gjohnson

Will Hughes is one of those players who is generally average but always turns it on when playing against us....there's a fair few over the years Ryan Taylor springs to mind instantly

I guess they may well give a damn as by every report going were effectively skint without breaking the rules

They're not panicking....they're spitting the dummy out because they've been told 'no' for once and hadn't planned for it. Now they'll try every slimy loop hole to get what they're after. Hopefully our lawyers are better as that's the only way this is going to end. It won't be amicable, and no-one will be happy with the outcome. Therefore i can see us ending up with man u paying what we paid Brighton for him, but him having to sit out his contract with us. We're not happy as having to pay someone for doing nowt and having to find a replacement ManU not happy as paying for someone who can't do anything for 18 months DA himself not happy at being totally out of the loop on GL 'Football people' being pr***s means there's no winners here

No

No longer care. Just want to make it as difficult as humanly possible for Ratcliffe and ManU. They will be big Jim's main interest if what I've heard of ineos is true

Stranger things have happened Only see 6-9 though as can see us dropping points in games we should realistically win....ie Burnley and Sheff Utd.

Forest will get no-where beyond being fined. If it was one of the dodgy 6 there'd be a rule change before you can say 'lost revenue'

Reckon Labour would be more likely to give it in order to 'show interest and investment in the North'

There no way Gateshead couldn't have been aware of the requirements at the first whiff of being promoted.

We do have a pretty poor record of uptrading ( ie getting rid of someone and bringing in a better replacement) mainly due to hanging on to players for too long before any value can be gotten (Ritchie and dummett are prime examples). We could have gotten a fair wedge for Longstaff when he first came through based on the hype, but we slapped the 'not for sale' sign on him and he hasn't progressed as well as expected, so now we have a player low on confidence, in such poor form that no-one will be looking to spend on and will probably be here in 10 years time as a 'dressing room leader'

Is he? A year out can be pretty detrimental, and we don't really know how good he is from the few games he actually played. Hopefully it's given him time to settle here and gain an understanding of expectations, but could easily go the other way and he's the next Aquilani.

Give over ...Clarke is worth about 60m and better than Gordon. So I've heard. Must be missing something myself as I don't see his goal output or help being great. Know Neil, and he thinks RTG is hilarious

See City have now actually started to extend the Etihad

Gallagher would be a massive upgrade on Longstaff so should be a no brainer if available for a respectable fee(which won't happen if we're involved)

Where do West Ham get this idea that they are a footballing/attacking/entertainment team? I've heard them go on about the West Ham way, but I don't recall them ever being a particularly good footballing side. Yes they've had decent seasons and results but I recall most of their managers being pretty dull and dour