JB

Brilliant article. It's great to hear a designer's perspective on it, and although i don't speak from a position of similar authority, I agree with every word. Picked up on a few things i hadn't noticed to, such as the corporate nonsense-speak explanation of the design.

However, a poorly designed crest is a small price to pay for all the other positives that this board are driving through.

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and JB is a bit of T*sser all things considered. Good player though

That's lovely, thank you. You're right though, I am an awesome player.

We should go for Nani from Sporting Lisbon.

Before I get shot down by people saying "He's out of league" etc, who knows? There's certainly something going on behind the scenes that's convincing other parties of our prospects i.e. Nike, Carew and Young. We should certainly be able to compete with Tottenham, who have been linked with him.

it seems nailed on with mr howell that we will go in for keane

:shock:

Seriously though, I think we've slightly missed the boat on Keane. I'd need to see him demonstrate some kind of form for Spurs. I know he's been unfit recently but he has looked really slow - even against San Marino.

I agree with this. I think Keane is past his best and that there are better options.

We may be underestimating the level of player that we'll be able to attract in the summer. As has been widely discussed, there's obviously a lot going on behind the scenes at VP that we don't know about that will make us a very attractive option.

I remember reading an article on the BBC website recently (within the last few months) that suggested that scientists had found a link between homosexuality and the amount of elder male siblings. Apparently, the female body sees the a male foetus as a something of a "foreign object" and subsequently builds up some sort of resistance to it which enhances feminine characteristics (very vague, apologies). This builds up with each subsequent male child, apparently increasing the likelihood of producing homosexual male.

Personally, I don't think that a person has any choice over their true sexual orientation, although I believe that external forces can be a very strong influence.

So If GM is "not quite good enough" why in the world have we not signed anybody to at worst deputise for him when he's out, or at best to replace him altogether??

Personally, I don't think it's through lack of trying. Just like the General said, the right players just weren't available at the moment. I expect a top class DM to be a priority in the summer.

We haven't signed players good enough to challenge for Europe anyway, so no biggie really.

Strongly disagree there. Young and particularly Carew are players fit for the European stage and are the first phase of our push to the next level.

I love the signing of Young, but what does he seriously give us this season? What do you really know of him other than seeing him perhaps four times? It's not like United, Arsenal and Liverpool were head over heels to sign him? He has been good this season, and will become a very good player, but as of now he is rather unproven.

Carew has always been good due to playing with good players. Now the level of ability has sunk immensely, and he is not a goal-poacher, leaving us with NO real goalscorers. I am sorry to say so, but Carew will not give us many goals.

How do you know I've only seen Young "perhaps four times"?

To say that Carew has only "been good due to playing with good players" is, quite frankly, nonsense. It didn't look as though he needed their help when he destroyed Madrid and Cannavaro.

Anyway, back on topic...

As much as I love McCann for his attitude and effort, sadly I just don't think he's good enough for where we want to be going. He's currently irreplaceable within our squad, but we need a DM who is more adept with the ball at his feet.

We haven't signed players good enough to challenge for Europe anyway, so no biggie really.

Strongly disagree there. Young and particularly Carew are players fit for the European stage and are the first phase of our push to the next level.

What a fantastic article. Sums up exactly how I feel about him, too. On his day, an amazing player and a real natural talent. Sadly, those days became all too infrequent.

Good luck, Lee.

This will be the last article written by this poster that I will read. Frankly, I am bored of it now.

Agreed. Pathetic nonsense.

TRL obviously just posts to piss people off. Grow up champ.

I think we should carry out some sort of elaborate spying operation to find out which unknowns Arsene Wenger has lined up this time and go for them.

Ridiculously, almost comically, harsh.

Is Klaas-Jan Huntelaar rumoured to be Villa target at all?

Only in some people's wishful thinking

I've been suggesting him for a while.

Not an unrealistic target.

Certainly not a target we're going to get.

Don't be so pessimistic! He's been linked with Newcastle and Celtic for crying out loud!

We're easily a more attractive option than them.

Aliadiere? The party boy who couldn't get a game for West Ham? No thanks.

No we're not overachieving. We underachieved with O'Leary in charge. We should be in the top 7-8 with the squad we've got, and O'Neil is delivering at least that.

Just about agree.