Yep. The number of players they have out on loan is ridiculous. Most will never play for the senior team 

You both make great points re: playing young players 

Meanwhile, Citeh & the Bitters serving up a cracker, by all accounts.

Would like Everton to win. Be all the sweeter to beat them at Wembley - again

Good game though , shame about the goal that should have been disallowed

Did anyone see the De Bruyne injury? he injured himself in the rather pathetic way he tried to make far more of the original 'foul' (which was even given as a foul, rightly so) by throwing himself on the floor.

I'm not one to wich injury on others but in this instance you can't help but think Karma had an influence...if I was Man City I would refuse to pay him until the injury clears up and he plays again. It wasn't in the line of duty it was his own fault.

I'm sure he would counter-argue to Citeh that he was intending to run-down the clock to ensure a Citeh victory.

Robles, the Everton 'keeper made me laugh, trying to drag him to his feet.

I always knew Levy was a tight arse, but if this table is even remotely accurate.

He's out for 6 weeks. Didn't see the incident myself - did he really injure himself that way? Not seeing it reported/commented on like that anywhere else 

yeah it was certainly as a result of him play acting for me. I know my comment seemed harsh but it amused and infuriated in equal measure

Liverpool's move for Teixera is off.

As more detail emerges, it looks like Shakhtar have kept moving the goalposts on price. Initially the price was widely reported to be €50m (around £36m) and we offered £24m.

Talk of us upgrading our offer to €36m (so £27m'ish).

The Shakhtar chairman now saying he wouldn't sell for less than €70m (£50m)

Stupid money

He's 26, had one break-out season in a league that's below even the Scottish Premier in terms of quality level, never been capped by Brazil (who even recently recalled the ageing Kaka, and have played some very average players over the past few years). Who knows how he'd pan out in the EPL, where there's no shortage of hugely-rated players who've struggled to adapt here.

Yesterday morning on RAWK, when it seemed a good chance that the deal wouldn't go through, someone posted a link to SkyBet, where they were offering 5-1 that Teixera stayed at Shakhtar. Within an hour or so (many posts saying they'd stuck £10/£20 on it, the odds were down to 6-5. Now they're 2-9. Of course, the plastics could nip in at the 11th hour but it now seems unlikely. Could be easy money for those who took the bet.

I said the Dippers and Shakhtar were miles apart on money. They are a dreadful club to deal with - much like like Zenit - when it comes to shifting valuations.

Speculation that they're seething at being 'done' on the Douglas Costa deal, where they sold him to Bayern for €0m, and he's been lighting up the Bundesliga.

We had the same problem with Dnipro & Konoplyanka in Jan 14. We offered them the release clause; their shyster of a chairman still refused.

Yes, well we had a problem with Anzi Makhachkala over the Willian transfer - the Chavs, through their crooked owner, intervening literally as Willian was about to put pen to paper- because he was a pal of Anzi's crooked owner.

€30m

Wilshire has suffered another set back...................has to go I'm afraid

John Terry to leave Chelsea at the end of the season , it seems they dont really give a toss about players who are time served .

Says he won't play for another English team. It looks likely he'll end up with his mates in the MLS by that logic  Or Stenhousemuir FC 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3tWqZ0pNC8

Caught smoking again?

It's what we all remember him by. It's his version of the Stevie G slip 

The top 10 misses are superb

Not much transfer activity to report so far.

Confirmed - Guardiola to take over from Pellegrini at Sh.iteh in the summer.

No big surprise.