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Eh? He used to hit the first man a fair few times but thats the sort of player he was, unpredictable.And on just as many ocassions his deliveries were unstoppable. Have you seen Cabaye take corners btw?

All this talk of crossing remind me I bloody hope we can sign someone who can provide a quality delivery consistently. Even if a direct connection isnt made how many goals are scored from fumbles/confusion caused by a good ball in the area. What an absolute massive area we are so lacking in.

Well we could always sign Kevin Davies

Krul is top class, potentially world class. Elliot's never going to better than him. Like someone said he's good back up though and may come in handy when one of the big boys come calling for Krul

Exactly, hope to hell its bollocks. We need to hear about strikers coming in, not leaving.

So infuriating reading some people's comments on twitter etc who want shot of Cisse a.s.a.p mostly because he's offside a lot and cant 'create chances on his own.'

FFS What a nightmare that would be. Carroll for Cisse? Ugggh. Would suit Pards style and he would be happy enough with it I dont doubt. Please dont let this happen!

I remember that texting incident, but that bit about having a go at the young lads? I doubt it. And I cant remember him backing off from a confrontation on the pitch, why would he be that kind of person off it? I think Bellamy's stretching it a lot. Wanker.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/craig-bellamy-autobiography-alan-shearer-1922766 Dont know to what extent all this is true but Bellamy is a *****

Sigh, and we had him back, and we could dream again......

So Hughes says on his appointment that he's looking to get consistently into the top 10. Well that takes me right back to Lambias' statement. Do we as much ambition as bloody Stoke now??

Agree with most of that. Just got to put this season behind us now, hope for a couple of new strikers and that Pards can get the team to play with some sort of fluidity again. Trying to be optimistic

I suppose they'll miss him though if Hughes takes them down. Can see them just about surviving next year though.

You know, clubs like West Brom Southampton etc. And even us to an extent duirng our UEFA Cup qualifying years. Mostly mid table finishes but at least the fans have had some decent football to enjoy. In the end, thats what basics comes down to isnt it? Enjoying the weekend, having a good day out. Its enough to keep most people happy despite lack of trophies etc etc. Those poor souls get to watch their players kick people for 90 minutes and thats that. The throw ins were fun for a while, cant think of much else. Add to that being unanimously hated by neutrals. Finally they get rid of Pulis and lo and behold enter Mark Hughes!!

Meh, you can have Obertan's place in our squad. Nothing to lose.

Really have to feel for them, from Pulis to Hughes

Quite baffling how all these stars so vital for their clubs respectively always seem so disjointed and disinterested when playing for England.

Yeah I know I just dont have a great feeling about this transfer window.

Would still prefer him, Sammy and Tavernier to go out on loan for the whole of next season. Somewhere they can get week to week first team action. You could add Abeid and Vuckic to that list too.

Does this mean we aren't getting a striker?

When did we start talking about Van Nistelrooy?

Found this old magazine lying around. Im just fond of this cover, world's greatest player at the time introducing his successor. No ego whatsoever, class act

What about Heskey? He plays for a Newcastle already iirc

Just a rumour. I think if an offer did come in Ashley would stick out for a bit more than that. Wouldnt matter much though if he went for 10M or 25M apart from making our books look better.

I think the fact there were quite a few well known managers free this time around got us hoping a bit, even though we knew the chances of the fat one having enough ambition to try and get one of them were next to none.