Exactly. Players dismissed before a ball is even kicked. I remember the bitching and moaning last year when we signed van hecke...

"The good news is I can't see any issues with your prostate. The bad news is I'm the janitor"

When the prostate exam comes make sure you can't see both hands...

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Odds on the links only thread making it to 2 pages?

Simon Jordan said if £60m is the offer for Gordon then drive him to Chelsea now before someone wakes up and realises what's happening

Sorry just finished them, it'll be about 1030 tomorrow morning before I can get pics

5 MINIUTE WARNING... ...till my sausage rolls are ready for lunch. Any transfer gossip today?

I would wet myself laughing if united didn't take 3 points here.

Thought that second looked offside all day long

Think there's been a harsh stance on Broughton from some. We hadn't appointed a manager until clubs were back in pre season training. By the time the manager had had a look at the squad, most teams were well underway in their transfer activity. On the transfer front it was a standing start very late on in the summer at a club where we've got a restrictive wage structure and hurdle after hurdle to sign players at the best of times. It's no wonder we've not bought in all the bodies we need just yet. We've kept our cards close to our chest this summer and nothing has come from the club regarding incoming until its pretty much a done deal. Right now we could have 5 signings on the cusp we could have 0 so I'll wait and see what happens.

He sounds like a switched on lad. Want a loan clause in there and he plans to study a degree alongside playing makes me think he's got his head screwed on.

I never realised they were in FFP trouble. They don't seem to splash the cash and they've sold big over the years. Meanwhile united can spunk 300k a week on benchwarmers

4 is dangerous imo. You don't want to rinse ayala twice a week all season so the third choice is going to get a alot of games even if Ayala stays fit. Ayala will get injured and then all it takes is a niggle and / or suspension to Wharton / Carter and Phillips is being asked to play week in week out in a season where we should be introducing him slowly. 5 with pickering as emergency cover is the best realistic option

Christ a couple of bad performances and the hysteria is off the charts! 4 wins from 6 games and the window isn't even shut yet.

Which is why it's madness that people want to give him a 10k a week contract to stay

If recent history is anything to go by, in 3 seasons time he will be entering the final year of his contract and we'll sell him at a discount to avoid losing him on a free.

If venkys are apparently happy to lose BBD on a free why is the same not true of Phillips? Selling now is only in the interest of Spurs. Why wouldn't we hold on till January when he has 10-15 games under his belt and is potentially attracting more interest and a bidding war? Then we can lose him for the tribunal fee if that doesn't work? I know we can get the sell on clause but there's every chance he gets lost in the U23 system and released in 5 years time for nowt.

With our wage structure are we really going to put him up with the top earners off the back of a couple of games? What would paying him £10-15k do to the rest of the squad? 4-5k a week more likely? (Is that what nyambe was rumoured to be on?) And whilst it's an eye watering amount at 17, it won't set him up for life. But yes, he'd be sensible to sign a pro contract now and get the protection now.

From our perspective on an Internet message board it's clear that he should stay, play some first team games, show case his talent and get a big money move elsewhere. If you're in that situation though with the possibility of sealing a move that will set you and your family up for life vs staying here, things going tits up and earning peanuts before getting a job in a bar at 20.

I only caught bits and pieces of the game - the new born doesn't seem to like me watching football - how bad did the injuries look?

True if you're putting round pegs in round holes. Previous regimes might have put pickering in there with Edun at left back or moved one of the three centre mids back there

You can drop him

I've said it before but if teams have to pay through the nose on loan fees or pay penalties for not playing, then we should then be entitled to sell on fee % for thar player

Results like that give me an erection