Benjani on then off now.........?

Last night at around 2am Manchester City announced that their deal to secure the services of Portsmouth striker, Benjani had fallen through due to the fact paperwork had not been submitted in time. This morning I wake up to find that Portsmouth have contacted the Premier League to see whether Benjani's move to Manchester City can still go ahead.
The south coast club claim they went ahead with the purchase of Jermain Defoe from Spurs after City told them their forms for Benjani had been faxed to the FA.
After the Defoe deal had been confirmed City spokesman said that their transfer of Benjani had collapsed due to the late arrival of the player in Manchester.
The Premier League is now examining the timeline of the paperwork
Harry Redknapp, the Portsmouth manager, revealed the club had received a call from City five minutes before the transfer window closed stating that they had completed the paperwork and so got the go ahead for the Defoe deal to go through.
But later, after completing the Defoe deal, Portsmouth were then informed by the Premier League and told that they had not received all the documents to complete the Benjani deal.
This potentially leaves Portsmouth in a financial bind as they were banking on the reported 7million City had agreed to pay for Benjani to balance the books.

Samaras Offski...In Comes Podolski!!

After what seems like an age of speculation it now seems like the 'Weak Greek' is off to Brum! Personally I think it is a good step for all parties involved. Samaras came to City with potential but after a good start his performance nose dived. It will be good for us to offload him, it will give him a chance to start over with a clean sheet and gives Brum a potential investment. 2.5 million is a great price for a Premiership striker, if Sam can deliver like he did when he first came to CoMS.
Also after news that Sven invited Podolski's representatives to the game on Sunday it was only going to be a matter of time before this rumor got fresh momentum with a loan deal until the end of the season looking the option to suit both clubs.

West Ham (H) 01/20/08

We were lucky on Sunday as we got a point for playing really quite badly. However West Ham were not that good either. Maybe its just because both managers got the other one worked out? Playing each other three times in two weeks can do that. Also we have injuries and guys playing out of position so it is clear we are still a work in progress. We definatly have to improve if we do not want this season to fizzle into no decent end product. However on the plus side it is always said that the sign of a good team is when they do not perform well they still can pick up points.

Where Do We Go From Here?

I did some research and got some figures from previous seasons. I know that whatever happens in the future cannot be determined by math equations, but for fun (and maybe some reassurance), I decided to post the results. At this point in the calendar in the three seasons we qualified for Europe through the league we had 13, 9 and 14 wins (in 72, 76 and 78 respectively). Keep in mind that 3 games more were played at that in ‘72 and ‘78 so we are pretty much on course to end in Europe places. We currently have 42% of our games left to play this season, a figure we also had left at this point in the 03/04, 04/05 and 05/06 season. After this point in 03/04 we got 44% of our points for that season and 46% in 04/05 (which if put onto this seasons current tally would see us end on 72pts, not to shabby!) However in 05/06 we only got 28% of our total points in the final period, would have us end with 54pts. That would probably give us a 9th position and obviously out of European place. I prefer to for arguments sake to think we will get 42% of our points in the run in. That would give us 67 pts and very much in UEFA cup position and maybe even Champions League. I suddenly feel like John Snow now, but anyway that equates to us getting 28pts in our remaining 16 games. So I did more looking and this is what I can see happening in the run in, WINS (West H (H), Wigan (H), Spurs (H), Brum (A), Sunderland (A), Portsmouth (H), Fulham (H), Boro (A). DRAWS (4) Derby (A), Everton (H), Reading (A) and Chelsea (H). Now this is all for fun and like I said things can happen in football that are unexpected, its why we watch every week but I would be interested in your comments and opinions (other than I need to get out more, I know it and I am trying)