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Where's the like button when you want one! The money on offer is seemingly crazy and the fee we've got is pretty bonkers 13m puts him in some pretty rare company! http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/golden-oldies-10-most-expensive-6087114

Crazy day but can see why he's gone if that money is for real even if he gets bored after a season and retires he will have nicely topped up the pension pot! Seems strange to be loosing a decent player who'd I have happily seen stay to the Chinese league but maybe it will become more common if that sort of money is on the table fo decent but not outstanding players. Hope we replace him with a new signing as his goals will certainly be missed.

How many have left? They already had a pretty big squad for a club at that level and seem to have a habit of handing out longish contracts! Surely they wouldn't be gambling with the finances and taking a massive punt on promotion or bust?

Dire game of footy can't believe France haven't sent on a fast centre forward to stretch the Portuguese back 4.

Looks like a better version of Romeu hopefully he is quick over the ground as well as a bit of pace in the centre would be useful. Obviously you never know if he will make it has a decent pedegree and is the right age at the right price. Yet again a signing out of nowhere which is nice to see with so many clubs doing all there business in the media

Always good to see us signing up exciting prospects as long as we avoid the Chelsea model of sign half of Europe just in case!

Saying no is probably the death of the Trophy it has no sponsor and the clubs don't want to be in it unless they win it as it costs them money they simply don't have.

Wales without Ramsey look seriously limited which I think made all the players look that little bit worse last night, Allen suddenly looks like the average premier league player he is and one or two others suddenly look like the lower league players they are. I think it is underestimated how important he is using up the space created by the opposition concentrating on Bale. Ramsey is a very very good footballer and one of only three wales players that would walk into the England team.

You'd think with the regional groups we would be guaranteed to play them in that phase but I'm not so sure our academy would win and if we pack the side with first team players it kind of negates the point of having the u21's in it in the first place!

I was totally anti this but then I read this piece from the Southend United Chairman (it was linked in the last thread on this topic) and while it didn't completely change my mind it did make me realise that maybe it wasn't such a terrible thing after all. http://www.southendunited.co.uk/news/article/efl-trophy-changes-3141983.aspx I still think the biggest problem with our football pyramid is too many professional clubs most of which seem to live beyond there means but I'm not sure how you fix that situation!

You can't get that across to some people on here though, I know it looks nothing like a bra but can see why the comment was made and don't have a problem with the description!

Would always like to see us strengthen but I'm not sure we will get a player significantly better than Yoshi willing to sit on the bench most of the season

Lol you know full well it isn't but great bait post! I'm never to fussed, do prefer to see us in stripes or the sash and wish we would pick a colour for the away shirt and stick with it yellow seems to have some significance for us?

Easy to forget just how good he was, fingers crossed he can get back to that level or close but the evidence wasn't good.

My thought on that is that if we made a profit a sell in for Celtic kicked in so we sold him for the same as we paid as this actually netted us more than getting a few million more!

Prefers the red bra version but I do quite like this and it can't be as low quality as the rag the club turned out two seasons ago! Might pick one up in the end of season sale!

Would fit with what we have but not be an upgrade for me do I can't see him signing for us as he eouldn't be necessarily get a lot of game time. He's a decent player though!

Or Kaspers agaent trying to get him a pay rise!

That implies there is some restriction in supply? It is simple rip off pricing in a non competitive market but then we are used to that with football These could clearly be sold much cheaper and still generate significant profits for all concerned but selling them at an over inflated price boosts everyones profits keeping the rich guys happy!

Was going to say the same and it will sell like hot cakes as people will for some reason wear it with a pair of jeans round town!

You can see the dodgy photoshop work a mile off, between the legs on the grey shorts is pure white the rest of the back ground is a dodgy grey. Not saying they are not the kits but that certainly isn't an official product shot.

Seems like a decent option good solid experience in France and hopefully given a bit of a budget over here will prove an astute choice. I don't for minute think we are going to see a repeat of the portaloo experiment with youth but I would at least like to see some given the chance unlike last season when they seemed to be roundly ignored particularly reed who I though had a breakthrough season the year before.

I reckon Newcastle will pay them more so they want to go much like players dropping down to play for our fishy friends. Matt Richie probably sees Newcastle as a better long and short term option short term they pay him more long term they are likely to be in the prem more than Bournmouth.

If he goes back to Italy and/or we spend big on a replacement I have no problem with him leaving but I really don't think we should be loosing him to a mid table premiership club unless we have someone younger and better already lined up.

I hope he does get the Arsenal job as that will mean we have had another fantastic season! The summer nobody come knocking for our players and manager is the summer we need to worry!