Goon.
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Life is a marathon and you cannot win a marathon without putting on a few band-aids on your nipple.
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Post by Goon. on Jul 4, 2013 7:03:24 GMT -5
Chelsea have confirmed that Marco van Ginkel will arrive, he seems very promising! Just hope he doesn't become another Marko Marin, Steve Sidwell or Gael Kakuta
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Post by Hammersmith Hardman on Jul 4, 2013 9:21:54 GMT -5
^ you better not. A great talent.
West Brom close to signing Anelka and Kalou. Both great coups tbf, doubt they'll score goals like they used to but good signings for a club like them nonetheless.
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Post by Noza on Jul 4, 2013 9:46:21 GMT -5
I just sincerely hope Chelsea have signed him as a defensive midfielder that will get forward (like Ramires), not as an attacking midfielder, as they are already packed out in that area (Hazard, Oscar, Mata, Moses, Schurrle, De Bruyne, etc.).
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Post by Hammersmith Hardman on Jul 5, 2013 16:22:31 GMT -5
Jozy Altidore ffs -_-
Certainly hope he's vastly improved since his loan spell at Hull. Love the Eredivisie but many a failed Premier League player has been a success in that division.
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Post by T on Jul 5, 2013 16:24:44 GMT -5
Yep. Kezman, Kuyt, Alves. Fair enough, a few have succeeded, but it's not been too good on the whole.
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Post by Noza on Jul 5, 2013 17:36:44 GMT -5
Jozy Altidore ffs -_- Certainly hope he's vastly improved since his loan spell at Hull. Love the Eredivisie but many a failed Premier League player has been a success in that division. Tell you what though, you lot are doing some cracking bits of business. If you get Luis Cavanda, Alfred Duncan and Ibrahima Mbaye, those will be some seriously good signings for the future.
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Post by Noza on Jul 5, 2013 17:39:05 GMT -5
I'd also be quite interested to hear how Southampton plan on getting Leandro Damiao and Ever Banega. Not happening in a million years.
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Post by Hammersmith Hardman on Jul 6, 2013 3:51:08 GMT -5
I see John Ruddy can be added to the mercenary list who's only interested in picking up a wage packet. In 12 months time he would be 3rd choice at Chelsea and untimely he'd never get a chance ahead of Cech anyway. Seems a strange one. Jozy Altidore ffs -_- Certainly hope he's vastly improved since his loan spell at Hull. Love the Eredivisie but many a failed Premier League player has been a success in that division. Tell you what though, you lot are doing some cracking bits of business. If you get Luis Cavanda, Alfred Duncan and Ibrahima Mbaye, those will be some seriously good signings for the future. Not sure if either of the three are going through tbh, Inter are adamant they don't want to get rid of Duncan & Mbaye. The Cavanda link has gone a bit quiet as we want Gino Peruzzi as our RB who's being touted as the new Javier Zanetti so he can't be all that bad (he also turns into the best RB on Football Manager!!). Overall pleased with our dealings thus far though, Diakite, Cabral & Roberge will clearly be a step up to the likes of Bramble & Kilgallon. I'd also be quite interested to hear how Southampton plan on getting Leandro Damiao and Ever Banega. Not happening in a million years. They done well recruiting Gaston Ramirez tbf and with a well respected continental manager who i'm sure in Banega's case grew up watching him play for Argentina, they could be interested. I think Southampton will be dark horses this season.
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Post by Noza on Jul 6, 2013 7:44:58 GMT -5
Thing with Ramirez was that, despite being a very good player and a fair few bigger teams showed an interest in him, he was playing at a small club that were not challenging in Serie A or in europe. In Banega's case he's with Valencia, who normally get in the top 4, and are in the Europa League this season. I think it'll take a bloody good pay packet to convince him to go. As for Damiao, I don't think he'll ever come to the Premier League. Think he'll end up in La Liga with Atletico Madrid.
I do agree about Southampton though. Can see them pushing for top 8 if they keep on with the good, young signings, and they've got decent financial backing. Could see them getting above Everton.
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Post by Lemmy on Jul 7, 2013 9:07:01 GMT -5
Worried by the amount of departures there's been from us, but with little sign of any players incoming. Perch was a great utility player, should've kept him or at least replaced him. Can understand him wanting to leave for footballing reasons though. Dan Gosling reportedly off to Crystal Palace. Another player that I've always felt hasn't had enough game time with us. He showed a lot of promise at Everton but we've never really given him a chance.
Apparently we're after Darren Bent and/or Loic Remy. Sums up how ambitious we are really. Bent is way past his best, especially considering the £8m price tag that's been reported. Remy turned us down last summer in favour of money, if we sign him and he has a good season, his agent will be auctioning him off to the highest wage payer. Both transfers seem like bad news to me. We need players who actually want to play for us, not because they can't get game time at Villa or because QPR have been relegated.
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Post by wyleecyotee on Jul 8, 2013 11:14:56 GMT -5
Happy this ones finally done, excited but not overly excited about it. Hope he does good for us as Jelavic has been a bit poo lately.
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Post by Hammersmith Hardman on Jul 8, 2013 11:22:09 GMT -5
Baaaaaad signing for a team like Everton imo. He'll be 33 when his contract expires.
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Post by Noza on Jul 8, 2013 14:11:43 GMT -5
Whilst the manager obviously likes him, he is not good enough for a team like Everton. Same with Alcaraz.
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Post by Y2J13 on Jul 8, 2013 16:37:01 GMT -5
Baaaaaad signing for a team like Everton imo. He'll be 33 when his contract expires. So.....similar to most Everton signings then? I don't think it's a bad signing. As for Kone "not being good enough", respecfully disagree Noza. He scored 11 goals in the Prem last season for a struggling team. If he keeps that up along with better support in a better team, there's no reason he can't push 17 or 18 goals next season. I think people are just writing Kone off because he's 29 and he played for Wigan, which is unfair. Each player should be judged on their talent.
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Post by Y2J13 on Jul 8, 2013 16:44:55 GMT -5
Benteke has handed in a transfer request. Ungrateful bastard.
Off to Spurs methinks.
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Post by Hammersmith Hardman on Jul 8, 2013 17:01:23 GMT -5
Baaaaaad signing for a team like Everton imo. He'll be 33 when his contract expires. So.....similar to most Everton signings then? Leighton Baines signed at 23, Darron Gibson signed at 23, John Heitinga signed at 25, Phil Jagielka signed at 25, Nikica Jelavic signed at 26, Kevin Mirallas signed at 24, Steven Pienaar initially signed at 26, Marouane Fellaini signed at 21 & Leon Osman signed as a trainee. So don't really agree there, the only ones you'd I agree with you would be Tim Howard (who at 28 is stil pretty young as a 'Keeper I guess) and Sylvain Distin at 31.
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Post by Hammersmith Hardman on Jul 8, 2013 17:08:33 GMT -5
As for Benteke there was no way he is going to stay after the season he had. He's alerted some of the biggest names in football in Borussia Dortmund to name a few, somehow I don't think he'd prefer to stay in a mid table Premier League team (and the fact he thought Aston Villa were based in London). Hope our resident Villa fan isn't too upset despite being warned he'd probably want out...
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Post by McBlake on Jul 9, 2013 4:41:03 GMT -5
Sometimes Kone just doesn't click at a new club. Scored once in 40 games for Sevilla.
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Post by McBlake on Jul 9, 2013 4:44:17 GMT -5
Austin's move to Hull is off after he failed a medical. Dunno if I should be delighted or pissed off...
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Post by Y2J13 on Jul 9, 2013 4:48:03 GMT -5
Sometimes Kone just doesn't click at a new club. Scored once in 40 games for Sevilla. Sevilla is the only club he hasn't got a good record. He's scored everywhere else he's been.
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