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They want 8m at the moment when there is a whole summer to negotiate. For 8m you would expect to be getting established PL quality or a player who has done well in France/Holland or equivalent.

Quotes makes him seem a bit arrogant, like he expected to be picked ahead of Drogba, Torres etc from the moment he got there.

Everton can have him at that price. Also, here is the simon cox rumour from todays daily mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2139749/Southampton-ramp-bid-sign-Simon-Cox.html £3m? Really?

8 million for J-Rod? no way is he worth that much. Newcastle got Pa**** Cissé for 9-10m and he had proven himself in a top league. Don't get me wrong Rodriguez would be a good signing, just not at anything near that price.

It was seemed to be on, Morgan said something about it in an interview with a french newspaper. http://www.dna.fr/sports/2012/05/02/schneiderlin-au-sommet quote (google translated)

Hasn't Roger Johnson gone off the rails this season? I remember reading something about him getting in trouble with Wolves because he showed up to training drunk.

Zat Knight Pros: Very tall. Zat Knight Cons: Very bad at football. it's a no from me.

http://www.dna.fr/sports/2012/05/02/schneiderlin-au-sommet Said interview with Morgan (in french). The bit relevant to this thread (translated using google translate)

How about Giovanni Dos Santos? Highly rated when Spurs bought him, but Harry doesn't seem to rate him.

Kagawa would be a brilliant signing, and he apparently told Dortmund he wants to leave in the Summer. We wouldn't have a hope in hell of actually getting him though.

Funny how these rumours always coincide with something positive happening to the club.

Clyne's contract runs out in the Summer, we'd probably have to pay a tribunal fee because of his age but that will be a pittance. Should definitely go in for him, probably be a lot of competition though.

Martens plays for AZ as well.

Actual Sam Allardyce quote, arrogant **** deserves all the failure that comes his way.

The WHU promotion cruise is going to be an awkward occasion now.

No thanks to SWP, a player on the decline. If we want a winger from a relegated team would prefer Hoilett or Chung Yong Lee at Bolton

How the f*ck did that pile of sh*te beat us twice?

Right result so far, hopefully Leicester pick things up a bit second half. Started dropping far too deep after they scored.

Things still look good mind, Coventry next week are down, out and have zero to play for. Just hope, like they did after the Reading and Pompey matches they can pick themselves up and beat a poor side we have no business even drawing with. Don't assume West Ham will beat Leicester either, Leicester's disappointing season is down to poor results against bad sides. They have something like the 4th best record against top half teams.

Poor performance, Defenders bypassed midfield too often and when Hammond etc got the ball they wanted too much time with it.

Chaplow should have closed down Bailey for the goal there.

We've not been good at all since we scored, Boro are doing a good job pressing us and forcing us into long ball rubbish. On the other hand, we are standing off and giving them far too much space to play and take shots from the edge of the box, which is pretty much all they're doing. Still think we'll pick up second half.

What about Lee Chung-Yong from Bolton if they go down? 23, right winger, maybe a bit of a risk as he broke his leg in pre-season and has been unable to play so far this season. But when fit he is a quality player.

Don't write that game off, Leicester's problem this season has been under-performing against the bad teams http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/D1/vtophalf.html 4th best against top half sides http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/D1/vbothalf.html 17th best against bottom half sides

Peterborough are in dreadful form and have nothing to play for, the kind of side you want to be playing in must win situations. Bristol City v West Ham on the other hand is no gimme for West Ham, Bristol City are unbeaten in 5 and if Coventry lose, Bristol City will be safe if they can win here so they will be up for it. We should forget the 6-0 against B&HA, they put in a similar performance against Blackpool and followed it up by drawing 6 out of 7, no guarantee they'll kick on from that result.