NeilS

That would be a dream signing, can't see it just yet though.

He was their best playing against Newcastle I'm told. Maybe he's back, or he's playing for a transfer :winkold: I didn't see that match on tv, but sounds interesting. A deal could be on the cards. He is the type of player i'd expect MON to be interested in. Lots of potential, young, hard working and used to the British game.

I seem to remember Gareth Southgate wanting a move to one of the top teams and burnt his bridges at Villa. Now wh was it he moved to again? With regards Reo-Coker, he looks to be a good player if he can regain the form of last season. He hasn't been too hot this season, but that could be down to being de-motivated. He missed out on a move to Arsenal in the summer and had a sulk. That could explain his loss of form, or could it be the 2nd season syndrome where players find things a lot harder? Either way he is a young lad, and has time on his side to proove himself again so I would put in a cheeky bid to test West Hams resolve.

I think O'Connor hasn't been in the Scotland squad because Smith wouldn't pick players who played outside the British Isles, which basically is just him. I vaguely remember O'Connor was in the last squad, but withdrew late in the day because he was unsettled in Moscow. I don't think Walter Smith was very happy about it.

Yes that is possible, I'm not sure whether that would be announced publically or not. Life with his current club might be uncomfortable if it was announced. eg. Beckam/Real Madrid.

The last I heard was that he was recovering from injury. His contract expires in the summer so I'll guess that is when he'll move as he'll get a nicer signing on fee.

He'd cause defences enough problems to allow Gabby and Luke to bang the goals in from open play and he'd be the target for corners and free-kicks. I'd love to see him at the club - surprised he's only 27, seems he's been around for years![/quote] Yeah I'm suprised to he seems to have been around for quite a number of years. I'd have him down to be about 30-31 years old if I was guessing. I guess he'd be like a Crouch like focal point of attack, with balls knocked into him and speedy players feeding off of him.

Looks like Barry Ferguson is the Rangers equivelant of Alan Shearer at Newcastle. Too much of a powerful influence for the management to handle/drop?

...and David Platt, Dwight Yorke were 2 cheap buys turned good.

We're a football club, not WWF wrestling or whatever it's called now. Ha ha, thats what I was thinking. It would be very cheesy to say the least. Plus I'm not sure you can just turn the floodlights off and on as they sort of warm up. Could be wrong on that point though.

What about Govou (sp?) from Lyon we've been linked with him before. Not seen him play too much, what's he like?

hmmmm. if this is already 100% completed, then it narrows our prospects in the January window even more :x According to FiveLive today, they are only now going through due diligence and are not expecting to complete any deal until in the new year, so perhaps the window will be nearly over by the time Benitez has any additional money. Also, a large part of the £450m being talked about is for a new stadium and I'd sooner have Randy and MON in charge rather than an Arab and Benitez.[/quote] Agreed, Randy and his team have excellent CV's in sports promotion and team management, which will help build our worldwide image. We'll be getting a lot more than just money being thrown at us, although that'll be nice too.

There not promoted yet , carnt see him wanting to go to a division 2 side personally , Also i am quite suprised that no one had said much about Luca Toni , isnt he still at struggling Fiorentina I'd imagine they are pretty certain to come up, if they are 2nd at the moment after starting with minus points then they must be finding Serie B easy. I'd imagine the competition isn't as high as the Championship in this country.

I'm Omnivore as well. I like the Al Murray line "I've no need to eat greens because the cows have already eaten all the greens I'll ever need" or something like that..

I think it was in Don't Do it Dougs Sig. He's quoted someone else on here.

He might sell if one was unhappy being rotated and wanted regular games?

I agree, I think if Defoe was to get a good run in a team he would score a fair few goals. Jol's rotation of strikers is not helping any of his strike force.

Agreed, I'd love Gattuso at Villa Park. and Yes I think he's married to a scottish woman.

Too many injuries IMO. We need an experienced player for that position but not one that will impede Ozzy's progress. I agree about the point regarding Bouba Diop's injuries. He's yet to show much since coming back from his latest injury. With regards the Ozzy's progress comment, I think we shouldn't worry about that too much. If he's good enough he will make it. Playing with the best players often brings out the best in young players and will hopefully help his development in the long term. If we want success we can't afford to be too sentimental.

if you think about it, gravesen was bought in at celtic as petrov was leaving Yes I guess so, I just thought of Petrov in an "all action role" getting up and down the park. He can do the job, but I think you just lose a bit from his game if he sits anchoring midfield. I guess Davis could come in to do Petrov's role if it came to it.

I never thought of Petrov in that role, I suppose that I wouldn't want him to play in that role as it would hamper his surgeing runs forward. But, I suppose with a new Left Back (Bridge), we would have Barry back in Midfield as well which would cover injuries OK.

That would be nice, still think we need a midfield general to challenge/cover McCann. Osbourne will eventually fill this space but he's not quite ready to take it full time should something bad happen to McCann. That would then do us till summer when further numbers can come in.

I don't know alot about him i'm afraid, he didn't look very impressive when he came on against England recently, and there is the worry that he may go the way of Kezman who also done well in the dutch league. Of course on the flip side he could do as well as Van Nistelrooy.

I thought that it was the other way round, that he never played McGeady because Maloney was his first choice? Yeah thats what I remember from when people were saying about going for McGeady. That McGeady wasn't MON's first choice and that Strachan has had more involvement in his development.

I agree, we definately need 3-4 top quality players to add to the side, preferably with the "winning" attitude and "bottle" for the big games. I think this is something we sorely miss, because whenever we have a big game that can mean something we tend to blow our chances by not turning up. I can think of numerous games over the last ten years. I'm not writing off completely the idea of a lower league player or two to supplement the top players. 1 or 2 who can develop into stars of the future for example Gudjohnson at Bolton before going onto bigger things. I think thats what MON is suggesting when he states that he isn't writing off the possibility of lower league players.