Condimentalist

Yeah, just go for foereigners with fancy names, they are always better than proven premiership quality....

Well, there was Oscar Arce. "In the late 1960s Aston Villa had a trio of midfielders who really should have been given the chance to play together, but never did. Their names - Jimmy Brown, Oscar Arce and Barrie Hole. Work it out for yourselves." http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/1704104.stm

Rocafella, I can't believe that you would rate Ferriera higher than Laursen. Also, whoever suggested Chris Eagles a few pages back is a joker. I've seen the guy a number of times in the Championship when he was at Watford last year and he's a total lightweight. He'll never make a Premiership player.

Basturk could be an interesting option...

Yep.

Perhaps we should try to engineer some sort of deal for Huntelaar involving the ensurance that Lee Hendrie goes to Ajax in return... Link

Kenny would be strong back-up but exceptionally weak first choice. I doubt we'll be seeing him here.

Yeah he is,why? Still a talented lad with a good left foot. May be worth the gamble? Yeah possibly but I don't think left wing is a priority for us. It is the favoured position of Young, Maloney and Berger not to mention Gareth Barry who has spent most of his time playing there for the last 2 or 3 years, even if it may not be his best position. I think we will be looking at somebody for the right myself. Well he is a right back but he's basically the walking wounded. And we don't need anymore of them. Beasley? A RB? Eh?

Yeah he is,why? Still a talented lad with a good left foot. May be worth the gamble? Yeah possibly but I don't think left wing is a priority for us. It is the favoured position of Young, Maloney and Berger not to mention Gareth Barry who has spent most of his time playing there for the last 2 or 3 years, even if it may not be his best position. I think we will be looking at somebody for the right myself.

We are all made of stars.

Trabelsi? He's being released for a very good reason. I though Beasley was only on loan at City anyway?

Good player, probably out of our league. I'd forgotton about footballrumours.co.uk, it's always good for a laugh.

And more importantly, does he come from the Congo?

Thanks for the update General, a few peoples fears have been allayed. Waiting and seeing is sensible enough.

Not for me. He's isn't anything special beyond his set-pieces.

Jagielka is a very decent footballer indeed but I havn't seen hm play right back, I've always thought of him as a midfielder.

Not interested in Yakubu - a lazy bugger if ever there was one. I think Distin and Viduka on free's would be very smart acquisitions.

That's appalling General, I'm sorry to hear that, especially bearing in mind how much most of us appreciate not only the work that the board does but also you personally taking the time out to speak to us. If I were you, I'd report that to the site admin asap and get those users carded or banned - it's totally unacceptable. However, I also have to agree with Risso and others re: the Sheff Utd/West Ham situation. There are ways of showing solidarity with our fellow football league members without 'picking and choosing' what laws we abide by. It is West Ham who have been guilty of this 'picking and choosing' and West ham who have not been appropriately dealt with. I would like to think that, were we ever in this situation, we would have some support from other clubs ourselves. We should not let ourselves be walked over by corruption and beurocracy. I'd rather be a club known for standing up and doing the right thing than one who is known for not causing a stir. I believe that doing the right thing is more important than maintaining a pseudo-peace when justice has not been served.

Yes, he gives you the luxury of controlling the midfield. That's it.

Not sure about that DDID but I think it certainly shows that we aren't as MON would say 'a million miles away' from being a very decent side.

Everyone likes the thrill of the unknown and so lesser-studied foreigners get more credit than they're probably due. I don't think it would be sensible to bring in more than 2 players from abroad to be honest because they will need time to settle which will disturb the balance of the squad.

I think we need: GK RB CB/LB RM CM ST So 6.

Spot on.

Don't let pesky facts get in the way, we're signing Beckham next week.

I don't think Milner would be available. He's a decent enough player with the right attitude though, I would be very comfortable with his signing.