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Every signing we make is a statement of intent?

I´m slightly more concerned that people value Google at the amounts of money they are doing.....no wonder there is a financial crisis.... FFS they cant even make easy translating...

I dont think the story is a lie, it´s likely that any team in the league want great players. But we wont sell unless it´s a crazy sum offered and I think Rickie likes to play football instead of hoofball so he wont go to West Ham. Maybe just Allardyce trying to make a story to disturb our club in the relegation battle....

So they have to play their best team (except some of the new boys that isn´t allowed in Europa League) away on thursday......must be good for us.

there on their way up!!

Well it all depends how fast we want to move forward, and also how the rest of this season turn out. If we continue a good run this season and end up 11-13th in the table I can see really interesting things happen in the summer. If this happens we will be an interesting club to move to for good players. In this scenario I can see us get in 3 players aged 25-28 and perhaps 2-3 aged 20-24. My dream would be a first choice CB, preferrably one like Astori. A CM like Biglia. A winger like Lens. Then covers at LB, RB and striker (my dream Ricky can Wolfswinkle, and not just because of the name).

For me I think the point at Chelsea and the win at Aston Villa were very much our luckiest points this season. We weren´t very good against Chelsea and really only created 1 or 2 chances beside the goals and if I remember correct only had two shots on goal, that is the goals we made. They destroyed us in the first half and it could have been 4-0 at half time. Win at Aston Villa were also more of the hit and miss-Benteke rather than us doing a good game. It was a real scrap, but 3 nice points anyway. I see a tremendous difference in our game now under MP, not regarding results yet but in the way we play it is a big diffenrence to the better from my point of view.

What!!! I thought he was very unhappy when Adkins left and that he would leave to anywhere Adkins end up.... My source? This board.....

This isn´t a must win game, but in another way it is massive. IF we win this one, we would be pretty much safe from relegation in my book. 30 points, 11 games to go and with the confidence we would have after two straight wins against good teams.....

damn, missed that tonight.... Anyone with a video of it, please put a link up to it later...

What was so "interesting" eith his position? Unless you are talking about a goalie that is cutting down the angle from a possible shot and hoping/trusting his defenders will cover the pass alternative....??

and a bit of bad mathematics if 22 extra points put us on 59 when we are on 27 at the moment

Good summary, but I dont agree that Reading, West Ham and Stoke would have a higher attractiveness than Swansea. Far from it in my book.

I dont think he needs to switch position to have a few more years in him. Players that usually need to switch position is because their play has been relaing on the pace, like Giggs as a winger and players like him. Rickie has never had pace as a main attribute so he can keep playing in the same position...

There IS another Rickie/Ricky out there waiting.... Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Sporting CP.

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce: From BBC "Apart from the Aston Villa fans, anyone who watched this afternoon knows we deserved something." Stan Collymore ‏@StanCollymore Sam Allardyce "An outstanding performance without anything for it"

don´t tell them

I think one thing we have going for us is that under MP we play a similar game home or away. Some of the other teams really struggle away compared to us at the moment.

yes, a bit this year but definitely next season. He will be immense for us then.

Diame and Noble ARE better......at watching the ball fly over their heads for 90 minutes a week.... Would be very interesting to see stats on them how many passes they have each game compared to Cork/Spider...

oh so close...

please one more, that would deffo kill Villa off this season...

In a Liverpool kind of world it isn´t

maybe we should try to sign that guy Noone in the summer??

So....when people gets new facts in their hands, thay are not allowed to reassess their opinions? That´s not downtalking what was previous, only that it has been turned for the better....