Barry Bannan to Leeds on loan.

[Risso]

He will be unavailable for Dingles & Barcodes at home and Everton away.
If he is unlikely to start in those games with the midfielders we have, then it makes sense to send him on loan to get match time and experience.

That presupposes that nobody else is going to get injured or suspended, which given the way the season is going, is a dangerous assumption to make.

Also, why the flipping heck would we want to do anything that helps Dirty Leeds?

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Proves Houiller is a clueless fucking dick

But he's a sex machine to all the chicks.

[Marlon's Hairy Wood]

The way Houllier sees it we're in a relegation battle

We don't have many games but he wants us to use our most experienced players I assume

Bannan has a lot of talent, but he goes missing in games because of his lack of physical presence, once he gets more experience he'll be a top player for us

Look at Pires against Blackburn, played superb and only made one bad pass all game, thats the sort of impact that Houllier will be looking for Bannan to make next season I would of thought

I don't particularly see the beef with this move when we don't have many games left and he's probably 6th choice centre mid

He does add something different to most of those midfielders but I think Houllier will carry on looking at the wingers to be the most creative players

[Mazrim]

Dont really agree with this but will do him no harm. He needs lots of football now for his development.
If not here then I suppose why not there. As long as he plays every game.

If Fonz goes to Ipswich on loan as a sweetener maybe we can get Connor Wickham off them at some point.

I dont know why there are post mortems coming in on Bradley either.
He's hardly played for us. Give him a chance.

Now then, let's see...

OMFGZ Houllier! You clueless French fool!
He should be dragged through the streets to Tyburn and have his giblets removed with rusty spoons!

[Rip Van We Go Again]

It will look a bit stupid if Leeds don't start him and have him on the bench.

[nick harper]

I think Delph returning to full fitness is the reason behind this.

With no more cup games his chances would be limited with Makoun, NRC, Delph, Ash and probably Petrov ahead of him for those middle 3 slots.

Clearly, but that's so much less fun then entering into a who can be the most outraged competition.

I bet you that Pires will get further game time this season, as will Bradley.  Two players who Bannan has been vastly superior to this season.

Well if Pires produces to the same level as he did in our last home game that's fine by me.

It's a good move for Bannan at the moment. We need strong experienced heads for the run-in, and taking the kids out of the firing line unless forced by injuries is sensible.

Agree that Delph's return to fitness has also influenced this.

[Pete3206]

What the fuck? He could have given them Petrov, Warnock and Beye.

Bolis my piss!

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I dont know why there are post mortems coming in on Bradley either.
He's hardly played for us. Give him a chance.

It is early days, but i'm struggling to remember a full game debut that bad.

[Risso]

I dont know why there are post mortems coming in on Bradley either.
He's hardly played for us. Give him a chance.

Because he's been crap, and while he may come good in time, we can't afford the luxury of giving him a few games to find his feet when we desperately need points on the board this season.

[Chris Smith]

I dont know why there are post mortems coming in on Bradley either.
He's hardly played for us. Give him a chance.

It is early days, but i'm struggling to remember a full game debut that bad.

Do you also get to the top of the stairs and then can't remember why?

[UsualSuspect]

With Bradley how many games has he been fit to start? Maybe 4 of which he has started 1?

That thells it's own story for me

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I dont know why there are post mortems coming in on Bradley either.
He's hardly played for us. Give him a chance.

It is early days, but i'm struggling to remember a full game debut that bad.

Do you also get to the top of the stairs and then can't remember why?

Always.
The only exception being if i'm sloping up to the loft, to get my vintage collection of jazz mags for a crescent wank.

[PaulTheVillan]

The over reactions from some people keep me amused. Thanks.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

With Bradley how many games has he been fit to start? Maybe 4 of which he has started 1?

That thells it's own story for me

I don't know how fitness equates to making 5 passes to a Man City player, 8 yards away.
It looked like a problem of incompetence, rather than fitness.

[UsualSuspect]

With Bradley how many games has he been fit to start? Maybe 4 of which he has started 1?

That thells it's own story for me

I don't know how fitness equates to making 5 passes to a Man City player, 8 yards away.
It looked like a problem of incompetence, rather than fitness.

I agree

What I meant was that he has been with us since when the end of jan and has only really feature in 1 game namely man city hence he wasn't picked for the other 4. I reckon having seen him in training GH doesn't rate him