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[Comment From Steve W1Steve W1: ] So have you got proof that Kaboul and Boetang are being offered to other clubs? if so that is truly worrying and all that has been said by the owners that all will be ok is far from the truth? Neil: It's something that has been told to me by someone extremely well connected at the club. I am inclined to believe it too. Apparently several agents have mentioned it to this person. It is very, very worrying.

I love the way he talks, he's a good guy. I also love how keen he is to install a winning mentality here, that's all he wants to do. He's right as well, it's the key to everything. Once you get a winning mentality at a big club it steam rolls, look at Leeds for e.g. - when they get promoted this year they will go on and push the top 6 in the championship next season, guaranteed. I honestly cannot see us in another relegation battle until we're back in the premiership.

Good thread DD. It's certainly been an interesting decade, that's for sure. Every season has involved some sort of drama or event....it's not a boring club to support by any means! It also goes to show how quickly football can change around (for e.g. - Hull and Swansea were languishing around in the bottom half of L2 10 years ago...) I have no doubts that whilst we have Nicola and Markus at the helm, in 10 years from now we will be back as a top 10 premiership club. - That’s our ''sustainable'' level IMO, but who knows...their vision by then may be even more ambitious. From here it looks like it will be another interesting decade...with many more highs on the horizon.

Fabian Delph went to Villa from leeds for £8m in the summer. He was a very good AMC at this level - if Lallana goes, surely he would be the same price range? 1.5m is just a laugh. (the article is prob a load of rehashed garbage though)

I'm surprised it doesn't say: ''cash-strapped saints will need to offload Lallana to raise much needed funds, and a fee of £1.5m should secure his services'' seeing as the tabloids have no idea that we are now ''rich.'' lol @ 1.5m though, easily at LEAST worth £6-7m if Delph went for 8m.

Oh tell me about it, too many morons driving. In February when we had the big snow fall, you could barley drive down my road...was like an ice rink, i was taking it steady as you do...so some stupid prat comes right up behind me, toots me then speeds up and overtakes me...only to then skid onto the pavement. seriously, what on earth are some people on? impatient bastards.

Good shouts, totally agree with Logan, but I think Nicholls will see out his career with Luton tbh. For me - CB - Whitbread / Elliott Ward CM - Jimmy Abdu / Racon / Rooney ST - Jackson / Barnard We should also make a sneaky bid for Oldhams winger, Chris Taylor - leeds were after him in the summer. He's not had the best of seasons so far, but he got 10 goals from the wing last year.

Could possibly be a blessing for us...

very very heavy and laying in millbrook again, it hasn't really stopped tbf...the road is pretty much a white sheet.

coming down very heavy and chunky in millbrook, laying quite quickly too...

but we will improve our team in January, that's quite frankly already a fact - just a matter of who. We've beaten MK Dons and Charlton btw.....they were both in the top6 when we played them. I think his view was spot on personally, we've come along way in such a short space of time. If we played leeds 4 months ago they would have tonked us - now we can push them right to the end....and we will keep on improving from here too.

Would be good...but P'boro have said today he's up for sale - at £4m!!! can't see anyone signing him for that...

All good choices, i'd also add Lallana's v Birmingham in the cup - that was a quality finish from the edge of the area. My favorite was probably hardings v tranmere, as it was a great team move.

Lambert has been quoted as saying that Norwich will only accept bids of around £8m for him - can't see us going for him, you can end up having too many ''skillfull'' players. Lallana is on-par with him.

I find it intriguing at how Pard's has talked him up in the press in the last week or so. Yesterday he made the comment ''after their BEST player was substituted, we though we'd done enough'' but in reality, he was awful on the day. The comments - ''Lambo and Beckford would be a great partnership'' stood my ears up a bit as well. There's obviously a possibility.

What about Carl Baker at Stockport? Been attracting interest from a few championship clubs and has 9 goals from midfield this season in an awful team. I think we could do with an AMC type of player - and that's what he is. With stockpot possibly about to fold, he could be worth a punt.

How can you include Paterson in your ''rash'' assessment? He is a good player and just needs games - he barley played for us last season either, so he can hardly be judged as trash.

nope BREAKING NEWS: Manchester City have confirmed the sacking of manager Mark Hughes, and announced the appointment of Roberto Mancini as his replacement.

We still could have got something from that game, but Leeds are a top half championship team IMO with the quality they have. Similar to what Leicester were last year. the big plus for me is that we haven't lsot ground on the playoff spots, even though we lost. - and we stay in the same position. Next weekend is a biggy, but not too much to get downhearted about today.

oh well, great effort lads. they're still a much better side than us, but we're not far off - we'll get better. glad results have gone our way too, so we haven't lost our sights on the playoff spots. nothing to really moan about imo

lambert puts it wide, **** **** ****

we haven't got the ability to bring on players like Gradel etc - which is our let down at the moment. Once we bolster the squad a bit more, we'll be right up with leeds.

ah ****, sounded inches wide.

goborn for Thomas - looks like Lloydy will go to RB.

rubbish, leeds played in the JPT too - and professional players should be able to play 2 games a week.