Moyes turns to N'Zonzi after Essien bid fails

He is slow and lazy. I remember a particularly bad evening game last season when he gave the ball away in his own half and he just shrugged in resignation, without making any attempt to get back. That sort of attitude always goes down well with the fans . . .NOT!

I'd even prefer that fat old wind up merchant Adam to N'Zonzi, and I'd be really gutted if we got him. Both of them would be a waste of money on fees and wages.

would love Essien though

Oh well. That's what we get. Just think back to the the good ol yester-january, when teams couldn't wait to loan/sell players to us. Only Everton. What could be the harm?

Sigh. I guess we'll just have to make do.

That's him out then unless it's a loan.

Strong rumours about Oviedo though...

Just sit back and trust Moyes I guess. He doesn't get much wrong.

Adam (*%^&£*% off)

Before injuries Essien was, in my oppinion, one of the best midfielders on the planet. He's obviously not at that level now but I think he is still good enough to do a job for us. He also has a winning mentality which would be beneficial in the dressing room.

I've not been a participant in Blue Union but am amazed when they get bashed on here for making the obvious point the Moyes Miracles of building teams that could contend for the top four are have been p!ssed away on several occasions by a board that is incapable of throwing a final piece of modest investment behind it......

Haven't got a clue on the N'Zonzi guy. There's this fashion for signing players with N' at the start of their names. We passed on the old fashion for signing M' players, but we could be in line for a lot of Irish in the next window.

We don't know that Essien was even available, let alone for £7 million, so keep to the facts lad.

But I guarantee we'll finish the window with negative or zero net spending and a lower wage bill than last season. I'm not asking them to hand Moyes a bazooka, just untie one of his hands a bit...

In other words just provide a little evidence that operating stategy of the Board isn't to (slowly) liquidate the squad.

Dont think Howard would have even known who he was by that point...........

What a footballer Essien.......was.

A loan would have been good in terms of getting a player in for a season who knows high standards, has played top level stuff and would have been a very good man to have in at the club a well a being a watered down version of the top class player he is/was.

But anything else, for me, would be non starter. His career has unfortunately been destroyed by knee injuries, he never really got a chance to shown what he could have been.

£7 million for him? We are looking to go in completely the other direction, which is younger, progressing players generally 24-ish and under. The route we HAVE to go.

And I know its a boring signing, but we DO need a deep midfielder. Phil Neville's 34 and we only have Gibson, Rodwell would have played a lot of football this year if fit.

We took the Rodders money to boost the squad but we still need to replace him within the squad. You can get a player in there reasonably cheaply for that position, I'm of the opinion anyone with a good football brain can play holding.

I can easily imagine someone looking lazy and disinterested there then coming here and looking totally different.

Really??

will be very interesting to see what happens tonight