Kenny Dalglish Won't Be Delivering the Module: English Premiership 2011-12

Thanks. I was going to say that bloke at Wigan who nobody had heard of, but I couldn't even remember his name when he was in the job, never mind now.

Bruce 2/1 favourite with Paddy Power. sweating.

can't see it. his rep is too tarnished after the way things went at sunderland, this season particularly. fret not, nv!

I'm always a bit embarrassed for clubs when they appoint the assistant manager as number 1.

they usually do it after the assistant gets off to a good start, when the team gets an artificial kick that a change of manager usually brings (pearce, roeder, spragia being examples)

Heavy rumors (France Football, Dutch press) that Eden Hazard has agreed on terms with Spurs for a transfer next summer! Sole condition seems to be Spurs need to qualify for the CL.

Wenger won't be too pleased about all of this I think, Hazard having forever been linked to Arsenal.

bale out?

bit harsh on mccarthy in terms of his overall career here. getting ireland to the world cup in 2002 was a pretty stupendous achievement, and they did well when there too.

't would be the English transfer of the summer imho

xp

I presume it would be Bale-Hazard-Lennon behind an tbd striker?

Wow, that's interesting - given the level of interest in the guy, I'm wondering if that's Spiders' wage structure shattered too?

highly doubtful he'd be getting more than say 70k at us, not sure that's not about right for a guy breaking into one of the vv top leagues at a youngish age

yeah hasn't the transfer fee been thought to be around 40m? can't see spurs paying that.
xxp he could take lennon's place, too

and the tbd striker is a more important signing than hazard would be.

^^ that is true tbh

absolutely

Tho citeh doping the wages market has left us with carroll or rodallega (unless we nick newcastle's new front two, which would be good)

40m is the hyped price but tbh it will only be that if city pay it? more likely to be around 25ish imo

assuming this is true i'm guessing modric is gone and that the fee won't be an issue

he is nowhere near a replacement for modric in terms of playing style fyi

ah but who is?

istr his being a tricky lw

how are you ppl seeing french football/hazard play? al jazeera?

tricky attacking midfielder who can play l, m or r. kinda like ozil imo.

how are you ppl seeing french football/hazard play? al jazeera?

― john terje (cozen), Monday, 13 February 2012 22:32 (13 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

we talk about illegal streaming on here almost daily dude.

hazard is one of those guys who is beloved by whoever makes those crazy 'cut just 1 dudes performance into a 10 minute youtube clip' autism type things that i <3 so much.

streams shrink ur balls

cold ones do

a hoy hoy

cool hey dude

Tho citeh doping the wages market has left us with carroll or rodallega (unless we nick newcastle's new front two, which would be good)

― beware of greeks bearing petrol bombs (darraghmac), Monday, February 13, 2012 5:22 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

gotta look outside england. lucas barrios is way better than his playing time this season for dortmund would suggest. he might be want to move, especially since they already bought reus.

Curbishley odds on for the Wolves job with William Hill this morning, also far and away the most popular choice in a poll at the Express and Star. I think we cd do a lot worse.

Hazard will follow in the great tradition of Spurs players like Rivaldo and Samuel Eto'o.

Or 'arry's 'bankrupt a club then do a runner' plan is coming good again.

If you overlook the management uncertainty, I reckon this Spurs team must be a pretty exciting prospect for players at the moment, if they're good enough for the first team. Probably a pretty exciting prospect for managers as well.

But I don't believe it and reckon he'll probably end up at City/United.

Yes but also with the odd feeling that so many of the players are limited and can be bettered, i.e. if you are a left back you can beat out bae and make the team better, if you are an attacking playmaker, you can put vdv on the bench etc.

utd don't buy exciting attacking midfielders, come on matt.

BAE - I can't remember where, but I saw a stat that had him something like lowest in the league for tackles while highest in the league for interceptions, i.e. his positional sense is exceptional

United are pretty damn good at buying wingers though. What's Hazard's main position for Lille?

lol at some amc just sauntering in and hurling vdv to the bench

Rly?

amc?

scholes role

lol at some amc just sauntering in and hurling vdv to the bench

Rly?

― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 10:52 (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hazard not exactly 'some amc'

he is fine on the left or in the middle. when i've seen lille it is 70l/30m but considering bale is there, imma guess he'll play more in the middle. (unless bale has been sold.)

vdv is as effective & important a player as we have imo- more weighted towards effective, tbf

Let's not forget that Hazard's just hawking himself around, probably at the request of his agent.

Spurs haven't even wrapped up the league title yet, let alone made a bid.

ur slings and arrows can't reach from way down there fyi

Hazard probably thinks Bale and Modric are on £180k a week or something.

or it'll be a lol tax arshavin thing

http://www.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/mick-hazard-260.jpg

xp well tbh hazrd earns smth around 200k to 250k€ a month in lille, so 70k£/wk at tottenham would be more than what he currently gets. taking into account the fact that taxes are probably lower in england means that 70k/wk is a lot more than current wages in france.