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My wife and I have two dogs. Our Olde English Bulldogge is named... Frankie. He may be getting older, but the man is a legend for our club. Super Frank!

Thanks mate. Up to £400,000 per week?!?! Holy f**k that's stupid money. He'd be crazy not to go...

Where did you read/hear that from? Not saying I don't believe you, I just want to see the article. Now that it's January, I'm scouring the net for transfer news all over.

You said that and I thought of Mike Singletary in the NFL... He did something similar with the 49ers. And his team stunk at the time. We don't need anybody like that. We have our manager... AVB.

Maybe Cech fires one down the pitch that JT gets a head to which goes into the back of the net. Cech with the assist? I like the sound of that.

Ramires for me. Rambo is a workhorse, and showed it today. Torres in 2nd place for MotM. He had some great passes to set up some good opportunities.

Wow... Wenger looks really p*ssed off...

Zamora! 2-1!

This is getting out of control. The lads need to get their heads on straight or there will be some reds.

This. Win or lose, the lads need to give it their all as does the manager. A loss can be stomached a lot more if 100% is given during the match. Show people that it's an honour to wear that kit and our patch!

Great pictures Gem! Thanks for everything Nico! Good luck to you in all of your future endeavors. You've been a class act. Thanks for the memories.

Exactly my point. There is very little chance that we hired three below-average managers in a row. So if the managers keep failing, it's more than likely not the manager that's the issue. The issue is elsewhere. That doesn't mean that our managers are exempt from blame. Absolutely not. However, we have bigger issues at hand and those need to be identified and addressed. Replacing the manager isn't going to fix the problems.

My point is that people were calling Scolari inept (which I agree he was), Carlo inept, and now the same things are being said about AVB. I cannot imagine our front office making three major hiring mistakes in a row. AVB has potential and I still believe he'll be able to take us forward. And for the record, I was in the camp to keep Carlo. He's no longer here, and we need to give our new manager time.

Too right dkw.

If Torres were the only problem with the squad at the moment, I'm sure the "fix" would be very easy. We need to form our identity then get the players that fit AVB's system. Until that happens, it's tough to pinpoint only one player as an issue.

It's time that this club stop the managerial merry-go-round. I cannot believe that we hired inept managers in Scolari, Carlo, and now AVB. I'm sorry, I'm not buying it at all. Is AVB a little "green"? Absolutely. We all knew this was going to be a transitional season. Did we think we would struggle like this? I don't say that many of us did. It's happening, and now is when we need stability more than ever. Our manager needs some backing from the front office, and that front office is where I think some of this blame needs to lie. AVB has made mistakes, but none of us know what's going on behind the scenes. For all we know, he's being dictated by the front office. Unlikely, but certainly possible. We've gone through more managers than we should and it's time that it stops. I do think that he needs an experienced assistant manager or director to help him along. I know I would have been ok with a Guus and AVB team if they were able to work together, maybe we need something like that. Either way, if our front office fires AVB now our managerial position becomes a pure joke. I believe that the players already think they hold the power, it's time for us to stand behind our man and show that the inmates don't run the asylum. AVB must stay. The man needs time and support. Whatever happens... KTBFFH!

Brutal. Just brutal. I'm starting to get pessimistic now about our chances of getting in the top 4...

That's good Eggy.

Last I read, he was back "in favour" at RM with Özil on the outside looking in. Who knows how accurate that is though. If it's true and we're paying that type of money, let's go after him instead.

It is not true. My MacBook pro uses an Intel mobo with Sandy Bridge chip and ATi video card. It's a mix like everything else on the market. I upgraded the memory and hard drive with 3rd party manufacturers parts and have had no issues. Undertow said it best. My wife and I use MacBook Pros as laptops and we have no complaints. I have a Windows desktop that runs Windows 7 with VMware Player and Backtrack 5 (linux based OS). My point is that each OS has strengths and weaknesses for whatever you want to use them for. IMHO, pick what you like, what best fits your needs, and go with that. I will say that Windows 7 is light years better than Vista and even XP. I find my gaming rig to be pretty stable.

I'll drink to that!

I'm confident that the personal terms will get done. We should see Cahill sooner rather than later.

Great news!

You and me both Spiller.

It would make me ill as well, for quite a few reasons. 1. It makes Levy look he was in the right for not selling Modric to us over the summer. 2. It will show that the Spuds are a side that is more attractive for some of the best players in the World to go to. It also gives them more finances to help in trying to buy what they need to strengthen the squad. 3. It forces us into the UCL qualifying round. One would think that we should get through it with no issues but that's still more matches that we have to play. 4. Dealing with 'Arry in the UCL... 5. It's the Spuds.