Lighthouse

Will be an A1 sized fold out I believe.

I've just checked with my source at St Mary's and I've found out the story Phil is on about. Tomorrow Maxim publish the photo shoot where Katharina gets them out. I personally can't wait.

Because he scored 6 goals in the Championship least season. He did a job getting us promoted but there isn't enough about his game to be a Premier League striker.

I'm sure Chambers has played CB before for the youth teams. Perhaps that way we can fit him and Clyne in the team, although I can't see it happening. Boruc Clyne - Chambers - Fonte - ???? Cork - Wanyama - JWP Davis - Pelle - Tadic Based on our current options, I'd be tempted to try this. I'm certain we will have a new LB in by the time we go to Anfield. Targett just isn't ready for that kind of baptism.

Lallana has had one good season in the Premier League, just like Charlie Adam and Andy Carroll. Shaw is all about potential quality. Utd didn't pay £30m because he is the best LB in the league, they were buying the potential. Lambert is 32 and already needed replacing. Grant Holt was proven quality a year or two ago, now he is playing for some pub team in Devon.

It will if we spend the rest of the money on another four top quality players. I'd rather have six decent players than three.

No. It isn't embarrassing, it isnt even close. Embarrassing is calling up a sex chat line and finding out its your mum on the other end of the phone. Or spending £35m on Andy Carroll, I can't decide which is worse. What we have done is sell - Lallana for the same price as of Germanys World Cup winners, Kroos and Khadeira - A 32 year old for 4 times what we paid for him - Shaw for the highest fee ever recorded for a teenager (depending on which reports you believe). We've replaced 2 of them spending less than a third of the money we made from sales. There is nothing embarrassing or alarming here.

But you will stick your head in the sand and pretend replacements aren't coming.

I can't see Targett as first choice LB. Not even close, he has yet to make a Prem appearance even as a sub. Remember last summer when everyone thought Isgrove was going to be a regular, after an impressive preseason tour. I think this is a similar situation and it's wishful thinking to expect Targett to be ready just like that. If he starts at Anfield I will eat my hat. Not my Mclaren baseball cap, I just bought that. I've got an old beanie I used to use for skiing, I could marinade that in some sort of stroganoff and eat that. Where was I? Oh yeah, we need a LB.

Yes, my post was in response to Clarke's post above. Just had a flick through a Ukrainian football forum. A couple of them reckon its going to be a 14 team League and Shakhtar are going to play their home games in Kharkhiv.

I would have thought there would be a few bargains to be had in Ukraine. I dont know to what extent they will be able to run the League this season. Certainly they won't be able to play fixtures involving Zorya Luhansk or the the two Donnetsk clubs, Shakhtar and Metalurg. The two Crimean clubs, Tavria and Sevastopol have been expelled, together with Arsenal Kyiv who I think went bust. Never in a million years will Shakhtar be allowed to take part in the Champs League even if they do have a squad left. At a guess Dnipro will take their place. I can't see the decent players staying there. The league has been ripped apart.

We don't need 7. If we sign another AM and striker to replace Osvaldlo and Guly, that will cover J Rod's injury for a few months. You're being pessimistic if you think Lovren and Morgan are both definitely off. It's possible but let's not talk about 'needing' replacements whilst they're still here. Agree on LB and GK. by my count that's 4 we need plus replacements for anyone else important leaving.

Important to hold on to Rodriguez. 9 letters.

No idea what you're point is. What we lacked last season was depth. Take out Lallana and Lambert and you're left with Guly and Gallagher in the team. If we get a couple more in we will have a stronger squad overall. Maybe one of them will be a dud and only hit 5 goals but then another might be a superstar and hit 20 on his own.

Bullsh*t, everyone knows his family is Kiwi.

10 goals and 10 assists for a player is decent but nothing astonishing. It's not like we're replacing a 30 goal a season machine like Liverpool are with Suarez. I see no reason why the new lads can't match L&Ls achievements last year. If we get another attacking player in they just need to average 7 goals and assists each and we're marginally ahead on last season.

You haven't understood the psyche of an Internet troll. He cares not about being popular, funny or accurate he just needs the attention. The easiest way to do that is to be irritating and inaccurate, so other people won't be able to resist pointing out the flaws in his argument. The only way to get rid of people like this is to ignore them. The fact that Dalek still gets a bite out of his Hoddle/lunatic minority/aiming for 17th routine says just as much about you lot as it does about him.

Those 8, plus the 2 we've already replaced - 100%

Routes vary from day to day depending in the favourability of the winds at cruise altitude. Particularly on long haul routes where it can make a big difference over a 12 hour flight. Another reason could be thunderstorm avoidance. Take it from me, those f**king things are everywhere in Europe. If you come across a particularly nasty squall line you could go 100 miles off course avoiding it. Has that map actually been verified by anyone official? It could be completely made up.

We are only a LB short of the squad that finished last season and I have no doubt that is being addressed. We need a very more options on top of that but we aren't far off the team who finished 8th last year. Tadic and Pelle may yet prove to be better than what we sold. 8 of the players who started against Man Utd are still here, I fail to see any problems so far.

I think the last time we signed a player from another Premier League side, whist in the Prem, was Squashie. Before that Crouch, before that I can't even remember. I'm not counting Bernard's loan, Phillips was already relegated, Le Saux was a part ex. With Bridge. I can't really remember before that. Were Derby relegated when they sold us Delap? We really don't sign many from Prem rivals.

Would seem odd for Ukraine to do it, given that it had already passed through most of their airspace. If it is proved Russia was behind this, there are going to be some massive turds hitting the fan.

I don't think Shaw is great value at £6m, he may not play every game with Evra still kicking around (who is cheaper and got more points last years). Likewise Lallana may not be a starter for Liverpool and I doubt will be involved in half as many goals without Suarez. I may take a punt on Pelle. Maybe three up front with Aguero and perhaps Austin as the cheaper option. He is the kind of nasty little player who will keep popping up with goals. I will make him captain when he plays Saints, likewise Nugent. Both guaranteed to score. Yaya is a shoe in if he remains City's penalty taker. Januzaj looks a good price at £6.5 , so I'd have him too. Mirallas, Barkley, Paulinho, Nolan and Puncheon also look decent options in midfield.

I never really rated Mayuka anyway but he did little to change my mind with those highlights. Maybe the rest of his game was better but to waste those chances against such poor opposition is disappointing. He wont get that much time and space next season and he still couldn't score. Personally I would try and offload him, doesn't look a Premier League player.

*sigh* No he doesn't. People are STILL not getting it. He doesn't want to be taken seriously, he just wants an argument and some attention. Are you familiar with the ignore function? It was designed with people like him in mind. To put it into context, arguing with alpine is like wrestling a pig in a sty. You may well be convinced that you are winning but the reality is you are wrestling a pig, you're both covered in s**t and the pig is loving every minute of it. You walk away thinking 'I won!' Everyone else looks at you like 'he stinks of pig s**t.'