Optimistic Nut

1978 - Diego Maradona to Sheffield United. 1982 - Ruud Gullit to Ipswich Town 2001 - Ronaldinho to St-Mirren

I remember Louis Saha tearing us apart in one game for Fulham when we lost 3-1 there in the 2001-2 season. He also scored in the draw up here. And Keith Gillespie scored and had a blinder in the 2-2 draw which secured Champions League football that same season. Seem to remember Elliott started but got subbed for Bernard, and he never started another game under Sir Bobby.

"BRING ON THE WALL!"

Totally agree. Best player at the club imo, since Shearer in the 2003-4 season. You get nuggets who have a go at him for the miss at Fulham, and the two before the goal against Wigan, but the fact is, in 2 spells totalling 35-40 minutes of football since coming back from an injury, he's got into positions you're very unlikely to see Martins & Ameobi in, 4 times (including the goal). We'll not be able to replace him, simple as.

This is as pretty low as I've felt as a fan. Probably because I look at Boro today who could go 6th, who man for man aren't better than us. Without wanting to get into the whole "Should KK have walked" crap again, I do think had he stayed, we'd have been up there as well.

Fair enough.

That can't have been a straight red was it?

Sh*te decision according to Merson.

Wigan down to 10.

Thank f*ck for Spurs & Sunderland this season.

You know for a fact Henri Camara will fill his boots now.

With these things seemingly regular visitors to Turkey, you'd have thought that he'd bought himself a much clearer camera by the September sightings, or after the few earlier in the summer, more UFOlogists (is that a word?! ) would have been in the area with better technology to film these.

I've stupidly put us in an accumulator so we've got no chance.

Ironic thing is, they begged for Hoddle to come back, and within about 6 months had turned against him and couldn't get shot of him quick enough. Fairweather fans you might call them...

I bet he regrets that decision...would have probably been another career we f*cked up.

Lua-Lua now playing in Qatar I think deserves a mention as well.

Just been thinking there, and there's one name who should be walking into the number 9 shirt to partner Jeffers that I can't believe hasn't been mentioned yet... Carl Cort. From an England Under-21, £7m striker when we bought him, down to Wolves, Leicester, and last time I heard was playing for Marbella in the third-tier of Spanish football. Can't imagine he'd be far past the 30-year old mark either.

Would love to pinch Cisse from under their noses in the summer. Still think he's a good player.

With or without Keane, they're going to struggle. The key to them is keeping Cisse fit. Anything happens to him, and the likes of Murphy, Waghorn & Diouf are hardly going to get the goals to save them.

It is a fact that Keane is no more than a chequebook manager, and not a good one at that. It is a fact that he's living off that 2-1 win. SAFC.com

I can really see WBA, Sunderland & West Ham being the three to go down. Might stick a cheeky couple of quid on that.

Breaking News. "Setanta Sources: Roy Keane has not travelled with his Sunderland team to Blackburn - Sunderland have refused to make any comment"

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