Dr Gloom

Apparently the mackems are in for him. Gutted if we miss out to them http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/au...manchester-city

As things stand, the negatives far outweigh the positives Caroll still not adequately replaced. Nolan, our captain, leader and top scorer gone. No sign of a replacement capable of matching those attributes. Barton and Enrique certainties to follow Nolan - two senior players that will require significant investment to replace. The incomings would be fine if we hadn't lost all of the above. As far as i see it though, Ashley is taking a massive gamble on unproven players. I'm worried this season is going to be a long hard slog. It's so disappointing that we didn't build on last years surprise performances and team spirit by keeping that impressive group of players together.

Hmm. Not a signing to get the pulse racing but id say a decent enough squad addition assuming we don't lose the likes of Barton.

Diabolical comments there from the manager. You couldnt get much more blatant towing of the party line if you tried. 3-4 years ffs we're sat on 35m.

Wait till you hit your 30s! You have to train hard just to stay the same.

You agree the muppets above him are making his job difficult then, finally?

Nufc tv? Didn't even realise such a thing existed. Or s that what they're calling the official website these days?

Michael Johnson. I wouldn't have thought adam Johnson would be up for loan, is he?

The clogs must be pretty short of quality keepers if krul is number1 like

Didn't Johnson go to leicester on loan?

My prediction still looking good.

What planet are you living on? There is NOTHING to be positive about. The cretins in charge are selling our best players. We haven't bought anyone with any premiership experience other than one sick note with half a season experience.

Ooooh, a close call but Dijon mustard's versatility makes it the master.

Kicks your ketchups and hp sauces to touch tbh.

Also, you know you're getting old when the hairdresser asks you if you want your eyebrows trimmed.

Not grey or bald but struggling with the excess nostril hair and extra long Ginger eyebrow hair that sprouted out of nowhere about a year ago

Interesting to note we didn't sign any of the players on that alleged hit list. More like bull shit list

God, when will it end?

You couldn't make it up

Would perch be a good replacement for Enrique?

it's been 29 degrees all week in london, way to humid with all the polution. unpleasant

honestly man, if this board weren't such complete fuckwits, i'd be quite excited about this season. all they needed to do was keep hold of the likes of nolan, barton and enrique and reinvest the carroll money on a couple of new forward players. so what do they do? buy a bunch of players that most of us have never seen play for peanuts, one sicknote that's had half a season in the premier league and then they do their best to sell the senior players that have glued the side together in the past two seasons. you honestly couldn't make it up. when are they going to just fuck off and die?

I'd like to sew his asshole closed and keep feeding him, and feeding him, and feeding him.

The opening post is silly. The fact is the club is still for sale at the right price. A new owner is the only thing that will change the club. The post by Stevie Ross is spot on - no one will buy us because Ashley is holding out for silly money, which he won't get. So while he can't make his cash back that way, he'll continue to reduce overheads and sell players on for big profits where he can with little regard to what it might do to our league position.