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

reduce the cunt like a fine jus

what are the calipers for at 2:24 in the qpr training montage

like is there any scientific information being gleaned

Skull measurement

sandro paulinho dembele lennon villa bale looks like tastyville to me

dembele probably needed a temporary downgrading from top top player to mercurial talent and paulinho would appear to create an allowance for that

still a lot riding on sandro though i think

Would paulinho sandro play in brazil xi, are they quite similar?

ftr i have no probs with two sandros obv

i think sandro would potentially replace luiz gustavo for brazil?

agree with rtc's lineup, but would actually rather buy soldado than villa.

right xp

like is there any scientific information being gleaned

― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Monday, 1 July 2013 21:58 (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

"if u can pinch an inch" is a proven biostructural analytic equation u rube

yeah paulinho doesnt sit, he's a rangy box to box/amc iirc

seems p rubeish to need calipers to determine that some oaf has spent four weeks in marbella with negligible exertion

one concern with sandro paulinho dembele is that none of them are a really great passer, it would be primarily about countering with speed or giving it to the wings.

against teams were spurs have the majority of possession, holtby could be used over one of them i suppose.

villa even in his latter diminished state is worth snapping up, the all round instinct and intelligence still gives you something extra... besides his reputation ought to be a psychological fillip, the klinsmann vibe

soldado i probably havent seen enough of in la liga to adequately comment but idk i think of him as more direct, maybe more epl-ready, but also more limited and representing outright equal competition for defoe. imo if it's not villa then the adebayor replacement (damiao etc) is more important but otoh if it is to be primarily fast transitions on the counter then maybe they're eschewing the role entirely

what's negredo like, i forget

i think he's similar to soldado but more handsome.

Belhanda has apparently had second thoughts about moving to the third-best team in Ukraine so might be back on the market.

just read yesterday's bogan krkic routine and strained a rib laughing you glorious basterds

BBC Sport understands QPR have agreed a £12m fee with Anzhi Makhachkala for Chris Samba.

The London club bought Samba from the Russian club in January for the same amount.

I think we've finally found the limits of epl influence

cheeri-fuckin-o, what a result

epl media saturation at any rate, I'm willing to believe he's now got 'leader of two of the epl's most prestigious clubs' at the top of his cv

hard to believe any dodgy shenanigans went on with that deal.

I'm surprised they've taken him back. Hiddinck suggested that he'd contacted QPR behind the club's back and left Anzhi without saying goodbye as soon as the deal went through. There were conflicting reports at the time though.

http://www.championat.com/football/news-1569627-anzhi-zaplatit-kuinz-park-rejndzhers-za-samba--12-mln.html

Chairman of the Board of Directors of "Anji" Remchukov refused to disclose the amount of transfer. According to him, the contract with Samba will be for four years. "Samba returns. he was willing. We do not mind. Plus guys asked for it. We are able to forgive our friends. Today, he runs medchek" - also said in his Remchukov " tweet. "

https://twitter.com/KVRemchukov/status/352000099334897665

lmao why does that url say "kuinz-park-rejndzhers"

article obv written by @BARTSIMSON_REAL

"we do not mind, we forgive friend" is literally the best most russianest shit ever

'celebrate christopher samba' always was my favourite party down episode tbf

Is the deal Anzhi paying QPR £12m or the other way round? Because either way it's still pretty sweet for you.

Куинз парк Рейнджерс

He's pretty popular with the Anzhi fans, i think, so that might make things a bit easier.

not a club where I assume fans' views hold sway, I confess

Did they bring many to Anfield? I can't recall.

They don't have that many travelling fans normally, iirc, as Makhachkala isn't particularly wealthy, but they get ok crowds at home games.

Meulensteen has apparently gone to Anzhi as well.

sandro paulinho dembele lennon villa bale looks like tastyville to me

Just Sandro and Dembele were capable of overwhelming most PL midfields last season but obviously ran themselves into the ground. Pretty excited now.

Would still like a wide forward who can play on the right or CF though. We never get a full season out of Lennon and there's no one else, although Andros might be ready AVB just doesn't seem to fancy him that much.

oh u thought those were only qpr lolz u were getting today

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/championship-steve-mcclaren-join-qpr-coaching-staff-121506917.html

El Tel and Howard Wilkinson must be sitting eagerly by the phone as well.

If you have a manager who has already threatened to leave if he doesn't get his own way, and would probably jump ship when the first reasonably sized PL club offered him a job, having a fairly capable back-up plan already in place isn't necessarily a bad idea.

"we're massive underdogs int we"

mclaren could do a job as steve cotterill's assistant i suppose

Have we discussed this yet? Gallagher and Cascarino's vaguely panicked flapping at being given an off-script shot of perspective is a joy to watch.

"Okay Matthew, so he's bought Chelsea with stolen money as political protection from his partner in crime but what about the football eh?"

That's beautiful and entirely otm. It's nice to finally hear someone saying it on a sports programme.

I like the bit when Cascarino very nearly goes "I just don't really care" and then starts backpedaling.

:D

Brilliant.

"Matthew! Back to the original question! OJ Simpson - good or bad in Naked Gun?"

July 2 (Reuters) - Stoke City have signed Spain under-21 defender Marc Muniesa from Barcelona on a free transfer, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.
Muniesa has agreed a four-year contract with the English club who finished 13th last season before appointing Mark Hughes as their manager in May to replace Tony Pulis.
"I'm very excited about moving to England to play for Stoke City and will do everything I can to help the club," the 21-year-old said on his new club's website (www.stokecityfc.com).
"My season only finished a fortnight ago when the European (under-21) championships ended, but I can't wait to get started for Stoke."