Leo No.8

Think he just means he'll start thinking about playing for Liverpool again, thats the way I read it. No doubt he's our player...

Absolutely - they looked certain for the drop before he arrived, I saw them a few times and they looked terrible. He's behind everything good they are doing, and some of the fantastic results they have been getting; no-one who saw the Sociedad of a month or so ago could have seen them beating Villareal 2-0 away, drawing at the Bernebau and being in a position of relative safety (12th) with 4 games left. It's hard not to say it's mostly down to our Speedy - which is good news for us! We bought him as potential, but he's already fulfilling that potential in a league which is as good as ours, some might say slightly better, before he's arrived. I wonder what he'd be worth now had we not already signed him...

Saw Gonzales' latest goal earlier - bit jammy, deflected free-kick, but thats 5 in 8 games now, and he's leading Sociedad towards safety. Before he arrived Sociedad looked dire, but he really has been sensational from the number of times I've seen him; beating Villareal, drawing with Madrid etc, and he's been the key man each time. Very, very excited by this lad's impending arrival...

Funny though how people see it differently like you said; I'd have Giuly as more of a forward who can move out wide when necessary. Practically every time I've seen him for Monaco or Barca he's been playing just off the front man, either Eto'o or Morientes...

Yes he is - apart from being feeble, inconsistant and too old he's clearly brilliant...

He offers very, very similar attributes to Garcia; Giuly is a talented player, but I'd rather keep Luis and bring in a different type of forward this summer. We need a goalscorer and some pace up front.

The Dude is great. 3-0 up against West Ham with 10 minutes left, Rafa should bring him on up front so we can say goodbye...

Mourinho is just making a fool of himself now. He's alright when he wins, so because they lose so rarely it's taken a while to realise what a complete c*nt he is, but I think its becoming fairly clear now...

Personally there's no way I would've taken off Crouch for Cisse at the time. We're under pressure - one works his a*** off and can hold the ball up well, the other gives it away almost every time he touches it and doesn't like tracking back. Rafa got everything right on Saturday, the man is a genius - but I didn't agree with that one myself.

Alonso and Garcia are almost completely two-footed, in that they can hit a 40 yard pass or take a difficult chance equally comfortably with either foot. Finnan is also totally happy with the ball on his left foot. Everyone else except Riise can use their other foot reasonably well when they have to, but for me those 3 are significantly ahead of the rest.

I just don't understand why he doesn't grasp the idea of running across the pitch to close down the opposition when his team is under pressure. Surely it has been explained this is what he's supposed to do; should it need explaining? For top-class forwards all over the world its just part of their job. I'm starting to think it's not that he doesn't get it, but he just f*cking can't be arsed. Either way he's got to go in the summer...

I've considered Joaquin a great deal, and decided he is the right-sided Harry Kewell. Bigger physically than your average winger, and stronger. Quick but not lightning, more likely to beat players with fleet of foot. Inconsistent with his delivery although quality at times, and doesn't score quite enough goals. On his day a world beater, but in and out of the game at times. Bit of a nancy-boy which frustrates the crowd at times (but then again he's a winger isn't he). If people would like a Kewell on both wings, he's your man. I would personally, but it all depends on the price - wouldn't pay more than about the £10m mark myself...

Shows how highly this lad was thought of by our people then. They got an U-21 International plus potentially £1.5m and a 25% sell-on clause... But of course in the grand scheme of things its not a huge outlay to us - even if he fulfils his promise it'll be peanuts, wheras to Hull, it'd obviously be a significant amount of money and they've got a player well suited to their level in Welsh. Good deal all round I'd say...

Good!

If they put number 58 on it, I hope the f*cking thing breaks down. That would be classless and in bad taste, and it sounds like the banner would be pretty unfunny as well. The bus with the trophies might be quite amusing, but the rest makes them sound like a shower of nobheads...

This comes up a lot mate, even people like Fowler have had 'he told The Sun' after their quotes. He won't have been speaking exclusively to that rag. They give comments to the general press, and if a writer from The S*n happens to be there, he attributes the quotes as having been directly to them...

Henry Gerrard Ronaldinho Nesta Kaka Terry Ballack Its easy this being a senior Madrid official isn't it? And I'd be even cheaper than Valdano (perish the thought). Now, which ones will actually come to us - oh...er, well we might get Ballack...

Some great quotes on the BBC from Floro, their football director. "I've recommended as priority signings a powerful central striker like Adriano and a top midfielder in case Zinedine Zidane leaves." Ha ha, they really are brilliant Madrid. Since they've actually stopped being good, their arrogance has gone from annoying to hilarious. I mean their 'football director' has obviously given this a lot of thought before making his recommendations - you can tell why he's probably being paid a vast salary to do what he does. I mean of course it goes without saying that there's no need for any defenders, everything in that department is hunky-dory. Mejia, Bravo and the rest of the comedy act back there are sure to bring success next season. No, what they need is a striker who has been out of form this season and would be ridiculously over-priced (after all they need another over-priced, under-performing striker desperately), and Gerrard - I mean how did he think of Gerrard? That must have taken quite a lot of thought to come up with his name. I'm actually laughing at my desk in work here, I used to hate Madrid, but now I think they're brilliant!

You're in trouble now John - Elisha will tell on you to Stevie...

To be honest, who gives a f*ck whether Madrid want him or not. I'm amazed this actually bothers anyone. I'm not surprised they want Gerrard - in fact they probably want a lot of players. Their current squad is ready to fall apart at the seams with all their ageing, disinterested Galacticos and second rate defenders. They need to spend heavily and wisely this summer IMO, just to stay in the top three domestically. Due to a mixture of arrogance, mis-management and poor decisions in the transfer market Real Madrid are a complete shambles at the moment, and there's no way in the world Gerrard would want to go there. I actually think its quite funny the way they are still drawing up their little lists, despite the fact that they are crap and in huge debt. Maybe they should put Del Bosque on their list - after the shameful way they treated their last decent manager. Lets' all laugh at Real, lets all laugh at Real, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la...

His delivery has improved - that cross for Morientes towards the end at Blackburn was absolutely fantastic. Moro sticks that away (as he should have) and everyone would be raving about Kewell's ball in to him.

I'd be surprised myself...

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It f*cking amazes me the way its one rule for one, and completely different rules for another. Kewell has been dogged by injury, which has taken the edge off the player he 'used to be'. If you're waiting for the 20 year old Kewell to show up, my advice would be don't hold your breath. You've got about as much chance of seeing the Kewell 'that used to be' as you have of seeing the Fowler 'that used to be' before his serious injuries. He's lost a yard of pace (to suggest he isn't still fairly quick is ridiculous though), simple as that. Despite that unavoidable fact, Kewell has improved significantly this season from last, has gained some confidence back and been involved with a lot of our best attacking play. No, he isn't as quick as he used to be, but he's stronger and tough to knock off the ball, which means he can make those slaloming runs and cause problems for defenders. His quality is still there, and although he's not as consistant a goalscorer as he should be, the lad is working hard for the team and doing well. Just because he's got a ponytail, some people think different rules apply to Kewell. I mean who he f*ck genuinely believed he went off injured in the Champions League final on purpose? That has to be one of the most moronic things I've ever heard. Mike I'm with you - he's f*cking boss...

Although he eventually flopped in England, Kezman had an equally impressive scoring ratio in Holland and was held in similar regard to Kuyt, yet only went for £6.5m. I reckon £8.5m would be about right for a top player from the Dutch league. Only RVN would break that mould, but United are easily ripped off...