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well Bramble is thick but Robinson isn't thin

i'm not enjoying todays links. If we sign Robinson or Bramble i think i will cry

it is silly to suggest we shouldn't get him just because he is 31. He plays consistently all the time and very well for Liverpool, so to suggest he isnt' good enough to villa is stupid because, although it pains me to say it, Liverpool are a lot biger than us

Finnan would be an awesome signing but i think there is very little in this If we sign Bramble i will be very embarrased

If the Right Honourable Lord Football of Manager is anything to go by then he can play anywhere across the back

it would appear not. Well done Richard! You win a gold plated biscuit

no, we were in for KLOS who i am afraid to say is not the german international but in fact a rangers goalkeeper

Steve, i applaud you.

I really hope we sign someon just so people stop their pointless moaning. This is getting so tiresome and ot happened last time but the squad came out very strong by the end. alot of you are so bloody impatient. You expect instant results. The same people will be calling for MONs head if we don't finish top

FOR **** SAKE GET A GRIP!!! AAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH it is UNBELIEVABLE that people are already moaning!!! There's three **** months left and people are saying that we were just sweet talked!!! Unbelievable!!!

the last part wasn't directed at you BOF it was more a general statement thetrees, again i agree that star player do get away with too much and granted some referees just let them do it. It is an attitude that needs to be changed for both players and referees. Top players should not get preferential treatment and referees should not let them get away with it

it opens 1st July but that is more or less a formality. Players can sign and clubs can negotiate and reveal players but players do not 'arrive' until the window opens closes 31st August

£5m for Koumas....right.... As for Taylor, i agree that it is probably Portsmouth just talking up his price. We've seen it done before Ashley Young for example

i agree that Howard Webb is the best referee in the Prem. I have met him before now at an FA conference and he certainly knows his stuff and he is a cracking bloke (pretty irrelevant i know) There is a lot Poll has done wrong but i am hoping this criticism of the FA is the start of a massive backlash, because they are ruining football in so many ways. The lack of support for match officials, there blatant bias towards the top teams, there pathetic punishments etc etc

You are right to an extent thetrees. So are you ianrobo but the problem is that if a referee does caution for dissent (e.g. the refs decision to caution Rooney for sarcastic clapping directly after he had been cautioned) we are immediately accused of over-reacting, so we can't win! BOF, the thread is not really supposed to be about whether Graham Poll is a tosser or not, it is more about Poll's comments on the FA and whether or not there is enough support for officials. I don't think Poll was a particularly good ref but i certainly wouldn't describe him as a tosser People tend to be a bit narrow-minded when debating issues on referees because of this ref-hate culture in football. It has always existed, but not more than ever and it is time something was done about it because it is ruining the game

i wouldn't usually say this, but i would suggest you buy the daily mail. It has got an in-depth interview with Graham Poll about the lack of respect and the amount of abuse we get from players and managers and perhaps it will make some people realise that we may be referees but we are also people The abuse does hurt alot and sometimes it gets me down from a personal point of view. People think it is ok and that it is "part of the game" but thats bollocks. We are people, it does hurt a lot and it is something that has to be stopped. At the end of the day we are all just trying to do a job and it is not made any easier by cheating players and abusive managers. We are just becoming punch-bags and the FA are doing **** all about it whilst the world of football think it is ok to treat referees like shit Well it is not on and I am absolutely furious. I honestly think referees should go on strike until the FA get off their fat arses and do something, because referees are a dying breed and if there are no refs, there is no football

Theofanis Gekas? Scored 21 goals in 30 games, top scorer of Bundesliga, plays for a club called VFL Bochum and he is 27

aye but i think some of them would be keen on a move to England. Klose nearly moved to Fulham about 5 years ago!

the point i was trying to make was indeed that there is loads of time left, not that there is any barrier in place. That's why i said "officially" open because there is technically only 2 months to sign players yet there is a long time before that where deals can be made. Thats why i don't understand why people are panicing

I think Villa should go a bit German. There are so many good German players that could easily take us to CL and they haven't been snapped up i.e. Podolski, Klose, Mertesacker, Lahm, Schweinsteiger, Friedrich etc etc

link Regardless of opinions of Graham Poll (i for one didn't think he was a very good ref), it is about time someone stood up to the FA about their corrupt and toothless system and lack of support for referee's. I myself am a referee and the FA are more or less the only people we can turn to, so when we lose their support we have very little. It is good to see a referee standing up to an organisation that is not fit to run football in this country, and i hope this is the first of many. I know referees are the least popular people in sport but they do have a very hard job and they have to put up with a constant lack of respect from moaning, cheating players whilst putting up with the scrutiny from so called 'experts' that aren't good enough to get a job as a manager. It's so different in rugby. This is one of the reasons i like MON so much tbh because he has learned to respect everyone on the pitch and if you read Clough's autobiography you will see that MON learned it all from him

old habbits die haarrrd. What song was that?

no offence Richard but i think you are putting two and two together and getting several million. I doubt that was a hint but i can't see why fans are getting depressed and panicy. The transfer window isn't even officialy open, hardly any teams have signed anyone and those that have haven't really signed anyone big So will everybody just calm down and be patient!!!

there are few teams i hate more than Everton. They always go after players we want and they always fecking win!

i'm not saying that at all VillaBoy. I will give them a chance but i would be dissapointed at first. I don't doubt MON's judgement but i wouldn't be overly excited by Kewell or Gravesen