Optimistic Nut

Agreed, Has he been given even half a chance? [tin hat] Reminds me of another spaniad striker. [/tinhat] We never signed him despite a few on the forums wanting him. And anyway, even though he played in La Liga he was Turkish.

And 10.64. Woohoo.

11.64

Maybe if he'd hung on for another week or so, he'd have got the Leeds job.

Not too late to put money on us being 6th by New Year's Day.

Haven't got used to the brave new world - I thought hmm - about £5m - no - thats £8m. Hahaha, yeah I'm getting used to that now. When I saw Diarra to Madrid for €20m I was thinking, £14m is a lot of money when in fact it's still just under £20m!

Hopefully Shearer will bombard Owen's phone from now until June and try and play the guilt-trip card.

To be fair, FIFA or the FA or whoever it was paid us one year of that, didn't they?

If he goes, try and stump Sunderland's bid to sign Cisse on a permanent deal.

Yep. Brilliant how the subs worked out today. N'Zogbia's ball from left-back where he'd been for about 2 minutes, upto Viduka & Duff who'd been brought on.

Fabregas, Clichy & van Persie.

4 points off 18th, 5 points off 6th. Are we in danger of having a decent season afterall?

Win and we're 12th a few points off 7th, lose and we'll probably finish the weekend back in the relegation-zone. Big game for both clubs. I reckon we'll win it 2-0.

Barton's out until March and Kinnear's confirmed he's after a midfielder next month. Think there could be some mileage to this one.

Yeah would be a good signing imo. Think Pompey will definitely be in for him as well.

How's that? If he wins the case then everything was true, so he can say whatever he wants about what happened.

It was Souness that brought Terry Mac back, not Big Sam.

The media don't like the fact that things look as if they're settling down here now, results going ok, Owen offered a new contract, etc. so looking to shit stir once more, and going by some of the reactions, they're succeeding again.

And walk off with 2 years of Sky TV money, gate receipts, advertising and corporate cash stuffing his pockets while leaving a hideous fucking shambles in his wake with an ugly 50ft long Sports Direct sign emblazoned across it. Eh? How do you figure that one out? The only money Ashley will walk away with is the £250m the new people pay him. That money you've mentioned will still be in the club's accounts, not Ashley's.

Owen apart, I don't think our wage bills would be that much difference to those two clubs. The likes of Campbell, Distin, James, Crouch, Defoe, Lauren, Johnson, Bowyer, Dyer, Bellamy, Neill, etc. will be on huge contracts.

Yep, definitely a more attractive proposition.

West Ham & Portsmouth have much smaller incomes than us, smaller stadia, managers on long-term contracts who'll cost a lot of money to replace if need be and are in serious debt, whereas the only debt we have is around £40m on transfers still owed out which you get at every club anyway, a good infrastructure, the knowledge that they'll be welcomed straight away by the fans because they're desparate for their current owner to leave, and are in a position where in May they can appoint whoever they want without paying any compensation, or if they buy us before then, won't have to pay much to pay-off JFK.

Both of them are in a pretty crippling position financially, we're pretty sound.

How many chances do you want to give the bloke? Personally I want rid, asap regardless of what he does from this point on - I trust him less than I ever trusted Fat Freddie (amazingly). The only real mistake he made was Sept 1st, so I wouldn't say he's had a chance to put that right. January is his one, and only chance for me, to put things right...or at least try to.