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Without Henry as well.

I don't for a minute think that PLG believes what he is saying - it sounds more to me as if he is trying to give the defence a boost to confidence. As poor as the defence is just how well do you reckon they would play if the boss comes out and says "you guys are shite and I will be replacing you as soon as I can" ?? I don't think that telling the truth right now is in the team's best interests when it comes to the defence. Hopefully it is, as Pete says, mind games. If it isn't then I will start to doubt PLG too - but right now he is still the man for the job.

It isn't as if Sweden is on the other side of the world.... He can fly them out for long weekends.

You aren't betting against Reading AGAIN are you Gribz ???

dont forget only a draw is required v Partizan though. I would prefer some players rested.

Is only for 3 months though Pete whilst the Swedish season is over. I would think his wife and kids would just stay in Sweden as it is such a short loan spell

Beginning to think you are a Tim I agree, makes no difference to me that he played for THEM - would love to see him do well at Man U !

Your Dad texted you while you were in prelims ? SHOCKING !!! Or are the y all finished now ?

gotta be in it to win it !

yep, it IS a donation

Thanks for the clarification calscot. I agree with your numbers and, if anything, could be on the low side. I am not sure if I want us to significantly change the playing squad in Jan again anyway aside from the obvious need for a centre half. We won't catch Celtic anyway IMO and I still think we are strong enough to finish 2nd with what we have. the UEFA Cup is also very much a pipe dream (call me a pessimist). Jan is usually a poor transfer window with more quality available, for some reason, in August. I won't complain though if PLG brings in some high quality players in Jan - but as long as we strengthen during the next pre-season. If PLG has a full season under his belt he will have a very good knowledge of the Scottish game, what is required, what his squad is like and where it needs strengthened - he will also fully appreciate the expectations from the fans. I always said the 2nd season would be the one to judge PLG and still hold that feeling - I think sometimes that the excellent brand of football that we played in the first few games of the season made people believe that the team had turned the corner overnight - false dawn if you like.... Next season I expect us to be challenging for all the domestic honours and with a decent run in Europe.

good signing for them I think - they dont exactly have a ton of options up front just now !

\ I agree whole-heartedly calscot. However, you have a knack of throwing numbers around, but on what are these numbers based ? They look to me like pure speculation (not a bad thing but should be pointed out). I don't think any of us have any idea just how much there is to spend - we all thought in the summer that there would be a ton of money to spend due to the JJB deal and we STILL don't know if that was the case - it might have been but PLG decided to keep it to find out what his squad was like - but in the same instance it might not have been available - we just don't know. Where does your 4 mill come from ? 1 mill from Ricksen (I would discount the wages because a lot of them will be used for the replacement's wages) but where does the other 3 mill come from ? Not disagreeing, just curious as to where your numbers come from.

why are they shutting it down Pete ? It wasnt as seedy as I expected it to be !

I stand corrected Pete - glad to see you are good for something

We need to avoid defeat to be guaranteed 1st place. If we lose Auxerre still need to beat Livorno by 2 goals to dislodge us from top spot. Which, I think, means that we can't finish the group any worse than 2nd (and therefor getting a UEFA 1st place team as opposed to a CL drop-out team).

Re Craig Gordon I also doubt we have the funds to buy him and besides teams like Arsenal have been sniffing around, no way he will come to us IMO.

Where do you get captain of losing CL finalists stewarty ? Cannavaro - captain of WC winners ZZ - captain of losing WC finalists Ronaldhino - won CL with Barca :confused:

One thing you can be sure of..... If no details are released of the transfer fee then we definitely didn't get what he should be worth. You think DM or Bain would miss out on a chance to say "I am a great businessman and just got rid of this cancer at the club and got x pounds for him - what a great businessman I am" ??

Just got an alert on the desktop where Novo says he would rather sign at Gers for life than leave

Green and grey hoops ? Me either, not even as a joke !

Van den Broeck is a 16 yr old Belgian "wonderkid" - apparently

1 mill for a player that did more damage than good and also didn't want to stay at the club.... great business - thanks DA !!!

He was NEVER offside !!

Agree completely Gribz - I have no idea how ZZ can get into all these shortlists when he had a decent WC but nothing much else - it is player of the YEAR, not player of the WC. Cannavaro deserves it.