Craig

Is Kuyt at £11m neither expensive nor a gamble then?

Please tell me you're not serious with what you've got in your sig?

It'll be interesting if he doesn't take the No. 9 shirt, if he signs that is... 182728[/snapback] Gotta be the no.30 shirt shirley? Leaving the no.9 available for another striker? How pissed of is Shola going to be if they leave no.9 vacant for the season rather than offer it to him?

They obviously think they're fucking hilarious.....

Anyone else think the sad git who dreams up the headlines at .cock is chuckling away to himself over these ones?

http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=550 83 games in total - there's no way in hell we had more than 22 cup games in 18 months!

TRANSFER RUMOURS Chelsea have indicated they are willing to include Frenchman William Gallas in any deal for Arsenal left-back Ashley Cole. (The Times) But they would prefer to let the unhappy Gallas "fester in the reserves" for a year. (Guardian) Kevin Phillips will rejoin Sunderland after Aston Villa gave him permission to talk to his former club. (Guardian) Tottenham are ready to bid £8m for Fulham striker Luis Boa Morte. (Independent) Newcastle have persuaded Juve to pay more than £4m for error-prone defender Jean-Alain Boumsong. (Guardian) Portsmouth are less likely to sign Udinese midfielder Sulley Mutari after they were quoted £11m. (Independent) Wigan are close to completing the signing of Liverpool keeper Chris Kirkland, who is currently on loan with the club. (Independent) Man Utd will offer £25m for Argentina striker Carlos Tevez. (Daily Mirror) Manchester City have offered £2m plus Antoine Sibierski for highly-rated Lens midfielder Olivier Thomert. (Mirror) Reading boss Steve Coppell is preparing bids for Leeds defender Matthew Kilgallon and Millwall's Marvin Elliott. (Mirror) Sunderland are in talks over a £1.5m deal for Swedish midfielder Tobias Hysen, son of ex-Liverpool defender Glenn. (Sun) Tottenham will bid £6m for Boro winger Stewart Downing. (Star) Celtic may still be "days away" from completing the signing of Dutch striker Jan Vennegor of Hesselink from PSV. (Daily Record) OTHER GOSSIP Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd is expected to resist any takeover bid from the Jersey-based Belgravia Group. (Daily Express) Football agent Jonathan Barnett fears he will be banned for more than six months over his role in the Ashley Cole tapping-up scandal. (Daily Express) Manchester United owners the Glazer family will beef up their security after a group of 20 fans rampaged through their hotel. (Sun) Lee Bowyer's sparkling Premiership debut for West Ham on Saturday has persuaded him he wants to spend the rest of his career at Upton Park. (Star) Clyde have parted company with manager Graham Roberts - but the club have cleared him of making racist remarks on a pre-season tour. (Daily Record) FUNNIES Chelsea's new signing Khalid Boulahrouz has explained how he got his nickname 'The Cannibal'. "I don't let my opponent get into the game for a second. I destroy him and eat him raw." Goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann celebrated Reading's opening-day Premiership victory over Middlesbrough by ordering Chinese and Indian takeaways as well as fish and chips. (The Sun) Celtic midfielder Neil Lennon was advised by then-boss Martin O'Neill to stop dying his hair blonde after repeatedly getting himself into trouble off the field. (Daily record)

Dunno about Robson but I'm pretty certain Souness managed us for more than 23 games. He managed us for all bar 4 of the games in the 2004-05 season (34) and then just over half of last season...

Hair took this all out of context. If he had an inkling something was amiss, he should have had a quiet word with the captain and told him the ensure it was put to an end. The very fact that no individual player has been implicated by the officials tends to suggest that Hair presumed that tampering was going on rather than having conclusive evidence - dangerous ground tbh. If he can't prove it, the Pakistani captain should sue his arse for deformation of character. That being said, he's been a complete tit for not continuing the match. For one they were winning FFS and has, as a result, ended up with a secondary charge for which he undoubtedly be found guilty and be banned for. I firmly believe that there isn't enough evidence to prove the primary charge of ball tampering and if there was, we'd have seen it on TV replays by now...

Could be right, running with the ball is his strength, its up to him really if he wants to try it. 182316[/snapback] Out of interest Leazes, are your old photos of SJP (this avatar and the one on N-O) personal ones or ones you've found on the web?

Last seen heading into his flat with a head-dress on!

Not daft at all marra - I'm gonna see how things go and seek help if needed. Think it was a given that I was going to have recollections last night...

You can always dip your hands in you pockets to prevent it ever happening if you like Rob!

from teamtalk....

Talking of the Talksport loons, have you ever heard Gab Marcotti rave about Obafemi Martins ? Its practically a jizz-fest. 182251[/snapback] Doesn't he do that about all those who play in Italy?? No doubt another plug for his book!

I think they are just following their legal obligation to disclose the quantity/value of the shares. 182244[/snapback] What I was trying to say, albeit very craply!

Correct, doesn't mean it has to happen, but they would have to make a reasonable offer. I think all we know for sure now is that Belgravia have made an offer for at least 1% on behalf of...someone, possibly themselves, but can reasonably assume it's a proper takeover attempt. :blush: 182237[/snapback] Fact of the matter is, the richer the client, the better the cut Belgravia will take from it. They're moving pretty damned quickly for it to be small pickings IMO.

I may be wrong but I think that's the club officially confirming that the shares are available for purchase (i.e. they're welcoming the approach).

Announcements to the London Stock Exchange today:

Link?

This appears to be moving very quickly.... That said, Abramovich took over Chelsea almost over-night, didn't he?

Think that's a lot to do with it actually... Northumbria is very well acclaimed for 'arts' subjects IIRC. Didn't that tit who used to do the Clothes Show (someone Banks?) study there?

As does JJ's IIRC....

It's a big building with lots of students but that's not important right now.....

dressed as a clown? 182042[/snapback] Aye, that's the one. Not sure if it was fancy dress or not tbh. 182044[/snapback] On his way to a foam party to meet Craig tbh. Of the two Gol was the better dressed. 182047[/snapback] Fuck right off - he was in drag, not dressed as a clown! 182048[/snapback] Yeah, great job of defending me there Craig, cheers. 182050[/snapback] I'm trying to defend my own pitiful dress sense man!