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Agreed but it does not half p*ss me off to see a professional footballer who cannot use his left foot in those circumstances!

I wonder if Sammy is getting more credit than he is entitled to so far, on the similar basis to Nile Ranger at times last year when it was assumed he was better than those before him precisely because he was not playing enough to show that he was not the answer. Not sure one way or the other, but certainly he has considerably more pace and attitude than his brother - hardly a ringing endorsement though

My view of watching on TV from afar is that his first touch is often phenomenal, but his second touch is more often abysmal. If he could avoid the second touch, he will do fine

Surely the Fiorentina game is the most appropriate for such a mass non-attendance - not competitive and therefore does not hit the team but still sends a huge message. Won't ever happen though.

He would resign today if he had any nuts

I agree, but they made an exception for Sol Campbell. It is one of those policies which is absolutely sacrosanct, except when it is not. Short term deal sounds fine to me, even if only for a year while the new guys settle - assuming he doesn't drive them all out!

It's naive to think that contract negotiations are a one-way street, where the clubs attempt to call all the shots ie. they insist on trigger clauses, for minimal fees. The same applies to the area of bonus', and a player's image rights. There's no sensible logic in a club chairman drawing up a clause (of his volition, with the financial best interests of the club at the fore) which enables a youngster to leave for bugger-all, after a break-out year, to a bigger club. C'mon it's the agents who insist on these (for minimal fees) as a means of fast-tracking their clients' careers to the higher grades on a club scale, where there is a higher ceiling of earning potential. They push for an increased chance of player movement. Swansea probably had to play ball with the player's agent when they got their man originally, just as clubs have to do in order to retain their best players. This is why there is an arbitration process, to allow clubs the right of appeal when there are instances (in this case a contract, with a clause probably included in accordance to agent demands) that allow for an outgoing fee to not be reflective of a player's rate of progression. Nice sig by the way. A personal message would have sufficed, rather resorting to effort of changing profile settings. They did not have to sign the contract though. When they did, they can't change it later.

Wasn't he there on holiday a few weeks back? That's what I thought

If he played like them, he would hardly ever be on the pitch anyway in this day and age

Corbridge - became the Lion of Corbridge. Took up residence there for a few years later on as well

he's been playing in Australia i think Yes, Perth Glory in the A League, but no longer. Back in England for family reasons. Was not good enough for Oz, so his time is up. Looking at coaches badges etc

Thanks Ebeneezer!

The A league's a pretty poor league imo. I can't watch it for more than 10 mins at a time. That's my point

Surely "if they knew the facts" is exactly the problem. Even as captain he did not engage with the supporters. Talking about the J League, no chance. However, the A League would suit him - come and join the old men (including "God") at the mighty Glory

From what I can see from afar, Saylor cannot play with Williamson, as they are too similar. Either of them needs to play with Colo, because they do the grunt and he does the finesse - Saylor falls down when expected to do the fancy stuff. One thing I have noticed a lot with Williamson is that he tends to head up in the air, while Saylor does get some good forward distance with his headers. For that reason alone, I would go with Saylor

Ironically at Newcastle (United) Jets

I think the fact that every game is shown live on TV does not help with the crowds, but things may pick up with the weather and the lack of alternative, especially in Perth. The crowds are creeping up at home, although that seems to be on the back of free tickets for kids and the lack of any decent facilities does not help. As to standard, I think it is pretty poor. There seems no urgency. Even watching the CC Championship shows what a gulf there is, never mind the Premiership!

As with me, another team doing better than expected while playing rubbish - most of the time. The Dave Mitchell connection is interesting, but I was scared when they started mentioning a Steve McMahon link to the Toon

Luque? Boumsong? Marcelino???

That's what the medical is for

Of course he has, otherwise he'd just be signing a blank piece of paper! 22604[/snapback] Exactly!

I'd be surprised if he didn't

Don't suppose he does

Whats the odds for him scoring a hat-trick against them? Take it he'll get the number 10 shirt then. 22467[/snapback] Rather than the usual which was against us