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Anything to be proven right ahead of the good of the team we support. Eh Dalek?

How do you know we wern't? The signing of Jay Rodriguez back in mid June shows that despite the negativity that can sometimes be evident here, we have been working to strengthen the squad all summer. The Mayuka signing came out of the blue, there would have been a lot of ground work there but due to the descretion of all parties involved we didn't have a clue until it was almost concluded. Speculation about perceived lack of activity is about as prudent as fretting over the activity of Italian journalists on twitter.

For the sake of humouring the idea of Rickie being sold, difficult though it may be. It would be an incredibly ruthless and unpopular thing to do, he has surely earnt his chance to play at this level, for us. He is still our talisman, and the turnaround against man city shows that he can provide a positive influence in this league. The change in tactics we are seeing right now though do give the impression that something has to give. All these attackers and a system that no longer seems to play to Rickie's individual strengths? Is he being removed as the focal point? He has earnt the chance to play in the Premier League and it would make no sense to risk selling him to a direct rival thus strengthening them. If it was my call, he stays and fights for a place in the team. I dearly hope he doesn't go but could see a warped logic in his departure if it came to it.

No reason to suspect otherwise, although i'm sure relegation and three straight defeats at a lower level probably had a more direct result.

Turn your back for a second and you miss two goals! Haha.

Delighted for Chung. More now please!

Dear Mr Lawrenson......

A player who has never seemingly fulfilled his potential. Went from future England international to inconsistent liability at Villa. Would be a gamble.

But an incredible financial outlay all the same. And without the direct financial backing of aour owners, an incredible risk. We go down, their resale values also fall.

37 Million pounds in the next four days. Add to that the 7 million for Rodriguez, And 1 million in total for Steve Davis and Gazzaniga..... 45 million pounds. No, not all of that will happen.

If Nicola Cortese has convinced Penarol to differ a 30% sell on fee for the next transfer then that is frankly an astonishing acheivement.

I'm still looking for one guys, really would be grateful for any help here.

All fun and games.

Well, Bolonga need the wonga. He made a slip.

I was sure a precident had been set for this a few years ago, a few players got into a fair bit of trouble for this type of behaviour. Thierry Henry if I am not mistaken.

I wouldn't comment of FIFA, but even professional scouts use the statistics in Football manager as a scoping tool on potential targets. Football Manager is an excellent indicator of who is worth seeing and who isn't. Not failsafe but it is one of the biggest and most freely available databases of football players available on the planet.

No, i'm suggesting that if our transfer dealings do not happen as we all desire then aside from Danny Seaborne, he is the only player we have with experience of playing centre back at any competitive level. I wouldn't be surprised to see him play there, although I hope it doesn't come to that.

Well, considering our current activity then lets hope it doesn't come to it.

And within our own ranks. Jack Cork He has experience there, and considering our latest CB link is with a guy who has been converted to CB after traditionally being a defensive midfielder could he end up as an option to cover in this position if our transfer targets do not come to fruition?

And Mascherano. Quite a telling strategy, putting DM's at CB. Could Jack Cork be an option for providing cover at centre back?

Commentator's nightmare. Fonte and Fontas at centre back.

Nice compilation. But Phil Collins? Really....!?

Good to see this link. Hoping the next five days are extremely interesting.

My childhood was spent wasting many an hour playing on a Mega Drive, Game Boy or Playstation. When I was really young (7 or so) the game boy was my system of choice, so many hours were spnt on Tetris and F1 Race. The Mega Drive soon came and Sonic the Hedgehog, Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco Grand Prix, EA Hockey were my favourites. When the 32X add on came out I went for it and enjoyed Virtua Fighter and Virtua Racing immensely. Hour after hour perfecting combos and counter attacks on Virtua Fighter stick in the mind. The Playstation brought the Psygnosis (RIP) F1 games, my 13/14 year old mind being utterly blown by Murray Walker commentating on my F1 exploits and the 3D rendered 1995 seasons' cars. Gran Turismo ate up far too much time alongside Tekken 2 and Final Fantasy 7, my god FF7 took a year and a half for me to complete and the whole story/world of that game still captures my imagination to this day. As I left school/sixth form and went to university my interest waned in console gaming. My first laptop PC did however bring Championship Manager to my attention and there came the single biggest threat to my degree. I still play the Football Manager series to this day and utterly adore it. A purchase of an Xbox 360 after graduating got me back into console gaming. Guitar Hero was the reason I bought the console and still indulge a little now and then, the Mass Effect trilogy has now become my favourite game series with it's wonderful scripting and fully fleshed out fictional universe. Indeed, I am currently enjoying another full play through of the trilogy trying different choices in the story.

Arrived just as they had sold out at the stadium yesterday much to the father's dissapointment. Anyone willing to sell?