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I really don't like this "undisclosed fee in the region of 3.5mil" business. I'm fine with the signing, even the most obstinate must see that we need to fill out the squad, but he's never worth 3.5mil unless he's got loads of untapped potential we haven't seen.

That's well written, that. Short and to the point.

BIN ASHLEY REVEALS TYNE BOMB PLOT!

Appearently we're going upmarket and preparing a 25million bid for David Villa. Now that would be great if it came off. Your lot are so broke you want 20mil for Crouch and tried to barter some nobodies to us for Milner and Finnan and some others for Barry, but you've got 25mil to bid for David Villa? 18mil out for Barry - 10mil in for Crouch...you're still down 8mil. Where's this money going to come from? How do you know all that is true? I doubt we were even seriously in for Milner at all, Pennant is better imo. Insua being one of the possible youngsters offered shows how wrong the speculation was, he's a great little player and far too good to let go. With sales and the 20 million budget given by the owners Rafa could have around 50 million to spend. I don't think he'll go for Villa but it's not an impossibility. Benitez on Crouch: Also, a few people in the press were talking about £7million – so then I talked about £15million because I wanted to protect the club. This will be Benny's last season at Anfield. If the press have anything to do with it, it will. Agreed 100% here. He might not last till Christmas. They've got their knives out for him already, imo. For me, the Milner link is just too pervasive to be completely made-up. I doubt he was first choice for Liverpool but I don't doubt for a moment they've enquired. While you're visiting, what do you really think of Barry? I'm more than a little sceptical, don't think he's nearly worth 18mil and I don't think having one decent season and some England action justifies the kind of silly money that Villa want for him.

Appearently we're going upmarket and preparing a 25million bid for David Villa. Now that would be great if it came off. Your lot are so broke you want 20mil for Crouch and tried to barter some nobodies to us for Milner and Finnan and some others for Barry, but you've got 25mil to bid for David Villa? 18mil out for Barry - 10mil in for Crouch...you're still down 8mil. Where's this money going to come from?

How are these CL clubs so skint they have to ask 20mil for Crouch and 36mil for Adebayor? Do they honestly think there's someone out there who will pay that? Jo for 18mil is hilarious also. More money than sense, Man City.

Howay man, at least fire something better out than that if you're going to try and be a WUM. No WUMing here fella, just amazed at all the "I was out of it for a week" stuff. Its a jippy tummy, get over it. Do you and Torres have some sort of pact going on? It seems every time one of your crack gets better, the other's gets worse. Piss off, will you? I can't believe we've tolerated you this long, you were a WUM from the start.

Saviola joined Madrid for the express purpose of sitting on their bench and collecting mega money. He'll want similar money if he comes here and I can't see him being anything but another mercenary.

Fuck me. That one is going in my sig. Do you really mean that? Do you really think because you got a wild card to this meeting that you are punching with the Milans, Madrid and Barcas? HAHAHA That is without fail the most delusional thing I have ever heard. Bar none. We do sit round the table with them you tosser. FACT. That's the whole point of this group. Where did I ever say we were on a level with them? In fact I made sure not to imply any such thing, predicting your response. We are miles away from them. And your sad lot are even further away. When was the last time such teams as Inter, Barcelona, and Juventus were seen at White Hart Lane?

You're talking shite Danny. The only thing that matters is winning? Our CL seasons mean nothing? As they say, you can't win it if you aren't in it. Which Spurs have never been. As for finishing runners up in the league not mattering, if you finished second in the league this season you and the ten or so north Londoners who aren't supporting the vastly more successful Arsenal would be squealing with joy. NUFC = 5th biggest club in England. We sit round the table with Milan, Madrid, Barca, and the elite clubs of Europe. Tottenham Hotspur don't even register on their radar, League Cup or no two-bit aluminum foil cup.

Our little hometown club, all grown up

Haway man! Now that's the kind of news you want to read before heading off to work. I'll be walking with a skip in my step all day. Typical KK to bring us an out-of-the-blue signing - and great that he's identified we needed help on the wings. Really excited - who will he come up with next?

Head today, gone tomorrow?

Not asking for an invite, Fish lad, but would you mind explaining what this business is exactly? A sort of MMO for FM?

Podolski's there, but as a midfielder. And I'd definitely swap Semih for Torres, who really contributed very little but is on there because he scored the winning goal on the final (oh by the way did you hear he plays in England? For Liverpool?) Sneijder went missing (actually he didn't just go missing, he actively contributed to his team's defeat with his awful wastes of possession) in his side's most important game too...which incidentally was the one in which Arshavin was earning his place in this selection.

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None of the bolded belong. I'd also have Boruc instead of VdS, who didn't really distinguish himself I thought. Holland's wins were comfortable and their loss was abject, the keeper didn't have much say in either, I thought, whereas Boruc singlehandedly kept Poland from being a laughingstock.

We know by now that time knows how to fly... Seriously, though, there must be some way we can terminate his contract now.

If the no vote is somehow discounted it's essentially a message that Ireland's voice is not relevant, and by extension, that Ireland is not important to and not welcome in the EU. That'll really inspire confidence in all of the smaller, less powerful European countries currently taking part in the EU, as well as the rest of non-EU Eastern Europe. It's not "democracy" when it only works if everyone goes along with the big boys. "Majority rules" is part of democracy - another part is everyone's voice being heard.

Look, I don't condone any of this Jew business and I think it should stop immediately. We're better than that as fans and as individuals. Danny, no problems with you, however, your welcome will very shortly be worn out if you don't stop posting Spurs transfer and team news like any of us care in the least. This is a Newcastle board. Discuss our club or get lost, to be brutally blunt. Nobody cares if your lot signed some two-bit keeper.

I just don't understand this Nazi association you're drawing with Iran. Similarities: Iran and Nazi Germany both arbitrarily "rediscovered" their national identities. Iran and Nazi Germany are both ruled* by charismatic lunatics. Differences: Unlike Nazi Germany, Iran has no plans of world domination, is carrying out no genocides, is not preparing a massive military buildup with thoughts of invading neighbors. Unlike Nazi Germany, where one (charismatic lunatic) man had supreme power, Iran's political decision-making power is concentrated in a democratically elected political body and a traditional religious body. Rather think the differences outweigh the similarities, wouldn't you say? I also think you're barking up the wrong tree as regards supply for terrorist attacks. If you want to find the real bankrollers, look past Iran, who want nothing to do with Sunni-based terror groups such as al-Qaida or al-Aqsa, but point yourself towards Saudi Arabia or Pakistan. * - Ahmadinijad is not the ruler of Iran and it's safe to discount almost everything he says. His purpose is to draw attention away from the mullahs, who make the decisions in that country. It appears to be working.

Be afraid. Be very afraid. Loads and loads of absolute nonsense in this thread. I didn't want to get involved here but then I see comparisons of Iran to Nazi Germany, and Ahmadinijad to Bush and I want to laugh and laugh. Iran's nuclear weapons are not to be used on anyone. That would defeat the point of having them. No, Iran wants nukes not to destroy Israel, as the fearmongers would have you believe, but to destroy Israel's dominance of the region. For decades, as someone wisely pointed out in this thread, Israel has dominated foreign policy in the Middle East. As the only significant military power in the region, and the only nuclear power, Israel's (and thus the USA's) rule in the area is unquestioned. Iran is trying to question it - so they must be the enemy, planning Armageddon, preparing a new nuclear winter. Nuclear proliferation in the Middle East - of course it will happen, and in our lifetimes. All of the authoritarian regimes of the ME saw what happened to Iraq. They know the only way to avoid a similar fate but still carry on their mandate is to acquire nukes. Bottom line - Iran is no more a threat to the West than Hershey's Milk Chocolate. Don't believe everything you watch or read...and believe nothing you read on whatever loony bin website produced that "scenario" seen above

Some canny lasses this year like - but not Ms Mars Bar there. That's meant to be who England's hopes ride on? I hoped she beat Williams, though, never known such a pair of tosserettes as the Williams sisters.

Good to see Sam Allardyce never surrenders. No, Sam Allardyce holds his head high, and never blames Sam Allardyce for the shit job he did here, because Sam Allardyce has stayed standing his whole life. Get to shit you fat useless waster. Ruled yourself out of the running? I hear Plymouth might have an opening soon, maybe that'll be about his level - that's if he doesn't "rule himself out of the running" there too.

Someone from N.O. or someone who knows someone on N.O. is updating this. Have you seen the toon squad on our wiki page ? Current squad As of 1 June 2008 No. Position Player 1 Flag of Ireland GK Shay Given 2 Flag of Senegal DF Habib Beye 3 Flag of England DF Nicky Shorey 4 Flag of England MF Michael Carrick 5 Flag of England DF Steven Taylor 6 Flag of Senegal DF Abdoulaye Faye 7 Flag of England MF David Bentley 10 Flag of England FW Michael Owen (captain) 11 Flag of England MF James Milner 12 Flag of Russia FW Andrei Arshavin No. Position Player 13 Flag of England GK Steve Harper 14 Flag of Turkey MF Arda Turan 15 Flag of Canada DF David Edgar 16 Flag of Russia MF Pablo Aimar 17 Flag of England MF Aaron Lennon 22 Flag of England MF Nicky Butt 24 Flag of the Netherlands GK Tim Krul 27 Flag of England DF Ben Tozer 34 Flag of England GK Fraser Forster Players In No. Position Player 3 Flag of England DF Nicky Shorey 4 Flag of England MF Michael Carrick 7 Flag of England MF David Bentley 12 Flag of Russia FW Andrei Arshavin 14 Flag of Turkey MF Arda Turan 16 Flag of Russia MF Pablo Aimar 17 Flag of England MF Aaron Lennon Players OUT No. Position Player 3 Flag of Spain DF José Enrique 5 Flag of Turkey MF Emre Belözoğlu 6 Flag of Brazil DF Caçapa 7 Flag of England MF Joey Barton 9 Flag of Nigeria FW Obafemi Martins 11 Flag of Ireland MF Damien Duff 14 Flag of France MF Charles N'Zogbia 17 Flag of England MF Alan Smith 20 Flag of Cameroon MF Geremi 23 Flag of England FW Shola Ameobi 36 Flag of Australia FW Mark Viduka 38 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo MF Kazenga LuaLua 39 Flag of England FW Andy Carroll Wikipedia's a joke but we've got the Sunday Sun backing it up. I'm not sure which is worse tbh.