Dr Gloom

my love of the club hasn't changed but my love of saturday afternoons have...and motd/football first/goals on sunday have become painful.

somehow we need to put a run of wins together before march or we're going down

What about Charlie playing in a midfield three under Roeder? yup. i was right about that

He says after complaining about the depth of our sqaud that is one of the most ridiculous and fightening comments i've heard from joe yet. so we have £10m to spend. let's blow it all on one player and hope he doesn't get injured for the rest of the season when it's plain that we need at least 3-4 new players. jesus h weeping christ of nazareth

i stopped even lurking on n-o quite a while ago now

exactly. the team as it is at the moment, i'm sure, will go down. the only reason we're not already in the bottom three is because everyone in the bottom half keeps beating each other. the only way i can see us surviving is through some serious investment from ashley. 3-4 quality players to come in, none to leave. and i'm talking quality that will improve the squad not another handful of xiscos.

guess who kaka's first game will be against if he does sign this week

i'm never wrong about anything

fuck me, we are in serious shit now. if ashley wants to protect his investment he has to splash the cash asap

finnan would be just what we need if he isn't crocked. i've always rated him

far too good for us

just what we need for a relegation battle

do you reckon if they sign bellas as well as kaka, bellas will still think he's the best player at the club?

kinnear "happy with backing from ashley"....according to ssn

if such a prize existed, this would surely win the most optimistic post of the season award

am i the only one here who's incredibly jealous of city? i wish we could be taken over by a bunch of rich arabs with more money than sense.

what a fucking shitheap of a club we support. losing twice at home in a season to hull for fuck's sake

owen misses a header from 6 yards

pathetic

i always thought he was canny...but it's been a fair few years since i seen him play in england plus he's not really the attacking midfielder we're crying out for. bullard would be a great buy. it'll be our loss if he goes to wigan

is anyone watching the match online?

i'm not sure we can afford to get rid when you consider the size of our wafer thin squad. long term i'm happy for him to go, but he's one of our few players that can cover right back (not that we've used him much there).

i think as a short term stop gap, he could do a job. he's got the one crucial commodity that our squad has lacked - pace. plus he's another body and another option to help bopost our threadbare squad. another 3 in plus no players leaving and things will look a bit brighter.

there's no doubt that a lot of clubs will start belt tightening because of the global financial crisis and the pound tanking. but....the premiership's monster tv deal, that still has a few years to run will mean that english clubs will still outbid most others for the top players and few will go under. west ham are a different story because their icelandic owner's bank (where iirc he owened a majority share) went under.