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if you have a problem with people speculating on deals then your in the wrong section of the forum mate!

investing in potential, as we should be! with our new facilities we should be attracting potential from all over the world soon

in a word ian, no! we cant afford this lad at that price. a club like ours cant afford to spend £12m on potential, ok hes a good player now, but not£12m good. if we were to spend £12m its got to be on the finished article

i dont think we need investment, but we do need a more "suitable" owner. and also, we have got a good reputation for our academy. but look at our first team, we bought most of it! we do need to rely on buying players to improve in the short term

i would be over the moon if this came off, downing is a quality winger. the price is so high coz hes english, hes an international, he has a good contract at boro, and they dont need the money.

if moyes wants to use naysmith as a makeweight in a deal, use him to bring in baines. i dont know, maybe 1-2m and naysmith would convince wigan, they get a replacement and we get a damn good full back

we would get rolled over, they may be able to attack, but none of these can defend

give it up now mate, its really not worth it! and it fuckin stinks!

that is my favorite rumour in the history of football!

the guy who sits behind me smokes the whole game, and one time about 3seasons ago he dropped his sig, straight through my new shirt, into my ass crack! to make it worse he went and got it back himself!

i know what you mean mate, it gets more frustrating when you see that atmosphere we create at away games.

there was talk he was the highest paid player at the club, apparently on near £60k a week

never rated hughes myself. if he was good enough a bigger club would have been interested moyes wasnt around when barton and jags were released mate!

wayne rooney - obvious class, the best player we've had in my generation (IMO) dixie - doesnt need words alan ball - again, no words needed howard kendall - to keep bally company in the middle of the park colin harvey - well two out of three just wont do, get ya boots colin

its hard work this pre-season voting stuff! DM done (thou my honest side tells me coppell)

think thats a little unfair mate. young players have got their chance, the ones that havent, who have been sold, i cant think of any who has made the grade back up to prem level

im 100% sure we have people who want to buy everton, but our lovable BK wont sell up, investers dont want him on the scene. he doesnt actually bring anythin to the club, he is not a businessman, or even a man of extraordinary wealth, he is just a fan.

i like the imagination, but we'd get run over defensively! no way moyes would go for him and manny, but id blow my load if we got riquelme

before manny came on loan did anyone really think much about us NEEDING a central midfielder? we have cars (a year left in him yet) neville (i regard him highly, even if im on my own) cahill (one of the best midfielders in the league imo) osman (decent squad player) and lets not forget, arteta was brought in as a central midfielder. its out wide we have the problems. we need more balance, we dont have one left footed midfield player in contension for a starting place lets take a look at our left back slot, we have nuno (very capable player, when he can stay fit, and getting on a bit) naysmith (a squad player at best) paddy boyle (highly regarded at the club as an up and coming player, but just missed a big part of his development with back injuries) we need a left back who can stick around for 5 or so years

imo we do the hoofing up the park when under pressure, when we arent under pressure we normally play a simple ball, usually trying to find micky! but im more than happy with this, a couple of years ago when yobo was trying to "play football" we were all thinking why the fuck didnt he just hoof the ball up the park. i thought we were a good footballing side last season

i think he went to city when we released him. and on this contract thing, im with mark and liam, they either rip up his contract and fire him for gross mis-contuct, or they sell the asset and abide by their own contract and pay his selling on fee

id be happy to see Hibbo line up at RB when the new season kicks off, and ill be just as happy if Neville is in our midfield, i believe we have more important parts of the team to be strengthend, like a left back and a left footed winger imo

i wouldnt say hes completely unproven. not played in the prem, but consistently performs well in the CL and internationally is good enough for me, esp on a free!

60k a week, there is our problem

quick, someone get mac a cork screw!