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Pfffffff it's only press reporting, I'll wait and see but I'm not at all keen on Koeman.

Never, not an England international anyway. If we do price him out of a move which is obviously desirable to him then the new manager will have a tough task in getting him back into the right state of mind for next season. I doubt that Lallana is an isolated case either, other players may want to leave, just the fact that they're not with the England squad means that there's less of a song and dance about them.

Strange that only Skybet seem to be quoting him though.

Why not, what makes him so much worse than Koeman ..honestly what do people know about either of them really. The fact that we're still interviewing other candidates(if we indeed are) tends to suggest to me that Koeman didn't ring all the bells when interviewed by those responsible for appointing a new manager.

I have no confidence in the people running the club whatsoever, still it's not the end of the world as you correctly say. Still think we'll be nearer the bottom than the top next season though.

Hmmm 11 goals and 9 assists in the Bundesliga last season, buy out 12 million or so, now perhaps people can see why I firmly believe that we will never ever get 30 million for Lallana.

Anyone who thinks that Lallana is worth 30 million is deluding themselves....he is not, the problem is that we don't want to give Bournemouth their ridiculous 25% cut out of our share. If that did not exist he'd be gone for about 20/22 million weeks back. We will not get 30 million for Lallana because he is not worth it, to get these over inflated fees there have to be several clubs battling it out to secure the player's services, doubt if that is the case with him.

But handing in a written transfer request does not guarantee his exit, that's still up to the board. If they're determined to hold out for 30 million then they won't get it. He's already overpriced at 25 (in my opinion). We'll be left with a discontented player on our hands as likely as not. Liverpool may want Lallana but they do not desperately need him, there is better for less, just not english that's all. As they have no real problem on the home grown players front I can't really see that being a major obstacle for them.

But not the method to achieve them. We have aims, we obviously have a budget but after that the method is not the resort of the board.

I am convinced that Hidinck has already been appointed as head coach of the dutch national side after the WC, sure that the dutch FA announced it back in March.

Exactly, whether that's Koeman or not I just could not say.

But unless I'm not well informed Lambert did not suffer the trials and tribulations of having his dream move obstructed by the "board" so we cannot possibly know how he would have reacted had that been the case.

Ah no, when you hire a manger in football you hire his philosophy of the game and the style that made him a suitable candidate in the first place, you do not imposed your way of thinking upon him. That will invariably end in tears, as it has done at Spurs,Chelsea, Barcelona etc in the not too recent past.

how do you know that, did you meet him in Sainsburys and he told you so. Far too much speculation over unknowns.

And how does it do that, Liverpool wanted him, he asked to be allowed to go, the board let him, how does that make him a class act. He's a good footballer at the end of his career and the offer was probably too good to turn down.

Why is he such a cert, big fish from a small pond, certainly no guarantee that he'll do anything in the PL, no guarantee that he won't either but he was poor at Valencia and indifferent in Portugal. Moyes was certain to do well at Utd right ??

Added to the fact that Danny Murphy knows anything about modern tactics....well it doesn't really stand up as an opinion.

With Fulham you never know who's in a job and who isn't. Apparently the cancelled Hangelaand's ongoing contract by e-mail yesterday.

He did indeed.

Someone has probably seen him in the vicinity of SMS, taxi driver or something.

Fulham were crap, would need a genius to change that.

What makes you think he's any worse than Bruce,Dyke or Koeman...really ? Now down to sevens, money must be pouring in on him, with just one operator though.

I do think that if the "board" hadn't talked themselves into a corner he's be long gone by now. Liverpool are offering far more than he's worth and the deal should be done, that it isn't is probably because of some dubious spouting of crap.

Not done enough for me, Dutch football is a real backwater compared to the PL.

But the 4 who suspended odds on him last night aren't, would I be right there ? They've obviously got too much money on board and are dubious about taking any more, even at a very short price.