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I agree, also lucky we had the £12-15mill from Chambo and one of England's best midfielders already on the books. Cortese did a good job (finding the right manager is not an easy job) but the only reason we had the players and managers we did was because of Leibherr's cash. Trying to find the right manager is a whole different ball game if the club can't pay good wages and have little in the transfer kitty.

What I hate about these things is that nothing caused any offence to anyone until the media go out of their way to publicise what was said - then pretend to be outraged by how offensive it is.

It's alot of money but he did deliver so I don't have a problem with it. What he achieved was good but it's not like he got us promoted on a shoestring, he had serious cash behind him and some quality players already at the club. Anyone who treated club legends like Le Tiss how he did never really had the club at heart, it's obvious what he did have at heart - £2mill a year.

no, load of fuss about nothing

Some people just get addicted to stuff easier than others, I have every sympathy for her and her family. I don't see her as privileged at all, she's wealthy yes, but anyone who loses their mother at the age of 11 is bound to be a bit f*cked up.

My choice too. Stick the fat scouser on the bench, wheel him out for a cameo in the Cost Rica game as long as his haircut isn't too embarrassing.

What a bizarre thing to say. You don't respect religious people or UKIP voters. What if it turned out Rickie Lambert was religious or your dad voted UKIP?

Or d) The financial situation is difficult.

you pay stamp duty on cars?

How is it illegal? If I sold my mate my car for a tenner would that be breaking the law?

I think the key to keeping MP and the players is investing cash (or in players words 'showing ambition').

I'm not to worried if Shaw goes but if Lallana were to go it would leave a f*cking big hole in our side. It's the sort of loss that could easily turn a comfortably mid-table side into relegation strugglers. If he were to go to Man U with Shaw in a double deal it would be interesting to see how much cash Bournemouth would get for their sell on clause. In theory we could sell Shaw for £39.5mill and give them Lallana for £500K, giving the Cherries just £125K.

I would play the kids in this one as we literally have nothing to play for. Give the young lads some valuable experience. Gazza Chambers - Fonte - Lovren - Targett Reed - Wanyama JWP - Lallana - McQueen Gallagher Subs: Boruc, Shaw, Clyne, Cork, Sims, Lambert, Davis

Except when we put our reserves out against Sunderland in February I think we still had unrealistic aims of where we could finish in the league so it wasn't just the difference between 8th and 9th they were thinking about.

Risdale had similar plans to take Leeds further.

To much "wait and see in the summer" for my liking. I think we all know what that usually means. It will certainly be an interesting summer, we are at a point where decent investment could mean a realistic push for Europe next season. But with this "difficult financial position" talk it seems we will probably not being doing that - how far the other way will we go?

The above is why we blew off the FA Cup. 8th place is a fine achievement though and good timing to looking at the increase in money.

Great news, both have to be on the plane to Brazil. I really don't see the point in playing safe and taking Ashley Cole, we're not going to win the thing so might as well take a gamble.

Holy sh!t, how cr@p are England now?

Their agents would talk to Lallana's agent.

I think he will be off.

8/10, would be higher if we made more of an effort in the cups. I think we will look back on this season as a massive opportunity missed. I still don't get Poch's thinking behind the Sunderland debacle, I guess he actually believed in Cortese's Champions League ******.

Good statement but we all know that Shaw and Lallana's futures depends more on what they, their agents and other big club's decide than what Les Reed wants.

I've heard that he is on Man City's "shopping list" from someone quite well connected at the club.

I might do a charity bike ride in aid of homeless blind orphans in Ethiopia*. *50/50 split, half the cash goes towards a new car for me.