Maestro's Apprentice's Page

"Heroic effort Logicalman. Thanks. Have a good summer break."

" . . . but you have repeatedly said that Americans are cheap! "

"I don't think that you are giving us enough credit. Surely Dempsey has become a poorer player since being at Fulham. "

"Yes, finding a 16 goal midfielder would be very difficult but finding a better midfielder and a sixteen goal striker is a possibility. "

"Yes, we have needed Dempsey's goals this season in particular. Our problem has been for some time that we have not had the two or three goal scoring strikers that a top half, let alone top six, PL side needs. Neither Zamora nor AJ scored the…"

"The first problem is that Dempsey and Dembele seem to want to go to a CL club and will not sign the new deals that we have offered them. Yes, three or four new players could make a real difference but we could easily blow large amounts on transfer…"

"I agree. His goals this season have been particularly useful but he is not someone who, as was claimed in another thread, you can build a team around in a way that we have around Hangeland, Murphy or even Zamora. Losing Dempsey may even help the…"

"With a bit of luck, if Dempsey does leave, Klinsmann may had added a few million to his transfer fee."

"Aren't wind-ups supposed to be funny? Even QPR are embarrassed about having Barton "

"Could you not think of a more un-Fulham-like player? Why not a double deal for Cisse as well? Then add Lee Cattermole and Karl Henry."

"Probably, but it all seems paper talk at this stage. "

"He seems to be saying that he wants to go but, as he also says, " . . .until somebody is putting down some money it doesn’t matter". And nobody has reached for their pocket as yet."

"The match will be making money to help the development of Norwegian football so it's for a good cause from Brede's point of view and he gets a free trip home."

"Two goals in twenty two appearances with one eye-catching goal against us. That does not sound that promising."

"Thank for your show of confidence in Jol. Emile may be an honest toiler but does he have the class and level of performance of Jol's acquisitions: Riise, Grygera, Ruiz, Pogrebnyak or Diarra?"

"Couldn't care less who wins the snail eating surrender monkey league"