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Any difference between Lauren now, and Carr & Babayaro when we signed them? Personally I say go for it, but you know what'll happen March-April time, people will be on his back.

He said they'd had a bid for a Chelsea player rejected, so he was concentrating on getting the two loan deals he wants.

Agustin Delgado & Ulises de la Cruz have appeared in 2 World Cups. Why would they have to prove themselves to cynical wankers like me.

Nope. It was an actual cash bid. He might have been one of the two loan deals he was talking about though.

According to Roeder on SSN. I await a statement from Shepherd along the lines of, "that bid's just water under the Bridge", in the morning.

Probably old but first time I'd seen it. http://eul0000715.eu.verio.net/boreme/funn...heathrow-p1.php

He had the chance to go to Inter, still have a huge payday, prove he's still a top player for another year or two, and be guaranteed a major trophy within months of arriving. Figo did the exact same thing. Madrid to Inter, 2 years in Serie A proving he still had it then off to Asia for a payday. He had ambition and confidence in his ability. All Beckham's talk about fighting for his England place and wanting to keep playing at a high level was just bullshit. All he is concerned about is fame and glamour and with hindsight that has been the case since he left Man U - people must begin to see that now. Yes he is gonna make shitloads of money but no amount of money can buy your place in football history and on the pitch he doesnt come near Europes all-time top 20.

http://stadium.dallascowboys.com/ Wembley, eat your heart out.

They always seem to have the Charlton's, Boro's, Fulham's, etc. on a Monday night. When was the last time you saw Man U, Arsenal, Chelsea or Liverpool play on a Monday?

And Roeder was apparently at the Take That live concert instead.

I could see why they'd let him go to us. 5 months in the Premiership to adjust, and giving us a player on his day capable of taking points off Chelsea's title challengers (or Man U as they're better known). There's just not a cat in hells chance of the player agreeing to it though.

Also interesting to see Villa after Griffin. Obviously Cafu Hughes isn't as good as people like to think.

Cash plus Milner & Carr for Bent would be a great deal.

Yeah, right.

Still going to disagree. More mid-table sides have the capability to make big-name buys. When else in Premiership history would you get Blackburn buying the captain of Holland (Ooijer), Wigan signing a Dutch regular (Landzaat), Bolton splashing out £8m for a French international, Spurs having £15m of strikers on the bench every week, etc?

Seriously though, Ashley Cole.

Said it on N-O, I think it's the opposite. There's a group of 7-8 clubs all of a similar standard, and capable of beating Arsenal & Liverpool on any given day. As a result, they're all taking points off each other, meaning Man U & Chelsea pull away, and the rest are closer together.

Schmeichel G. Neville Benali Adams Stam Beckham Giggs Keane Cantona Henry Shearer

Anybody know how you can save your own regimes? Got a one which seems to be working, and would like to save it so whenever I start a new game I don't have to spend ages faffing on with it.

In no particular order, Shearer, Beardsley, Robert, Given, Solano. Other clubs. Stoichkov, Ronaldo, Keane, both Laudrups, McCoist, Abedi Pele.

"Incoming transmission from the Big Giant Head".

Reckon we could go the Chelsea way? Midfield three of Parker, Butt & Emre, with Dyer & N'Zogbia either side of Martins?

Got bored with the Mackems, so started again with the Monkey Hangers. Rather than just going for players I reckon are good, I'm actually going to start looking at the attributes, and build a team around them. Want to base my game around a strong targetman and a pacy forward. Signed Gary Jones from Grimsby (strong, good in the air and decent finisher) for £30k, and Wayne Allison for £1k as back-up so far. Will probably get away with sticking with Michael Proctor as the second-striker, but need a pair of wingers who can cross the ball to get the most out of Jones.

Yeah I'd go with that. When he's got the ball, he's fine. He's still only 22 and hopefully he can learn. Hopefully when Owen's back he can learn from him.