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but he's definitely not a lone front man. Either needs to play where Rooney does for Utd or out on the right cutting in.

his goal was made easier by the keeper standing in no-man's land, but he took it nicely

'When someone makes a very bad tackle on you, you expect an apology. I've had no apology. And I'm not going to accept his apology.'

footballers are all cunts. when other big sporting events are on it really, really makes me wonder why i bother liking football.

but I dislike Gareth Bale even more than I do El Hadji Diouf.

Think it's that little triangle hand signal thing he always does. Or maybe his stupid gibbon face. Regardless - SUCH a cock

Anyway, Bale should be happy. Now he has evidence to back up those silly 'I'm not a diver, I'm just protecting my career' quotes of his.

(bit ironic for Arsenal fans to laugh at other people being precious about tackling, admittedly)

But those quotes from the Spurs players are quite funny.

Adam is, at best, a mid-table League 1 player or Stoke.

than at any other Wembley event I've been to but not particularly problematic. Biggest problem was the food- it looks like someone made a bit of a balls-up when considering the different demographics for this and a standard football event ... Lots of day tripping families in a stadium for 5-6 hours meant that a lot more people were going to want to eat in the stadium than usual. It was a minor annoyance though, really.

Inaccurate passing and shoddy technique but exciting enough to watch when they channelled their power and pace into breaks and counter attacks rather than assault.

Their counter attacks are insanely fast at times and if they had a little bit more composure they'd be absolutely burying teams. Plus, of course, they've got the stereotypical African defensive naivety and slightly mental keeper.

It saddens me a touch seeing him stuck in the ressies at Liverpool.

but West Brom offered him a permanent move and first team football, I'd assumed he went there.

but why would Liverpool sell? Surely he's exactly the sort of defender Rodgers would like

I don't remember this cause I was steaming but apparently I did the full haka when the NZ olympic team came out on Friday night

Though the "i'm not going there 'cos <insert name of ex-teammate> is there" stuff does smack of something made-up by a bored tabloid intern. If there was any real issue there, City would simply make Adebayor train with the reserves, and if anything, the fact that Clichy and Kolo Toure are there would be a big positive in that respect.

Van Persie's much more likely to go to United because he'll be guaranteed more football, simple as that...plus it's rumoured they're the ones offering the best contract.

I'm still not sure how he'd fit into our team, unless we play with a midfield diamond, leaving us horribly exposed in defence.

Great to have him on the bench, but don't think that warrants £20m and over £150k/w.

that you've noticed five years after it actually happened. others might not have yet.

Yes, we've signed some older players. We massively needed to boost the overall strength in depth, and have done that well to get a load of players in for free

Nelsen replacing Hall - significant improvement
Green replacing Kenny - significant improvement
Johnson replacing Bothroyd - significant improvement

I also fail to see which of those falls into any of those 3 categories. They're all decent players capable of offering a club of our size and season ambition (aiming for top half at best)

We've then signed Park permanently and Fabio on loan - two players who have started in Champions League finals.

We have then signed Diakite permanently - who by the end of next season will be getting tapped up by the top 6, and Hoilett who though I'm not keen on him, is young and highly rated.

Now we've let someone train with us, which happens all the time.

I'll totally accept that we've signed some old players and that is a concern. But I don't think Hughes' signings fall into *hasbeens, wasted potential and alsorans*

Warnock's August signings however, certainly.

Could probably whack another few million on and it'd be a good, at least par, deal.

He won't leave for less than £12m.

more than just about any other teams actual first team shirt sponsors

several reports are stating the deal as one of the reasons. quids in!

but I don't see what other path the FA could have taken here.

Isn't it?

'But if it had been a white player...'

Oh fuck off.

With a view to a £17m transfer, if West Ham stay in the league.

Good deal for Liverpool (if the fee goes through) & for Carroll's development as a player if you ask me.

Sam Allardyce managing Carroll sounds pretty grim to me.

but he needs to play more football than Liverpool or Newcastle would/should probably give him. He'd be a regular starter at West Ham and they would be more likely to tailor their game to his strengths than us or the Scouse.

The reunion of the Nolan/Carroll onetwo combo is a good option for West Ham to have in their arsenal too. I think the only thing that might scupper it is that Carroll is by all reports determined to come back to the big time over in the north-east.