Re: Other club's transfer discussion thread.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 11:43 pmRe: Other club's transfer discussion thread.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 12:43 amlooks like Shane Long could be on his way to Soton. not bad but surely won't reassure the supporters
Re: Other club's transfer discussion thread.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 1:13 amphips wrote:looks like Shane Long could be on his way to Soton. not bad but surely won't reassure the supporters
if by "not bad" you mean "not in any sense of the word 'good'" and if by "reassure" you mean "create suicidal tendencies at the alleged 12M whack they're paying" then i think you're probably bang. fucking. on.
cheers
Re: Other club's transfer discussion thread.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 8:54 pmSpuds have signed USA defender DeAndre Yedlin.Not seen him before his World Cup run out but he looked fairly useful.Anyone seen much of him, any good?
Re: Other club's transfer discussion thread.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 9:02 pmGreen & Blue wrote:Spuds have signed USA defender DeAndre Yedlin.Not seen him before his World Cup run out but he looked fairly useful.Anyone seen much of him, any good?
deandre?!
Re: Other club's transfer discussion thread.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 9:27 pmDoomMerchant wrote:phips wrote:looks like Shane Long could be on his way to Soton. not bad but surely won't reassure the supporters
if by "not bad" you mean "not in any sense of the word 'good'" and if by "reassure" you mean "create suicidal tendencies at the alleged 12M whack they're paying" then i think you're probably bang. fucking. on.
cheers
You look at some players careers and the money they change hands for and you realise football has now detatched itself from reality. Mido's career moves are still the biggest head scratcher though. The guy was damaged goods and boro STILL paid best part of 7mill for him
Re: Other club's transfer discussion thread.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 3:14 amBianchi on Ice wrote:DoomMerchant wrote:phips wrote:looks like Shane Long could be on his way to Soton. not bad but surely won't reassure the supporters
if by "not bad" you mean "not in any sense of the word 'good'" and if by "reassure" you mean "create suicidal tendencies at the alleged 12M whack they're paying" then i think you're probably bang. fucking. on.
cheers
You look at some players careers and the money they change hands for and you realise football has now detatched itself from reality. Mido's career moves are still the biggest head scratcher though. The guy was damaged goods and boro STILL paid best part of 7mill for him
Bobby Zamora and Peter Crouch are probably two of my fave examples.
And then Bobby Z goes and nets that goal worth, what did they say.. 200M? to make everyone seem like they knew all along. Like a slot machine that hits for the old lady who just pulled the arm a couple times out of boredom.
cheers
Re: Other club's transfer discussion thread.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 3:21 amVeron was a weird one, after watching him fail at the swamp for two years, Chelsea still wanted him and paid £15M for him. Then after 7 league appearances got loaned out again and again until they could get him off the books, £77M in 3 transfers to find out he wasn't going to succeed in England.
Re: Other club's transfer discussion thread.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 4:00 amSlim wrote:Veron was a weird one, after watching him fail at the swamp for two years, Chelsea still wanted him and paid £15M for him. Then after 7 league appearances got loaned out again and again until they could get him off the books, £77M in 3 transfers to find out he wasn't going to succeed in England.
Anelka must certainly be in that group, although you couldn't say he was a failure in England in specific, tho you'd probably categorize his career as an absolute letdown vs potential i suppose.
Robbie fucking Keane? i bet he's had a wedge spent on him over the years that would shock you.
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 4:33 amDoomMerchant wrote:Slim wrote:Veron was a weird one, after watching him fail at the swamp for two years, Chelsea still wanted him and paid £15M for him. Then after 7 league appearances got loaned out again and again until they could get him off the books, £77M in 3 transfers to find out he wasn't going to succeed in England.
Anelka must certainly be in that group, although you couldn't say he was a failure in England in specific, tho you'd probably categorize his career as an absolute letdown vs potential i suppose.
Robbie fucking Keane? i bet he's had a wedge spent on him over the years that would shock you.
Joe Hart £1.5M(Paid for by Birmingham in the end)
Vincent Kompany £14M
Pablo Zabaleta £8.9M
Makes you wonder.
Re: Other club's transfer discussion thread.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 5:24 amKompany £14m?
Re: Other club's transfer discussion thread.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 7:00 amPiccsnumberoneblue wrote:Kompany £14m?
I know, thought it was more like £6m?
amazing deal when you consider that hamburg then sold us ndj for the best part of 3 times that...
Re: Other club's transfer discussion thread.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 7:09 amNigels Tackle wrote:Piccsnumberoneblue wrote:Kompany £14m?
I know, thought it was more like £6m?
amazing deal when you consider that hamburg then sold us ndj for the best part of 3 times that...
FFS, we were talking total transfer fees, Hamburg signed him for £8M, then we signed him for £6M, do you two need a fucking calculator?
Re: Other club's transfer discussion thread.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 8:19 amNigels Tackle wrote:Green & Blue wrote:Spuds have signed USA defender DeAndre Yedlin.Not seen him before his World Cup run out but he looked fairly useful.Anyone seen much of him, any good?
deandre?!
Yes that's his name.
Re: Other club's transfer discussion thread.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 8:21 amDoomMerchant wrote:Slim wrote:Veron was a weird one, after watching him fail at the swamp for two years, Chelsea still wanted him and paid £15M for him. Then after 7 league appearances got loaned out again and again until they could get him off the books, £77M in 3 transfers to find out he wasn't going to succeed in England.
Anelka must certainly be in that group, although you couldn't say he was a failure in England in specific, tho you'd probably categorize his career as an absolute letdown vs potential i suppose.
Robbie fucking Keane? i bet he's had a wedge spent on him over the years that would shock you.
Robbie Keane was never shite. He definitely had a load spent on him because of the inter milan move when he was a kid... and of course the big wedge the dippers paid. I felt sorry for him with that move because he did little wrong but rafa used him in a game he was playing with the board.
He was never top notch, but he was most definitely a quality finisher. His stats for Ireland as well are extremely impressive.
Re: Other club's transfer discussion thread.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:31 amWhat do failures Anelka, Robbie Keane, Peter Crouch, Bobby Zamora & Shane Long all have in common ?
Clue:
Oh and: 'England international Milner had no complaints about his dismissal for bringing down Long following a mistake in midfield by Vincent Kompany and a glorious throughball by James Morrison.'.
Clue:
Oh and: 'England international Milner had no complaints about his dismissal for bringing down Long following a mistake in midfield by Vincent Kompany and a glorious throughball by James Morrison.'.
Re: Other club's transfer discussion thread.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:51 amTed Hughes wrote:What do failures Anelka, Robbie Keane, Peter Crouch, Bobby Zamora & Shane Long all have in common ?
Clue:
Oh and: 'England international Milner had no complaints about his dismissal for bringing down Long following a mistake in midfield by Vincent Kompany and a glorious throughball by James Morrison.'.
I'm not one to say they were 'failures' Ted...just that when you look at fees paid out over a players career it is sometimes not reflective of their true value as players or, more importantly, their actual form and performance level at the time of these moves
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:00 amI know, I just think it's funny.
I recon you could take it a step further & go through the proper failures, clowns, non scoring midfielders etc etc, & half of them have put at least one in v us during their careers.
I recon you could take it a step further & go through the proper failures, clowns, non scoring midfielders etc etc, & half of them have put at least one in v us during their careers.
Re: Other club's transfer discussion thread.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:05 amTed Hughes wrote:I know, I just think it's funny.
I recon you could take it a step further & go through the proper failures, clowns, non scoring midfielders etc etc, & half of them have put at least one in v us during their careers.
cue Rodwell. He's a good player but you just know he'll do it. My guess is a volley from 18 yards in off the bar in the 77th minute...1-0...he'll strain something in the process then go off injured afterwards and not play again for the rest of the season
Re: Other club's transfer discussion thread.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:07 amIt can also be a reflection of how often a player moves. In VK’s case, for example, had he been less successful with us and we had sold him on, or lacked the funds to keep him, his total transfer fee value would now be more than it is for staying here and winning four trophies.