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Celtic over Aalborg for me any day, I like your thinking on Zenit and am surprised their odds aren't lower, Man U surely to win, think Fener might well surprise Porto, and Arsenal looks pretty certain to me also.

All right lads, you know I've never tried any ITK nonsense on with you but here's what I've heard. Living in New York as I do, there have been rumors going about concerning Ashley's visit to the Pink Elephant club while the Keegan saga was going on. The word is that Ashley has long been an admirer of Steve Bruce, but couldn't approach him after the Allardyce sacking since he'd just joined Wigan not long ago. People claiming to know say that Ashley intimated several times that Bruce would be our next manager during his stay at the nightclub. With that out of the way, I know some people on here have only scorn for Bruce, but would it be heretical of me to say I could see him here? He's done a job with both Birmingham and Wigan, made some inspired buys (although some not-so-inspired buys too) and I think we could do worse.

Where's Viduka on that list? That's another one.

Given and martins wouldnt be too much of a loss and can easily be replaced Do you have a Martins radar? Whenever he gets mentioned, it seems you pop up to tell us all how worthless he is. Don't take anyone for granted at this stage man. Even disregarding the Given nonsense, to say that Newcastle can easily attract a player on a level with Martins at this point is a little presumptuous. I'd rather we didn't lose anyone since the prospects of replacing them seem so bleak.

Roma Werder were laughable. Anyone checked Ketsbaia's odds recently? I'd almost have him, is how desperate we are.

Arabian Business, like any Middle Eastern publication, is astonishingly unreliable. I'd be surprised if they even spelled the names right. If they got anything right about Man City, well, even a stopped clock is right twice daily. I really do get the feeling all of these sell rumors are a smokescreen trying to give us the impression that Ashley's interested in selling so we'll calm down and let him get on with the business of making money. His snide little "don't bother protesting as I've got the message" cements that feeling for me. If we sell before Christmas it'll be a shock imo.

This is a despicable heap of filth, the kind that I imagine pigs would produce rather than grown men with degrees. How more biased and completely not impartial can those first few paragraphs get? Here is a message for the lying, fabricating, ignorant, baying hounds of Fleet Street: You are not good writers. You are not witty, engaging, funny, or truthful. You have no right to talk about our club.

Hope you were watching, Ashley. If this is the best we can do I think we'd better be looking for a new manager...someone with Championship experience.

Shades for Derby for me. Shola playing, us losing, NUFC circus rolls on. If we equalise I'll be surprised, but I can see Hull getting another one.

Thoughts from someone who was there on the day: September 11th was a dark day in the history of the USA. I'm not one to harp on how terrible it must have been for the families and the like - although it certainly was - but in my opinion it's a day that ought to be consigned to the dustbin of history. The people who died should be remembered in a tasteful ceremony, perhaps have radio stations reading the names throughout the day or some such. That's my thoughts on the subject, and that's why it disgusts me how the States have managed to turn one of the worst days in their history into some flag-waving extravaganza. I'm sorry, but I'm not interested in hearing how much safer we've made the world, or how we have to protect our freedom from those who want to take it from us, how we're a greater nation today, etc. The attacks were a great wrong done against the USA, but they have also proven to be the justification for a great many wrongs done by the USA, and the manner in which this was done was by transforming an infamous day into some kind of jingoist bash. Patriot Day? Don't make me laugh. Why should anyone be more proud to be an American citizen today than any other day? I'd be less proud to be a citizen today, since today is when the wire taps, the deprivation of habeus corpus, the imprisonment of innocents that lasts to the present day, the illegal attacks on other soverign nations, etc. all began - and that's not even mentioning the unwarranted deaths. Americans don't realise it now, but forty years from now, they'll know how to remember 9/11, just like decades on they now know how to remember Pearl Harbor. Two very similar events that have had two very similar effects, but have two very similar anniversaries. So yes, I think that most of the stuff in this thread is disrespectful. But I also think the way the States are handling the anniversary is disrespectful. So maybe it's just me. That's my rant for the day - it is rambling and off topic but there it is nevertheless.

Aye, there's something to all that, I agree. Mind, Steve McLaren and Big Sam were the front runners last time out. Well they're just feckless, and there's no excusing that. I just meant that a foreign coach was the best option, given the alternatives. Maybe we can hire that new Dutch lad, what's his name? Steve van something...

Marco Polo. If someone could guess all that, I'd buy them dinner too.

Sounds like a mackem to me. A real Leeds fan would know what we're going through, even if he wanted to laugh it'd stick in his throat.

Don't these people know that sacking Terry Mac means the ultimate demise of this club? It's like the ravens and the tower.

Saw him down on Broadway last night, told me he'd just got back from a serious humane campaign - rebuilding houses in Haiti, reinforcing levees in New Orleans, and impregnating Sarah Palin in Alaska. Told me to come round for a barbecue any time. What a gentleman.

From wiki: Anyone know if there's truth in that? I'd have him at the moment, he's certainly loopy enough to take the job and he can motivate a team. EDIT: Sorry, I meant to write that I'm talking about Terim.

Was just going to say, isn't Gordon Ramsey English? They tell us he is over here. Wonder what that's all about.

Emailed Bevan also with a note of thanks. Sad pattern developing though: Football men - our side. Press and "businessmen" - their side. I don't think we'll win out

Very proud of SBR and very grateful to all of the football men who have come out and voiced support for Keegan. They were having a laugh when he came back no doubt but I think people like Redknapp and Curbishley now know the direction football is headed and they know Keegan is one of their people, not one of these "new football" scum like Wise and Comolli and the rest of them. Not long for this world, Sir Bobby, but he's still got the fire in him. What a man.

Take that statement and shove it up your fat arse, Ashley. It is a fact that you're a wanker and you're going to drag this club down to nothing with your "business"

Hence why we're talking about Poyet. At any rate, get lost you mackem trash.

Worth a read for once. They have Spurs fans in Holland, Dennis? Maybe you can teach our resident a few things about WUMmery.

Aye, we took a fair bit of piss out of Roeder for his clueless signings and tactics but he's another one who cares about the club in his heart and this won't be going down well with him either. The media are as usual having a field day but it's good to see we've got support from people who know the game (and know what is happening to it) such as Curbishley and even Glenn.

Hoo, boy. You have really wound me up. Oh yes. I am wound up. I can't even sit straight. Man oh man am I wound up. Yee haw.

"Are you Mr. Adams's replacement?" "I am Mr. Adams's successor. No-one could replace him." - Foreign Minister of France and Thomas Jefferson, sometime in the 18th century. I'd have Bilic, I suppose, to succeed Keegan. I also noticed that Ketsbaia business with some interest, although not exactly enthusiasm.