Tricky

Read a report from Reuters that our bid was way off the mark. Don't believe we are going to be moving to Battersea. Bloody shame, as much as I'll miss the bridge this was a perfect site for us, can't think off many others in west London.

Apparently played in Lilles last hundred league games... Despite being the most fouled player in Europe. Sounds like he can ride a challenge, which is something he is going to need in the PL.

Oh the irony.... "We are ruining the game with our over paid wages" "6th to top is a long way to go" "nasri is better" They win a league title on goal difference having spent $1 billion dollars with guy earning +£200k, anyone would think they are Batcelona!

Lol CRASH!!! How does one make a donation? Oh and welcome Hazard, the futures bright the futures blue!!!

Phew, your right... Sorry!!

Apparently City have announced a press conference for 5pm!! ???

Well played sir...

Jesus even Saha is back tracking on earlier statements, guess I jizzed in the office toilet to early!! ?

Lol I like this kid. Who out there wouldn't love to watch the British media go crazy every time you talk? I'd love to wind up the douche bags!! Either way it nice I see the PL attracting top players. Screw you Barca/Madrid.

Valencia? Lenon? To be honest the game has changed now, not many play 4-4-2 so the traditional hug the touch line, hit the byline and cross winger is a thing of the past. Robben for instances was not a traditional winger for us. I believe hulk would be a good addition. He is quick, can beat his marker, score goals and cross. And more importantly he has the physical side of his game which would suit the PL. Would prefer Hazard, but he is a wonderful fall back to have! ?

No your young and arrogant, but you still have time to learn that your not an oracle. I'll choose highly paid scouting staff over your opinion 99.9% of the time.

I believe that we have bid, don't believe we are going to sell, certainly not for less than £20 million.

You seem to be an expert on just about everything.

He has a contract, with a year left to run. Heard a quote recently that he intends to see it out. Probably because he won't earn that kinda money anywhere else.

Thoughts? Seems to be a class act, big strong can play in defence as well as midfield, perfect holding player. Could certainly do a job for us and offers more than Mikel, whilst providing cover at center half.

Thoughts? Seems to be a class act, big strong can play in defence as well as midfield, perfect holding player. Could certainly do a job for us and offers more than Mikel, whilst proving cover at center half.

We are not going to spend 80-100 million on two players. We are not about to drop Ramires from our starting eleven. We are not about to add another 300k a week to our wage bill. Should all be realistic. We are looking to sign a world class winger (finally). We have Marin, KDB, Ramires and possible a new signing on the flanks with three strikers. Sounds good to me. Sign full back and possible a CM and we are good to go.

The debt is in the form of loans to Roman. If he sells the club he would either have to sell it with the loans or wipe them off the balance sheet. Technically he could call in the loan when ever he wants. But doing so would destroy an incredible valuable asset (we must be worth £600-800 million). Long story short is he is going nowhere, he doesn't need the money, he enjoys football, he probably loves the club (given how often he manages to attend).

Roman has for all intensive purposes loaned us the money, probably an elaborate tax avoidance scheme. ?

I agree we need to provide the youth with a chance off first team football. We do need a big name wide player though, with real out and out pace.

Dibt bet against it, of you want to play nice attacking football your first have to prevent the opposition from playing. You do this by pressing higher up the pitch and as a team (aka Barcelona an Chelseas under JM). If we defend deep like we have been it means our midfield drops deeper or the gap between them and our defence gets exploited. And we end up counter attacking or launching long balls. Pace at the back is not essential (though it helps), what's important is that you press as a team. Hence my comments about moral; it has a negative effect on team work.

And Barca cb are lightening? Playing a high line means closing the space between midfield and defence compressing play (like JM employed, with practically the same players) from the midfield and preventing opponents from finding space. We played this way for three years under JM. Difference this time around was that we never had the same personal. Maka, Essien and Lampard were an awesome combination. Ps - your example has nothing to do with team morale. My point was that changing a system requires player buy in, often achieved by player harmony / morale. Telling them your flogging them at the end I the yer then asking them to do something different isn't great man management.

Don't see anything wrong with playing with a high line, problem was AVB lost / destroyed player moral. And if the team don't want to play for you you have a problem. We use to press the ball all over the pitch under JM; difference between us and Barca was that once we one position we were very direct. Believe the philosophy was that this transition period between winning and losing the ball was vital. You could exploit this gap to create chances. Let's not forget defence starts from the front, you can't have players going "wild" and expect to keep clean sheets at the other end. It's a team game.

Despite there debt burden they managed to post a £12 million profit this year. It's a manageable debt, but one which was forced on them. But floating on the stock market provided them with much of the capital to grow in the early 90s. I believe they are currently intending to float on an Asian stock exchange. Wouldn't be surprised if some of that money was used to reduce the debt.

He isn't slow, he is not quick but JT he is not. Besides his ability to provide assists (specifically crosses) is why he was signed.