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

Properly dodgy club, Sheriff, even by the standards of the region.

Zagreb get 90th minute winner, reminding me why I rarely bet these days.

you had cash on a game involving dinamo zagreb?

unless you were reliably informed that they would lose 0-7, that doesnt seem like the most reliable investment

That's true. Didn't put any money on it in the end but was tempted.

Ahh that was briljant. Dominated 90mins with frivolous football. Not seen this the last ten years, honestly.

A 17y old in his first year, homegrown winger, Bakkali, was man of the match. Revelation. And finally we have a good defense, Rekik on loan from Man City and Bruma, both flawless.

LBI, cool it now. Ok guys, but srsly happy.

Zakaria Bakkali (Liège, 26 January 1996) is a Belgian professional football from Moroccon descent player who currently plays for PSV Eindhoven. He's a youth exponent from the club.

You've got encyclopedic knowledge Nilmar!

there are now champions league players born after the release of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD4nsKA62uQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGlJeDmq50Q

the "worst" one is still that lad mason bennett who made his debut for derby a few years ago. born on the day england beat scotland in euro 96

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriff_(company)

hmm i see what shari means

Frenchies, how was Lyon?

Sheriff pretty much runs everything in Transdniestr - and anything it doesn't run has to pay protection money / a tithe to them, afaict. It's the closest thing Europe has to an actual gangster state.

Their stadium was meant to cost $200m, though if the actual cost was a tenth of that I'd be surprised.

The stadium opening ceremony included performances from Dizzee Rascal, The Corrs and Jose Quitongo

Jose Quitongo ex of Hamilton Academical.

Jose Quitongo, star of my favourite football anecdote ever (posted several times on this board)

Talking of football anecdotes, I won a pub quiz this by knowing, amongst other things, that the Azerbaijani national stadium is named after the linesman who allowed England's iffy "goal" in the 1966 World Cup Final.

+ evening

ailsa ✓

nilmar tick tic ✘

vlad chiriches. good name

Round-up of nonsense currently circulating:

Rudnevs to Stoke / Celtic
Damiao to Southampton for 26m Euro
Bernard to Shakhtar for £22m because Arsenal wouldn't go above £20m
Rondon to Liverpool

Caulker on way to cardiff?

That can't happen unless we have another CB lined up.

I'd rather it didn't happen at all.

Rudnevs said he wanted to stay in germany
caulker leaving would make me sad. all i want is some spurs youth products in the first team.
we have the romanian dude lined up (though i thought it was interesting he played in the CL yesterday)

vlad chiriches. good name

― r|t|c, Wednesday, July 31, 2013 5:26 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this one

thought caulker would be next to blow after excelling at swansea but he was pretty shonky last season. another season playing regular games might be best for him

this CHVRCHES fellow appears to be an elegant libero type which i guess suggests more grimacing vertonghen at lb and idk maybe cover for sandro at a pinch

last night I saw Charlton reserves at Dartford. we had a player called Jack Munns, played 90 minutes. was at Spurs until this summer. really hope we give him a contract coz he's ridiculously talented for a Championship player - the fact he's approximately 5'3" (no exaggeration) is presumably why he's trialling with us and not breaking onto the Spurs bench. doubtless the ILX Spurs faithful know of him fondly

only know the name, but i am fond of this picture
http://www.myfootballfacts.com/5193.jpg

Woah, Charlton reserves at Dartford, that's real. I thought I was doing well with a Wolves friendly. Young Munns does not look quite so real.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/jul/31/southend-united-phil-brown-confident

I'd love to be a Bobby Robson that dies on the job in his 70s

dulce et decorum est.

"The Humber bridge used to fascinate me, and what used to fascinate me about it is why would someone want to join North Ferriby and South Ferriby? Put them two parts of the map together with this wonderful structure, instead of going all the way inland and all the way back? It's a simple enough idea, but it takes a lot of foresight to achieve it."

amazing

"I look at Southend pier. It's a mile and a half long, right on the Thames estuary. And I think: 'Why do people do that?' It's just to show what you can achieve. So we've been along the prom a couple of times. We've had walks and warm-downs. We've had training sessions on the beach. And I've inquired to Southend council to see if we can get a free run along the pier – you have to pay about seven quid to get on it. So if we do a warm-down there it'll be a relaxing day, they'll go on a mile-and-a-half jog and end in the middle of the Thames estuary. What's crazy about that? What's stunty about that? It's about using the local terrain."

foraging for skills.

uh so about that Chiriches, a prison cell intervention from Gigi Becali and now the deal is off

Mihai Stoica (Steaua's manager) announced tonight on Fanatik Show on Digisport, that the transfer will not be done because Gigi Becali will not accept the offer coming from Tottenham: "There is an offer of 8 million Euros for Chiriches . I Don't know where Gigi saw the statement (that Spurs want him right know and will not wait for Steaua to qualify in the UCL group stage) but he called me and told me: "Tottenham will not wait? but who is Tottenham? They can not wait another day? Then he is no longer for sale. That's it! My name is Gigi Becali, I won't accept this ".

LATEST NEWS - Transfer of Chiriches in England failed: "Who are these guys?"

nilmar tick tic ✘

― r|t|c, Wednesday, 31 July 2013 01:03 (16 hours ago)

to adopt francis bacon, dear ticks for the homeboys, deer ticks for the fuckboys

every observer reader has at least a lil bit of love for gigi's bantz but he seems to be an actual psychopath

Cardiff City break their transfer record by signing defender Steven Caulker on a four-year deal from Tottenham for around £8m

hmmmph

their manager seems p thick in interviews

£16m for a cb who no more impressive than curtis davies was when o'neill bought him & some doubtless slow as shit 6'4 danish turd

North and South Ferriby are a wee bit further up the estuary tbh

mind you at least they're real, unlike the woman he rescued that time

'This is a little bit strange, not so German' Lewandowski told newspapers in his native Poland. 'We are acting normally, and Borussia’s management is not.'

'I always give it my all. That they keep me is not fair.'

polemiczny
"polemic" in Polish

Watching from the sidelines are Bale's former club Southampton, who are in line to pocket 2.5% of any transfer fee.

But that pales in comparison to the 15% sell-on they are believed to have agreed at the time of his 2007 move to White Hart Lane.

Southampton waived that clause at a time when they were in financial difficulty, instead receiving around £1.5m and goalkeeper Tommy Forecast, and now stand to earn just £2m as opposed to £13m if Real sign Bale.

they waived it in late 2010 when bale was already being valued by levy at over £40m

this is probably a strategy from epl sides when buying from the champo or below, or from badly run clubs abroad......lower the upfront fee in return for conditional or delayed payments in the knowldedge that they are likely to accept a smaller lump sum when they get into financial difficulties a few months later

Of all the dumb moves we made over the past decade, the Forecast deal still seems like the dumbest by some distance.

Big Tommy Forecast. He is tall, and on a positive note let's assume he will grow into the role after first-day nerves. Shall we help those scrabbling hicks, or is that scribbling hacks, at the GET with those handy synonyms: foresee, foretell, forewarn, prognosticate, guess... how apposite. He spent half the game licking his lips and sipping water like a nervous laboratory rat hyped up on a diet of salt 'n' shake crisps and Fanta. He came, he stayed, he flapped, he flipped, he caught, he was overwrought and spread happiness among the travelling Creweites. His first contribution was to let a cross squish through his hands and he didn't make a save of any sort until way, way into the second half, when a shot hit his legs. He was noticeably less woeful when stood in front of the away supporters.

I really should start reading Cod Almighty again.

Tommy Forecast. Tommy. Forecast... I just... I mean it's so unlikely.