Hello and welcome to another R's Blog, R's Cast on R's Blog.com, in association

with OlayOlay.com, the football community website. On the way between now and the end, we've

got the man in the bar who's got a player history, as well as that. We've got the man in

the bar. Yeah, he's got a player history, did I mention that? And possibly there'll be

a player history from the man in the bar. Yep, it's been that kind of a week, unfortunately,

not a whole lot going on. There is some stuff to comment on, but you know, there's nothing

much happening of a concrete nature, although it is still very early in the summer. People

are getting a little bit stressed, I think, which is fair enough, but me, nah, I'm going

to maintain a zen-like calm between now and the end of the transfer window, because seriously,

what's the point in getting transfer envy of other clubs who are spending money when

we're not spending any? And even though there's every chance we might buy somebody between

now and the start of the season, what's the point in getting crazy now? Seriously, if we

don't sign anyone by the end of August, then go do Lally. I would suggest going do Lally,

because you'd be within your rights to do so. But now, sorely in the season, sorely in

the summer, chill out for a little while. Let's just see what happens. Manchester United

have gone into the market and bought a couple of players from Portugal, and as well as

that own hard agrees, we'll join them for somewhere in the region of 17 million pounds,

which is rather a lot of money for a guy that, to me, isn't that much better than someone

like Matthew Flaminy. I don't know too much about the other guys, but people are saying,

look, United, they've just won the league, they've gone out and bought players in strength,

and yes, they have. And they've done it in a way that we probably should have done. But

unfortunately, we don't do things in the same way as anybody else. Our still is rather

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