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You have me all kinds of confused to be fair. When did Everton buy Kodjia?

I couldn't find one, but there is now

So if there's one already merge it mods but I couldn't find one Mine was sometime in the 80's away at Maine Road. Villa won 2-2 Can't remember much else to be fair, not even the scorers now lol. I'm going to search the internet for answers!! I do remember being in awe at the sheer awesomeness of it all. EDIT: I'm sure City had 2 goals disallowed that day aswell.

Today I have mostly been arranging lists into patterns! Mind you, you never see me n Black in the same room

Guzan Crespo - Okore - Lescott - Bennett Gana - Clark - Richardson Adama Nzogbia Sinclair

Well we've been here before and recently too with Nzogbia and Ireland. We should therefore be prepared for how it plays out. If he really is done here then he sits out his contract. Very few people would give up millions of pounds in unearned income. Hopefully RDM wins a few matches between now and January and proves to us the fans and Gabby that we just don't need him any more. I fear Gabby and his agent are waiting to see how it pans out. Will RDM be here next summer? From what Ive seen of Xia so far I can't see him backing down in public and I truly think the club have handled it quite well. I was shocked to hear we were wanting to send him out on loan!! Plenty of us wanted him shipped out. By drawing a line under what had gone before and offering him very publicly a road to go down towards redemption actually showed him a lot of respect. But it also put the ball firmly in Gabby's court. Your move. By making the public aware there was an opportunity to take up the challenge put before him, all the blame and all the negativity rests solely at Gabby's feet.

Deadline day signing on page 2 already? lol, nothing to whinge about yet obviously @Farlz just pointed out in the Kodjia thread that the kit builder on the OS has him down as No 37. I checked it out and found Albert Adoman 37 so hold off on ordering just yet eh?

Lol, 37 is actually Albert Adoman at the moment

He was already here Dunno who Will is though....

Gardner has 22 lol 3, 5, 9, 16, 17, 20, 24, 26, 29, 30 all up for grabs (31, 38, 40 and 44 are taken after that)

Oooooohh he was so nearly there

Dont worry be happy apparently

These are the only responses I can see that tackle why they feel it's wrong. Apart from @Richard who pointed out he feels its Xia overstepping the boundaries of the Managers areas of responsibility - Sorry if Ive missed someone out. In my opinion the disrespect is obvious, and intentional on Xia's behalf. So you all have a perfectly valid point. Some people aren't bothered by it. Others are revelling in it. That seems to be the main focus of everyones attention anyway. The ideas of it's not what we expect or it's normally done a different way come from a position of 'That's not the way we do things round here' though and I dont have a response emotionally or intellectually to that line of reasoning.

However the season pans out I think we have to be happy as a fan base that last years first team is effectively this years back up. Well played DrX, Mr Wyness and Mr Little.

I'm not upset and I'm not badgering you for a response if you don't want to give one. I was just wondering (and still am) the reasoning behind your point of view is all. I know you think it's poor form, you have stated as much. Without a why though, it seems a little '5 monkeys'. Anyway @snowychap peace and love, big hugs, hearty handshakes or whatever your own definition of a 'real man' is comfortable with

I'm always happy to disagree and don't think I'm hounding you but you explained what you didnt like to DDID (namely the head of the organisation using a public medium to air negative views about an employee). I was just wondering why you feel this is 'poor form', 'not ok', 'isn't fine'? Is it because its not protecting a corporate asset? Has any employment law been broken? Do you feel the criticism is unjustified? Is it just not cricket? Do you feel Gabby deserves more respect? You feel Xia should act with more decorum? Genuine interest, nothing else

By my own definition yeah. Also when I was about 6 I learnt this rhyme about sticks and stones. Seriously though what's the issue? Why do you think it's such poor form? Do you feel the criticism is unjustified?

I get why it might be seen as unprofessional by some don't get me wrong and I have no interest in trying to change your point of view, but I honestly don't get why it isn't fine? Is it because its not protecting a corporate asset? Has any employment law been broken? Doing something differently doesn't necessarily make it wrong and being honest about something is rarely a bad idea.

I know, he should have just gone on loan right?

well said that man. What an idiot. My child is sad over his favourite player leaving therefore I'm gonna whinge at the owner to try and weasel some sort of freebie. Or he seriously thinks Xia is there to parent his children for him. DrX Supernanny starting on ITV4 soon is it?

Total respect for handling this one in public. Thing is Gabby has seen off managers, team mates, ceo's and owners before. Seems like he wants to play games with DrX. can't say with what we've seen so far that Gabby's gonna win this one though. I hope Xia and RDM stick to their guns. I'd rather see Sellars, RHM and Green given a chance than ever see Gabby in the shirt again. Can't say I'm surprised at all though. He was always going to be the hardest one to shift.

Gollini Steer DeLaet - Elphick - Chester - Amavi Hutton - Richards - Baker - Cissokho Tshibola - Jedinak Westwood - Gardner Adomah - McCormack - Grealish Bacuna - Ayew - Agbonlahor Kodjia Gestede Subs: Bunn, Lyden, Green, H-Murphy, Kozak We go again

BBC BBC reporting McKirdy joining Stevenage on loan now.

No 3, 5 or 9 yet. Hopefully 4 and 11 become available