Dr Gloom

i reckon we're going to win, simply because everyone expects us to lose and we not often predictable

he hasn't had a job since wimbledon has he? fuck me

i think we're going to win. owen to inspire the team, leading from the front with a skipper's performance

i think at this stage el tel is about the best we can hope for. we're not exactly in a position to pick and choose from the best managers in europe are we? no one is going to touch us with a barge poll. he's not a bad appointment given the circumstances. we're bound to get a new man in when we sell anyway

i think gazza has no one else to blame but himself. people are quick to claim his friends are responsible for him being in this very sad situation. gazza was a great player but he's become a pretty sad case - he needs to look in the mirror and sort himself out if you ask me. i don't mean to sound cold and unsympathetic but i am so that's the way it comes out.

he's a bit of a sad case really isn't he

if our current situation continues i'd say there's a big chance of relegation. we're a rudderless ship at the moment. until ashley sells up, no one is going to fancy taking over. we can only hope for a quick sale, a new manager to take over asap and some big investment in january. otherwise it's going to be a long miserable season and potentially a disastrous one.

there is no new news in this statement. no need for the exclamation marks

i'm going to put my money on no one or a last minute panic buy a'la sibierski. we can't have that many options with three days to go until the window shuts.

It's ok, we've still got Shola as cover. thank christ. i'll sleep easy tonight Well, last summer you were saying you were happy with him being 3rd or 4th choice striker. Glad you've wised-up though. i was but he's hardly played or scored a goal since then so i wouldn't lose any sleep if he were replaced. at the time i was saying that he was as good a 4th choice striker as alan smith, so why splash out that much on smudger? people here were saying smith was a good buy - you included. i knew from day dot that he was no better than shola. shola's still no worse than alan smith mind. i'd get rid of both of them if we could. shola's had enough chances now for me and smith was obvioulsy never good enough Tbf, I said Smith was good cover and expensive but better than we had as cover, i.e. Shola. Which is why I brought it up. You actually said you'd be happy with him as 3rd or 4th striker btw. i have always been as happy with shola as smith as a 3-4th choice striker because that's what they are - back up players at best. that's why i could never understand the point in signing smith, as we already had a pool of strikers and he wasn't better than any of them, plus we paid £6m and a massive weekly wage on him. madness. i'd get rid of both now if we could guarantee that we would replace them with better players. smith's always been poor and shola's had enough chances for me now and hasn't done himself any favours by lack of appearances and performances when he has been fit in the last 18 months or so.

It's ok, we've still got Shola as cover. thank christ. i'll sleep easy tonight Well, last summer you were saying you were happy with him being 3rd or 4th choice striker. Glad you've wised-up though. i was but he's hardly played or scored a goal since then so i wouldn't lose any sleep if he were replaced. at the time i was saying that he was as good a 4th choice striker as alan smith, so why splash out that much on smudger? people here were saying smith was a good buy - you included. i knew from day dot that he was no better than shola. shola's still no worse than alan smith mind. i'd get rid of both of them if we could. shola's had enough chances now for me and smith was obvioulsy never good enough

one or two signings and there will be dancing in the streets.

It's ok, we've still got Shola as cover. thank christ. i'll sleep easy tonight

Our effective squad (ignoring current injuries) stands at around 20. Not great. depressing, despite doing well in our last 3 games aye. a few injuries and it isn't looking too clever is it

it's still a decrnt profit on a player that never really fulfilled his potential. he still could like, but i don't think he'll ever do it as a wide player. he must be replaced though - that's essential. i think we needed three players. now we need four if milner goes.

i think leeds are getting a fir bit via a sell on clause hence the inflated priice. i don't want him to go unless we've got someone better coming in to replace him. we're already thin for wide players.

shame about swp like. would have been ideal

dreams: in: swp, saviola, arshavin, ashton & warnock out: smith, ameobi & barton nightmares: in: no one out: milner to villa & owen to see his contract out

i'd be happy to sell milner if we replace him with wright philllips, a far better player imo

he looks good so far. very composed in posession and useful at staying on his feet and knicking the ball off people. not sure if he's the best in the air but signs so far are good

ps. fair play to the toon ultras. they made loads of noise throughout the match although i have no idea if it spread to the rest of the ground. and the bizzies were fucking shocking. they obviously didn't have enough to do - ended up chicking out some lads for standing up. and the quees for the bars in the l7 concorse were shocking - are they always that bad up there was my first time sat in the gods...

was it bollocks. we strolled into the leazes end level 7 at 2.30pm. loads of empty seats everywhere. dire first half. eerything seemed to click after the penalty save though

whats the chances of getting tickets on the door half a our before kick off?

not exactly a left back, centre mid or striker is he?

i thought he looked canny at chelsea. industrious with a good touch. not sure he's the creative playmaker everyone's been hankering for but he's got to be a better option in the cm spot than the likes of geremi, barton and smith