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Please explain why Klinsmann. People keep saying his name. What has he done besides fail. 2006 WC was all Loew but Klinsmann took the glory. Why is Loew the current manager and not Klinsmann? What club has Klinsmann managed? Bayern Munich. How did that go? Terrible. He got the boot. FFS Holloway is a better manager. Why does it have to be an internationally-known former footballer with limited managerial experience over a lesser known one with years of experience. Why do people say Klinsmann and not Magath. It's a **** joke. Sorry. Valid points on Klinsmann. :winkold: Sorry for the rant. Just seen his name bandied about and it scares me to death that Lerner and Co. might actually consider him as a legitimate target. You do him a disservice to belittle his impact for the German national side. The DFB wanted him to stay, as did the vast majority of German supporters. What does that tell you? Loew stopping on was very much the next best option. But kudos to him for what he has done since. Klinsmann would be the most high profile of all the candidates listed, and if we were looking to go that route -to improve our global image and so forth- the appointment would make sense. If nothing else, think of the help he could give forwards like Gabby and The Fonz re movement and positioning (and diving). He has also been in the game long enough to have sufficient contacts to bridge any knowledge gaps he might have. Loew was his choice as an assistant, don't forget. Its not beyond the realms of possibility that he might appoint a very capable coaching staff to cover the things he is not so hot at. I think there are some managers that are better at international management than club management, Klinsmann being one of them.

We are ****. WE ARE ****.

Top 4 without a doubt. Real progress is made in the league - just look at Pompey.

FFS look who we lost to today.

Oh dear.

Who has the feeling MON will just take 30m, without getting Ireland in.

He's 31 this year, might as well get a new one in.

But he's not that good now. Or have you not seen him play for City and England recently? Erm and no, he's not indispensable to England, Lamps and StevieMe are.

Not a bad midfield methinks, just the lack of cover that concerns me.

Modric? Palacios? Dawson? All good enough. Just put maybe one top class striker (Fabiano), a defender that is better than Bassong and less injury prone than King and hope Huddlestone develops quickly and viola.

If MON doesn't get Ireland and only gets McGeady in...shit.

Erm what's wrong with a player wanting a move to another club? I'd rather he stay, and I'm disappointed that apparently he wants to go to City where he probably won't get many games, but I think we should all praise his conduct rather than condemn him. I mean, he's hardly gone all over the news flaunting how much he wanted to play for City as he. Gareth "I wanna go for CL" Barry on the other hand, I can understand. Bottom line, Milner didn't lie, isn't pressurizing MON to go ahead with the transfer, isn't **** around with the media. Compared to a lot of the other footballers around, he's a saint.

Feck.

I **** hate Man City. I really admire Donovan and think he'd just be ruined there. I liked him at Everton and Artetasgirls should correct me if I'm wrong but he looked like he fit in well. Would have loved him at VP too if I'm being honest. America have a couple of cracking players! I'll be honest, I can't see him there. You said the same about Lescott and I'm sure you thought Arteta's head would never be turned. Come AG there all the same, every singe player. Big differences. 1. Donovan has had experience with Bayern Munich. He won't want to experience a repeat of his time there. 2. Donovan isn't moving from Everton, he's moving from the MLS! If anyone wants to prise him away they will have to deal with the MLS authorities, not Everton.

**** no I wouldn't want Barry anyway near VP at all, he's **** shite these days. 15 mill plus Ireland would clinch it for me. Oh, throw in Onuoha as well.

Just realized we have the same sponsor as Fulham this year. This sucks.

Funny that, the four who voted that we would win the league.

Elite Squad

NRC cos he's much younger (you said long term)

Eh he's not that bad actually, still first choice forward for the Czech national side and more importantly top scorer in Turkey during the 08-09 season. No Torres obviously but not Jason Scotland either.

Cracking signing for them, didn't realize he was that old though. :shock:

...to be honest, I stopped at 'special players like Stewart Downing....' Ever watched him play for Boro?

Damn, I actually kinda like him.

I'm no economist but here's something interesting I found. (Use your own discretion when reading)

If MON does that we'll have to play 451 or we'll be ****. to be fair, everyone said the same when i was saying milner should play in the middle a couple of seasons ago, so you never know how these things will work out True, I guess Still would prefer Milner to stay, considering we don't have to sell to buy (apparently). Anyway come to think of it wasn't Downing outstanding for Boro in the middle rather than out on the wing?