Shorey must not be paying any attention to the amount of playing time Sidwell is getting at Chelsea. Now that Bollocks is back from injury, Sidwell's moved even further down the pecking order. How many matches would Shorey get at ManUre with Evre is such good form? Like a large proportion of us, he...

The 17 Bus Don't think Watford had many last season.

Don't think they beat Liverpool either !!

purleyroyal With Hunt's kick neither criticism could be levelled at us.
I presume that's not naivity on our behalf.
(NB that's not a mis-spelling of nativity - that comes later this month )

Why would you want to mis-spell nativity ?

fool Beautiful Seventeen, never fought the number could look so good, in the table
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/default.stm

Why fight a number - better to have thought about one.

LOL @ predicting a home win. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/laughing001.gif Gunnarsson will be 'bossing' the home midfield, incase anyone has forgotten. 3-0 away win and roll on January so we can spend the 1.5 millon Madejski has saved up for player purchases Good prediction !! 8)

quote="Scarface"]All I say on this, is bearing in mind the upcoming transfer window and relegation battle, as a fan I want to be sure the manager is 100% committed and I'm not.[/quote]

Why aren't you 100% committed ?

Sell on clauses are generally valid until the player is sold on. I believe most sell-on clauses are valid for the length of the players contract. Since I can't believe we gave NS a 7 year contract, then the original one must've expired. On that basis I'm not sure why Orient would get anything at all.

LUX I agree, but it was Division 4, Gordon.

Actually, most of Friday's performances were in the old Division 3.

OK, not much of a step up from Division 4, but once a pedant, always a pedant.

cmonurz I wouldn't say no to Nicky Butt either.

That story's only to keep the number of Nicky's up to quota when Shorey goes for his latest medical at West Ham.

I hope that never happens. Would ruin the point of football for me What is the point of football in this context ? Maybe we should go back to our roots and only play genuine amateurs, make them wear caps and play with tape for a crossbar. When I started watching there was at least a chance of local...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/7087524.stm It is the second major injury problem Rooney has suffered this season after a lengthy spell on the sidelines with a broken foot, sustained on the opening day of the campaign against Fulham at Old Trafford Be fair, they're only one...

Have I just woken up from a three month sleep - I thought the ridiculous rumours section was commenced until Boxing Day.

No wait, that was wishful thinking.

Kes I have slept with Annie Bassett.

Sorry, I could have sworn this was asking for a 'claim to fame' not confessions of a blind, deaf mute with no sense of smell.

Todays snippet

"Reading FC
Chairman John Madejski is considering an increased offer from LA Galaxy owner and American billionaire Philip Anschutz"

Beckham on loan anyone ?

Top Flight

Barry the bird boggler

Katie Marsden Sunderland are bigger and more ambitious though

Bigger yes but not necessarily more ambitious

The amount of money that they are investing suggests that they are more ambitious.

I think it means they are more desperate

The worrying thing for McLaren is that none of the contenders for LB look ideal. He's either going to have to go with someone inexperienced, out of form or out of position. I would hardly call Gareth Barry or Phil Neville inexpereinced. Nor would (or did) I. In which case, bith have played Left bac...

Although arrogance is almost a pre-requisite of top sportsmen these days there are measures that are acceptable and that is usually in direct relationship to the measure of talent. At present Lita has got the balance of Arrogance to Talent completely fcuked up and certainly won't get a look in for ...

As has been said so many times already, Halls's performance does not matter, the fact he got picked over Henry does, because of the message that sends out. The only reason Halls is a Reading player is because no one else will pay him what he gets for being a Prem squad player, even at Reading. I do...

Ignoring the arguments about the sex, if Leroy is sued, loses and maybe even gets a custodial sentence based on his 'previous'. How many of you wuld still have the 'It doesn't matter' stance as we pay his wages. Sorry - not been keeping up !! And, er..... you can't get canned as a result of a civil...

i think it depends quite how badly the lad bombs at chelsea not many teams are going to want a one season wonder, who is woefully short on matches and confidence in the past many players with performance record in the prem similar to sids have been shunted back to the championship not saying he won...