the fuck time of the morning is this to wake me for that
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Friday, 28 June 2019 06:33 (four years ago) link
He was at Spurs' training ground yesterday so I'm quietly confident.
But, you know, Spurs
― groovypanda, Friday, 28 June 2019 07:42 (four years ago) link
At the Spurs' training ground looking at houses.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Friday, 28 June 2019 08:17 (four years ago) link
willian scars run deep yet
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Friday, 28 June 2019 11:39 (four years ago) link
Milan banned from the Europa League for FFP violations. Do Man City next.
― ShariVari, Friday, 28 June 2019 11:53 (four years ago) link
lol
BREAKING: Arsenal have today bid £40million for Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha, Sky Sports News understands— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) July 1, 2019
― Number None, Monday, 1 July 2019 17:08 (four years ago) link
― Rory end to the lowenbrow (Noodle Vague), Monday, 1 July 2019 21:44 (four years ago) link
should cost more for a whole mid to lower table prem team :p
― calzino, Monday, 1 July 2019 22:20 (four years ago) link
the fuckin state of that bid
― damarraghcas.jpg (darraghmac), Monday, 1 July 2019 22:24 (four years ago) link
i no longer know how much footballers should cost but palace have fuckin gotten into the premiership at the right fuckin time
― imago, Monday, 1 July 2019 23:55 (four years ago) link
United have apparently bid £34m for Bruno Fernandes, which is likely to be as successful as the Zaha offer.
Barcelona have supposedly put up £100m for Lautaro Martinez, scorer of six Serie A goals last season (who does look an excellent prospect tbf).
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 06:38 (four years ago) link
there's a story floating around that Fernandes had a clause inserted in his contract that if Sporting turn down any offer above €35m, they have to pay him €5m
no idea of its veracity, but it seems weirdly specific
― Number None, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 07:01 (four years ago) link
I saw that and couldnt tell if it was yknow every time or what
― damarraghcas.jpg (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 07:02 (four years ago) link
I preferred the ceefax/teletext days of reading about summer transfer rumours, the mountain of worthless shit on newsnow is just too much to filter.
― calzino, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 07:14 (four years ago) link
i solve it by not believing a fucking word until i see somebody turn up for a team's first fixture
― Rory end to the lowenbrow (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 07:17 (four years ago) link
I solve it by reading about summer transfer rumours on teletext.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 07:23 (four years ago) link
the last time we signed someone there wasnt any other option tbf
― damarraghcas.jpg (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 08:13 (four years ago) link
AS understand Tottenham Hotspur have agreed a loan deal to sign Real Madrid midfielder Dani Ceballos with the two clubs 'optimistic' on completing the move. #THFC pic.twitter.com/oPkCklpBSq— Talking THFC (@TalkingTHFC) July 2, 2019
― Number None, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 10:43 (four years ago) link
Oh and Utd have bid £70m for Harry Maguire
oof
― Number None, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 10:46 (four years ago) link
wouldnt get in Ireland team
ceballos hardly come to us in good attitude imo
― damarraghcas.jpg (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 11:07 (four years ago) link
loan tho. hmmph.
― damarraghcas.jpg (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 11:08 (four years ago) link
ndombellllllleeeeeeee
― damarraghcas.jpg (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
goodbye Helder Costa, i for one will miss you ;_;
― Rory end to the lowenbrow (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 12:56 (four years ago) link
Leeds 😅
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 12:59 (four years ago) link
he deserved better but i'm sure he'll enjoy working for Bielsa
― Rory end to the lowenbrow (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 13:01 (four years ago) link
spanish media (fwtw) claim mpappe transfer request
― damarraghcas.jpg (darraghmac), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 15:13 (four years ago) link
mpappe roach
― damarraghcas.jpg (darraghmac), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 15:14 (four years ago) link
Man city sign Rodri for 62m making him the second most expensive Welshman ever
― or something, Friday, 5 July 2019 14:50 (four years ago) link
false giggs economy
― damarraghcas.jpg (darraghmac), Friday, 5 July 2019 18:46 (four years ago) link
26.5m for tyrone mings
No seriously
― or something, Sunday, 7 July 2019 17:24 (four years ago) link
some pissed up druggy from the local park who can still pass a beep test and kick a ball is worth at least 50 grand these days.
― calzino, Sunday, 7 July 2019 19:43 (four years ago) link
Maybe Villa thought they were buying an ancient dynastic vase and were sent a footballer instead.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 7 July 2019 20:06 (four years ago) link
lool!
― calzino, Sunday, 7 July 2019 20:11 (four years ago) link
he's the quality of player mick mccarthy would have got for a few hundred grand and a bag of cones and balls 10 years back!
― calzino, Sunday, 7 July 2019 20:34 (four years ago) link
and then never play him cos he didn't run enough laps of the pitch one day in training
― Polly Toynbee OK (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 7 July 2019 20:36 (four years ago) link
"Played 23 times in 4 years"
If Villa were actually interested in Kongolo as reported, then seriously he is literately a £50 million player at least at this valuation of talent.
― calzino, Sunday, 7 July 2019 20:46 (four years ago) link
LOL, insanity.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Sunday, 7 July 2019 21:44 (four years ago) link
it's probably really 18m and loads of silly extras of which most won't ever be paid, but still absolute insanity.
― calzino, Sunday, 7 July 2019 21:48 (four years ago) link
https://pics.me.me/the-man-who-does-more-than-he-is-paid-for-2354123.png
A meme from the instagram account of one of our players who has made 7 appearances in 2 and a half years and done next to fuck all!
― calzino, Sunday, 7 July 2019 22:33 (four years ago) link
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bc/ca/08/bcca0825ecb4652f0e468d413ab42ef0.jpg
at least he followed it up with something also suitably sibylline and enigmatic tbf!
― calzino, Sunday, 7 July 2019 23:22 (four years ago) link
at the risk of exposing myself to the ridicule of the masses...
Tyrone Mings was fucking fantastic for us in the second half of last season and was a massive factor in that ridiculous winning streak that took us from mid-table into the playoffs. he is a total fan fave already and i'm glad we've got him on a permanent deal. i mean probably we are massively overpaying but when Man Utd are talking about spending 70m on Harry Maguire or whatever the figure is being quoted atm i don't really care, what even is money
― Windsor Davies, Monday, 8 July 2019 01:11 (four years ago) link
Do you rate Tuanzebe, Windsor?
― Number None, Monday, 8 July 2019 07:26 (four years ago) link
Tyrone is a Big Character. He is steadfastly, unwaveringly Up For It. He Loves It.
He'll probably also be picking up some straight reds for abysmal last ditch interventions during 6-0 defeats to ooh, most of the top 8
I think Villa will go back down, because they have to pretty much buy a new team, and they seem to be taking lots of punts on unproven players to facilitate it. Maybe they'll sign loads of players with Premier League experience later in the window idk, but dropping 20mil on Tyrone doesn't suggest they're on some ultra-patient 5d chess bargain hunting
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Monday, 8 July 2019 10:07 (four years ago) link
The Guardian piece on Maguire today seemed pretty OTM, you can imagine a Guardiola or a Klopp or a Poch turning him into a real £70m player but the idea of Solskjaer doing that?
― Matt DC, Monday, 8 July 2019 20:37 (four years ago) link
aside from it defeating the purpose to pay 70m for a player you have to then turn into a 70m player
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Monday, 8 July 2019 21:10 (four years ago) link
Has Pep improved Stones’ defending? Has Poch improved anyone’s defending? Idk.
Maguire has been consistently good enough over the last two years to suggest he doesn’t need to get that much better to be a regular starter in a top 4 defence. £70m seems about the going rate. West Ham are valuing Issa Diop at £5m more.
― ShariVari, Monday, 8 July 2019 21:19 (four years ago) link
£70m seems about the going rate.
For the English market, yes. For anyone outside it seems bonkers. Hell, Juve and Ajax are still bickering about De Ligt (for somewhere between 55-70m, in euros iirc). Maguire going for £70m is insane all over the world, except in England. I get why, up to a degree (file under: homegrown etc). Just wondering how many Tyrone Mings and Maguires it takes till England corrects, or is forced to correct, this hyperinflation. Not anytime soon, not with this tv dough, I reckon.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 8 July 2019 21:31 (four years ago) link
a 19-year-old with one season under his belt just went for €126m
it's mental all over
― Number None, Monday, 8 July 2019 21:34 (four years ago) link
poch improved walker and vertonghen defensively
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Monday, 8 July 2019 21:40 (four years ago) link
You know the market is as it should be when you see Feyenoord signing one Liam Kelly from Reading on a free and hailing him like the second coming of the lord jesus christ tbf
On topic: I don't understand why ManC or Liverpool or ManU hesitate to fork out 100m for De Ligt, when they seem all to keen to waste their money on filler like Stones and Maguire etc.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 8 July 2019 21:46 (four years ago) link
can we start arguing about this season's thread title now so it's ready for tomorrow? would propose "Your old car is completely reliable, but you want a new one and two weeks later it breaks down" but it's a bit much
― seven against feebs (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 8 August 2019 10:39 (four years ago) link
Throwing "Steve Bruce is the rock on which Newcastle's free flowing football finally flounders" up for consideration, stumbled on it somewhere
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 8 August 2019 10:46 (four years ago) link
just been reminded that Leon Clarke is technically a Premier League footballer at the moment
― seven against feebs (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 8 August 2019 10:50 (four years ago) link
You must be Joachim: Liverpool will not compete for the Gibraltar Premier Division 2020
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Thursday, 8 August 2019 11:55 (four years ago) link
gah i've not been able to get this out of my head since hearing robyn in the co-op this morning, someone's going to have to fill in the blanks for me though:
paulo dybala / he's not the guy you're taking home / we'll just get _____ ____ on loan
― Br. Des Shadows (NickB), Thursday, 8 August 2019 12:23 (four years ago) link
thank god andy carroll doesn't scan
― Br. Des Shadows (NickB), Thursday, 8 August 2019 12:24 (four years ago) link
Looks like Sessegnon and Lo Celso are done.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 8 August 2019 14:43 (four years ago) link
I honestly couldn't tell you how good lo Celso is and i've probably seen him 15 times. I'm looking forward to seeing how he does, though.
Mooy and Maupay to Brighton is good business imo.
― ShariVari, Thursday, 8 August 2019 14:50 (four years ago) link
Sarr to Watford too.
― ShariVari, Thursday, 8 August 2019 14:53 (four years ago) link
Everton have agreed a deal to sign Arsenal and Nigeria winger Alex Iwobi for a fee in the region of £35-40m #EFC #AFC— David Ornstein (@bbcsport_david) August 8, 2019
― Number None, Thursday, 8 August 2019 16:06 (four years ago) link
kieran tierney to arsenal confirmed :'-(
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 8 August 2019 16:10 (four years ago) link
see ye in jan
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Thursday, 8 August 2019 16:32 (four years ago) link
lo Celso is a loan?
― ShariVari, Thursday, 8 August 2019 16:33 (four years ago) link
Loan w/ option to buy him for 55m next year
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 8 August 2019 16:38 (four years ago) link
Which is a pretty sweet deal imo
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 8 August 2019 16:39 (four years ago) link
different info on whether its an obligation or an option
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Thursday, 8 August 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link
Mooy isn't one of the wasters that downed tools last season but he's been a shadow of the player he was for a while. This funny business of getting him to sign a contract extension then loaning him to Brighton might backfire on us - if he has another dud season it might be hard to move him on when the club is thinking how much they could have got for him in this window. He must have agitated for the move because we just received £15m for Billing and are not under pressure to sell and the players all take 40% wage cuts with the relegation - or something like that is written into all their contracts. Proper tight northern bstads!
― calzino, Thursday, 8 August 2019 16:49 (four years ago) link
I think it's an obligation to buy Lo Celso unless we fail to qualify for Europe. In which case it becomes an option, and he won't want to take it.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 8 August 2019 17:17 (four years ago) link
wasnt benik afobe....good...recently enough?
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Thursday, 8 August 2019 17:20 (four years ago) link
Went to shit at Bournemouth when he realised he wasn't good enough for the Prem iirc
― seven against feebs (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 8 August 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
― seven against feebs (Noodle Vague), Thursday, August 8, 2019 3:39 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
fire it up, slackers liverpool is already up 3-0 and it's only been 30min
― gbx, Friday, 9 August 2019 19:32 (four years ago) link
Lads, it's the Premier League thread - EPL 2019/20
― seven against feebs (Noodle Vague), Friday, 9 August 2019 19:42 (four years ago) link