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Deluded tbh.

Like it. Ticks the 'Never let Ramage play right-back ever again' box.

Hope the weather's good.

Oh. Well in that case..

building confidence, playing good as a team, using a winning system. So you would be happy if we lost every pre season game I wouldn't give a shit tbh, as long as the results started rolling in when it matters. Full quote: "We want to build the players up right from a fitness point of view so that we don't get any injuries. " "We'll keep building up their all-round ability and we will monitor each individual from day one. We won't even be training as a group, it will be individual programmes or small groups. "Then we will start focusing on the team shape and how we want them to play." "I'm really happy if we lose every single pre-season friendly . I've done that virtually every year at Bolton, certainly last year we hardly scored a goal and didn't win a game, but we ended up with 20 points from the first ten matches in the Premiership. "The fans have not got to get too worked up if we lose every pre-season game. It won't be a worry for me and it won't be a worry for the players. "It's just about us doing the right things and getting ready for the most important thing, which is the whistle blowing on August 11 and winning that first Premiership game, not some meaningless pre-season friendlies." "We are trying to move our recruitment of players and staff along as quickly as we can, but we are also looking to tie off our pre-season plans as well "We want to make sure we've got the right games at the right time. We're very disappointed to lose the Ajax tournament. "It would have been a great tournament to be in for pre-season, but we have to focus on getting the right fixtures in place so that we deliver strength, conditioning and tactical scenarios throughout that. "While it's a massive football club, its achievement has been minimal over the last few years. "I'm here to try to change that and we are going to try to get as many things as we can in place for the start of what will be a very important first season for me."

Anyone forcing anyone to go to the friendlies? What's more important in pre-season, winning or conditioning? WHAT?

We may not have a left-midfield position to fill in the first place.

There are no right backs in the world. ANYWHERE.

Say what you see..

Suppose complaceny as well. I fully expected the takeover to go through rather quickly. No David Dein then?

At this rate Ramage and Pattison won't get a game next season! Oh the absolute joy of it all!

Baines, Ben Haim and that Rozenhal fella would probably give me a stiffy, even with the czech fella being a bit of an unknown quantity.

I'm not sure whether we'll be playing 433, whether either one (or both) of Owen and Martins will stay, whether Duff and Dyer's will have roles in central midfield and think Butt will be prominent next season, possibly as captain. Also what happened to Baines? But I digress, the Viduka signing is a good one, and especially so on a free.

Er, no reason.

Is it still half-term?

shock horror huh Err, yeah.

Duff against West Ham away was a decent goal.

So the 9mil release clause exists then...

Would we play 433 then? I sort of lost track what Bolton have been playing over the last year or so. Did they have Diouf and Anelka just wide and behind of Kevin Davies? Can Martins and Owen play in that setup? Dyer is more likely to be able to adjust to that tactic. Will he back to 442 instead? Can Owen and Martins even play together 442 in the first place? Will Emre finally fuck off? Will Shola? Will Owen stay to play in a 'hoof it at 'em' team? Will anyone care if we get £14+ mil for him? Will we hire a scout to be mates with our only scout? What will happen to Geordie Boy Clark under new management? Find out, in the next episode of How To Fuck You In The Bum staring Freeeeeeeeeeeeeedy Shepherd!!!1! I'd certainly take Nolan over any of our central midfielders. I suppose that'd be one of the positives of Allardyce, he won't be afraid to get rid of the shit we have in the back four (and everywhere else really). I guess the summer should at least be interesting now with transfers going on...

Pedersen should have scored and why is Owen playing almost in central midfield?

Finally managed to get a stream - there's a TvAnts link on Rojadirecta.com, but it doesn't work with WMP 11. Had to rollback and everything. . .

So someone got a stream for this or what? FSI seem to be a bit shit today..

Give me that 44 seconds back RIGHT NOW.

I fully support that notion and am fully behind Chelsea for the title. Think I'd sacrifice 3 points here if it meant that ManUtd ended up with fuck all this year.