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Brilliant CT. Fucking hilarious! Training facilities line got me.

The reason behind the delays.

Out of our price range.

It's testament to how downtrodden our ambition is that I'd be relatively happy if we somehow managed to hang onto Barton and Enrique and brought in a striker of decent quality. The fact that Pardew is hinting at just that to me though is a further sign that they'll both be out the door in a minor flurry of activity just prior to the window closing.

Erik Pieters has a decent pedigree, but doubt he would come cheaply (or at all).

3M plus wages for a loan is a bit rich.. wonder what the price to sell would be based on that? 12-15M?

Absolute horse shit.

Can guarantee regardless of what happens at the club he'll be here. They could sell all of the first team and promote the reserves side, and he'd create a post about how positive and dynamic it is that we're promoting our youth and being financially responsible.

He's looking at some kid from LA he saw kicking a ball around the park. Santiago Muñez I think he's called. Not sure if he's any good, like. Bet the little shit is just looking at us as a step ladder to a Champions League side...

Absolutely no chance on the Pavlyuchenko front. He's 30 in 4 months, and Spurs won't let him go on the cheap considering they splurged 14M on him. Good player though.

Not at all surprising the way the value of our targeted strikers has plummeted. From the 9ish million of Gervinho to the 6ish million of Erdinc and now the 3ish million of this guy.

He has very quick feet, we definitely lack that. The biggest worry is that for a wide player it's a struggle to find footage of him crossing a ball. If 3M is the price it looks like a good deal. Just because he's down the pecking order and seen as surplus to requirements at Manure doesn't mean that he's no good - why would Ferguson have played him so much in their US tour? - from the YouTube footage of those games it looked like he played well, scoring a goal and setting up a couple. As a replacement for Routledge it's a clear improvement, as a replacement for Barton they're very different players. Mentality could be this kids problem as well...

This should have been the opening post in this thread. :lol:

Having just done a little bit of Dennis Wise scouting on him, he seems very similar to Jonas. Right footed player who likes to play down the left, takes on players on the dribble sometimes to the detriment of position and only crosses as a final option.

Reserving judgement until I see more of him. I just hope this doesn't mean someone else will be sold. Opportunistic signing over one in the places where we most need cover though.

1-2 in probably means we'll sell 1 or 2, loan out 1 or 2 and buy 1 if we're lucky.

I hear that Shefki Kuqi is available...

Right on both counts I'm afraid. Also worried about the mettle of the side when things inevitably aren't going well and there's a few injuries to key personel along with the inevitable suspensions Tiote will pick up.

Don't worry lads Demba will score 30 goals and cover for both Nolan and Carroll.

GUILTY!! Another watertight case from Columbo RIP Peter Falk

All this fantastic publicity will do wonders for all of the potential targets that we'll be hoping to land. They'll be queuing up to join, negotiating their wages downwards trying to increase their chances of being signed.

Does it matter either way?

Was lovely out on Tuesday as well, playing some lunch time football. Somehow managed to pick up a cold off some bastard, now my head is blocked up something chronic.

I'm hearing some very late mail that we'll be making a fantastic offer to Evra minutes before the window closes. They would have got it in earlier you see but they were doing their best to land Erding, and Tiote was using the chopper.