hypochondriac

Wrong again. That's twice in one thread. Losing your touch?

But hopefully people will blame the appropriate parties (the ones who offered him the contract) rather than Tommy himself who is utterly blameless in this scenario.

It's not his fault in any way! What do you mean so many people? I have read a couple of reports on here that have said he was out doing some stupid things. I've seen him out and about about five times and every time he was just having a quiet drink with some of the other players or chatting up some women. I still fail to see what he has done that is so awful enough to get a load of abuse from here.

Nope. I met the bloke a couple of times and he seemed alright just like a normal bloke. Yeah he has gone out and talks to women a few times but so would everyone else in his situation. Yes he seems to be a terrible keeper but some people on here call him all sorts of names simply because he isn't a very good player and was given a decent contract by the club. That situation is totally the fault of the club and Forecast is blameless IMO. Yes it wuld be better if he wasn't getting this money but the fact is that he is and it is not his fault in any way.

Who cares? The cub are keeping him around, he isn't going to play for us, no harm done.

It's ridiculous the obsession some people have.

Probably better not to make definitive statements though in future if you are not sure.

Would of thought you would find that sort of thing fairly appealing. A shame for you that you are all the way in france.

Yes I agree. The problem is getting these deals over the line. We need to be decisive and soon because if we can stay in the Prem this year then we could set ourselves up for many years to come like Stoke for example.

Of course we don't ever know for sure, but it does appear that we are slightly inflexible when negotiating a deal. There were rumours that the Cork deal almost ended badly. We have signed Jay Rod though from another club so maybe not. It's possible that players expect clubs to be accommodating towards them in the prem and other clubs are better at that than we are. Anyway I hope we get in two or three this week. If we still see nothing by the start of next week then I may start getting a bit nervous...

Yep. I think we need to get a bit of a move on, especially with the defence. You would hope we would complete some this week.

I thought Doncaster wanted to keep gillet.

Unless these rangers fans were actually killing people then it's nothing than a stupid chant. The same as we sing about shooting pompey scum.

But TBF the Klitchkos would not have fought him so Haye had little alternative. Will be interesting to see if they fight him now or not. I reckon he could have a chance.

Absolutely none. What an overreaction from the OP.

Of course I am interested. It's sport, it involves Great Britain that I support. Better than that, it's a football competition and there is a possibility that we could win a medal in it.

The shirt would have been bought in large numbers no matter what they had done. I actually predicted that before it went on sale.

Fabulous post. Sums up the argument better than I ever could.

I am perfectly calm thanks. Not sure why people say calm down to someone who is typing something on a laptop. I am also fully aware of who Billy Beane is and what he did. You still won't convince me in any way that in this day and age and with the current setup that winning the league is possible without spending a fortune. There are a number of factors about the setup of the Premier League and football in general that mean that methods of this kind are different to those in baseball.

FFS we are not talking about Clough and Taylor. We are talking about the here and now. Do you think that if the setup of the league stayed the same as it is now that a team could win the premiership and not spend an obscene amount of money? If you think it could happen then frankly I think you are deluded. Name one instance n the last twenty years where anyone has got close, top three even! It doesn't happen and it won't happen.

Once again posters like yourself are failing to grasp what others are saying. It's about being realistic and looking at the available evidence (that no one has ever won the premier league without spending an absolute shedload). It's not negative to say that we won't win the league without an enormous increase in spending. Positivity and negativity doesn't come into it.

What do you mean by this? If you mean you feel that in a decade we could win the league by pursuing the tactic we are at the moment, then I would ask you what club has ever won the Premier League (or even got close) by doing that?

Don't think so. I think he knows Lallana or something.

Exactly. It's good that the club are aiming as high as possible. It doesn't mean they think it is in any way achievable though.

Which of course would never ever happen. You are right though, if football as a competition fundamentally changes then our chances of winning the league could increase.