Well, today's Guardian reckons we missed out on Yakubu and Pompey's Marc Wilson as we're skint.
But we can't really complain too much. We've kept Parker and Cole, and spent £8 million, recruiting eight new players — Hitzlsperger, Barrera, Piquionne, Reid, Ben Haim, Obinna, Jacobsen and the memorably-named reserve keeper Ruud Boffin — while raising £2 million through the sales of Diamanti and Daprela. Which isn't too bad for a club that's £100 million in debt.
Maybe not ideal, as Barrera, Obinna and Reid are untried at Premier League level, but we might soon be fielding a side of:
GREEN; JACOBSEN, REID, UPSON, ILUNGA; BARRERA, HITZLSPERGER, PARKER; PIQUIONNE, COLE, OBINNA.
That would be six changes from the Old Trafford side and surely must be some kind of improvement. We hope.
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Big Joe comments:
No room for Behrami in this 1st X1 of yours - If he's on wages we may as well continue to play both him and Cole before they bugger off at Xmas!
Not sure we'll be seeing that 4-3-3 any time very soon though!
Well, the 4-3-3 was a way to fit in Piquionne, but in reality we'll play 4-4-2 with Behrami, Noble or Dyer in midfield — unless Trevor Brooking becomes caretaker manager of course, in which case we'll revert to 4-3-3 immediately!
When we were relegated under Sir Trev he often played 2-3-5...
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