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http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/595840/Exclusive-Southampton-make-7m-bid-for-Arsenal-and-Man-United-target-Virgil-van-Dijk

Do we even want him? The fact that we don't seem to be actively pursuing anything is the thing that's annoying me.

Barca, Real, Bayern - he could grow to be a key component at any of them. He's that good.

Wyness still has shares in the club.

I was at the Leeds game on Sat with some Leeds fans trying to explain our current predicament with signing players - I really couldn't, I'm confused this summer more than any other. My theory is that we've got better 1st team quality than the likes of Stoke, Swansea, Newcastle, etc. Starting 11, we're on par with Spurs/Liverpoo. To actually improve we've got to be looking at £15m+ players which we clearly can't afford too many of rather than these £5-8m players that teams like Villa and Leicester are picking up. Thing is we could do with some of these £5-8m to bulk a very threadbare squad up as with the injuries we've got currently our first 11 is nowhere near the likes of Spurs. Southampton have proved there is value in this market. I'm just very confused with what's going on currently and fear that this season could very quickly turn into a repeat of last if we don't pick points up in what's a very tricky start. Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. Sadly, I don't think we are prepared for this season.

Not a lot to feel happy about reading this... http://metro.co.uk/2015/08/04/why-roberto-martinezs-everton-could-be-in-real-trouble-this-season-5325856/ Sadly it's so true.

Love this...

Seems he's off to RS on a permenant deal. I've seen E20m banded about on twitter.

Touché... in my defence he did sound like exactly what we needed!!! ...and we did need 2 strikers (Lukaku proved to be one but still haven't got the other!) I'm sure you'll find plenty to vault me on if you look hard enough! I stumbled across Bill's which made me laugh.

Got you! Ha, yeah I remember! Massively confused me then - I need to stop trawling through old threads... if we signed some bloody players then I wouldn't need to!

Genuinely, where have I gone after you? Massively confused!!!

No, Bill's brilliant. It just made me chuckle when looking at that thread!

Of course - TT legend (based on posting ability not his passionate acts of thuggery!)

Just had a little read through the Alcaraz thread... oh Bill!

There's a bit at the end of this article... http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/457248/John-Stones-Chelsea-Everton-Roberto-Martinez-Kortney-Hause-Kalidou-Koubaly-transfer-news Our interest is being reported in all the local west midlands papers too. Very highly rated by Wolves fans and he's stood out for them pre-season. He's big, strong and athletic.

He's brilliant in In Bruge - great film!

Breaking Bad - best series of the lot. Trying to get into Sons of Anarchy but it's not helped by my dislike of Charlie Hunnam. Ray Donovan is very good. A lot if people rave about the Walking Dead but I've not seen it.

I don't mind it actually...

Newcastle offered 16 million euros by Salomon Rondon, while Everton offered 18 million. Zenit expects to sell 20 million. All teams in the Premier League (England), Everton in January 2014 and asked for Salomon Rondon. Does the 2nd bit suggest we made a previous enquiry?

Perfect Pullis player.

I'm a big fan of Gervais. I think the man's a genius - the Office for me is the best series of it's kind and enjoyed other things like Extras, Derek and Idiot Abroad.