Saint_Ash

I'm not going to follow the sheep, I actually quite like it, especially the away kit, I reckon that looks pretty damn smart.

that's what I'm doing. Off to Corfu in 12 hours withminimal internet access, hope have signed at least one in the ten days I'm away or this board will be in meltdown!

Could be verdu that Monk is referring to and we'll gave it announced tomorrow at some conference or another.

If punch is off I'd be more inclined to say someone was already lined up. Think punch is decent for a lower team but to push on up the table he's the sort if player that needs replacing.

I think talksport just take it off their rumour site which is hallways ********.

one of your best ever posts. Lard is a bit of an attention seeker.

Personally think astori will go spurs, seems to be in the Italian sites 18m euros apparently. I'd expect our first signing to be pretty low key and boring.

Sad stalking of some poor old man in a nice car. How desperate are we for news on this forum?

He's got poo in his name for a reason.

After dinner I did a sh1t! On a serious note, I have adidas trainers so I'm happy. I hope no one comes out and says we have a deal with adeeedas, hate that pronunciation.

Was the 91m inclusive of all current playing staff wages as well as budget for purchases? If so that isn't much at all.

Snap their arm off for this if true!

Like the sash and unlike many others I really like the current home shirt, stripes are our most used shirt in times past but I don't see why we have to always have stripes, I prefer us to be unique whether it's with stripes or not.

true, shame really as he didn't ask for a ridiculous price to be on his head when he moved to Liverpool then to be ridiculed by all and sundry, everyone would struggle in the same position at such a young age except maybe the exceptionally gifted. I would certainty price him around the ten million mark though.

Really don't get with the Carroll haters, I think he's a decent player, a lot better with his feet than people give him credit for. If rickie retired and we got Carroll in I'd be well happy. Actually I'd be happy replacing rickie with Carroll next season as I reckon Carroll will be the more prolific and has the years ahead of him!

Exactly, we lose one player and the team crumbles, be it cork, Morgan, rickie or even 17 year old Shaw. Crumble.might be harsh but the point is we're a long way from a top eight squad, I think maybe four decent additions who are competing for first eleven could get us near the top eight. Nice info to hear by the way, ta.

It's not though is it?

You play football to win stuff, not just the odd game but something tangible like a trophy, otherwise what's the point? Cup all day long.

What message does it send to other young players bought for the long term if we discard them after one season because they weren't consistently brilliant? Gaston will come good next season and be worth a fair bit more than we shelled out. I'm looking forward to his second season.

Not really, no. Don't have the time but if others do and know decent players worldwide then I'm happy with their judgement.

You are a really boring and quite a sh1t wum. We dominated a team challenging for champions league who only managed to beat us in the dying minutes because the best player in the league scored. not sure what you have against our manager but you're a bit of an embarrassment and simple minded

I'm sure we have better players lined up. Never heard of either of them to be honest until I saw them mentioned on here, we'll probably get a couple of other players I've never heard of instead. As long as they improve the team that's all that matters.

Stripes are boring, the top teams don't have stripes. We'll win more games without stripes. AA a side note, our kit looks smart.

New manager syndrome wearing off for Sunderland, they'll be lucky to get many more points. Newcastle are perilously close to the brink in my opinion, tough games for them remaining. We have no worries whatsoever. People who think all the teams below us will win whilst we lose every game are all a bit soft if you ask me!

Pretty much this, and I'd like see Martinez go to a decent club to see how well he does.