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No doubt they'll get by though.

Well from half way up anyway....

What squad would that be then ? Anyway a club can never refuse to release a player for international duty, injury excepted of course. Doing so renders the player ineligible for the club.

I see that Dîck Advocaat has weighed in then, talking about earning five times as much elsewhere. Another one who lives in the real world then, must believe we're paying the bloke in bottle tops and beer mats I suppose.

L'Equipe says that we did meet with his agent or whatever but that he didn't suit Saints. Probably just wanted too much money, turned a contract extension at Lyon down over bonuses after about 60K a week basic had been agreed upon. Monaco bound as likely as not.

Well perhaps, but for me Chelsea are going to have a great season this year and any player would want to be part of it, even if they could get a few bob more at Liverpool.

Why would he not want to go to Chelsea. Any decent player would.

Got long hair like a girl though, so they might have made a mistake.

Looks like it could be a seamers wicket then, seem to be keeping Middx down to a low'ish total.

In the words of the Russian bloke from Bridge of Spies, "Would it help". Sincerely doubt it myself. If someone smacks down the cash even a written request to stay wouldn't change anything.

Right and also an Euro runners up medal, didn't put a foot on the pitch in either game though. Might have had a better time at Utd if Van Gaal had been kept on, Mourinho had no time for him from the start, then again that's Mourinho for you ain't it.

Don't see how that would lead to Afridi being dropped really, perhaps it's just not a suitable wicket today.

Afridi bowled pretty well on Tuesday didn't he? Don't think he got to bat anyway, might have been better if he did.

Some might even say that that last season was detrimental to him. Perhaps he didn't greatly benefit from a season with Koeman and would have been far, far better if he'd gone to Tottenham with Pochettino as he wished at the time.

Always the Schneiderlin situation is quoted. Morgan is a pretty reasonable bloke who'd been with the club a while. There is no comparison, here we're dealing with an ambitious dutch knob who'll do (seemingly) whatever it takes to get what he wants. In the words of the old Michael Miles game show....take the money.. He's not played a competitve game these last 6 months or so and his value is still sky high, in his eyes a few more months won't make any great difference.

By the by, whatever happened to that prime minister's son from Estonia ? Is he still here, has he made any progress or was that just a diplomatic signing to sell shirts in Estonia?

Nah he's a good player alright but he's still a bit inconsistent. On his day he's really top class, on his off days he adds little. Then again I don't think Koeman handled him very well at the start. Perhaps Barkley's spot on the side was already earmarked for a Koeman dutch binky, like Claessen perhaps. I'd think Barkley was by far the better player of the 2.

11th-13th and a lot of disappointed supporters.

Enlighten me then, who is going to give us 70 million for VvD in your estimation? He's driven us into a corner, he doesn't seem to be any nearer backing down and nobody seems to be interested in buying him for the sums quoted. He's a 60 million £ max player, even if he agrees to play again after the window closes again he'll be starting all his nonsense again in January because he simply wants to leave.

I am not surprised that confidence is low, we're over 15 months down the line and absolutely squat seems to have been done. The Leave campaign talked a good exit but they seem incapable of actually putting anything into place. Personally I'd have another referendum on the subject and this time round make sure that every Expat who still holds British Nationality gets to vote if they so wish. Something needs to be done sharpish before the situation becomes unmanageable, if it isn't already.

Augsburg's number 30 looks like a bang average, brazillian journeyman from his profile page on Transfermarkt. Probably just had a good game because we were so average, like we had a good game on Saturday (well second half anyway) because StE are stony broke and pisces poor.

Yep we're going to give him 3 written warnings and then sack him, that way he walks into Anfield tomorrow, gets what he wants and we get fark all, way to go. Normal disciplinary proceedures do not apply to footballers because they're worth a lot of money and you can't just sack them, well you can but at your loss.

Oh I think Spurs are quite keen on signing Barkley but aren't so keen on the current price or his salary demands. Why I'd not even be surprised if they start putting rumours about to try to gee up the situation a bit. Let's face it Barkley wouldn't want to go to Saints, Leicester or West Ham, for that sort of status and salary he can stay at Everton.

Oh it'll happen alright and eveybody will know that if you have enough money and clout the FFP rules are worth squat because you can always get round them by being even slightly devious, big commercial contract with one of your friends and sort it out with him in the Caiman Islands afterwards.

Good bowling from Kent then ? Hadn't been up until then though, well didn't look like it when Vince and Bailey were after it anyway.