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50 Cent scored nine times with Butt scoring twice and Mendieta handing him the no. 99 shirt he wore in 1982's Champions League final between a Falklands XI and Argentina.

Butt scores twice

The most over-rated striker in the world ever? Oh good. 171093[/snapback] Agreed, I hope to fuck we aren't looking to sign that loon. 171095[/snapback] I agree in principle, but we're fucking desperate.

Carr being shit doesn't help. And you know you're fucked when you bring off your only left-back and replace him with Peter Ramage.

Bramble at his best...

Same here, hopefully we will put in a good performance and hopefully Luque will score - at best, it will mean he's found a bit of form and at worst, one or two Spanish clubs may become interested.

Will His Lordship go into sulk-mode if we go ahead and buy Kuyt?

I've sat in the home end at Highbury and there wasn't a problem. The fact that we didn't score and lost may have had something to do with it...

What happened to Anelka? I'd take him.

To be fair to the lad, I've never heard of him.

So's Graeme Souness, mate. Now stop telling me about your coaching qualifications before I wet myself. 168974[/snapback] And so has Mick Wadsworth - best judge of a player ever, after Souness.

Lazy journalist rumour, not going to happen.

So am I. Roeder has made it clear what he is looking for in a striker (not too old, Premiership experience, "on the way up", capable of succeeding Shearer, with a point to prove) and let's face it, there aren't too many of those around. At this rate we'll end up paying £20m for Ronaldo (the fat one) on deadline day...

I like the way he suggests that the likes of Kuyt and Klose aren't really good enough for us because they've never played in the Premiership - the be all and end all of football. By the way, one player we haven't been linked with is Forlan - I guess that will change if he scores against us on Saturday.

What I don't understand is why we're not interested in Bridge. Babayaro is decidedly average and injury prone (Ramage as cover? ) and it's not often that a player of Bridge's calibre becomes available for £1m, £2m. We'd have a very realistic chance of getting him as well. We haven't had a genuinely good full-back in donkeys years.

The annoying thing about this transfer is that it gives our biggest current rivals almost £20m to spend. I'd rather he'd stayed at Spurs, he's not that good.

Bridge for £2m would be fantastic. Sounds like there's a realistic chance of it happening too.

We don't want Kuyt, he's foreign.

I'll be gutted if Spurs get Duff.

Hopefully we will sign a striker before the return tie - even if he isn't match-fit and doesn't play, it will give everyone a boost.

Villareal lost 1-2 at home to Maribor - puts our result into perspective.

We're not interested in fat cat foreigners, all we want is honest, hard-working Premiership journeymen, sorry, players.

It's not that bad a line-up. It's our first-choice midfield and defence, and Ameobi has a good record in Europe. I'm optimistic Luque will do okay as well. Not good enough for the league, but should be more than enough for tomorrow.