was thinking this morning who we would have if smithy went on loan. ole is injured for a bit and rossi is out at newcastle.

glad he's staying :)

Staying put now. "Our" Alan is staying put. :P

Ipswich now in the run

Town Target Smith

By Philip Ham
Date: 11/11/2006

Town are one of a number of clubs targeting the loan signing of Manchester United striker Alan Smith. The Blues seem unlikely to succeed in their bid with Cardiff City and Smith's former club Leeds United leafing the chase.

Boss Jim Magilton has phoned Sir Alex Ferguson to make his interest known, while Simon Walton, a colleague of Smith's at Leeds, will be giving the England striker a call to try to persuade him in the direction of Portman Road.

Magilton said: "That would be an amazing coup if we could get Alan. We know it is difficult but we are trying our hardest and if Simon can help with a call then even better."

Sir Alex Ferguson said yesterday that Smith had already held talks with Cardiff: "The fact we are no longer in the Carling Cup, I thought a short-term loan would be ideal.

"I think he has spoken to someone at Cardiff but he is not certain about whether to take it or not.

"He really needs football and reserve team football is really for the youth team and doesn't present the right challenge for an experienced player like Alan."

Cardiff's interest alerted Leeds with new manager Dennis Wise saying: "We have only just found out about his availability, but there's a possibility of a deal."

Meanwhile, defender James Krause will spend time on trial with Carlisle ahead of a proposed loan move.

Cork City midfielder George O'Callaghan will continue his trial with Town having recovered from a bout of shingles which recently saw him spend two days in hospital. O'Callaghan, whose illness was wrongly reported to be meningitis, looked set to join the Blues on loan in January prior to his ill health.

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we all hate leeds scum, we all hate leeds scum!

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we all hate leeds scum, we all hate leeds scum!

c'mon Leeds - wud love him back

aj beat me to it :)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/6135206.stm

Leeds have now expressed an interest in Smith :)

Sweet. I hope he doesnt leave Southend TBH. I want his name on the back of a Southend shirt :lol:

Did you see his article in the sun yesterday?

They made it look like he only had a MGF when he has just sold his X5 for a BMW 6 series!

He has now been given permission by the council that it's ok to stay on the land he is on now :lol:

And of course with the council not looking favourably over Freddys caravan on their land.........:(

We have the boards backing its the poxy council, however our win over Man utd didn't do us any harm at all.

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Originally posted by GREG 1
Yeah I see your point there Nath, but say Cardiff and Southend are both mid-table, there is no reason to pick them over us

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sounds like a good move for both smith and cardiff to me. be good for both him and rossi to get matches etc

Yeah I see your point there Nath, but say Cardiff and Southend are both mid-table, there is no reason to pick them over us

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Originally posted by GREG 1
Why not??

Championship club, and English club, shown that we have a good little squad with ambition when we beat him in the week.

Ok Cardiff are doing well but even so, Southend is a nice place to play football.

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If they get him I am tipping Cardiff to win the Championship definately...

Good signing at that level...

If they play him up front they have him and Chopra who is an excellent player too...

Why not??

Championship club, and English club, shown that we have a good little squad with ambition when we beat him in the week.

Ok Cardiff are doing well but even so, Southend is a nice place to play football.

Don't think the alure of Roots Hall would of sealed it to be fair.

Great player unlucky with injurys and should have had more england caps.

[Edited on 10-11-2006 by Jodi_the_g]

Great move for Cardiff, I would of liked him at Southend to be honest (even if I do think he is an idiot)

Good move for everyone I reckon. I wonder when Cardiff face Leeds.....

Good move for him imo. Cardiff are doing well and he would benefit from more first team football :thumbs:

Read this earlier, might not be a bad move. They're not using him at United so how is supposed to get his fitness back? They're saying hes only played 3 games buts thats part of the problem! He needs bringing on in league games to get his fitness back. Against Rooney, Saha and even Ole he doesn't really have a chance.

It might be good for him to have a spell in the Championship as he might be under less pressure. Its not like they're sending him to Leeds!

on the BBC and SSN now.

Subject to agreeing terms.

[Edited on 10-11-2006 by Jamescorsa97]