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Oh yeah. But, I would also assume he's wayyyy out of our price range.

Again with the little veiled digs!

Avin, how you resisted informing him that he could eat a bag of dicks, I have no clue. Kudos to you for being somewhat level-headed on the internet of all places.

Haven't seen enough to know. But, from what I have seen, he looks comfortable on the ball and passes well on the carpet and through the air. Looks like he could hit the weight room a bit though. Maybe Distin could give him some lifting advice?

eurosportmoves @eurosportmoves Our German office report that Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg are both interested in signing Everton defender Johnny Heitinga.

Basically a tie between Baines, Oviedo, Osman, Felli, Coleman, and Vic for me. Not a bad dilemma to have. Went with Osman in the end.

aaaannnd it's back!

I like this bit: Can we just take him for free in the Summer? Schalke won their group in Champions League, right? I suppose keeping him there for a few more months might be more important than cashing in on him right now.

Huzzah!

That was redundant. It's 8:36 here, and I've yet to have my coffee.

Went with Baines yesterday, but I do need to point out how awesome Howard was yesterday, as well.

I can get behind that.

Heits almost gave away a 2nd headed goal there.

So shitty. Not sure whose fault that was. I'm going with Heits. Because, well, I like him less.

Frimpong, El Ghanassy, Brunt, Winston Reid, and di Santo would all be worth looking into, IMO. All relatively young, except for Brunt, and could create some good competition in the squad. I don't know the status of El Ghanassy's contract, though I know he is on loan at West Brom.

100%. Making fun of 'Murrica is one of my life's pleasures. There's just some misguided information in there akin to me believing the English are all either sallow-skinned, yellow-teethed dandies or sallow-skinned, yellow-teethed hooligans. Of course I would never insinuate such a thing...

Hey now, shouldn't this go in the "hate Americans" thread?

People from the South would probably punch me for calling them "yanks" or "yankees". Anyhow, they're a different race as far as I'm concerned. The image of the US and the reality of living in the US (especially in cities) are vastly different things. A good 80% of people living in any city in the north or the west (or even most of the south) don't identify with all of the shit Americans catch a bunch of flack for. Bible thumping, gun loving idiots don't exist for me in my daily life, and frankly I just don't understand any of it. You can look to election statistics and see which counties and metropolitan areas voted left or right, and you'll see that where there are larger concentrations of people, there is less insanity. Basically, I see this country's problems due to having too much space. I wish the south had left, after all. As for the world hating Americans, people either hate America as a symbol or because the US has done something retarded like bomb their country for oil money. Usually it's the former. Just like Britain before it, America is a big business venture, and as such is completely fucking inescapable anywhere in the world. If the things it has brought to you have disturbed your way of life, or if one of its big businesses have ruined your local economy by opening sweat shops, you aren't going to like "America," as experienced through the big McDonald's that sticks out like a sore thumb, surrounded by beautiful 500-year-old facades. Is life better here? No. Should people be jealous? Hell no. I haven't been able to go to a dentist or hospital in 7 years, because I haven't had health insurance and the businesses that run the country feel the country should run like a business (and of course, in turn, help their businesses). Basically, I want out. I don't have some pipe dream that things are actually better anywhere else. But, I'd really like to be elsewhere.

Nothing new on this. I just need to vent about how pissed off I'll be if he goes to any other prem side. Moyes should be on the phone with his grandmother, begging her to guilt trip him into being here right now.

Still waiting on the New Year in the US... The lady and I don't get into New Year's any more. It was fun at 18, and I assume it will be fun again when I'm 40 and have a child to get away from. Until then, we will just relax and go out another night when there aren't so many people out that we can't get served.

True. I like the look of him. But, if memory serves correctly, he wasn't too strong on the ball when we started him in the cup game, and he seemed to lose possession a lot, which led to some chances the other way. He does have a good shot on him though, and that tackle he flew into in preseason was pretty awesome. I don't think he's secure enough to play in the league yet though.

This is exciting. Should be a cheap buy, too. And, he's what, 22?

Was just about to post the OS article on this... sucks so bad. Do we find another holding midfielder in the transfer window? Makes me wonder if we will make a move for Vadis on loan now. I know some people are of the opinion that we are fine in the center of midfield, but if Gibson's always hurt, Hitzlsperger is injury prone, and Moyes has taken to playing Felli in an attacking position, then we have only Neville to rely on as a physical presence. And, well, his distribution is, well, you know....

Who do we grab from QPR when they are relegated? Down 0-3 to the Shite already...

Perfect start to the thread. But, Avin, I can't believe you would post about this match without first giving DK the honors of starting the thread.