Moneyball won't win the Premiership 2012-13

Newcastle is a step down but actually does look like a good fit for his game imo. Might bring them up to solid 11th in the table (the kind of level that got big Sam fired).

Newcastle were who he played Utd off against when leaving Everton

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uSQHfbAhFbQ/ULQg1z9i4qI/AAAAAAAABgQ/mQxVdY6_Ju0/s1600/The+Apprentice+Asia.jpg

Are Spurs seriously about to sign David Villa? I know he's not as good as he used to be but still...

i saw that too and thought it was typical fantastical nonsense. it would be interesting if he came to england, then all the big Asturian footballers (Villa, Cazorla, Mata, Michu even though he doesn't have a cap) would be playing the premier league.

No cap for Michu is ridiculous, even with the depth and quality of the competition. If bloody Franco Di Santo is getting picked for Argentina, y'know?

Ah yes, argentina the reigning world oh wait

Raging about Brazil continuing to snub Rafael. Raging

Point stands afaic, competition for places in the Argentina attack is ludicrous, of a similar level to that in the Spanish side.

I'm not saying that Michu should be a regular or anything, but no cap at all is pish

Michu isn't *that* good. I mean, he is very good but he's not good enough to displace any of Spain's attacking midfielders and the only reason a cap would be justified would be a major injury crisis. I mean he'd walk into the England team but that's because lol England.

yeah he's easily done enough for a call up though, for most international teams.

Well yeah England is England, he'd be our star player atm. Can see I'm fighting a losing battle here, but I maintain that Michu is good enough to come off the bench and replace Cesc Fabregas. But yeah, I know the guy isn't *that* good I suppose, I just love a goal-scoring midfielder.

I mean he'd walk into the England team but that's because lol England.

While we're at it, LOL EPL

not Beckham. Not now

Michu has had two good seasons. Before that he was an average player in the lower divisions. He's Ricky Lambert basically.
Caps for Argentina are kinda meaningless there's lots of games where they pick whole squads of domestic players.

that still doesn't explain Di Santo

While we're at it, LOL EPL

Yeah because Silva and Mata and Cazorla are only here because they're too shit to make it La Liga.

Not playing for Swansea though are they?

Michu > Ricky Lambert > other English strikers tbh

Mauricio Pochettino: The Argentine at Southampton with big plans, 3 May 2013

Mauricio Pochettino may leave if chairman departs, 16 May 2013

Just noticed this about Pochettino:

Fouled Michael Owen to give England penalty at 2002 World Cup

For some reason they've left quotation marks off of 'Fouled'.

For Swansea to have even signed a player as good as Michu is pretty spectacular given where they were two or three years ago. Think Michael Laudrup might know a thing or two about Spanish football, by the way.

This reminds me of various Scottish clamourings when Mark Hateley, Chris Woods or Chris Sutton weren't getting England call-ups. Inclined to think the national coaches generally know their players tbh, Del Bosque's even been to see Michu iirc.

http://campus.ie/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_main/giovanni-trapattoni-1482012-3-390x285.jpg

Fuckin right

He's Ricky Lambert basically

Rickie Lambert. RICKIE.

that name looks weirder and weirder the more times you type it

re: pochettino, it's just cortese playing hardball to get (even more) control of the club imo, i doubt either of them are going anywhere

For Swansea to have even signed a player as good as Michu is pretty spectacular given where they were two or three years ago. Think Michael Laudrup might know a thing or two about Spanish football, by the way.

― Matt DC, Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:22 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

rumour is he's going to pay twice as much as he did for Michu to get Manu del Moral, who does have 1 cap

thinking caps on for offseason thread title plz

Roon Army

just riffing here

Hot Potato - Rooney & other transfer ish

Where did Roo go to my lovely?

counsel against using that reference tbh

One Neat Trick to Shift 16 Stone of Useless Fat!

The Wantaway Pele: Offseason/Transfer Speculation 2013

darragh ftw

he's done it again

nah it's not up to scratch, i like wantaway pele tbr

something ferguson moyes scot rooney maybe jose rafa something something

right folks, let's get to work

feel like we haven't had a bentley skip moment that would make this a cinch

Feel like there's fine comic potential in Redknapp's inevitable failure to shift half a squad's worth of overpaid players he's spent the last five months talking down.

oh jesus redknapp ya

"If my car was a better make, this window would've stayed up"

hot potato has the benefit of possibly not making everyone suicidal after a whole summer looking at it

Odemwingie is scratching at the gates again: Off season transfer speculation 2013

it'd have to be a belter to convince me the arry well isnt dry

yeah i did consider "odemwingie family caravan holiday 2013" or "the nigerian always rings twice" tbf but eh

dammit if i could just see a pattern *slams fist on desk, sombrely stares at picture of victim on walls*

http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Psg-18m-net-annuels-pour-ronaldo/371357

18 million per year NET

Crikey, nobody's going to turn that down