Dr Gloom

I have come to expect some moronic responses, yes. But i'll continue to post things that I genuinely believe (like thinking that the only man who has taken England to a quarter-final away from home after 1990 wouldn't be such a bad idea). Not going to allow what I believe to be moronic responses (like a couple of yours) to stop me from saying what I think. so you're basically saying the consensus is for morons. makes a lot of sense

It would have to be a deal that involves us paying a portion of his wages. Could only see him going to a Championship side though (ability-wise) and I can't see them paying even £10k a week which would mean us picking up a bill of over £50k a week for someone we can't even pick in an emergency. i shouldn't laugh but that's a pretty accurate description. we can't even play him when we're down to the bare bones, he's that bad, and at the same time, he's picking up 60k per week. got to be up there in the canon of horror toon transfers. worse maybe even than the owens, marcelinos and luques - at least we were able to shift those in the end. smith might be our most expensive ever mistake. costing a fortune and so bad no other team will take him off us. Especially if he was already out on loan the way i misread that post is equally accurate, and painful. we can't afford to pick him in emergency when he's not out on loan....as the last home game of the season showed. he's a total fucking liability.

nick, you're a strange character aren't you? when you start these threads do you really envisage that they will spark serious debate or do you deep down expect to be ridiculed? are you a masochist?

It would have to be a deal that involves us paying a portion of his wages. Could only see him going to a Championship side though (ability-wise) and I can't see them paying even £10k a week which would mean us picking up a bill of over £50k a week for someone we can't even pick in an emergency. i shouldn't laugh but that's a pretty accurate description. we can't even play him when we're down to the bare bones, he's that bad, and at the same time, he's picking up 60k per week. got to be up there in the canon of horror toon transfers. worse maybe even than the owens, marcelinos and luques - at least we were able to shift those in the end. smith might be our most expensive ever mistake. costing a fortune and so bad no other team will take him off us.

that was a shocker. possession of the ball is so key in international football and he basically sidelined and ultimately forced out england's only central midfielder that knew the value of ball retention. gerrard, lampard and beckham all play way too many hollywood balls that don't come off. scholes knows you keep moves ticking along by keeping the ball. for what it's worth nick, i think sven did ok as england manager but no better than that. he did the very minimum that was expected of an england manager with tht set of players but was never able to take the team to the final stages of a tournament. quarter finals are ok, but not that much to write home about. i doubt he would inspire the current lot to do any better plus the nation and the media have had enough of him. to suggest he comes back is just daft.

yes, it's the posts following yours that are moronic

he's either blatantly on the wind up or just really dim

i'm covering a conference in lausanne today. best media food EVER. sushi, salads, noodles, bbq and the most amazing macaroons. krug is one of the sponsors so the plonk hasn't been bad either so far

I don't think that's accurate, quite the opposite. A lot of people were sticking up for him all the time on the basis that he works hard and 'always gets stuck in'. I remember it well because it pissed me off right from the moment we signed him. same same. i could never get all the fuss about him. he was a striker that couldn't score goals, or a midfielder that couldn't tackle, or pass. all for a bargain £60K per week (cheers fat sam ) i don't even think he's scored a competitive goal in his time with us has he?

In all his time here I think I can only recall three people saying anything nice about him. All lasses. As a bloke he's a mug (see Rangers away), I bet he's soft as shite as well and he loves the hardman image, but the main thing is, what a thoroughly wank footballer he is. He hasn't got one attribute, like literally not one. not that i'm one to rake up old misdemeanours but i remember alex saying he was a good signing when we got him

hangover 2 - total garbage. some times good films just need to be left alone.

i agree; there's really no other english candidate out there if we're going down that route. who else? hodgson? pearce? at least arry has some champiobs league experience and has won something. plus the players would all love him i reckon.

funny like cos he was a dirty radge on the pitch but always quite softly spoken, shy almost, off the pitch. bit of a jekyll and hyde type character

the entertainers? we haven't even signed those players yet, nor have we seen them play or do we have any idea how they'd fit into our side or which of our current crop is on the way out. i'm all up for a bit of fantasy football chat but this is just silly.

fuck off man

yeah, i was gutted when we signed him like, particularly when it became clear he'd 'reinvented' himself as a midifelder. what a waste of money.

Dreadful signing. Almost as bad as Owen.

Thank fuck

underwhelming if it's enrique's replacement

7th and the FA Cup? Not with Ashley in charge

worst beer EVER

been getting well into doing core stability work using the trex cables. abs and hip flexors are ruined. whisky taking the edge off

just enjoying a drop of this while watching geordie shore. quirky friday night? or....

is that a 4-4-3?