bluebruce

The single most infuriating piece of 'business' in my mind is the Davies one. Not just because of how we got him for so much and he was cack, but because we then flogged him off cheaply to Southampton- and got EGIL OSTENSTAD in exchange. In one cup game for us, I remember thinking that was the least bothered performance I'd ever seen from a player in our shirt. And I still do. Then, insult to injury, Bolton end up getting Davies for FREE, and he's bloody good for them! And since I can't stand Bolton, that makes it the most infuriating one. The worst however, was Shearer being sold (Alan, of course), regardless of how much say we had in him staying. There's no way we would have gone down with Shearer in the team, and that must have cost us AT LEAST the money we got for him. And players of far less calibre change hands nowadays for similar or greater fees.

I personally find that being stood or sat down makes no difference to my willingness to sing for the cause. So it confuses me when everyone else always seems to insist it does. What I do know is I missed Steven Reid's wonder strike at Wigan last season because some pratt stood up at the crucial second as it was struck and it was so bloody fast I only got up in time to see it smack the back of the net.

I too think that we need Nonda for this one. I think his physical prowess might be the only way around Woodgate. I recall Kuqi being useful for us in that respect in the same fixture last season, though the Boro defence looks quite different now, particularly if Huth starts. I'd predict a score draw, 1-1.

No! STOP! I surrendered, won't you let me live in peace?!?

I think your whimsical 'I'm with stupid' signs started the cockiness and abuse. And I'll tell you again, since you don't seem to have grasped it on the previous post, I wasn't saying they could 'force' any TV channel to buy the rights. I'll admit though to being previously unaware that the rights to televise the game in this country only belong to Salzburg. I'd still imagine we could have tried asking Salzburg to tout the game cheaply to British broadcasters, though they'd probably be less willing to do so since the ticket proceeds go to them. As for you, Stu, I simply can't compete with that rapier wit. So I won't try.

The maths on the article in the Express were off. They said something like we bought him for 3.25 and paid his agent 500k. Then we sold him for 2.5, which was the same as we bought him for minus the agent's fee. Obviously, 3.25 mill minus 500k isn't 2.5 mill. I don't know about anybody else, but reading the article in the Express I personally felt like they had nothing on us at all. And the word 'theory' was bandied about in ours- the other three transfers all seemed much more anchored in fact. Then again, Rovers have made no comment, whilst one of the other accused parties (I forget who) have denied it outright. This worries me a bit.

Thanks for that (And you too Tris), but you seem to be talking pure arse. I won't even begin to point out why what you said simply isn't the case. But I will point out that there are various sky channels that are quite capable of filming the game themselves. And we would certainly get something called 'money' from this process. Even if it was just a few grand, I see no reason not to. Thanks for taking my words ('putting it on the telly') out of context too, when it was clear within the context that I was referring to offerring it cheaply. And on top of all that, thanks for being a condescending tool

Furious that it's not on telly. There's no chance of my debt-ridden ass going to Austria for this one, so it appears that I won't get to see it live. Even bloody Derry are on the tube (Twice...spurs are on two channels too). Can't we just flog the rights cheaply to some naff station? I mean, it's not like the club really get money from our away support in Austria, right? So they could at least help all the fans who can't pull off a trip like that by putting it on the telly.

That's the key question, above all else. But I don't know. Not too enamoured of this signing, I'd prefer that if we really end up down at the bone we try out some youth players.

Not what I asked though, I know he scored 8 in 22 last season. However, I was under the impression that some of those came before the injury, and hopefully some after. So I'd like to know how he scored AFTER injury, especially since somebody said he's lost a yard of pace since it. Discovered he underwent surgery in December, putting him out of the African Cup of Nations, but I haven't been able to find when he recovered.

How has Nonda played SINCE the injury? Anybody know whether he's scored since, or how well he has done so? Kinda worried by the prospect of our strikeforce during the African Nations Cup...though I spose it's a chance for the young lads to shine.

Mido has made a mistake that I struggle to fathom out. At the time, remember, Spurs had no interest in him and he was content to stay at Roma, on the bench, rather than lead the line for a lot more money. Then, a team who finished one place and what was it, 2 points, above us comes along. A team that already has three top class strikers he'll be hard pressed to push out of the team, one of whom was only just bought for considerably more money than him after the club who have since signed Mido decided they didn't want the Egyptian at the time despite him costing far less. So its obvious they rate Berbatov higher, Keane is in fantastic form as ever, and Defoe is hardly to be underestimated. I highly doubt they're paying Mido more than we would have, to sit on their bench. And he could easily have lived in a nice area in/near Manchester. But hey, he's made the choice, and maybe in time he'll come to regret it. I for one bloody well hope so.

Hmm? You changed what headline?

Link? It's not on the official site at the moment.

Why does it?

Would be great...tv wasn't invented for quite a while after though, so I doubt we've much of a claim! This will have been made for the old projector screens. I can imagine the first armchair fans sitting in a 'cinema' to view it!

Where? Let's sign them.

1. Chelsea (Yawn) 2. Liverpool 3. Arsenal 4. Scumchester United 5. Tottenham Hotspur 6. Newcastle United 7. Blackburn Rovers 8. West Ham 9. Bolton 10. Portsmouth 11. Everton 12. Aston Villa 13. Wigan 14. Manchester City 15. Middlesborough 16. Charlton 17. Reading 18. Fulham 19. Sheff United 20. Watford Mind, what Ive realised putting this together, is I really don't bloody know!! That middle section of the table is so interchangeable.

Actually, there have been moments when I've found him to be too full of self belief- prompting him to do ridiculous backheels to opposition defenders.

Skysports have an article on it also: Emerton blow Hughes: "He has the ability to carry the ball from one end of the field to the other, and that's why other teams have coveted him this summer." Do you think he means from the right to the centre of the field? In a dream world, I was hoping we could get over 2 million for him and sign Gera. Oh well. Guess we can forget the club moving for a right winger who can actually play now.

There's a considerable amount of irony in that one-line question. And I say irony because it's less confrontational than 'hypocrisy'.

I have to say I'm not entirely won over by this signing. His record seems to show that, goals-wise, he's a very erratic player. Last season he barely scored at all, and I feel we need somebody guaranteed to bag us more. Then again, perhaps his heart wasn't in at as much last year after his transfer fell through, or maybe he was trying to engineer himself into an affordable position. Hope it comes off though. I'd love to see us try and snap up Saviola too (partly funded by letting Kuqi go perhaps), then I'd be extremely confident about next year.

I'm currently unable to find the bloody disc for the game!

Er, not sure, but if that's true, isn't it due to all the other relegated teams?

Well sure, but a quick look at the, ya know, facts, should have demonstrated to him that he was only capable of 6.