding in for any of them and as such, Bruce feels we'd be better off loaning a kid out of Man Utd's reserves and sorting it out in the summer. Right Back is still a mess despite RDL so as i've said before kind of a free pass coz they tried and no one can predict injuries. But having said that 6 years of Hutton? is that really real? Bacuna? lol at Bacuna every time. Yes guys and girls they (may) work hard but they're both shit. But don't fear, Richards might come back from injury just after the window shuts. So that's great then. 4 players on the books and not the cheapest of wages and all 3 that are fit are not good enough. Left Back was looking great until a few weeks ago and it all seems to be going wrong for Amavi. But for me he walks into the team as Cissokho is just terrible. Centre Back is ok with Chester/Baker doing alright. Elphick has been largely disappointing and then what? the kids? Toner? Sulliman? Right Midfield we have Adomah who I like and what, a Bacuna? (lol@Bacuna). Left Midfield we have no one at all unless you count Green. In Central Midfield Jedinak is obviously my kind of player despite his limited ability on the ball and then Gardner, Grealish, Westwood, Tshibola and Lyden all under contract. Strikers, Kodjia we like, Gabby and Kozak are done. At least at B6. Ayew + McCormack have hardly made themselves indispensible. And there are talented kids waiting in the wings. I've got that at 25 full time contracts and Johnstone in on loan. Forgetting all the he CAN play here and there stuff we have a squad of 4 Goalkeepers, 4 Right Backs, 3 Centre Backs, 2 Left Backs, 1 Right Midfielder, 6 Central Midfielders, 1 Left Winger and 5 Strikers.

Thing is the flannelette looking top is SOO bad that it draws the eyes away from the barnet!

Now it's getting fun.....

Brum Mail The B.Mail MIGHT have written an article on Ayew. It MAY contain words that go on to make sentences. There's a chance that you should get the gist of it here and not bother reading it yourselves.

There's something missing.....oh yeah highlights!! Anything you can do Sylla can do worse

3rd dose of Daley

imagine the shape of David Evans's head though....

Venezuelan beaver cheese?