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Cortese Out.

Get in! A sensible decision. Keeps the club together and we can now move on with our ambitious plans!

Boruc and Puncheon are both replaceable should we have to, though I agree with the others. I'd add Lambert, who's done more for us in the last four seasons than anyone since Matt Le Tissier, and who could still go on to have a couple more successful seasons (and I personally hope he's here until he retires - he deserves to be), and Lallana, who irrespective of recent form is still very talented and could go on to have a wonderful career here. (I'd also add the likes of James Ward-Prowse too, as it's key we keep hold of our talented youngsters.) It seems losing Cortese would set off a chain of events that could see us back in the lower leagues, so I pray, desperately, that this is all resolved quickly and stays as it is.

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FFS. One thing I will say, if all this happens, Cortese leaves, Pochettino leaves, possibly even the Liebherrs pull out - please can it happen ASAP so it can be resolved in some way and not drag the saga on through the summer! Events like this have the possibility to derail our season next year even before it's begun. Even before this one has ended, in fact. I really hope everything stays as it is. The future's bright as it stands.

I think the attack is better in the bargain team than the rip-off team, but aside from that I'd rather have the rip-off team. The midfield is far stronger.

I believe it's just signings from this season.

Eeeeeeeewwww, she's pugly. it's like fugly but with the face of a pug. If you were to have sex with her, you'd wait until you had your massive beast inside of her, and only THEN tell her that her baking is crud. Make her thrash and try to hold on.

... as knocked up by the Sun. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4925923/Premier-League-Bargain-Team-of-the-Season-from-SunSport.html (Couldn't see this thread elsewhere...) Bargain team is: Jaaskeleinen (West Ham, Free) Riether (Fulham, Loan) Flores (Swansea, £2 million) Collins (West Ham, £2.5 million) Rose (Sunderland, Loan) Yacob (WBA, Free) Diame (West Ham, Free) De Guzman (Swansea, Loan) Lukaku (WBA, Loan) Michu (Swansea, £2million) Kone (Wigan, £2.7million) and the rip off team is Green (QPR, Free) Debuchy (Newcastle, £5.5 million) Samba (QPR, £12.5 million) Yanga-Mbiwa (Newcastle, £6.7 million) Monreal (Arsenal, £8.7million)0 Rodwell (Man City, £15million) Allen (Liverpool, £15million) Garcia (Man City, £16million) Ramirez (Saints, £12million) Borini (Liverpool, £11million) Johnson (Sunderland, £10million) I wonder if free signings are sometimes pot luck as to how good they become, but Allardyce, Laudrup and Clarke seem to have an eye for a bargain. The Sun gives an honourable mention to Lowton for the bargain right back slot at £3million - clearly they've overlooked Clyne at £2.5million? While our own personal bargain of the season could be between Clyne, Davis, Boruc and Yoshida, Clyne surely wins that. Cracking signing for the money. Sadly I agree with Ramirez in the rip-off list, he's not shown much of what he can do this season. Still, with a season behind him, if he stays (which I doubt), perhaps he'll be more influential next season. What are your thoughts on the above?

I hang my head in shame and no longer wish to be taken seriously when I am ITK. Which is never anyway! What a bell-end! He'd be sought after all summer but now he goes and does that and potentially ruins his career. If he did it. Which he probably did. But I am not ITK.

I believe his name was F***son but he had to change it to be more family friendly. This is probably not a fact.

I'd like to see a thread from after we lost to WBA - I wouldn't blame the doome and gloom merchants on that one - very hard to see from that point that we could stay up - but we have, and in style.

Another team to play in Europe when not in the top flight. At least they have something to look forward to next season.

Cazorla has been excellent all season. Weren't we rumoured to be looking to sign him last summer? Or was that HCDAJFU thread nonsense?

It is, it's like they're wearing yellow vests over green T-Shirts. I hope ours is better.

Meh, you think that's the most stupid thing I've said all day - earlier I told the wife that I'd be surprised if they stocked the new Norwich home kit in her size... She's ignored me since. She can't take a joke.

The only benefit of Spurs and Arsenal fighting for 4th is the teams they play. Otherwise it's like two old lions fighting for a carcass that three better lions have already mauled the good flesh of. Or some sort of analogy like that...

Saying things like THIS is basically asking for trouble.

All these weeks of 38 and 39 points and we'd been safe all along. When were we on/passed 35 points? Shame, the last day of the season is going to be nothing but a fight for places now. Relegation spots sorted, Championship sorted. Boring.

There was an Arsenal fan on TalkSport earlier giving it the biggun, saying that Arsenal could finish 3rd because they'd score tons of goals against their last two oppositions, easily scoring 3 or more tonight. Saying things like that is basically asking for trouble, especially with regards to a team that just won the FA Cup from giant killing the former League Champions. I won't deny Arsenal will go on and win this, they very well might, but not by the romp he was expecting I'm sure.

This is a good game. I can't help but think Wigan have left it so late to start playing well. If they'd played like this all season they'd easily be mid-table. Unlike relegated sides before them, if they go down, I can see them bouncing back quite quickly.

Wigan are looking good. Sod it, I'm sticking a grand on Saints 0 - Stoke 15.

Even if Wigan win tonight, I've got more chance of becoming an International Platinum-selling music artist in a long term relationship with Taylor Swift than Saints have of getting relegated on Sunday, such is the set of hugely improbable events that would need to happen. Wait, I've got de ja vu...