theboyangel

todays Sunday tabloid drivel pair up Saviola and the Boggies!!!! Surely if they have a chance of signing him we'd have a better chance of getting him??

no way Clayton!!! he's not even good enough for Cov!! Personally, I reckon our strikers are pretty decent, we just need to give them more scoring opportunities from midfield play - therefore we should splash the cash and try and get a real creative player in - D'Allesandro is available or so I understand or even Kim Kallstrom?

in reply to richard - even if it was put in a slightly condecending manner (!) They're all stocking fillers, maybe the exception being Hughes, whom I can see taking the RB role next season

craigyh - stick with those thoughts!! If you look at who we've signed, they're all kinda replacements for who's been shown the door and we still have the two bids for Bellamy and Distin on the table(!) DOL has said all along he wants to build up the squad - it'd be pointless if we go into next season with the same sized squad.... I can see it now - DOL giving an aftermatch interview "they're a great bunch of lads etc etc" I still think we can pull something special out of the hat with a 'quality' player! it's still way too early to start having a go at the club - at least we're filling the gaps left by Hitz, Cole etc etc

I voted option3 - good and reckon he can bag us over 10 goals this season I am a bit miffed though - does this mean we'll not be signing another forward???

Option 2 for me.... good back-up for the next 2 seasons and then he'll be ready to take over the mantle of No1... Look what we did to James, transformed him from calamity to england no1 (except for FA Cup final day :cry: )...but then we made a tidy profit too!! I think this is a decent player who'll serve us well

the Independant today report that the arrival of Park Ji Sung at ManUre could spell the end for Liam Miller, Keiran Richardson and/or John O'Shea Not fussed about Miller at all and Richardson will probs end up at West Brom but Joh O'Shea would be an excellent aquisition!! He can play LB and CB- has experience of playing top level and shouldn't cost too much (around £2.5m - £3.5m) I'd like to see us put an £8m- £10m double bid in for Smith and O'Shea - that'd be better than stubbs and phillips wouldn't it???

I opted for neither!! I desperately want us to sign new players but Bellendamy is a cock of the highest order and won't get us 15-20goals a season and will probs upset the equilibrium of the dressing room as for Distin - he's ok but not worth £7m or 7m lira!!

V funny Rev!!^^^ the papers are mooting that Spurs are ready to sell Kanoute... If I recall, didn't we try and bid for him and Lampard back in 1999??? Not sure i'd take him now, he's a bit injury prone and seems a right moody sod!! it'd be like signing Collymore again!!!

Todays tabloids are linking Keane with a move to Celtic to work with Strachan again!?!? As for signing Richardson, he's had one decent game for England and he appears to be the new messiah! I think he's got bags of potential but not worthy of the hype he's receiving at the mo'.... If we were to sign him it would have to be at a decent price £1.5m tops IMO... If we go for a player from ManUre i'd like us to bid for Smith, it's a big year for English players on the perifory(sp) of the England squad with the World Cup coming up.... We could offer Smith regular first team action which would boost his chances of going to Germany...(although it looks like he's shot himself in the foot by throwing his teddies out of the pram in the USA already!!!) Smith would add that much needed 'bite' as we need in our current team but isn't as much as a nob as Bellamy! The whole world cup thing is one of the reasons I think we should be targetting english players (in the bigger clus) who are on the fringes of the England set-up (ie Parker, Smith, Kirkland) and not getting regular football.

How very true Rich!! Do you think it'd be worth putting a cheeky bid in for Rommedhal who hasn't settled at Chorlton??? There's a tricky winger with bags of pace..

Yeah LV, if he has the proper support... with Kewell and Solano behind him I think he could do a great job.. Look at how many goals JPA set-up towards the end of the season with intelligent lay offs etc... I'm sure Vassell could fit in with that formation too as the support player to JPA It's a winner or at the very least an attempt to play attractive attacking footie :winkold:

I honestly believe Kewell is gettable - he desperately needs to resurrect his career after a poor show thorughout his Liverpool stay and following the Champs league final I think he'll be shown the door.. He would add a more attacking dimension to our game and could fit in either midfield or upfront behind JPA... Imagine a line-up with him on board:- ...............Sorenson Hughes, Mellberg, Laursen, Samuel .................McCann .......Davis...............Barry Solano........................Kewell .................JPA

Smicer is too hot or cold IMO and wouldn't be a great purchase and it looks like Hammann will return to Germany As for Mellor - no thanks, he couldnt cut it in the Championship let alone the prem and we have (for the time being :winkold: ) Luke Moore as our 'back-up' striker.. Out of the Liverpool 'clear-out' I'd hope we put in a bid for Kewell, Kirkland or Baros (dreaming about the last though!)

Didn't Craig Moore leave Borrussia due to him turning up pissed to training??? I think he'll retire or go play back home in Oz.....

when we didn't sign Beattie in the summer I was gutted but considering his performances up until the January transfer when he signed for Everton I was slightly relieved! he certainly hasn't justified the £6m price tag since either and showed what a nob jockey he can be both on and off the pitch with the 'running headbutt' sending off and the bun chucking in the restaurant! Still, we could have done with another striker this season with Vassells injuries, JPA's inconsistancy and Cole's non entity!

according to SkySports: A new 'experienced' CB to compliment Mellberg and Laursen is needed IMO. Ridgewell is good but at times has looked desperately amateur, i'd like to see Cahill have another loan spell before throwing him into the team.

He should fit in with our current fullbacks then!!!!! :winkold: :winkold: :winkold: What's the latest bull in the sunday tabloids today???

have to agree with you there Lancs ^^^^^ another one season wonder IMO....(but hope he's bags his first hat-trick today against SHA!!!) I'd put Ashton alongside Stead, Ricketts (remember him??!?!?) and to some degree mssrs Beattie and Phillips....

here's a suggestion... as it's been reported today that Liverpool have agreed an £8m deal to sign the Spanish keeper Reina, why don't we take Chris Kirkland off their hands??? I know he's injury prone but the lads young and more importantly a shit hot keeper to boot! they've also signed Carson so Ck's days must be numbered up there! Just a thought..........

Personally I'd like to see the following Kris Commons from Forest (£1.5m) LB/ML Robbie Keane or Yak (£5m-£8m) ST Scott Parker (£5m) MC Zoltan Gera (£2.5m) MR that's £14m - £17m... leaving £3m for a RB but who???? Please no one suggest Danny Mills!!!!!! Maybe Glenn Johnson???

Ridgewell - he broke into the 1st team last season and has looked pretty good when called upon - i'm sure in 5 years time we'll be rejoicing in our solid central defensive partnership of Ridgewell and Cahill!

September 1974

It's second only to the Sunday Mercury in shite journalism - I refuse to buy it as it's written and read by inbreads

I think we should stick with Olly - he's a rock at the back and a true pro, rarely puts a foot wrong and has had to deal with a different central partner for most of the season (hopefully now Marty's fit they'll strike up a mean combo) He's the man for the job for me