just let them keep looking back and going on about the past. The fact is we are moving forward and they are not and they dont like it cause they know we will be a lot better team than them next year

Ermm Gareth Barry for 1 will allow ireland the liscence to roam round the midfeild a lot more Santa Cruz is a very good striker which we really missed last year. And before you start to knock him just remeber who your striking options are Yakubu, Saha and Anichebe

Yakubu better than Santa Cruz?? your opinion mate not going to knock that. But he seemed lazy and unfit last year pal think Santa Cruz is better. Barry ill be a veruy good signing and WHEN tevez signs tommorow that will give us a lot of options and at last we will have a bit of firepower which we have always lacked. The defence will look after its self again has it always does would like to pick up Lescott from you (Big loss for you, and a Huge gain for us, strong defender and threat at the set peice) would look for another midfielder (Robben) and then Eto'o then i will be happy for this market

If it did it doesn't auger well for Hughes's managerial skills if he cannot cope with a European run along with the PL campaign.

Didn't going out of the FA and League cups at the first hurdle help your position at all?

To be honest mate if we lost Lescott to you it would be a massive blow, not only a class centre half but as you say he chips in with the goals too plus Jagielka is out until November at the earliest it would be an even bigger blow. Tevez will be a class signing, now if he signs and Eto'o followed then I may be worried and waiting on Moyes' new arrivals. As for Yakubu, he really is a class player, watching week after week he is strong on the ball, does have a little pace too and main thing is he can finish, he is a typical striker wants the ball to his feet in and around the box and he will score. He won't go chasing or running wide but sometimes you need that. As I said Cruz is class and will be a welcome signing.

If we don't, which I can almost guarentee we won't, break the top four I hope you have a good go at it, be nice for someone to give them a real shake up, someone who lasts longer than Villa did

Being honest with you i dont really know which is the bigger blow losing lescott or jagielka cause they are both class. Can we have them both?? Tevez will sign im not sure about eto'o after what i heard today though Yakubu seemed like he went downhill when he signed for Boro at portsmouth he was awesome, but like you said i dont see him week in week out so i cant really comment. You will do well this year you have probably the best manager in the league Moyes but it doesnt look like your making that much of a move in the window i know its early but most of the big teams are getting deals tied up. I wish 1 of us do get top 4 i think we will break it this year and even you might get passed nal they havent done much it all depends on getting jagielka back quick and cahill staying fit. Who would you like too see brought in??

I hope you're talking about the "League without the top 4" and not the actual Premier League when you're writing that.

yeah i think anyone could manage the top 4 with the resources they are given not knocking Ferguson and Wenger too do it over a period like they have is awesome but the always had substantial financial backing. And well im not sure i would be happy with tevez, Robben and Lescott. Would love to see Eto'o here but cant see it happen would really like to see us try to bring in Muntari always looked godd at Pompey adapted the conditions over here well. And even try a cheeky bid for Van Persie and Yaya. Leave Kolo Toure and Adebayor at Arsenal both overrated.

I hate to break it to you, but Ferguson hasn't just managed Man United. He managed St Mirren. A First Division title won won him the Aberdeen job. At Aberdeen, 3 Scottish Premier League titles, 4 Scottish cups and a Cup Winners Cup earned him the Man United job. At Man United he's won 2 Champions Leagues, 11 Premier League titles, 5 FA Cups, 3 League Cups and a Cup Winners Cup.

If you really want to say that David Moyes trumps that with his second division title it's okay, but it is moronic.

Now lets compare Moyes with Benitez. Benitez has won the La Liga with Valenica as well as the UEFA Cup. At Liverpool he has won the FA Cup and the Champions League. If you want to say that Moyes's second division title trumps those it's okay, but it's moronic.

Arsene Wenger has won the French league and a French cup. At Arsenal he's won 3 titles and 4 FA Cups. He's managed to reach a CL final. He's consistently managed to compete at the top with a tiny budget compared to his competitors. It's not quite moronic to say that Moyes's second division title makes him a better manager than Wenger, but it's still pretty stupid.

I'm not overly convinced by Ancelotti, but his two CL wins and a Serie A title and Cup win are also worth massively more than Moyes's trophy haul.

There's no doubt that Moyes is one of the highest rated managers in Britain right now. He's probably done enough to deserve a chance at a bigger club to show he can perform at that level. But you just don't skip that part and laud him as the best before he even manages to get a top job. Moyes could get a top job and fall on his face like Scolari did. There's a host of managers who have done well at mid-ranking sides but failed completely when given a chance higher up.

When Moyes takes the step up and wins things he'll deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as the top managers. ATM he'd probably lose out in a debate over whether him or Joe Royle were the better manager.

How much is that? Isn't the fee undisclosed? Unless you have access to all the transfer amounts like the LFC fans do, or alternatively we can ask Wire 85 to post that fantasy net spending graph what that scouse journalist made up, you know...the one where Tevez cost 32 mill and Skrtel wasn't even on it.

Citeh are definitely moving forward. And at a guess they'll probably spend about a billion pounds to get into Everton's position. Very good VFM.