uncy_chris

Heskey ain't going lads... who would want him?

Would be quite please if we got rid of Sidwell though. Hopefully that would mean more opportunity for Delph, Albrighton and Reo-Coker.

If we had another £100k available for wages, how much would Keane take up? I reckon he'd want £50-60k, meaning £40-50k for a backup left back and possibly another young midfielder

A lot of papers seem to be suggesting we're close to an agreement. Has anyone got any ITK to confirm this?

We had this conversation last summer, and we'll be having this conversation every summer until the Premier League implements some restrictions to keep the league competitive. If it keeps going like it is, the rich will just get richer, while the small clubs fall by the wayside or disappear completely. What's the point in having a sporting league where money is the primary factor in how a team performs?

Good players should be able to play well in whatever position you put them in. Jimmy Milner will do a job in goal if you ask him to, so Gerrard or Lampard should be able to shuffle about midfield a bit and still put in a shift!

£28m is a tidy £18m profit on a player that most people said we spent too much on. This would represent a great bit of business if we find a equal or better replacement.

Although it does look pretty fake to me, this sponsor (Forex Pro) do seem to be very well positioned for corporate sponsorship of sports teams. Make of that what you will

Does anyone think that selling Milner will make it much harder for us to bring in a suitable replacement due to inflated prices? If a good James Milner is all of a sudden worth £30 something million, how much does that shift the value of players like Parker, Ireland, Carrick etc? The Lescott transfer last year had the same effect - it makes the transfer market in England completely disproportionate to the rest of Europe. This is why MON needs to look abroad if Milner leaves to get the best deal - very unlikely given his past dealings.

I didn't see the game - but Blackburn beat Arsenal last weekend so they came into this game in form and with nothing to lose. We might not have played well but to be honest the season's been pretty good overall. We've finished above Liverpool and managed to maintain a race for top 4 all season, whilst doing well in 2 cups. We've finished with a better points total than last year (best since the early 90s I think?)

Let's not get too depressed by one result and consider the fact that Villa under MON and Lerner is the best period of league campaigns we've had in years. Here's hoping Randy backs MON in the summer and we bring in some quality to replace the deadwood.

6th for the 3rd season in a row. Not too bad overall, but we need to get better at home.

My streams died. Put on 5live instead and Alan Green is slagging us off no end. rocket polisher

I think this is the sort of situation we need NRC to add some fight in the midfield

Come on lads stop lumping it forward... we need to work it better.

FFS Dunne WAKE UP

It seemed to me that for all our possession in the second half we just didn't have much cutting edge. The wing play is quite predictable, and without a creative striker we just don't have someone who can create something out of nothing.

4th spot is going to be tight, but out of all the teams I think we're the least likely.

Not creating enough clear cut chances. In fact, apart from Heskey's scramble what else have we done in this second half?

WTF was that Young?!?!?!

No way will this be easy. Wolves are scrapping for safety, and without Gabby we lack dynamism up front. I think we might struggle to score, but hopefully we'll find something and get the 3 points.

Not dreadful IMO but we're really struggling to cope with Palace's physical style. Ashley Young and Downing are doing quite well - we need to exploit the flanks a bit more. Oh, and Alan Lee is a right tosser.

Are either Davies and Bouma back yet?

If not

--------------Guzan------------

Young Collins Clark Warnock

-----NRC Sidwell Delph ------

Albrighton-------------Young

-----------Delfouneso---------

So how many defensive midfielders do they have now?! De Jong, Kompany, Flamini, Viera, Barry.

Barry's prospects aren't looking so rosy!

Frustrating second half having dominated the first. I hope we don't rue the missed chances in the next leg. Young, Milner, Dunne were all excellent - good result overall

Delfouneso to start against West Ham?

I'm on this stream

But it's not english

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