Jimbo

I wish words failed Kinnear.

Clunge shirley ?

Especially if N'Sulkbia is off.

Thats shit news Jonny, sorry dude.

Geremi N'Zogbia Barton Taylor Smith All possible departures in my opinion.

I liked 3 a lot, not sure the overall story quite matched the first or second seasons, but some of the episodes were real edge of your seat stuff.

The family of a 14-year-old Afghan rape victim face prosecution after her foetus was removed without anaesthetic. The mother and brother of the girl are accused of cutting her open with a razor blade to perform an abortion. Doctors say the girl is in a critical condition. A man accused of raping her is under arrest, officials say. Rape victims and their families in Afghanistan often feel ashamed to report what has happened because people may think the victim consented to sex. 'Dog bite' The governor of Bamiyan Province, Habiba Sarabi, says that action is being taken. When the girl was five months pregnant it is alleged her mother and brother took her to a stables and cut her open with a razor blade. They removed the foetus, which they buried, before stitching up her wound, Governor Sarabi said. The father eventually took the girl to get medical treatment. Dr Ghulam Mohammad Nader, head of Bamiyan hospital, said the girl is in a critical condition, but that she had been able to explain what had happened to her. "The girl stayed at home for three or four days in her condition until her father took her to hospital," Dr Nader said. "He said a dog had bitten her so that people in the area wouldn't know what had really happened." The girl has now been transferred to Kabul for treatment. The provincial governor says the man accused of raping the girl has been arrested and that police are trying to arrest her mother and brother. The victims of rape and their families in Afghanistan are often afraid to admit what has happened to them because of the stigma and shame attached to the issue. Sometimes the victims are murdered by their own families. Critics accuse the authorities of not taking accusations of rape seriously, especially those made by children. But President Karzai recently called for rapists to be brought to justice and the Afghan Supreme Court suspended three judges who acquitted people accused of rape.

Clearly Kinnear eyes him as a partner on the treatment table for Viduka.

Bassong needs to be better ! Jonas' work rate should be higher. Less money to spend

CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON Peaches come from a can, they were put there by a man in a factory down town Classic

http://www.toontastic.net/board/index.php?...st&p=564956

Mine is like Giovanni Dos Santos Nice to look at but simply not big enough.

If signing Ferguson meant that Butt was out of the team then I am all for it !

In the real world maybe, not sure about Mike Ashley's world.

Anyone got this ? just got it today on the PS3, Single player is fun, the multiplayer seems a bit mindless, which is quite different to Battlefield 2 on the PC, I used to play that to death and the online play was fantastic.

http://www.toontastic.net/board/index.php?...st&p=563248

It is very worrying, in my opinion the apparent lack of commitment by Ashley in terms of player investment and the lack of a credible full time manager suggests to me that Ashley is treading-water until the end of the season, when hopefully the club still has Premier League status and can be sold once our short term future on the pitch is confirmed. Then hopefully a buyer will come in from the shadows and make an offer for the club, but with the credit crunch situation this is becoming more and more unlikely, until then we are stuck with Ashley and co. Depressing times indeed.

Manchester City's hugely wealthy owner Sheik Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan has toppled Roman Abramovich to head British football's rich list. Sheik Mansour, a member of the royal family of Abu Dhabi, has a personal fortune of £15billion according to the Football Rich List, researched and published by FourFourTwo magazine. The 38-year-old bought City in the summer, while Abramovich, Chelsea's Russian owner, has slipped to third in the list - his wealth is estimated at £7billion and he has been said to have lost over £3billion in the economic downturn. He has also been overtaken in the list by Lakshmi Mittal, the 58-year-old Indian industrialist worth £12.5billion who joined Formula One's Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore investing in Queen's Park Rangers. David Beckham remains the richest player associated with British football - his personal fortune of £125million being streets ahead of his closest rivals Michael Owen (£40million) and Wayne Rooney (£35million). Beckham is 38th in the overall list, while England head coach Fabio Capello is at number 73 worth an estimated £25million with a £6million-a-year contract and a £10million private art collection. Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is at number 78 in the list (£22million) and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger at number 92 (£14million). Celtic shareholder Dermot Desmond, the Irish entrepreneur, is the richest person in Scottish football - he is eighth on the list and said to be worth £1.2billion. Rangers chairman Sir David Murray is 19th on the list, worth £600million. Despite the huge fortunes of the wealthiest owners, football finance experts fear British football's bubble may be about to burst. Professor Tom Cannon told the magazine: 'Season-ticket numbers will probably be down by about 10 per cent but renewals will be down by at least 15 or 20 per cent. That's where the problems will be as you go down the divisions.' Rich List Top 20 1 Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan (Man City) £15billion 2 Lakshmi Mittal and family (QPR) £12.5bn 3 Roman Abramovich (Chelsea) £7bn 4 Joe Lewis (Tottenham) £2.5bn 5 Bernie and Slavica Ecclestone (QPR) £2.4bn 6 Stanley Kroenke (Arsenal) £2.245bn 7 Alisher Usmanov (Arsenal) £1.5bn 8 Lord Grantchester & the Moores Family (Everton) £1.2bn 8 Dermot Desmond (Celtic) £1.2bn 10 Lord Ashcroft (Watford) £1.1bn 10 Malcolm Glazer and family (Man Utd) £1.1bn 12 Simon Keswick (Cheltenham) £966m 13 Trevor Hemmings (Preston) £900m 14 Mike Ashley (Newcastle) £800m 15 Randy Lerner (Aston Villa) £750m 16 Tom Hicks (Liverpool) £700m 17 The Walker Family (Blackburn) £660m 18 Mohammed Al Fayed (Fulham) £650m 19 Sir David Murray (Rangers) £600m 20 Steve Morgan (Wolves) £400m Top 20 players: (overall position in the main list in brackets) 1 David Beckham £125m (38) 2 Michael Owen £40m (56) 3 Wayne Rooney £35m (61) 4 Rio Ferdinand £28m (69) 4 Robbie Fowler £28m (69) 4 Sol Campbell £28m (69) 7 Ryan Giggs £23m (77) 8 Michael Ballack £20m (80) 8 Frank Lampard £20m (80) 10 Steven Gerrard £19m (86) 11 Cristiano Ronaldo £18m (87) 12 John Terry £17m (88) 13 Didier Drogba £15m (89) 14 Nicolas Anelka £14m (92) 14 Damien Duff £14m (92) 16 Dimitar Berbatov £13m (96) 16 Ashley and Cheryl Cole £13m (96) 16 Fernando Torres £13m (96) 19 Emile Heskey £12m (100) 20 Gary Neville £11.75m (101)

19 is his best so I recall and that was some time ago.

http://fourfourtwo.com/news/england/23106/default.aspx

Half of Premier League clubs are "insolvent" An online credit information provider has claimed that half of Premier League clubs are technically insolvent. In a review of credit ratings for the top flight, Equifax declared that 10 clubs would struggle to repay their debts if they were asked. “We have listed 10 clubs as insolvent because they would struggle if everyone came at once to ask them for the money they owe," explained Equifax's external affairs director Neil Munroe. "That's unlikely, but the reality is that no firm is safe these days, as what happened to a number of key retailers at the end of the last year proved." Indeed, Woolworths stores across the country have closed their doors this week, the latest in a series of big names to have been rocked by financial uncertainty. In November, the UK Government had to bail out the Royal Bank of Scotland, while US car giants Ford, Chrysler and GM are begging for help from president-elect Barack Obama. "Like most of other sectors of the UK economy, it is likely to be a difficult year ahead for the nation’s favourite sport,” says Munroe. “Football has more investment from wealthy individuals, but if there’s a sudden crisis, those individuals may struggle and this would impact on the clubs. Not even Premiership football is safe from the recession if investors decide to withdraw funds." The Premier League table bears only a passing resemblance to Equifax's results, in which the lower the score, the more likely a business is to default on payments. Whereas Hull have suprised everyone with their performances in the Premier League, their Equifax rating – 1 out of 100 – is firmly in the relegation zone. Aston Villa, Fulham and Wigan scored just two points. Abramovich-bankrolled Chelsea scored just 10 points. Without the Russian’s investment, heavily indebted Chelsea would struggle – worrying, considering recent City chatter that he may be considering pulling out. Meanwhile, although West Brom have struggled on the pitch, their a credit rating rating of 71 is bettered only by Manchester United and table-toppers Arsenal. The Gunners' boss Arsene Wenger refuses to spend big in the transfer market, preferring to buy young players with large resale potential. “Every business is facing tough times and our latest analysis shows that the business of football isn’t immune," says Munroe. "A consumer-driven business, like retailers, the football clubs might struggle in the coming months. As households tighten their belts to cope with the rising cost of living, many fans could decide to watch the match at home, instead of splashing out on a season ticket. And, of course, if they’re not at the football ground there’s less chance of them spending on other club items. “Even some of the most successful clubs need to take a look at how well they’re scoring off the pitch to make it through the recession, in particular keeping a close eye on cash flow management and ensuring that they don’t fall foul of bad debt themselves. Arsenal prove that good money management goes a long way in times like these.” The Equifax Table 98 Arsenal 93 Man United 71 West Brom 65 Tottenham 43 Blackburn 40 Manchester City 37 Sunderland 37 West Ham 26 Liverpool --------- CLUBS BELOW THIS LINE TECHNICALLY INSOLVENT 18 Everton 17 Stoke City 10 Chelsea 7 Middlesbrough 5 Newcastle 5 Bolton 2 Aston Villa 2 Wigan 2 Fulham 1 Hull 0 Portsmouth* * No accounts filed for Portsmouth at Companies House

If he specifically meant January, then I agree with him.