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This boy knows the score. Farin = 15689[/snapback] Though these song lyrics look like they were babelfished...

Did you watched too much Weltjugendtag? 15684[/snapback] Papstgucken macht schlau! At least, that's what Bayerischer Rundfunk seem to keep telling me... 15685[/snapback] Well, looking at my previous post I probably should watch it more often. Don't they have those series about foreign languages every morning...? And bollocks, just when I wanted to leave the office the rain started again.

Did you watched too much Weltjugendtag?

Pah, I'm über-bored. I'll already cleaned up my office and am now just waiting for the rain to stop so that I can go home and open a bottle of wine so that I can get über-drunk as well... 15673[/snapback] *Tries to think of something clever to say in German.. can't* "Ich schlafe in der Dusche Weil die Dusche zu mir hält Sie ist der einzige Freund Den ich noch habe auf der Welt" 15678[/snapback] You'll get herewith nominated for the Lou award for astonishing randomness.

Pah, I'm über-bored. I'll already cleaned up my office and am now just waiting for the rain to stop so that I can go home and open a bottle of wine so that I can get über-drunk as well...

I said already before the season that Souness needs a result out of the first four games if he wants that the ManUre game isn't his last. Normally he should have got the win that eased the pressure out of the game against West Ham at home. A disappointing match against Bolton and a non-performance against ManUre and Souness will find his end at the gallowgate...

Hmm, a totally random throw in. I handed in my dissertation yesterday. Yay. Now I am bored...

On the official website they have snippets from a press conference with Luque. He is saying that a move to Newcastle would suit him, but that he has no problem with staying at Deportivo if no deal between the clubs can be agreed. (at least that's what I understood with my limited Spanish). http://www.canaldeportivo.com/servlet/es.i...id=10157&mid=12

I don't give anything on AS or Marca they are as bad as the S*n and the likes of Daily Mirror combined. If you would take them serious Real would sign at least a dozen players daily. I don't believe in any deal until I see Jimbo's telly confirming it...

For me it's as good as saying "You'll probably be pleasantly surprised but the offer is still on the table ... unlike the pie that was there before."

I wouldn't count on that. 15322[/snapback] Well, as long as they don't do fancy party games with letter-look-a-like-noodles probably nobody will notice...

Nah, here is Souness' original statement from Tuesday (To read with a Scottish accent): PART OF ME IS ANGRY ABOUT DA TIMNG OF THESA GM3S!1!!!1!! OMG WTF THEY R MIKEY MOUS3 GMES AND IVA GOT SIX OR SEVEN PLAEYRS U!11!11 OMG WTF WIL NOT FIND A MANAEGR WHO THINKS IT IS A GOD IEDA 2 PLAY THESA GMAS A WEK IN2 DA NU the!11!1! WTF LOL PLAEYRS R3TURN 2 the CLUB ON FRIDAY AND HAEV A DAY 2 R FOR A PREMEIRSHIP GME1!1111 WTF LOL IT IS NOT RIGHT!1!1!1!! OMG WTF

Looking at the entire squad is squeezing the last remaining bit of optimism out of me...

Don't be silly, Viana's back in training today - he's a classic English centre forward if ever I saw one! 14988[/snapback] Eh? I thought Viana was a Portuguese defensive midfielder?

At least Craig Moore is already here...

So that's 5m in total. No wonder the bid was rejected...

Paul Dickov?

Marca are carrying the story, too. Though they also report about Woodgate passing a fitness test, which makes them less reliable...

For me both are to blame. Souness for drawing up a apparently nonsensical list ( too late) and Fat Fred not being able to deliver from the list. I'm very much for not overpaying on players and that's why I wouldn't be bothered about missing out on the likes of Anelka. But we certainly should have started dealing sometime in April/May: a) the players would have been there ahead of preseason training, i.e. taking part in the intertoto, b ) the club wouldn't look so desperate now, c) other clubs would have more willingly done deals with their better players if they have time to replace them.

I was impressed with Ashton at every level I've seen him play. And can I nominate S Norman for "Toontastic avatar of the year"?

My favourite Diet Coke drinker was in the Jameson destillery in Dublin. Everybody was offered a free one (and I can't think of any other reason to do such a visit), only one American tourist was asking if she could have a diet coke instead. I'll never forget the stare of the tour guide.

So this Janssen lad will have played alongside Craig Moore then, albeit briefly? 14618[/snapback] Yep, people in Gladbach don't have any good word for Dick Advocaat (especially for signing Craig Moore) but they thank him for making Janssen a first team regular. He really shone at every level he has been playing in the last 10 months. He'll probably get called up to the senior international team, at least that is what everybody is saying should happen. Apparently an English club tabled a 5m Euro bid. The rumour is that it was Arsenal (due to Adams watching him), but with them having Cole and Pires I think it might have been another club...

Apparently Newcastle were watching the game M'Gladbach against Wolfsburg last weekend. There were a couple of scouts (including Tony Adams) in the stand watching Marcell Janssen, Gladbach's left sided defender/midfielder. It would make more sense to me, if Newcastle were watching him too (instead of a leightweight central attacking midfielder).

I think Newcastle will sign Anelka and Emerton in a double deal by the end of the week...

I normally send some people to jail who knocked other people off. Works a treat.