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We'll have to see how it pans out when the first few applications start to go through. Can't even remember what the conditions were actually fixed at in the end.

But here we seem to be getting thrashed by Worcs, didn't we finish above them last season ? Have they improved where we haven't?

I expect that's because he's not good enough, mind you Subasic is a very good keeper, they might take Areola as back up to him.

Miranda is a work permit problem in waiting, the German bloke and Toby aren't. These new rules are going to bite into the number of transfers concerning non EU players who aren't regular internationals. At equal price clubs are going to go for the simple solution.

All sounds like Atletico trying to drum up interest, Chelsea are supposed to be running after a CB from Stuttgart who'd cost far less than Toby I expect. That's the trouble these days, top,top clubs aren't only looking at the biggest names, they're looking for the best value and anyone overpriced will get left on the shelf, possibly until the selling club knock down the price, possibly until the next window. Look at Milner, I mean he's a good player right enough but he's also a free agent, which makes him highly desirable at even way over the salary that he'd usually merit..

Also at the end of a career which only lasts about 15 years it's what you have to show for it that counts. No-one is going to remember getting beaten 1-0 at some Ukranian minnow in the play-offs for the Europa League. Trophies,titles and caps are all that count when you sum it up at the end. Who can remember who played for us in Bucharest 10 years ago, no doubt a few can but at Wembley in 1976, well even those who weren't there know what the side was.

What is wrong with our batting just now? After a steady start (perhaps too steady) yesterday we have now collapsed to 139/5 again. True there's a nigh****chman in the men out but if our batting starts to fail us we're going to be in the deep brown.

loan deals end at the end of the season as a rule, saw Falcao back in Monaco the other day. Why would they last any longer, it's not for the clubs taking the players on loan to pay for their holiday periods, that's down to the parent clubs.

Never mind Wotton, Ryan Harley was supposed to be better and also a ginger haired rat playing for Milton Keynes.

Think they mean depraved anyway.

Cheap and sells shirts and package tours...what's not to like. Old rumour though, been kicking about since last Tuesday. Arsenal are interested in wait for it...about half a billion £s worth of players at this time, every hack and agent uses them to fill space and promote interest.

Well that's Marseille for you, it's not just on football days either, totally lawless place most of the time, ne'er a week goes by without a couple of gangland shootings in the "quartiers".

Isn't Prince Ali the VP of the Asian federation, you'd think his own people would vote for him wouldn't you. I was kind of surprised that he only got 73 votes actually what with the scandal and all.

No he's signed at Bournemouth, he was out of contract at Saints.

Tbf Bertrand was probably always a better player than Shaw, the instability of his situation probably did him no favours with the National set-up, a few games here, a few games there. Shaw is no great shakes and we did fantastically well to persuade Utd that he is. Then again our football last season was very persuasive, more so than this season I think, just because of it's fluency and spectacular value.

Then why did so few vote for him ?

Indeed they did, then again Prince Ali wasn't any sort of alternative really, I mean a Jordanian prince in charge of world football....Even Blatter was probably the better choice.

Platini says that UEFA will decide what's to be done at their meeting on 6th June, day of the CL final. Some member federations have apparently asked that UEFA quits FIFA. Don't know if there'll be a vote on it though, probably just discussions which will no doubt end up with the status quo being maintained.

Or a FM afficionado who has difficulty in separating the real and the virtuel. Yep must be that, he was telling us were prepared to bid 4 million for Ntep last evening. 4 million would be an insult to the player and to Rennes not to mention the intelligence of the common football fan.

While we're on french players, we should have a look at Alfonse Areola, keeper who belongs to PSG but who they loan out every season. Now he could do a job for us whilst we wait for Frazer to get back to fitness. U20 world cup winner as well.

Certainly is...thought he was sort of odds on to sign at Liverpool actually, been seen there a few times already.

Believe it when I see it in the Sun, thought he would have been down at the Parc to support his old Auxerre team mates actually. Especially as he has to be at Clairefontaine on Monday morning. By the By it's Paul-George Ntep not Paul Ntep.

Sounds like the usual scenario with Saints outgoings actually, "We did our bestest to keep him but he wanted more money so we let him go." Thanks for all the money though. No great loss, not a key player who can't be replaced for less.

Similar though, Lens are absolutely crap, sort of Pompey in their terminal stages situation, owned by a Kazakh who promised them loads of money and then didn't give it to them. Sounds familiar eh.

Gueye is nothing like Sissoko anyway, don't know where that idea comes from. Sissoko is a big athletic bloke...Gueye...well isn't. He's quite small and lightweight. Not Clasie small but not Sissoko big either.