What happened to the priority being a striker,etc! Guys dont hold your breath,I think this is our squad at best till the end of the season,only change possibly being Ferguson here or not.If we dont sign a striker then Barry remaining will make a BIG difference to the team.

If we stoop down and accept a HAS-BEEN as a part-exchange i would be ###### off. Arveladze is passed it and he was never a finisher as much as he is a bergkamp kind of player id think.

Can someone explain the difference between the 5 and midnight deadlines? So Bazza has to be here at 5.01 to remain till the end of the season or do we have to wait till midnight?

Maybe talks are scheduled with other English clubs afterwards or before,etc... If it was a done deal, he probably would have gone straight to Scotland,right?

Well its a matter of minutes or a couple of hours I would honestly think.

Shame. After all this speculation and the impending loss of Ferguson and we will PROBABLy end up with at most Tomo Sokota,who was linked almost 2 weeks ago.

Told you! Im torn whether to be happy or angry.I hope we make one or two signings today though. 1 striker and a midfielder or 2 strikers.

Papers reporting we have reached a compromise with Rangers and rejected a bid from Everton in the process.

True. Kamy any concrete info on what we can expect today?What players,etc..?

something SHOULD HAVE leaked by now if we had agreed a fee. we arent THAT good with concealing a big deal like that,are we?

You should stick 100 on Chelsea. Cause either way you will be happy in one way at the end of the game.

thank God Carew wont join as long as we get Bellamy in. Cant see Bellamy joining in this small window that remains.Its too tight now for a money signing in my opinion.

Well I feel he will leave today. Ill be surprised if it doesnt go through. BUT,lets wait and see...

Others are saying 2.75 to us,waive the debt and pay 500k in June = to around 5 million as well. So we can assume we will get over 2 million hard cash,save 2.5 million in August or September, and get another 500k at the end of this season and save 30k a week. What a shame,he couldnt succeed here. I hope we sign a replacement.

If true we BETTER get Bellamy in and possibly a midfielder on loan! Dont say we have ENOUGH cover in midfield!We need a good center midfielder with attacking qualities! Too many sources are saying the same thing, both from Blackburn and Rangers: THE DEAL IS DONE. Its gonna be worth 4.5 million pounds, but the payments are restructured. New changes to the deal -> we get around 2.5 million cash. also, the money owed has been waived. we also get 500k at the end of the season coming to around 4.5 million now and about 500k later equalling 5 million pounds. Press Conference in the morning. What a failure he is.What can I say.

Well its almost impossible for us to sign him now. Unless Newcastle give into a loan to us,which i dont see why they would!

you could have said it more simply instead of using negative tenses!

unfortunate but probably true greggyk. then again we might have made a bid but kept it hush,or things are going on behind the scenes.

unless we move in quickly,i dont think bellamy will stick around.he will join them if no one comes in for him,as i doubt he wants to sit in the dugout for 6 months.

I cant recall when was the last time I expected absolutely nothing from a home game against even a big team.But thankfully it has nothing to do with our team,but with theirs. They are the best team in Europe right now,and have one of the best managers of all time. 0-3 is all I see. Duff to score,but he better not celebrate it!

apparently some whispers coming out from nufc that bellamy has rejected the deal from brum.

NO WAY. I wouldnt sell Emerton. We have still to see his best,which will surely come. Reid isnt a replacement,neither is Thommo.

I know. I was trying to see if we can read something into the idea that we MAY sign 2 players not one in the forward position.

Thank God you are not in charge of the club!

All the newspapers are carrying a story about us and Bellamy. However,one is saying that Bellamy is stalling for Everton to come in! Thats new to me. The others are saying that he is stalling for us.