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Nowt special that Ive seen of him like

He is saying nothing to suit himself. If he had declared that he wanted to leave, but then nobody came in for him, how do you think he would be treated here? Not very well. However, if he says nothing, whatever happens, he wins. Shay Given wants to leave this season, as does Steven Taylor. Source? Same source that says Owen wants to leave.

He's had so many chances here and failed to deliver each time bar the odd inspired game. Still, Id have him stay until he was replaced though. Im happy enough to see what Sam can get out of him at the moment.

I'm gonna be selling my Gym gear if anyone was interested. Would have to be collection only like (Gateshead). Basically weights, bars, bench (with leg attachment), frame (smith machine type) etc. Id also prob hoy in there my gym (spinning) bike and floor mats. Got my garage set up as a gym at the mo, gathering dust like Might gather some old books and cd's, is that kinda stuff worth putting on ebay? Ive only ever bought off it before, never really sold.

No ta

Nowt really new for us. Heard it on sky earlier about Bellamy as well, quoting around £6M I think.

Liverpool are planning to hijack Juventus' move for Manchester United defender Gabriel Heinze. (Various) And the Reds will wrap up a deal for Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres in "days", despite reports Manchester City tabled a bigger bid. (Times) Thaksin Shinawatra's takeover of City is in the balance. (Various) Carlos Tevez will make a decision on his future after the Copa America. Four Premiership clubs are interested. (Independent) Manchester United are leading the race to sign the Argentine. (Star) Although Sir Alex Ferguson does not actually want to sign Tevez, Michael Owen or Jermain Defoe. (Mail) And Sir Alex will have to sell before he can spend on any more new players. (Mail) Manchester United are the club that are set to beat Rangers to the signature of Bordeaux's Julien Fabuert. (Star) Or maybe not. West Ham have offered £6m for the wantaway winger. (Express) The Hammers could make a move for Tottenham striker Mido. (Telegraph) Fellow Spurs striker Jermain Defoe features prominently on Aston Villa's list of summer targets. (Express) But Defoe does not want to move to Villa or West Ham, while Liverpool and Chelsea, as well as Manchester United, do not want him. (Times) Who does that leave? Sunderland, who put in an £8m bid for Defoe. (Express) And Portsmouth are also interested in the diminutive striker. (Various) Pompey are in the market for a striker as Bulgarian Svetoslav Todorov has turned down a new contract. (Various) Villa are also still leading the chase for West Ham midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker, although Manchester City hope to hijack that move. (Telegraph) And Villa boss Martin O'Neill will splash some of his £30m transfer kitty - £10m to be precise - on Chelsea midfielder Shaun Wright-Phillips. (Mirror) Although Tottenham boss Martin Jol believes he will win the race to sign Wright-Phillips - if one develops - and he also wants fellow Chelsea player Lassana Diarra. (Sun) Another midfielder heading for the exit at Stamford Bridge looks to be Geremi. Aston Villa - yup, them again - are vying with Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Everton and Sunderland for the Cameroonian. (Mail) And then there's Frank Lampard. Jose Mourinho has warned that Chelsea have to sort out the England international's future before other clubs tempt him to leave. (Sun) And Blues striker Didier Drogba has revealed he is weighing up offers from other clubs and will make a decision on his future next week. (Sun) One player not leaving west London this summer is Arjen Robben. (Various) And Kevin Nolan will not be leaving Bolton - news that will come as a blow to reported suitors West Ham. (Various) Fulham want to make a £2.5m bid for Blackburn striker Jason Roberts, who has snubbed an approach from Charlton. Everton are also interested. (Sun) Blackburn midfielder Robbie Savage has turned down a move to Wigan. (Various) And Rovers and Celtic are battling it out for Holland striker Maceo Rigters. (Daily Mail) Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez will have to drop his £12m asking price for Craig Bellamy if he wants to offload the Welsh striker. (Star) Mikael Silvestre was not in the team photo as Manchester United unveiled their new kit. (Sun) Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce has earmarked Barcelona's Eidur Gudjohnsen as a potential target. (Various) Reports in Italy suggest Barcelona's Brazilian star Ronaldinho could be on his way to AC Milan. He is currently filming an ad in Milan. (Guardian) Rangers are preparing a third offer for Kilmarnock striker Steven Naismith. (Mail) Sochaux have rejected a bid from Celtic for midfielder Guiranne N'Daw. (Sun) Borussia Dortmund have told Celtic that striker Alexander Frei is not for sale. (Express) West Brom have moved closer to the signing of Celtic striker Craig Beattie. (Mail) David Marshall's agent says the Celtic goalkeeper will move to Norwich City for £700,000. (Mail) Falkirk are poised to sign Stirling Albion goalkeeper Scott Christie. (Sun) Dundee United will next week give a trial to Gorica striker Jani Sturm. (Mail) Tell us your transfer rumours Back to top OTHER GOSSIP David Beckham could miss LA Galaxy's friendly against Chelsea on 21 July because of the ankle injury he suffered playing for England. (Star) England fans have been offered the chance to buy tickets for a special "singing area" at Wembley. (Sun) Sven-Goran Eriksson will receive the last installment of his £3.56m pay-off from the FA today - a cheque for £6,500. (Sun) John Arne Riise says Liverpool will be branded flops if they do not win the Premiership next season. (Sun) Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has been given the club's famous number 10 shirt for the new season. BBC Sport columnist Owen Hargreaves will sport the number eight formerly worn by Rooney. (Various) Still on shirt numbers, Darren Bent will wear the Tottenham number 23 which has been vacant since Sol Campbell left the club. (Various)

Wonder if this has any connection? * Click *

ack Hmmm.

Perhaps, but every fecker is telling it. I claim first! (so hang my head in shame)....

Now hey, its still not funny no matter how many people post it!

It was shit when I said it as well

The local Muslim cleric is confused as he insists its not yet Ramadam....

Is that the real Mrs Beckham or a shop dummy? Mind, not much difference like...

Blaydon Races with the right lyrics? I wonder if the manager has an input into the tune they run out to? Im still all for keeping local hero etc. In fact, its just the shite premier league tune that does my head in.

Lets just hope we're going the way we all hope.

With the Bolton game being away, I reckon he'd be looking for us to be solid more than having attacking flair. With that in mind and with Viduka not being around, I reckon we might see 4-5-1 with Owen on his own supported by Milner/Dyer on the wings and Emre/Butt/Barton in the centre. If not, then swapping Butt for Martins up front with Owen. If he did go 433, it would be interesting to see us have Owen, Martins and Shola up front with Milner, Barton & Dyer in the centre. Thats just looks too flimsy for me though so I doubt it.

Certainly going to be an interesting season. A few teams have a new structure though how effective each's will be remains to be seen. For us, as things stand, Id like to see us get into the top 8. Last season when we were getting beat, it wasnt just the result but the way we played, the general overall mood. This season coming, Id hope if we got beat, we could see why and know the manager knew what he was doing to improve/head in the right direction. I'd not be so quick to right Arsenal off though. Like all teams, there is still a while before the start of the season and plenty to happen. As much as Id like to see us fighting for 4/5th against maybe Arsenal, Spurs - I think we need a few new faces before we are able to do that, and of course see how Sam has us playing.

My plan yesterday, leave the house and 6AM, get to my meeting around 10:30AM (in Corby), leave it around 2PM and get home around 6PM. What happens? I drive down the A1 and get stuck for two hours north of Grantham due to a puddle across the A1, I get there around 12:30PM. I set of from there at 4PM but decide to avoid the A1 this time by coming up via Leicester and onto the M1 then up through Leeds via .... Sheffield. I got home at 10:30PM ....

1. Hayfever nose still bugging me 2. Nowt on tv and Ive been through my sky+ stuff 3. Decided to practice guitar for a bit 4. Reckon chords C7, Dm7 & F were thought up by freaks with dislocated fingers 5. Have a sore knee (or whatever behind the knee is) from my walk yesterday

Thing is though, its all very well us saying why dont we just get Baines/Bridge etc, but of course that player wants to come here as well and of course it matters who else is in for that player. I would take Riise as I think he would improve what we have. But naturally there are others. I would rather have Bridge for example to name one. Should we be turning our nsoe up at Riise? No. But if we had the option of someone better first, then of course. Still, on the OP, would we take Bellamy and Riise for Owen? I'd say no. Bellamy isnt the goalscorer he likes to think he is. Id rather keep Owen and buy a decent LB.

Hmmm, Riise or Babayaro/anynumberofoutofpositionplayers-abix ... tough one like aye

Exactly