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Which youngster made his first team debut at Elland Road this season?

If you mean permanent transfer rather then a loan, Ryan Smith?

Zoltan Liptak?

Good work, we need more songs about us rather then the redundant sham down the road.

1 point to MLG, have a feeling you will be good at this... Your question.

Let's revive this idea and see how it pans out. The rules are as so. I will ask a Saints quiz question, whoever answers it correctly will then post the next question. - Only one question can be live at one time. - The first person to answer correctly will post the next question - If a new question has not been posted within 15 minutes, one may be posted by the first to react. - Each question must have one definitive answer, I will keep tally of who is doing well.... so this makes it easier to score things. - Also, it's my thread so i'm quizmaster...... First question: Who was our first signing after the Leibherr takeover? Scores (As of Post 639.) 12 - Colinjb 6 - Turkish, Chez 5 - The Kraken 4 - Right Sider, SaintBobby, John Boy Saint 3 - TheDellDays, Saint Scott 1 - MLG, Saint Garrett, Chewy, 100% Saint, dan abnormal, Bearsy, CB Fry, Sour Mash, Lets B Avenue, Minty, Big Bad Bob, stug 76

Yeah, getting a little ahead of myself there!

Yes, for Ajax. A few more for the mix; Patrick Colleter with PSG Chris Makin with Marseille Peter Madsen with Brondby Maybe Ulrich van Gobbel? Feyenoord and Galatasaray?

At his very best he seems to have that sixth sense for reading the game that the very best defenders need. His relative pace and strength stood out when he first came in but when given the chance to be instinctive he thrives, it's why he worked best alongside Jos for me, put a better player alongside Maya as we hope Lovren is and he should utterly thrive.

In practice this will probably be the way it works. Buying the right players at this age will hopefully ensure an able team that that will be able to improve. It may also show an acceptance that the very best of the best players will leave, normally just before they peak around 30... but for big money and having served us well in the mean time. It could leave us in a strong position... or leave us eventually vulnerable if we cannot keep the talent flowing in, as became Wigan.

And hungry, don't forget hungry... But yes, our employment criteria does seem to be very consistent. I would widen the age bracket to include anyone who is under 25. Mayuka was 21, a full international and ACN winner on joining. Clyne was also 21 and while not a full international had been capped at the highest level below.

A load of natives screaming scummer at me while walking about in Gozo was quite bizarre. Be sure to leave Hugh some merchandise.

It's just over a gb capacity. I believe the videos and documents can be cleared but there is quite a lot of free space even with them on there. It's quite a handy little 'freebie.'

Hey, I'll take that. According to factless we had three promotions in a row. What an age that was. Who could have known that the Skate's habit of re-writing history to meet an agenda could actually work in our favour!

Agreed.

Yes, he has played his part but is now falling down the pecking order. A four of Lovren, Maya, Fonte and Forren should give us sufficient depth at centre back.

While I accept your point about immediate budget, this is £150 million as a capital outlay. With a benefactor of the level where this can be afforded an extra £15 million a year is simply not going to make much difference to them. This also assumes that an extra £15 million a year will be certain, as clubs such as Middlesbrough and Coventry have found, large facilities that do not fill themselves can very quickly become a drain rather then an aid. Putting this into the context of the OP who asked if ground capacity should be upped to back up our continued spending, there simply isn't any logic to it currently as our spending is not dependent on our crowds and the trends in english football show an even greater reliance on TV money and benefactor backing going forward. It is not going to happen.

So can Maya in theory. I would rather keep our players in their strongest positions.

Indeed, but a stadium expansion, while showy, will mean very little, if anything it will just drain immediate budget with a minimal long term effect on turnover if we sustain top flight status. In the very long term and assuming the Cortese ambitions are not b*llsh*t then it may make sense, but in the next 5 years. No.

No. Just no. TV and Benefactor Money > Fan Money

Lets wait until we've started giving a few of these sides a bloody nose in their own back yards first.

Never mind that. Polly Jean Harvey MBE. Outstanding.

Just finished this at last after focusing on more important matters for a month or two. Truly superb gaming.

Previously used at Coventry City for Mo Konjic.... a Serbian. Yes, yes, I know. a 'big' club stole a song!!!