FC Porto live, Petrov injury and quick question

If we win tonight we will be playing again on Sunday in the final against one of the two big teams of European football. It's a fairly big if but not impossible and wouldn't it be just perfect if we did and the kids did well again.

The match will be live I suspect on the usual sources, free here and pay here. We like the pay one, but that is just personal preference. There will also no doubt be something from the club, which will be fine too.

I want to talk about signings too, or the lack of them, but instead of banging the drum we are running a poll about Lerner to the right. These types of questions are very difficult to ask because this will probably not be as it would have been when Lerner arrived, in fact it won't be, but it will likely be different on September 1st too.

You've basically got to ask yourself when answering; will Lerner invest money for top four. When a game is turning over more than £2 billion in cash every season, that is what the game is about.

But, we will be running this question again after September 1st and maybe even in December and February. Now to the players.

It's looks for sure that Bent is off to Sunderland, or very much that they are desperate for him but it looks like Spurs are holding out for a little more cash or hoping for another team to come in for him. I'm sort of glad that we are not interested in him as I like what we've got, although I'd be very interested in the likes of Robbie Keane.

Petrov left Spain yesterday for a scan on his shoulder and we will hopefully hear today or tomorrow how long he will be out for. This does concern me a little as it can be a case of he is out for a while. Not that I know what I'm talking about but someone emailed in yesterday, sounding as if they did and there was very much a window of just a few days to potentially several weeks if operations are needed.

I was a little surprised by that as Bryan Robson used to get these all the time and he'd be back a week or two later, but maybe you can get serious shoulder injuries, like I said, I'm not medical expert and well, the player has to be protected.

But, this does sort of put a little emphasis on the need of a central midfielder, but do we really another one? Reo-Coker had a fantastic game the other night and almost revelled in not having Petrov next to him. Could it be that maybe Milner is used in the Barry role, as a natural left footer and we use Ashley Young and Marc Albrighton as our attacking threat down the wings?

It's clear as day that O'Neill wants the threat to come from the wing and with these two players it looks like we've got two that are quick, can cross and also score. I know it's wishful thinking, but it could happen, couldn't it?

Right, another day of waiting for news and while I still fancy the Distin signing will be the first, I wouldn't be surprised if news broke somewhere else too, but maybe not from an English club. I'm off for breakfast.