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Chambers and Lovren for £36m!

Sarnia my dear chap, do yourself a favour and leave this thread. You could start your own thread - What Is Good About America, and have a field day!

This one brought tears to my eyes. My other was the shot by Barry Horne from about 3 miles out in the cup in the last minute. Forget who it was against.

Fans hunger for transfer news and papers have columns to fill. Its a marriage made in heaven or hell, which ever way you look at it.

Don't worry Verbal. it is all a bit of light hearted banter. As you know, everyone is far too busy laughing and slapping each other on the back to get into a serious row

legless

g-string

Fidel

Didn't he use a Russian weapon?

HITC Sport but it is elsewhere too.

Former Leeds favourite could be on his way here.

lube

Chick? LOL

Interesting that the club seemed to feel there was a chance he might stay but he was saying as soon as he heard Liverpool were in for him he wanted out.

Yep, he could do what Clyne did at Palace and run his contract down. Then he could go where ever he wanted to.

Did wonders for Lovren's career Nat but good luck anyway and I hope we finish above you next season.

If its good enough for David Beckham......

Matching the bid is one thing, wages another.

Hypo, I got the impression from the above post that the saint in Winchester thought membership was by invitation only. If his/her post was a joke, then I can only apologise for wasting your time

Do we know what the asking price is? Lots of people banding £25m around but has that figure come from the club or is it just conjecture?

Yeah but a lot fewer in the last few years. I don't buy papers anymore but will pick one up in a café where there are freebies around and read it. I have three kids, 18,17 and 16 years old and I don't think they have read a paper between them though sadly.

Given the amount of posts that the print media generates I think it is useful for people to know how it works. Also we are just filing in time as there is no transfer news worth talking about right now

I left The Guardian in 2000 and I know things have changed a lot since then. I was in the Circulation Dept and that was the beginning of moving the emphasis to online from print (hence why I and many of my sales team were moved out). We had worked hard to get the figures up from around 250k to approaching 500k just before The Independent was launched so as a print man it is sad to see the figures back around the 250k mark again.

Spot on re the subs and headlines.

As I am sure you will know, circulation isn't the main driver for nationals, it is the readership profile. The "broadsheet" papers have never sold anywhere near the red tops but don't need to because they make more money from advertising. The Guardian's circulation figures have fallen back to what they used to be some time ago but the Scott Trust don't bail them out, the Trust is there to ensure that The Guardian remains to paper that CP Scott wanted it to be. The sole purpose of the Trust is to secure the financial and editorial independence of The Guardian. There is no Murdoch looking over the shoulder of the Editor telling them which Party to support. Long may that continue.