"We've momentum and we can't afford to lose it tbh"- The '13-'14 summer transfer window thread for PL and beyond

£34m for Fernandinho is quite a lot. Vastly better than Milner, though.

Not in all ten outfield positions

Yeah, i'd imagine they'd want to keep Milner as a utility bench player.

Masterful windup mail in f365 today from an 'everton supporter'

I've been taking a look at Martinez' record at Wigan, going by their position in the table at the end of each month (from September onwards).

2009/10: 10-12-14-16-14-16-16-16-16
2010/11: 18-17-18-16-18-20-20-18-16
2011/12: 15-20-19-18-20-20-19-16-15
2012/13: 16-15-15-16-18-17-17-18-18

The two 17ths last season were both on gd from Villa

so champions league it is

The writing's finally on the wall for Barry and Milner I'd guess.

― Matt DC, Thursday, 6 June 2013 11:42 (2 hours ago) Bookmark

on last season's evidence you'd probably be more entitled to think nasri and garcia were the ones at risk. (sinclair and rodwell go without saying)

agree with dmac on milner, he has his uses in a squad. iirc city have never used him the way villa did driving from the middle like a ham sandwich yaya toure

nb. idk what ham sandwich really means there but i'll give my brain the benefit of the doubt

i watched a bit of that and england were trash

― ghosts of erith spectral crackhouse slain rudeboy (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 6 June 2013 00:13 (14 hours ago) Bookmark

according to someone i know who claims to be close to stuart pearce's family (yes i did just type that) hodgson seriously does not rate or even like him

i love the persistent rumour that inter might fancy signing tom ince purely out of sentiment for his dad

Which part of Pearce's family?

('ham sandwich' is in the lexicon btw, I'll be giving it a run out myself as soon as I can)

somewhat embarrassingly i think my subconscious dredged it up from here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/oct/09/jack-wilshere-england-arsenal

This aversion to the gratuitously splendid comes out in the most everyday objects. In Spain, for example, a "ham sandwich" is a deliciously sensuous experience, the fruit of generations of high-end artisan indulgence. In England a ham sandwich is a cold, pink punch in the face, an angry thing marbled with gristly neglect.

Guarin to Spurs is currently being rumoured. Inter have been mysteriously terrible recently and they're looking to offload players to fund Tom Ince a new squad.

that would be fun i think? otoh it's quite possible that his sterling service in fm2005 is clouding my judgement

I really like him. AVB does tend to be linked to everyone who played under him at Porto, though, so it might be nonsense.

I've only ever seen him do brilliant things, and not on showreels neither. I feel he might be quite unreliable, but want him nonetheless.

Is Guarin really a good fit for Spurs right now, his skill set seems to overlap with Dembele's a lot

http://www.youtube.com/v/YH0Ogn3FUXw&fs=1&hl=en

Imagine what he could cook up with thudd

Arsenal SWOOP for Fellaini, eh.

James Ducker @DuckerTheTimes
Re: Fernandinho, deal worth £34m to Shakhtar (see statement) but actual cost to #MCFC is £30m as player has sacrificed £4m to get deal done

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jun/06/arsenal-wayne-rooney-arsene-wenger

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22802685

compare these articles for more guardian lying clickbait bullshit.

I'm trying to work out what I'd think about Rooney as replacement for Suarez. I think I'd be into it. Academic anyway, Ligue 1's the only place where he'd be a 'sensible' purchase at his price.

Unless Mourinho really does love him

Is Guarin really a good fit for Spurs right now, his skill set seems to overlap with Dembele's a lot

Haven't really seen him play but if the above is true it'd be a good thing. We were terrible without Dembele for most of last season and he'd pretty much broke down from exhaustion by March.

The idea of Rooney at Liverpool is just too funny.

tbh we've never really replaced Kuyt

But is Rooney up to that task?

the even whuyter kuyt

rooney could warm the bench i guess.

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7559/picture5ql.jpg

xps you never mentioned the real clickbait. I bet they were dying to make that the lead

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Football/Pix/pictures/2013/6/7/1370597768967/Wayne-Rooney-008.jpg

Not sure they've consulted United's lawyers on that Park image.

In case you were wondering, Mister Potato are United’s “Official Snack Partner in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Korea, China, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru and Africa.”

That sound you here is football repeatedly being kicked-in-the-crotch-to-death.

I had no idea Mister Potato was so global. I particularly like the 'and Africa'.

I thought Rooney was United's official snack partner.

also Mister Potato himself reminds me of Raymond Domenech

very original idea for a snack tho. crisps in a tube with a moustachioed face advertising them - genius. i bet once you squeeze the tube open it's difficult to cease consuming those crisps.

they should actually use that in a campaign.

'Once you insist, you can't desist' would be even better

Actually once you start eating the crisps you eat loads in a short burst but then don't eat any for another four months and no one notices. Also none for the first month of the season at least.

Shit you end up reading on the Internet: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7490346.stm

Pringles managed to convince a judge that they were more like cakes than crisps in order to avoid paying VAT.

this discussion is about mister potato fyi

Ah, the infamous cake/biscuit tax dodge, good times

'Once you insist, you can't desist' would be even better

i can't think of a better slogan than this.

once you begin, you can't fin

once you've begun, you can't un

surely that shd've been "once you've began, you can't fin"

once you start, you will shart

fuck it, 'once you've begun, Kim Jong-Un' since they seem to be Official Snack Partner for a reunified Korea

Just came here in my brief lunchbreak to post the important Mr Potato news, but I see ILF has already served up comedy gold here and then some

Mainly then some

^^^ spokesman for a rival potato product