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Talk of European or CL football was not a quasi-contractually binding promise used to hoodwink players. Aspiration and ambition in competitive sports - who da thunk it.

Miltontroader you're a legend - don't let them tell you otherwise.

Not like a Lambert - no power or conviction behind it, good height for the keeper.

Lambert ffs Penalty miss.

Still unhappy with Shaw for letting him come inside at WHL, the first of two times we've been robbed by those *****.

This is not a vintage Inter side; nor is the Italian league what it once was.

Schelotto If we're going for s**t Russell Brand lookalikes, would prefer George Boyd.

Can see Victor sitting in front of the back four, with two of Davis, JWP, Taider and Morgan in front of him, linking defense and attack. Cork can play in that role too (think Everton (h) last season); but Koeman has tended use to him as a more straightforward DM, mindful that you should read f**k all into preseason.

A skilful chaplow with a smattering of steven davis.

We need a Jrod replacement -or someone who can provide pace/width, especially given RK's system. This problem doesn't just stem from his injury but also the fact that we never really replaced Punch.

Completely different situations. We've lost the spine of our team - those other teams haven't.

I assumed that Taider impasse had been overcome. Appears not.

An interesting addition. But wouldn't mind betting that we sell a midfielder.

Who had sussed it out? The only team that sussed us out was Chelsea, though if you want to split hairs they also sussed out Liverpool and City. The impact of losing Jrod has nothing to do with being sussed it out - save to say we've done f**k this summer to replace what he brought to the team.

MLG's only smarting that Wenger didn't mention that we do it with a 70,000 superdome.

More likely that a concrete bid hasn't come in for JWP - and I can see why at this moment in time.

Interesting piece on Schelotto -the pace of the English game would expose him even more IMO. http://forzaitalianfootball.com/2014/03/parma-club-focus-finding-the-real-schelotto/

The Merson bit is the funniest - the rest so so.

Milieu relayeur is not an ACM or a 'middle runnner' - not sure how you came up with that translation. Box to box is the closest reference but that doesn't completely do it as it brings to mind lurid visions of Richard Chaplow, not players who can link defense and attack through their passing, technique and reading of the game.

Fair enough VW There are very few decent and reliable journos out there, so Blackmore's definitely a valuable resource when we're all struggling to cut through the c**p and misinformation.

Having relistened to RK's interview, not sure he fully understood Blackmore's question. We'll see. Taider's the best out of the bunch mentioned, albeit in a position that's pretty stacked.

Didn't Guan say the conspiracy was basically BS - said that a lot of the 'negative' press speculation was actually due to the club not reciprocating and providing greater access after the press had initially printed some quite positive stories. And, of course, all those 'negative' stories came true - that's just the press doing it's job in my book. Don't tell Viking Warrior though. He still thinks Adam Blackmore has a personal vendetta and that we must all be friendly or related to him whenever anyone cites or defends him.

"Or there's nothing new here" - the hipsters response.

Yep. Not altogether sold on Isgrove. Gaston, even if he's playing well, seems injury-prone. And we still lack genuine pace in those positions. For all our wins, Pelle has been starved of service.

Clasie is not a DM.