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We haven't heard about them because they effectively don't exist (I'm sure the players actually do, but they were never going to come to the club). Just another instance of Kinnear the puppet spouting the shite that he gets told.

Agree. At the moment I think Guthrie would make an excellent substitute midfielder - though his efforts are probably hard to judge properly given he is playing alongside Nicky Butt (who quite frankly has been hopeless of late and just plain does not help out in defense - doesn't run when the opposition are counter attacking). Hard to judge Joey Barton, except to know that he's likely to have a brain explosion at any time; at an opposing player, the ref, or even his own teammate. Is his footballing ability enough to take that sucker punch? At the moment from what we have seen of him, no it's not. Martins coming back will be a big help. Owen is not slow, but he never seems to back himself to be able to beat a defender anymore. More likely to back off, then look for a ball into the box. Would be good to see more of a killer instinct from him.

Agree, it's insane to offer him a lengthy extension. But by the same token it would be equally insane to sack him/end his time here in the state that the club is in. He really does talk some complete and utter shite though.

Barton has done buckley's for us. Granted he's always been coming back from injuries, so hasn't really enjoyed a lengthy run in the team - but the injuries are obviously part of the package. He has no pace, and makes brash challenges. He's earned himself a reputation worse than Lee Bowyer, so he's always going to get a hard time off the referees. Nicky Butt is well passed it, and Danny Guthrie isn't going to get us goals (or really stop us from conceding them either) so bringing in a more physically dominating midfielder will be good for us. Someone with size as well as pace. If that's what M'bia is, then spend the cash and get him in. You're right that our left and right fullback positions are cause for concern, with basically no evident cover for either Beye or Enrique so we also need to strengthen and add depth there. If we can stop other teams from scoring so freely against us (like we did in the first half against Blackburn) then we'll go a long way to ensuring our top flight survival. If we keep shipping goals like we have been of late I don't have the faith in our midfield or front line to be able to create/score enough goals to get us the points that we need.

Never before have I felt so much like not watching another game of football in my life.

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That's their way of trying to convince the fans that the lack of action now is because they're planning a big summer.

Tad optimistic there don't you think?

Agree. He's a good player. But if he is injured at the moment there would be no point in signing him considering he'd be brought in only to cover for Beye.

17 years old, 6'2" Striker apparently.

Looks like Ashley left a copy of his statement lying around in a hotel...

Kinnear: "We'll give ya 12 million quid for M'Bia" Rennes: "We reluctantly <bullshit> agree" Kinnear: "Ah ha! Gotcha! Just kiddin' bout the 12 million" Rennes: "Don't ever talk to me again" Kinnear: "So how about 4 million for him then? Seriously."

N'Zogbia is not our first choice left full back. He's a shite left fullback when it comes to defending, and apparently he was the one beaten for the Hull goal. They've shown that all it takes to lose a match is one defensive slip-up, which is more than likely to come when you play a winger as a fullback. The longer that the game went at 0-0 the more confident Hull grew, and rightfully so. Kinnear should have put a team of youngsters out there TBH.

Tell me about it. Price of M'Bia has just risen a couple of million pounds as Rennes realise the fine calibre of idiots they are dealing with.

So far proving that Hull earlier victory at St James' was in no way an anomaly.

No doubt he's already tried this with Ashley, Wise and Co, so was forced to move onto the injuries. Next thing he'll be injuring players himself.

Ahh yep, 3 years. Well if he turns out to be any good then at least the Cacapa experience won't have been a total loss.

Roughly: Though I could be wrong on the time frame, as the article also talks about 3 years.

Should be some good motivation for some of our players in front of our former manager. The best motivation though should be wanting to put as much space as possible between us and the drop zone.

Enrique also has genuine pace. Apparaently this Lovenkrands bloke is quick as well, which would be good as all the rest of our fast blokes are left footed. Shame Lovenkrands is left footed as well, eh... Woops Didn't say on wikipedia - I was making an assumption that he was right footed because if they're left footed it normally says so.

I have almost no doubt that what JFK says is more or less what JFK thinks is happening. What is actually happening though, that is another thing altogether. If we see players signed that we've heard nought about, it's probably because JFL had nought to do with their signings, and as we all know the 'scouting team' have no public interface (Dennis Wise can't see over the table in media conferences).

I'm guessing this must be what he's saying each and every game whilst he stands there waving his arms about and pointing, pretending to be angry at someone to cover up for his inherent shiteness and inability to mark.

Enrique also has genuine pace. Apparaently this Lovenkrands bloke is quick as well, which would be good as all the rest of our fast blokes are left footed.

Plus he got one assist, and very nearly could have got two - if only Jonas could have finished like Bellamy did for them in the first half.