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Fucking stupid idea, let the footballing authorities sort it out.

And the answer to that is no. We've no European competition next season, only one player who is recognisable world wide and were shit last season. The only thing we can offer is money and it remains to be seen whether Ashley will sanction silly wages for players, though I personally doubt it.

You can add Robben and Cech to that list, though they didn't join until after Ranieri got the sack.

Well I'm not 100% happy with his appointment but his track record does mean I'll back him. Although he has been applauded for the revival of several players careers, a lot of the time he has got it wrong in the transfer market but because his signings have been on frees or for low fees no one has made a big deal out of it. If he get's it wrong this time we're stuck with a player on high wages and more than likely going to make a big loss on his resale price.

That's enough to start a petition Well it worked for Birmingham when they tried to sign Bowyer.

It seems strange to me that Allardyce is happy to take a huge risk on a £5.5m nutcase and try to use pyschology to get the best out of him yet won't even give a current player who is an ex-Spanish international and cost us over £10m the time of day. He'd be better off concentrating on the players who we already have and may be worth keeping before recruiting more problems for himself. Speaking of which, more and more I hope for the Barton deal to fall through. The guy is a complete twat. You can add me to that list. I think Sam has far too much confidence in his ability to reform players and is believing the media hype around himself. IMO problems like Barton should be avoided unless it's a complete bargain and I wouldn't call £5.5m a bargain.

It seems strange to me that Allardyce is happy to take a huge risk on a £5.5m nutcase and try to use pyschology to get the best out of him yet won't even give a current player who is an ex-Spanish international and cost us over £10m the time of day. He'd be better off concentrating on the players who we already have and may be worth keeping before recruiting more problems for himself.

So much for the clean slate.

Aye, and I bet Oliver genuinely thought Emerton was going to sign for us, didn't stop it from being completely wrong though.

Not as much of a plum as you, not only after the U21 tournament, but in general. Then again "predictable signing, anyone could've predicted that" I'm covered from all angles.

Queen's SU in Belfast is called Mandela Hall as well. The Manchester SU is also called the Steve Biko building, nothing like a bit of originality.

Fantastic opening line at the press conference.

And after all the shit you've given Martin Jol on N-O for his "ITK" news, if this doesn't come off but 1st July you really are going to look like a prize plum.

I don't to justify myself to some depressing Irish non-entity on an internet website. I tell you what gobby, I'll bet you 100 punts or euro's or whatever you use now, we'll set up the bet OK that Baines is a toon player by July 1st 2007. Fuckin arsehole. Uh I've already said that we're probably interested in him, so why would I put money on it dickhead? What I'm doubting is your claim that it is already practically a done deal. Doubt all you want pal it's inconsequential to me. I await further, less predictable exclusives with great anticipation.

I don't to justify myself to some depressing Irish non-entity on an internet website. I tell you what gobby, I'll bet you 100 punts or euro's or whatever you use now, we'll set up the bet OK that Baines is a toon player by July 1st 2007. Fuckin arsehole. Uh I've already said that we're probably interested in him, so why would I put money on it dickhead? What I'm doubting is your claim that it is already practically a done deal.

Aye because I'm the one claiming to have a reliable exclusive without any track record to back it up. You're working the same way as the tabloids do, you'll think up a logical transfer, report it as a cert and when the odd one does come off you'll be the first to say that you broke the news. I don't think it's a great secret to anyone that we're interested in Baines but to say we've practically completed the deal is just you creating a juicy story to start off your site.

No. So you're full of shite then? What a surprise. Well good luck with the NUFC version of Tribalfootball.

Any examples?

More like Jonathan Ross. Have a good one! More of a Paul Ross tbh. Happy birthday anyways.

When have we been unreliable? Perhaps we should move to Southampton, talk constant shite, pose in ridiculous photographs cuddling cats whilst pulling delinquent faces, and genuinely not have a clue, perhaps then you'd consider us to have more credibility. Have any of your guys been ITK or gotten any exclusive stories before? Genuine question.

Expect to see this as an exclusive on www.ohmelads.com shortly.

Though saying that, Man U were one of the first clubs to really exploit the commercial side of football and that's what's helped them be so successful, so what goes around...

They'll still sell all their season tickets even if some people don't renew out of principle. The same way that a few thousand fans leaving to support FCUM or whatever they're called had no effect. It's all business and sad to see.

I don't understand modern art (or any type of art for that matter), I mean £50m for a skull covered in diamonds? Why? Surely there are better ways to spend that money.

Good to hear that he's saying it'll be a couple of years before he's challenging for the No.1 spot, the last thing we need is him getting pissed off because he's not starting.