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Very true. He's had a very, very, very poor season this year, yet he's still called up for the upcoming friendlies. We've got English players in our squad who have contributed so much more this year, and will never, ever get a sniff. That's probably what's going to stop us holding onto them in the long-term.

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And yet another classic thread, started by Milton

Lucky escape. Looks to me like agent trash though, to be honest.

If Shaw leaves, he's a pillock. I didn't really hold it against Theo, Bale, Oxo etc. They were leaving to play PL football, possibly not straight away, but they'd have exposure to PL football which at the end of the day is what they wanted. Shaw has that, he's a regular in the premier league. Why would he throw that away to become a bench player? There's no way he would be first choice at either side, and he'd go the same way as the likes of Rodwell and Sinclair. From his point of view it would be sheer stupidity and purely money driven, and his career would stall for no reason at all. It would pretty much confirm that no matter what position we're in, we simply will never, ever be able to keep our best players. (Cue MLG...)

Bloody shocking. This is possibly the only video with the killer speaking - http://order-order.com/2013/05/22/watch-itv-footage-of-terrorist-attack-aftermath/

He was irritating as hell! He's also a Sheffield united fan.

That Austin link is probably just agent generated. Can't believe we'd be interested now, got a feeling we'll be looking more into the European market and international level players rather than championship players. If we wanted Austin, we could save our bucks and keep Sharp instead! I rate them both as pretty much similar level players. It's probably a link left over from the Adkins reign. Would be staggered if we sign any Champ players this summer.

If we have serious backing, then why not give it a go. But we'd need a hell of a lot of signings to be honest! Who knows what the ambition is though, we may all be surprised by the level of players we end up signing this year.

Probably mentioned his disciplinary issue earlier in the season. No harm giving Kelvin a run out to be honest. Found it interesting that he got a guard of honour (sort of) in the behind the scenes video.

They've got a deeper squad and more premier league experience, maybe not much difference quality wise in the starting 11's, but we don't really have much below the 11 - whereas west ham have a bit more depth. As much as I dislike Nolan, you can't hide away from the fact that he's a pretty decent midfield player. When they came down a year or so ago, they kept the basis of a decent PL squad. Nolan, Noble, Collisson, Cole, O'Neil, Taylor etc. They probably didn't perform to their maximum last year, but the squad they had gave them a decent head start in the PL.

Pretty much. Our finishing position is pretty much on the money for us squad wise. As someone has already mentioned previously, the mid-table clubs can go on some stonking unbeaten runs (Norwich, Stoke etc) but they're also just as likely to not win in 10, which is what happened We're all mid-table for a reason, mainly because we've shown promise and have a good first 11 - but injuries and suspensions will knock our form and the other mid-table sides. Bigger squads and more depth will aid progression up the league. It's a little too easy to be flippant and say ''We were only 4 points off 10th, that's nothing. If we play like we have, we will finish there without stregenthing". The issue people seem to ignore is that of consistency, and squad size, we may touch 10th at one stage, but we'd need to have a season where all of our current 11 stay fit and on form for 38 games, which is actually impossible. So, even though it's only a ''small'' points gap, we'd still need to significantly add to the depth of the squad to achieve a higher finish. Don't get me wrong, I think we've done great this year to settle down as we have. Just that we can't rest on our laurels, and if we really want to progress how they're saying, then we'd need to add a bit more depth to the squad. Sorry to take this off tangent, good rumours by the way Crabs.

I think that's what most people assumed it was when the pictures surfaced!

Don't forget, he scored 2 goals whilst playing for a big club. That automatically puts him at the top of the list. Big club, scoring goals, shoe in. Even if they've only played 2 games and are pretty ****.

and maybe not.. BBC Midlands Today ‏@bbcmtd4m The Ricoh Arena is NOT on fire. A band is doing sound and lighting checks involving a smoke machine impressive bloody lighting if true.

It's currently on fire...looks like it's going to be gutted. hope to god no one is in there.

Possibly still has a knock on for us. Napoli were one of the main rivals for Davide Astori, so if they've potentially moved on, we may be getting somewhere with Astori.

Awful news. Condolences to all involved.

What's that got to do a transfer? We had a similar thread last year when Rickie pulled out from buying a new house.

Hope you're right fella. Would be a top addition, and for a snip really. You don't find many International centre backs hanging off tress for £9m these days.

Are you claiming the first ITK status of the summer?

Chelsea fans, generally, don't have a clue about much though.

Interesting ''team of the season'' from our old favorite, garth crooks. What do we all think? http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22574993 fair enough that we haven't got any players in there, but surprised he didn't include a Shaw, Clyne or Morgan in his honorable mentions list. Also, no Michu, which is a bit surprising.

It wasn't even close to being as bad as our start.