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feck

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he best be worth it

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Oh Jimmy Jimmy

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wish he was still here

sent shivers down my spine watching that. that goal against City i was tehre :cool: didnt realise it swerved that much though at that much power :o

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yeah, it was quality. and that hat-trick at Blackburn was superb. can't help but think we'll miss him when Viduka gets injured for a month and Maccarone has a run in the team. :/

Gazette saying Distin deal has hit a snag as Dunne is injured at Citeh.

Squad numbers:

1 Mark Schwarzer;
2 Stuart Parnaby;
3 Julio Arca;
4 Ugo Ehiogu;
5 Chris Riggott;
6 Gaizka Mendieta;
7 George Boateng;
9 Mark Viduka;
10 Fabio Rochemback;
11 Malcolm Christie;
12 Emanuel Pogatetz;
15 Ray Parlour;
19 Stewart Downing;
20 Yakubu;
21 Ross Turnbull.
22 Brad Jones;
23 Massimo Maccarone;
24 Andrew Davies;
25 James Morrison;
26 Matthew Bates;
27 Lee Cattermole;
28 Adam Johnson;
29 Tony McMahon;
30 Danny Graham;
31 David Wheater;
32 David Knight;
33 Andrew Taylor;
34 Jason Kennedy;
38 Seb Hines;
40 Gary Liddle;
41 Josh Walker;
42 Tom Craddock.

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In the MEN today that you've had a bid of £4.5m accepted for Distin

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Originally posted by Eric Cartman:
In the MEN today that you've had a bid of £4.5m accepted for Distin

do you reckon the Dunne injury will have an influence on it? Our local is saying Pearce wants to keep him for Saturday at least.

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**** off £4.5m ffs.

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Blues accept £4.5m Distin bid
Chris Bailey


BID ACCEPTED: Sylvain DistinCITY'S patience with unsettled former skipper Sylvain Distin finally snapped last night when they agreed to a fee of £4.5m from Middlesbrough for the defender.

The Frenchman had exasperated the Blues hierarchy and fans most of the summer by stalling on a new long-term contract offering him in excess of £40,000 per week - an agreement that would comfortably have made him the highest-paid player in the club's history.

Rather than let him walk out for nothing under the Bosman Ruling next summer, City decided to bank what they deemed a fair offer for a player who cost them £4m from Paris St Germain via Newcastle at the start of Kevin Keegan's reign.

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The ball is now in Distin's court and the Frenchman, who still has friends in the north-east after his spell at Newcastle, is understood to have spoken to new Riverside chief Gareth Southgate last night.

Departure

If, as expected, the 28-year-old agrees terms then his departure will be a blow to boss Stuart Pearce who has said all along that he didn't want the player to leave.

Distin's decision to up sticks could hardly have been more ill timed for City who are likely to be without their skipper Richard Dunne (hamstring) at Chelsea on Sunday.

The board will, however, allow Pearce to spend some of the cash from the sale to back up the £2m purchase of keeper Andreas Isaksson.

Pearce must decide whether or not to splash the cash on a like-for-like replacement for Distin or use it to bring some left hand side balance to the midfield. Spurs' Republic of Ireland international Andy Reid remains a possibility.

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mon the lads

Gazette implying Distin wants more than £40k a week. I can see it collapsing quite easily.