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333 Ricardo Fullers. Sorted.

A cup win would be something you tell you grand kids you were there. 4th place would mean a playoff against someone like Stuttgart, Feyenoord or Bordeaux. Not very exciting in itself. Then if we got through that a group campaign with maybe one of the big European giants. A trip to (and a heavy defeat at) the Bernebau or the Allianz would be quite an experience but I'd take the cup win. The main benefit of the Champions League is money, not something your average fan should get that excited. I wont be telling my grand kids, "hey we got £25m in TV rights in 2015." Saints win, EASY.

FA Cup obviously. Would be hugely disappointed to finish that low in the table.

Normally in Monaco that would get you 2 Mars Bars and a scotch egg.

If anything I'd be happier seeing less of Shaw next season. Not because I don't rate him but I don't want him to end up like Lee Holmes, chucked into the side as a teenager and being pretty much ever present. It's not good for a young player to suddenly start playing games of such high intensity this regularly. Hardly surprising he's had injuries the amount he has played, Bale had a similar issue for us and was injured regularly in his first season at Spuds. Sadly Fox's inadequacies have necessitated Shaw's involvement more than I think is sensible. Hopefully that will be remedied next season.

I'd say we're probably about 7th in the list of attractive clubs in England, if the Liebherrs have got the cash to back Cortese's ambitions. There are the Champions League clubs obviously, then Spurs and Liverpool who will probably be likely candidates next season. After that it's pretty much all about the money.

By my reckoning we beat Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool, Stoke, QPR, Reading, Villa and Newcastle.

I am the reason the country has gone to sh*t? Wow that's quite a statement. I've got a job, pay my taxes and obey the law but I suppose if I tolerate other cultures I must be ruining it for everyone. As for your second line, YES it's exactly what's happening. Thousands of people come here, get a job and get along fine with the rest of the country. There are over a million Muslims in this country, how many of them do you see murdering British soldiers? None, apart from this one isolated incident. It needs to be dealt with, the people responsible and those preaching hate crime need to be brought to justice. We are however talking about a tiny, tiny minority of the Muslim population of Britain. I went skiing with 2 Muslims last year. They both got absolutely smashed in an après ski bar and one of them cheated on him wife. You can't get more British than that. You are not being threatened in your own country any more that you are threatened by white people who live here. If your scared to live in your own country because of these 2 nutters, how do you feel about Mick Philpott, Ian Huntley, Fred West, The Kray Twins, Raul Moat, Derrick Bird, The Dunblame massacre, the Hungerford massacre? Do these not count because they were committed by white people?

Oh dear. You are every Islamist's wet dream. A couple of lunatics with a machete and suddenly it's, 'why have we got Muslims in Britain' at all. I don't know the exact number of Muslims living in Britain but I think it's about 1 million. As far as I am aware 999,998 of those didn't murder a British soldier today so perhaps they should be tolerated. The VAST majority of Muslims in this country DO respect our laws, culture and our way of life. It's a tiny vocal minority which some people are fooled into thinking is the norm. Why are Muslims here? The same reason Poles, Indians, Caribbean's and Aussie barmen are here. To seek a job and a better way of life. Most of them do, they send their kids to school, pay their taxes and moan about the weather, just like everyone else. The trouble is people read Daily Mail horror stories and think that every immigrant is a suicide bombing rapist living off benefits.

Am I the only one who thinks Astori looks like Skacel with a dodgy tash?

Wasn't that the 2006 World Cup?

Not in the least bit surprising. Sadly, incidents like this always bring out the sick minded, attention seeking internet trolls.

Christ, some of you are talking about this as if foreigner Islamists do this every day. When was the last time an incident like this happened? How often has it happened in say the last 20 years? Has anyone ever been murdered by a white British person? Mick Philpott, was he a Muslim?

Sadly £60K a week is probably going to be the norm for some of the players we will need to take us in to Europe. I believe Gaston isn't far off that at the moment, if last summers ITKers are to be believed. Whether Sinclair (or indeed Gaston) are worth that much is a different matter, maybe Man City would subsidise his wages like they do with Bridge is a different matter. Chelsea did it with Le Saux as part of the Bridge deal. Would this mean we get pictures of Helen Flanagan on the matchday thread?

Fulham have an aging squad and flirted with relegation towards the second half of this season. Just looking at the team that played Swansea in the last game, Luiz and Senderos are the only 2 players under 31 years old who aren't on loan. The likes of Duff, Berbatov, Riise, Karagounis and Schwarzer are approaching the end of their shelf life and there if little quality through the rest of their squad.

That's not evidence that he doesn't exist. Jeremy Kyle is the biggest asshole going, he still exists. You have assumed that if a God were to exist he would abide by very primitive human views on right and wrong.

In fairness to Jos, none of those o.g.s were exactly Gareth Barry. The Fulham one was probably the worse but he thought it was going in at the far post and needed to block it. He had to make a snap judgement, 6 inches to the left and the ball would have gone in off the post and Davis wouldn't have saved it. The Arsenal goal just bounced off Davis, straight at him a foot from goal. He had no time to react at all, just unfortunate. The Newcastle goal was 100% Fox's doing. He just smacked the ball straight at Jos when all he had to do was let the ball roll out for a throw in.

Just for lolz, before anyone makes any signings etc. I'll go for 1. Chelsea - The special one returns. Win league and League Cup. 2. Man Utd - Moyes not quite up to Fergie yet. Win FA Cup 3. Man City - More grumblings of discontent with the new manager. 4. Arsenal - Wenger sticks around but still no trophies. 5. Liverpool - Rodgers starts to get them a bit more competitive. FA Cup runners up. 6. Spurs - Bale leaves and they just aren't the same 7. Everton - Martinez takes over. Fellaini is sold. 8. Saints - Some decent signings, overtaken by Everton on the final day. 9. Newcastle - Pardew gets their collective arses in gear. 10. Swansea - Another strong season. 11. West Ham - Keep Carroll and are comfortably midtable. League Cup final. 12. West Brom - Not the same without Lukaku but still comfortable. 13. Aston Villa - Gradually improving under Lambert. 14. Hull - Make a strong start. Only 6 points off the drop zone. 15. Norwich - Winning streak in March keeps them safe. 16. Stoke - Hanging around the drop zone like a bad smell. 17. Sunderland - Di Canio sacked in December. 18. Fulham - Jol leaves. New manager can't keep them up with an aging squad. 19. Cardiff - After a poor start they sack Mackay and appoint Redknapp in November. The fans are delighted. He spends big but fails completely. 20. Watford/Palace - Like lambs to the slaughter. Relegated with over a month to play.

If Austin were to sign for another Premier League club, I would bet 3 of my testicles he scores against us again next season. He did come across as a complete helmet when he scored for Swindon against us.

Is this Martin O'Neill's house? I thought Morgan was sharing a flat in Ocean Village with Karsten Janker.

I'm not normally one to dig up old threads but this one from almost exactly a year ago is mildly interesting.

Just to clarify, I would keep them but I'm not convinced they are starting XI material based on this season.

Ignoring contracts for a minute, which players would you say are definitely up to it. Assuming our ambition is to be solidly in the top half, challenging for Europe. IMO: Definites: Boruc, Clyne, Shaw, Yoshida, Cork, Morgan, JRod, Puncheon, Lambert, S. Davis Undecided: Kelvin, Fonte, Forren, Lallana, Ramirez, JWP The rest I don't see as up to it. Would keep the 'undecided' players but they will need to up their performances next season. JWP obviously one for the future but I don't think he is there yet.

Good season, nobody can doubt that IMO. Yes we tailed off at the end but don't forget we have a relatively thin squad. Sure it is big but there are barely 15 players in it good enough to play in the Premier League. Just look at today's bench. Puncheon, Yoshi and JWP are the only 2 I'd want to see in 18 come next season's curtain raiser. That's a lot of effort and we have relied heavily on important goals from JRod and Lambert. The former playing his first season in the Prem with a new team and the latter not as young as he used to be, also making his top division debut. Vaguely remember predicting 14th at the start of the season, so happy with that after a poor start. A few quality additions and we can be challenging the likes of Liverpool and Everton for Europe.

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