You need my helping hand, it's ok
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 20 May 2013 00:27 (eleven years ago) link
Can ILF resign boxall please?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 20 May 2013 01:42 (eleven years ago) link
never really left but flattered to be missed I guess!
of the QPR squad, suppose Arsenal could most use that midfielder rtc loved (Diakité?) but the one I really liked was Alejandro Faurlín. Didn't follow him in Serie A but if he came back from that injury fully, I thought he was a very good passing midfielder. Just as long as the awes Armand Traore doesn't return.
― boxall, Monday, 20 May 2013 05:45 (eleven years ago) link
Whats going to go down with wigan's bigger names? Surely not beyond the realms of possibility that they talk a good-ish number into staying for a crack at europe and the hope of going straight back up. Money will obvs be an issue, but I don't think they have many players on bigotry
― Windsor Davies, Monday, 20 May 2013 12:33 (eleven years ago) link
Bigotry = big money of course, fuck iPhones etc etc
now if only you were talking about liverpool
― bleeding like a stoke pig (imago), Monday, 20 May 2013 12:35 (eleven years ago) link
There'll be a big bunfight over Callum McManaman probably, no idea where will be the first stop on his inevitable route to becoming the new Adam Johnson.
― Matt DC, Monday, 20 May 2013 12:42 (eleven years ago) link
Man city would be a start. Though perhaps moving to citeh won't be such a dead end for wingers now that Mancini has gone and they might actually be in with a chance ofgetting played.
Mcmanaman feels like a vaguely Liverpool-ish sort of player, but they've got thing elsewhere that need fixing.
Kone and McCarthy have got to be on their way out of Wigan though. Kone would be fun at everton I reckon, though it won't happen
― Windsor Davies, Monday, 20 May 2013 12:47 (eleven years ago) link
Liverpool would be quite amusing, as if having gone over a decade without any good young wingers they suddenly start trying to stockpile every single one that becomes available. But he'd probably actually develop in a sensible way under Rodgers, ditto under Laudrup. The worst case scenario would be Newcastle or West Ham or somewhere.
― Matt DC, Monday, 20 May 2013 13:07 (eleven years ago) link
as if newcastle will sign him!
― bleeding like a stoke pig (imago), Monday, 20 May 2013 13:09 (eleven years ago) link
bit early for a mcmanaman bunfight, screams everton though especially if martinez goes there. maybe west ham, or fulham even. rodgers has wing forwards aplenty what with sterling, suso, ibe, sinclair etc and city will have bigger fish to fry with isco and jesus "sigh, sickening eyes" navas
figueroa, beausejour look a bit fulham too. spurs squad filler once but probably no longer
― r|t|c, Monday, 20 May 2013 13:10 (eleven years ago) link
actually i think macca 2 could be quite good at liverpool cos they can still be diffident and he is lol fiesty but if there's only so much to spend it's certainly the least of priorities
― r|t|c, Monday, 20 May 2013 13:15 (eleven years ago) link
Macca 2 an everton youth reject
― my name is louis and i'm an acoleuthic (darraghmac), Monday, 20 May 2013 13:16 (eleven years ago) link
Fulham are a weird club, like there's a sense that literally any player in the league might turn up there at some point. Figueroa next year, Edin Hazard in nine years time.
― Matt DC, Monday, 20 May 2013 13:17 (eleven years ago) link
lfc need to bite the bullet and flog reina to barca now cos they wont get a better chance
valdes to monaco? should be arsenal really but yeah right
― r|t|c, Monday, 20 May 2013 13:19 (eleven years ago) link
Alright maybe not Giggs or Gerrard or someone but anyone who might conceivably be involved in a transfer.
― Matt DC, Monday, 20 May 2013 13:19 (eleven years ago) link
sticklebrick to replace schwarzer is the long mooted fulham talk iirc
― r|t|c, Monday, 20 May 2013 13:20 (eleven years ago) link
Fulham are the 5000 seater midwest arena gig of pl clubs, if you're good enough to have made it that far then you're good enough for a better gig but somewhere you fucked it up.
― my name is louis and i'm an acoleuthic (darraghmac), Monday, 20 May 2013 13:21 (eleven years ago) link
I can see Billy Corgan making an impact at Craven Cottage.
― Matt DC, Monday, 20 May 2013 13:24 (eleven years ago) link
they'll be clearing rowboats off putney high street for weeks after the epic sigh darren bent will let out as he arrives at the cottage to sign a 2 year deal
― r|t|c, Monday, 20 May 2013 13:30 (eleven years ago) link
lol mdc was that a "powerful white energy" gag
― r|t|c, Monday, 20 May 2013 13:35 (eleven years ago) link
Mou out?
― a monolithic testament to shiftlessness and lost productivity (dan m), Monday, 20 May 2013 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, it's official
― Number None, Monday, 20 May 2013 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
I half-expect him to mutually frot with Chelsea for all of June, then join City
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 20 May 2013 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
Would be amazed if City weren't basically waiting outside his house right now.
― Matt DC, Monday, 20 May 2013 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
From The Guardian
Gareth Bale to sign new Tottenham contract worth £150,000 a week• Forward committed to Spurs for the near future• Real Madrid will have to wait at least one more seasonGareth Bale is poised to commit his immediate future to Tottenham Hotspur after agreeing improved terms in principleto remain at White Hart Lane despite the club's failure to get to the Champions League. The deal is expected to include a release clause for bids over £50m that can be triggered at the end of next season.
• Forward committed to Spurs for the near future• Real Madrid will have to wait at least one more season
Gareth Bale is poised to commit his immediate future to Tottenham Hotspur after agreeing improved terms in principleto remain at White Hart Lane despite the club's failure to get to the Champions League. The deal is expected to include a release clause for bids over £50m that can be triggered at the end of next season.
although they haven't exactly been reliable on matters Bale in the past
― Number None, Monday, 20 May 2013 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
while I know very little of Pellegrini, he & City seem like an exceptionally boring combination
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 20 May 2013 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
why the fuck wd we have to pay compensation to Millwall for Kenny Jackett, i thought he'd resigned?
― the league against cool sports (Noodle Vague), Monday, 20 May 2013 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
yeah apparently he wangled himself some sort of lol contract where they still have to pay him a years notice
― r|t|c, Monday, 20 May 2013 19:44 (eleven years ago) link
can't see us stumping up that sort of cash tbh
― the league against cool sports (Noodle Vague), Monday, 20 May 2013 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
Utd coming from two nil down to beat Spurs in the U-21 final :)
― Number None, Monday, 20 May 2013 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
almost as magical a comeback as West Brom
― the league against cool sports (Noodle Vague), Monday, 20 May 2013 19:56 (eleven years ago) link
or Arsenal since March
― Number None, Monday, 20 May 2013 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
Not really relevant to this thread, but here's a Guardian article about David Beckham from 1996:http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2013/may/16/david-beckham-retires-manchester-united
― Hearing moyes confirmedare we hearing m (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 20 May 2013 20:12 (eleven years ago) link
well behind Giggs, the Neville brothers and Butt in public recognition
― bleeding like a stoke pig (imago), Monday, 20 May 2013 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
idk
Letting him go in a year for 50m and paying him 7.5m for the privilege doesnt seem a very levy deal. Off with him now for 60m if he insists on any such clause.
― my name is louis and i'm an acoleuthic (darraghmac), Monday, 20 May 2013 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
Liverpool agree deal in principle with Kolo Toure ffs
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 20 May 2013 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
excellent
― Number None, Monday, 20 May 2013 23:14 (eleven years ago) link
"genuine man strength"
― Number None, Monday, 20 May 2013 23:16 (eleven years ago) link
Pretty off-topic, but this Jurgen Klopp interview in the Guardian is awesome.
He hits his head with his palm. "Shinji Kagawa is one of the best players in the world and he now plays 20 minutes at Manchester United – on the left wing! My heart breaks. Really, I have tears in my eyes. Central midfield is Shinji's best role. He's an offensive midfielder with one of the best noses for goal I ever saw. But for most Japanese people it means more to play for Man United than Dortmund. We cried for 20 minutes, in each others' arms, when he left.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 09:33 (eleven years ago) link
http://cdn1-www.craveonline.com/assets/uploads/2013/04/beavisandbutthead.jpg
― the league against cool sports (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 09:36 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 09:37 (eleven years ago) link
Klopp otm tho
― the league against cool sports (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 09:39 (eleven years ago) link
Lol srsly? This deal gives us a year to plan for his departure rather than having to suddenly rebuild over a summer, and there are maybe three clubs in the world who would even pay £50m for him, and no guarantee that they will. And we get a year more or him, at the very least.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 09:46 (eleven years ago) link
Seems sensible if only to avoid a repeat of the Modric fiasco.
the klopp interview is brilliant. fairly sure he likes techno.
― ... (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 09:59 (eleven years ago) link
Matt otm, don't sell your best players unless you know you can cope without them. Xabi Alonso out and Aquilani in did more than anything else to turn Liverpool from top 4 club to the fiasco of recent years.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 10:10 (eleven years ago) link
xp haha yeah i immediately assumed he was at the decks when i first caught sight of the article photo
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 10:14 (eleven years ago) link
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/5/20/1369067589901/Sir-Alex-Ferguson-012.jpg
what the fuck happened to chicharito's face
― not lazy but clowning (Suedey 2), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 10:15 (eleven years ago) link
We have 4 years to prepare for his departure if that is the situation. The modric fiasco was we kept him for a year and he performed well.
― my name is louis and i'm an acoleuthic (darraghmac), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 10:16 (eleven years ago) link
slightly disturbing that ashley/kinnear will offer a significant financial incentive to someone already on £65k and who has hardly played for 18 months
― Austrian Economics (nakhchivan), Friday, 11 October 2013 14:49 (ten years ago) link
i think it would be best for him if he could be played as a cb though, too cumbersome for fullback
yanga-mbiwa seems to be the rancid marrow in their january window abel and cole clearance box too
― Austrian Economics (nakhchivan), Friday, 11 October 2013 14:50 (ten years ago) link
hey I use them ruining my punk as fuck cred there I guess
― imago, Friday, 11 October 2013 14:53 (ten years ago) link
how did you cook your yoann gouffran
― Austrian Economics (nakhchivan), Friday, 11 October 2013 14:56 (ten years ago) link
in a coloccini bigirimana with a fine red marveau
― imago, Friday, 11 October 2013 15:08 (ten years ago) link
Pardew went on: ‘You're talking about a high level (Premier League).
‘We've got fantastic players at our football club and is he better than the ones we've got?
‘I was a bit like ‘hmm, not sure’. I think (Andre Villas-Boas) was a little bit like that as well.
‘But fair play to the lad, he's come into Tottenham's team and done terrific and now he’s made that extra step which is great for England and Spurs in particular.
‘He brings a 'nothing to lose' character to the pitch.
‘He was a massive bonus the other night.’
― fake irish times letters mac d (nakhchivan), Sunday, 13 October 2013 19:49 (ten years ago) link
Turan has now committed to the club until 2017, and has spoken of his personal joy at remaining with Atletico, where he says he feels part of a family at the club.
“I am delighted to have signed a contract extension with Atletico Madrid. I feel like I’m part of a family here,” he said.
However, his agent has hinted that the Premier League is still on the agenda for Turan, whose signing of a new contract has seen his buy-0ut clause with the club rise to over £30m, which may be a ploy simply to make more money out of his sale if top English clubs come calling for the Turkish international again.
“Arsenal and Liverpool? A destination in the Premier League would be to the liking of the player and I can confirm there are clubs interested, like the two mentioned,” his agent said.
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 21:41 (ten years ago) link
http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/borussia-dortmund-have-given-mats-hummels-permission-to-sign-for-barcelona-next-summer-for-e35m
― Number None, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 00:19 (ten years ago) link
they selling pique or just collecting slack fuckers now
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 00:47 (ten years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Frank_Arnesen.jpg
here is a picture of ninth rolling stone frank arnesen
― unblog your plug (darraghmac), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 13:42 (ten years ago) link
deems who is your favourite defensive midfielder ever
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 14:01 (ten years ago) link
The next one. Always the next one.
― unblog your plug (darraghmac), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 14:13 (ten years ago) link
“Mario wants to leave Milan in January,” Mino Raiola told The National.
“I don’t know where he will go, but we will look at different options.
“Chelsea is an option, but there have been no real offers and I cannot say anything.”
― r|t|c, Monday, 30 December 2013 12:04 (ten years ago) link