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I think he needs Clark with him marshalling the defence. Both young enough to form a decent first choice pairing for the future.

No, `going' is not specific enough. And how else could it be construed but ITK? And he has posted `going' on the N'Zogbia thread as well. Is he just going to post that on every thread in the hope that he will be right at some point.

The club is not in limbo, though, they have pretty much said nothing is going to happen soon, so the management team will not be distracted by that.

The noises from the club indicate to me that no takeover is imminent.

Money is the important factor now.

This to me is his problem. Has been unable to adapt to the speed of the Premier League.

He was part of that performance, and most of the other players played better than him. Bear in mind that he is supposed to be the main man.

I think he is a useful player to have around at very little cost. Should be a lot of others out the door before him.

It's a game mate. Just a game.... Yep. After this season nothing hurts me anymore. I've come to accept we are just making up the numbers, loyalty is dead, the top four are what matters and anything else is just there to keep those teams afloat. Absolutely. The rest of us are only here in order that they can maintain a Premier League. And everything is skewed to make sure that they maintain their top positions. You will think it is the musings of an old guy, but oh for the good old days of a level playing field.

Just like Ellis would NEVER take the European Cup Winners and dismantle the squad and relegate us with his penny pinching ways - OK right I must have dreamed it all and that never happened - we actually never got relegated under Ellis and he never penny pinched and sold our best players to fund others rather than put a single penny of his own money to buy a player. OK I was wrong about him all this time! Ellis being poor isn't a good defence of Lerner, just as Lambert being poor, doesn't mean Sherwood's errors are less so. It was not meant to be a defence of Lerner. It was just correcting what Spoony posted, which was clearly wrong.

Just like Ellis would NEVER take the European Cup Winners and dismantle the squad and relegate us with his penny pinching ways - OK right I must have dreamed it all and that never happened - we actually never got relegated under Ellis and he never penny pinched and sold our best players to fund others rather than put a single penny of his own money to buy a player. OK I was wrong about him all this time! Good post, Naz. Saved me having to write it.

The 10m you postulate we lose could be offset by him having a great season though. Plus the release clause won't reduce just because a year has passed Keeping him would make a massive difference to the club and next season, and not just financially, but how we and others view the club. And the release clause remains the same. The only way we will not get that is if Benteke himself pushes a move through.

Why do people on here dislike this guy so much? Honest question. He is skilful, fast, agressive can run with ball and can shoot from distance. I know his isn't hazard but that's why he is a good target for us The same reason people didn't like Sherwood before he joined us. Because he's at Spurs, because the media overrate him and because he's 'average'...... (Unlike the mighty European Cup winning Aston Villa who are anything but average!) /sarcasm I've never watched Townsend other than in Villa games, MOTD & England highlights, so I'm not an expert on him, but I'd take him at Villa. He seems better than what we currently have, and I imagine he'd make more of an impact for us than Gabby and N'Zogbia do. This. And there must be a number of attainable players who would do the same.

Agree with what you say, Harry, but only 2 owners, and it was Doug Ellis for most of that time. Lerner has put us where we are recently, but the decline started with, and continued with, dear old Doug.

Whether you agree with it or not, that is an eminently sensible post.

Exactly the same post you put on the Cleverly thread. If you are trying to be annoying you are succeeding. Either put up or shut up; stop being so needy.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aston-villa/11644136/Liverpool-transfer-news-Christian-Benteke-will-not-issue-Aston-Villa-with-transfer-request.html What rubbish. Any one of us could have written that article. Too many papers, too many sports journalists, not enough sports news.

If they can only last 6/7 matches before they are too `tired' to put in any effort, we have another poor season coming up.

Cannot see anywhere that that has happened. Where did you see it?

Just for balance, Benteke's interview on the official site reads like he intends to be here next season. I am not saying that will be the case, as it is all conjecture. For what it is worth, in my opinion, I do not think anyone will come up with the money for his buy out clause, and he will go nowhere unless that happens.

There is a positive to this. You know what they say - `no-one remembers the runner-up'.

Any rumours on who these players might be? Did he actually do that? After the Final?

Now you are being silly.

We are unlikely to be able to move Given on because of his salary, so Sherwood either has to use Guzan as number 1, or sell him and buy to replace him. I have not been impressed with Steer.

If you know something, say so, otherwise stop acting like you know something. Bloody annoying!!