Maybe AESF should change his name to AEAASF (Anti Euro Anti Alan Smith Fan) I think much of this thread is extremely harsh on Smith. Leeds have or had no more desire to keep their saleable assets (Smith Robinson and Viduka) than the players have to play in division1. Presumably they would prefer to keep Milner as he'll be on far more reasonable wages but even that I would say is unlikely. Suitable target for Rovers?

Are you talking about Cole or Fowler? If the former I feel it's a bit unfair on him as he seems to have found a new enthusiasm for playing alongside Stead. The point about Cole is that it only makes sense to sell him if we can get anyone as good as, or better, in to replace him. Fowler might have been that player once but there's been little sign of it since he left Anfield. Other than that, can't think of too many realistic candidates who are a better bet than (a motivated) Cole.

WE DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY MORE OF OUR BEST PLAYERS LEAVING THE CLUB FOR ANY REASON BE IT FOR A DISAGREEMENT OR NOT Is that not the primary reason why we pay top dollar for a manager upwards of £1m per year and a chief Exec around £250,000 per year?

That article indicates to me quite clearly that he will be sold Alan. Hope it doesn't happen.

Back to the football and yesterday's disappointing offering summed up the season pretty perfectly. Dreadful first half apart from a class through ball by Tugay and finish by Cole, twenty or twenty five very good minutes at the start of the second half when the game should have been put beyond Birmingham's reach, then we sort of coasted through the rest of the game allowing Brum back into it. Souness complaining yet again after the game that the result was due not to our inadequacies but the referee. The final rites, a five yard pass from Neill which went sideways out of play, summing up his and the team's season. 1864 no disrespect but you should try a seat facing the pitch! Flitcroft was abysmal yesterday, (I would say no change there) Tugay had a great game. And how can you slate Douglas? He had an off day at Spurs but yesterday and over the four wins recent wins he was inspirational, here there and everywhere. Very good performance from Cole, we need him next year, Stead seems to works harder than anyone else, Emerton - worrying he couldn't impress after being dropped, Gray impressive as always, I was quite wrong about him. What on earth are we going to do at right back next season though? About seven months too late Neill was rested but his deputy Reid hardly covered himself in glory either. We could do with a right footed Gray. All in all, thank god that season's over.

Excellent night, and I was even back home very much the worse for wear at the comparatively early time of 10.30p.m.! Debs, hope you emerged unscathed after our tumble on the dance floor! Good to meet everyone who I hadn't met previously.

Hmmm........ never stopped him with Dunn and to a lesser extent Todd (based solely on this season's performances) I can't see Cole leaving voluntarily if rumours about the £1m loyalty clause for seeing out his contract are true. I can see the Club selling him for this reason and I think this would be extremely worrying as I feel it is essential for next season we keep our best players i.e. Friedel, Ferguson and Cole and make one or two QUALITY additions. We don't want another season playing catch up as a result of waving our best players goodbye in the summer like 12 months ago.

Try this one, it's already had a cockatoo. Yep like that one, but all the suggestions were very good! Robin, if you're not up on Saturday will get you a pint next time we're darrrn saaarrff, halves for all the runners up who are there on Saturday evening!

There must be a joke in there somewhere. A parrot walks into a sex shop, asks for an inflatable doll and the shopkeeper says.......... Discuss. (I'll buy a pint after the Brum game for the best suggestion.)

Pre Todd falling out with Souness "Brilliant - player of the year by far" Post Todd falling out with Souness "Rubbish - never liked him - glad to see the back of him" Maybe Todd shouldn't have spat the dummy out of the pram but it's very sad to see him leave the club after the season he's had unless we've got someone better lined up. You can hardly say Amoruso and Short are reliable injury wise. And commercially, surely to god we could have got back the 750k we paid for him?

There could be a bit more entertainment value in this story yet. Stanleh is quoted in the LET as saying that he didn't want to leave and that he will make a full statement after Sunday's game.

I think you mean 2001. A hilarious moment that will live with me forever. Whoops, just testing! That chant was superb, as was "Are you Burnley in disguise?"

Time to put in a £500,000 bid for Chaplow with Blake thrown in to carry the kit.

Perhaps Agent Kilby is thinking of combining the Chairman's, manager's and right wing roles as part of the latest round of cost cutting measures.

Stanleh really should have seen this coming. After all he was advised by the more knowledgeable Rovers fans on 01/04/2000 "Resign, you might as well resign" Can't see anyone else doing much better on a budget that would make a shoestring look affluent. So the season's not even over yet and that's Little and Stanleh out of the door already. Any comment from our resident Burnley wit sam dingle?

So Saints chose Beattie over their manager? Seems a bit hard to swallow that one. (As Mrs Strachan might well have said if this ALLEGED story is correct! ) Anyway amusing diversion aside I felt very sorry yesterday for Smith who has cleaned up his act on the pitch somewhat and is a real Club man of the old school. Viduka on the other hand was a disgrace. With his side one up and in with a genuine chance of victory, he tossed it all away by getting himself sent off and leaving his team mates in the lurch. Anyone signing him is taking a real gamble because he seems to have a very poor attitude.

Can't say he is any better than our current crop of players. Exactly. Sarcasm isn't wasted on you is it? Or should that be Izzet?

Harry who?

His rumoured 90kp.w. wage demands might have something to do with that. Although i'm sure he would have to halve them for Bolton to be interested. All credit to Bolton though for attempting such an innovative move. I'm sure we'll be in for Izzet Muzzy.

I like Big Ron as a commentator, if he used the words "useless" and "f*****" in close proximity solely in relation to Desailly's performance last night many observers would no doubt agree. The use of the other word jim mentioned, IF indeed it was used, is a different matter in this day and age.

Whilst it's been said all season by the management that the time for recriminations is not now but at the end of the season, it would have been relatively pointless doing it from Division one at which point the club that Jack built would have been more or less killed off. That's why many of us have been particularly vocal about what we've seen this season in the hope of seeing some improvement. So whilst I am absolutely delighted that we've finally shown the inclination and ability to battle after thirty two games it's still not really acceptable as far as I'm concerned, I want to see the team fired up and motivated for every game. I'm still far from convinced Souness has the ability to do this, but will be delighted to hold my hands up if he's still in charge and that happens next season.

If not before Souness should undoubtedly have been replaced a week ago allowing his replacement seven games in which to turn things around. John Williams has already presided over us being relegated with the 5th highest wage bill now we're going down again with the 8th. What does he actually do to justify his quarter of a million pound salary?

My memory was obviously a bit out on Pearce but his career stats indicate we bought him for 300k and sold him for 2.3m - still not bad. But let's not sound like jealous fans of rival clubs who say we "bought" the title. Of course we did. And everyone else apart from ManUre and Arsenal has tried and failed. You sure you aren't a closet Man Urinal? . As for KSB he has always been consistent in his views unlike most who started the season saying we had the best squad and manager since sliced bread and who have been backtracking rapidly for some weeks. Let's hope GS proves KSB wrong, we survive this season, and go from strength to strength next. Can't see it happening myself but I'd be delighted if you drag this post back up at Christmas and tell me how wrong I was!

Why does it denigrate our greatest achievement to point out that Dalglish was indeed extremely successful in the transfer market? Firstly because he wasn't extremely succesful, we were simply in the position that Ranieri finds himself now in that we could buy anyone, at any price. Secondly go on any 'rival' board and as how we won the title and they will tell you we didn't, we bought it. No self-respecting fan would therefore use that name onlya dingle on a wind up. Not successful, blimey if he wasn't "successful" in the transfer market would like to see someone who was! Let's give credit where it's due e.g. Shearer bought 3.3m sold 15m Sutton bought 5m sold 10m Berg bought 400k sold 5m Le Saux bought 600k sold 5m Pearce bought 500k sold 5m Sherwood bought 500k (don't recall how much we sold him for) Alan Wright bought 450k sold 1.2m etc.

Why does it denigrate our greatest achievement to point out that Dalglish was indeed extremely successful in the transfer market?