|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 27, 2017 3:12:16 GMT
I think we'll all feel much better after we've beaten Everton and Zouma's made Rooney his bitch.
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 27, 2017 2:56:55 GMT
Haven't seen enough of these other youngsters but I am really looking forward to Ramadan replacing Arnie. I think we'll be singing Ramadan's name full bore when the snake returns.
I don't doubt Tymon will come good & be able to back up Pieters. Eric is not a bad defender. I just don't think the multiple formations suited him last year. He's a full back not a wing back, his crossing is dog shit, Tymon maybe the wing back option if we change shape mid game?
Edwards as back up to Johnson doesn't concern me either. Represented his country and is a prospect. Geoff can even cover if need be.
To be honest, I don't expect Johnson to be our #1 right back. If he is here, I hope he gets back to his first year form.
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 26, 2017 19:08:37 GMT
With the business done so far, yes.
But I also think we are long way from being done this transfer window so expect better.
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 25, 2017 6:06:51 GMT
Unfortunately not. Arrive on the 5th, wedding on the 7th, leave for Nice on the 9th then head back to Calgary on the 20th via Montreal. Watching us get tonked by those shitheads was not as exciting as sun, sea and kronenbourg. It is one of the first 6 games Ah, I'm working that weekend, never mind :/ luckily (???) off for the first two games and off to Sheffield tonight Have fun in Sheffield mate. Had a very strange trip there years ago involving a bag of mushrooms. If anything changes your end let me know. I'll be out on Satdee night for definite, lunch with mum, nan & grandad Sunday & maybe a couple on Sunday night.
|
|
|
St Pauli
Jul 25, 2017 5:42:15 GMT
via mobile
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 25, 2017 5:42:15 GMT
Jealous. If I'd have known about this earlier I could have been there but am now doing Stoke & Nice in August 😎 Haha, doesn't sound too shabby mate You going the Arsenal game? Unfortunately not. Arrive on the 5th, wedding on the 7th, leave for Nice on the 9th then head back to Calgary on the 20th via Montreal. Watching us get tonked by those shitheads was not as exciting as sun, sea and kronenbourg. It is one of the first 6 games
|
|
|
St Pauli
Jul 25, 2017 3:07:23 GMT
via mobile
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 25, 2017 3:07:23 GMT
some of the ones I found were smack in the reeperbahn and they state that its not quiet at night but its a good location and they are pretty cool rooms Yeh, just checked some out, plenty available, probably cos it's midweek, I'll probably go for one of them, I like meeting the locals All could change tho', just waiting to see if my eldest can get some time off work, he's coming with me if he can Youngest is gutted he can't get time off himself lol. Jealous. If I'd have known about this earlier I could have been there but am now doing Stoke & Nice in August 😎
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 19, 2017 14:26:33 GMT
Sad to see him go. It's good to have a mental in your team.
When he signed his contract, the talk from the club was all about how we could break into Europe. Last season we regressed significantly in terms of points and style.
I don't doubt he's gone for money and he should have done it more respectfully but you have to ask yourself whether he is disillusioned with the manager and his game plans. I would be for sure after last season.
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 19, 2017 12:55:29 GMT
Good back up as far as I'm concerned.
Has a fee or salary been mentioned? I'd be pissed if we were shelling out too much.
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 17, 2017 18:22:52 GMT
Players of his stature - in theory at least - come into their own playing against higher teams. Therefor, Chelsea loaning the likes of Zouma out to the likes of us weakens the likelihood of other top six teams catching them. They're allowing us to help them secure a top finish. Not a bad little earner if you're Chelsea. Good point. He's going to be playing against all the top clubs this coming season except Chelsea. As others have said this business model of Chelsea's needs looking at. Shades of 3rd party ownership here as well. Which isn't allowed here in other forms. Chelsea are stretching the rules big time if you ask me. I think I read somewhere that they have something like 30 players out on loan, most of which have zero chance of making it into the Chelsea first team so it does effectively translate to third party ownership in my book.
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 17, 2017 18:13:58 GMT
I don't know how many times I have to say it but this will be the last, we won't be paying a one off fee of £7m. The amount of money we will pay in total will be made up of his wages and a monthly fee. It's basically £7m spread out over the year, which is fine by me. It's ok and we will be getting a good player but it does seem a bit pointless. We'll just need a CB next year and won't have the 7m to put to that. I don't quite get it but he is a very good centre back. I'd just rather we bought players. I hate to say it but I actually think its a good move by the club especially if they expect youth to come through. (You are much closer to that set up so will know much better who is likely to break through) We are renting an exceptional player for maybe 3.5m whereas the alternative is signing a player on a five year contract for say, 15m. Assuming wages are similar for both, annual cost is only 500k different and we are getting a much better player. The downside is turning your back on any potential resale uptick that may need to be split with the club your are purchasing from.
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 17, 2017 17:43:01 GMT
Low cost gamble that may pay huge dividends. What's the problem? Not like Pulis can't put a defence together is it?
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 17, 2017 16:54:06 GMT
Is this alleged 'loan fee' we're paying Chelsea for Zouma out of the ordinary? Maybe it isn't? Could be that Zouma is on nudging £100k-a-week, so if we're covering that (which may be par for the course for a loan player who has lots of interest), that could account for £5m by itself. And any Prem-quality, experienced player brought in would get £3m-a-year in wages for the season anyway. Then the actual fee may be £2m - which again may be fairly routine. Seem to recall we paid something similar for Moses. It seems to have been presented as very unusual and over-the-top from the West Brom end in an effort to explain away his choice to come here If the loan fee of 7 million includes 100% of his wages then its a non issue given the fact that he has to be on close to 100k a week at Chelsea you would think. I wouldn't worry about what the Samba boys think of it all. Those fuckers can barely add up.
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 16, 2017 21:09:10 GMT
Diouf will miss plenty of chances before he bags a goal but fact is, there are usually chances created in a game when he plays up front.
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 16, 2017 21:03:04 GMT
Does the bastard ever age?
Great bloke who always made sure I had transport if I needed it to games when I lived down in London.
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 14, 2017 19:59:44 GMT
Every time I see this picture in a post it makes me laugh
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 14, 2017 17:09:09 GMT
I wasn't going to bother but Cockney Ted being there has sold it to me.... Would have thought he'd be in Monaco supping Kronenbourgs?
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 14, 2017 16:58:18 GMT
I doubt the times journo would write that if it wasn't true so yes, it's crazy isn't it. 8.8 mill is a bargain. Amateurish. If the club are reading this...I am a lawyer myself and would leap at the chance to work for the club. If I get the job I promise to use my outlook calendar to diarise a meeting well in advance of option deadlines and sort these things out A lawyer? You're far too over-qualified to be a member of our transfer team, it seems to be entirely constructed by Remploy. I can be involved cause I've played goal, full back and winger over the years
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 14, 2017 16:35:19 GMT
How the fuck do you have an option to buy at 8.8m with a deadline of July 1, a massively important date in football, and let it expire? If we didn't want him we could have exercised the bloody signing and flipped him in January for a profit anyway. Absolute incompetence Stoke
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 14, 2017 15:27:08 GMT
I really am struggling to come to terms with how our club operates when it comes to transfers. Whichever side of the argument you sit on with Indi value its clear that the one area of the team that needs large investment in the defence with upgrades needed in all 3 areas of the defence and in today's value of players £13m is about right for you average run of the mill defender which indi is better than. What really fucking grinds me is how do you go from smashing the club transfer fee by a clear £6m+ on a complete unknown like imbula to penny pinching on arguably one of our most cosistant players of last year who everyone knows is a decent player ? It makes no sense. I hate bashing our club I really do but this stinks of incompetence and I'm pretty sure MH will be thinking exactly the same if he eventually does sign for the palace. Didn't Hughes leave Fulham after he cited they failed to have any ambition ? Some may see it as a blessing but if this happens he just might join Arnie in wanting out. Whichever side of the Mark Hughes fence you sit on he's currently doing his job with his hands tied behind his back and I feel sorry for him. Yet again premiership on the pitch and conference off it. Hughes left Fulham cause he thought he had nailed the Villa job if memory serves me correctly. Instead they chose the turncoat Scotsman from that Blue nose scum. And how you can consider Imbula a complete unknown after they saw him play for 45 minutes in a pre-season friendly is beyond me
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 12, 2017 20:09:42 GMT
Penalty in the game - Bojan looked like he wanted it and I think it would have made sense for him to do so too. I don't give a shit about Charlie's confidence but anything that gives Bojan a boost is good for me.
Penalty in the shootout - what the fuck was that from young Shenton?
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 12, 2017 19:24:23 GMT
Well thats different. I'm watching baseball now. Cool beans. Me too. streams do my tits in. EDIT : Went back to the link and got English commentary, first half was in Croatian
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 12, 2017 18:56:09 GMT
Whilst I understand this is mainly about fitness, why would you not go out there and at least try to get a performance going? And if that 'is' the performance, then Jesus, some of our play is amateurish. As you say its about fitness and only the second game back. It is but we are also playing against teams in the same position aren't we? When Burton gave us a pummelling last year its not like they were mid season. It should have been a sign that something was not right with our defence/midfield.
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 12, 2017 18:29:48 GMT
Imbula with no gloves No way....no-fuckin-way??????? 😲 I'm not having it!!! It'll be the making of him
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 12, 2017 18:22:24 GMT
They don't have to fucking buy him then. At this point I hope they do. He doesn't want to be here and we could get a massive profit from him. A profit is great but what is the cost to replace or improve the team in this current market? It's going to be more and more difficult to unearth the cheap gems when every other league on the planet knows the Premier League is full of moneybag Executive fools.
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 12, 2017 16:08:50 GMT
Has anyone seen anything of him on the pitch since his injury? It looked a right nasty bastard at the time.
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 12, 2017 3:53:49 GMT
I think Messrs Hughes and Coates will get peevish and have Denise circumcise him.
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 12, 2017 3:43:50 GMT
We should be all over this lad like a cheap suit!
He'd be a great acquisition for the season.
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 12, 2017 1:23:57 GMT
He'll be absolutely fucked without doing the full pre-season, we won't see the best of him until 2018/19 when he's got a full one under his belt. Anyone banging on about it being too much money - read the price, it says it could rise to. That could mean if we make Europe or he gets 50 international caps. It would be very interesting to get an indication of initial fee. Unlike last summer when Porto shunned him, he has started a full pre-season with the Porto squad. I know it's not the same but it means he won't be too far off the pace when he joins up. You obviously didnt pick up on the sarcasm
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 11, 2017 22:24:47 GMT
Me too but how many times has shit like this been glossed over? We shouldn't be sloppy. We shouldn't accept sloppy. I don't get how a business as clinically run as bet365 does accept it. Bruno is worth it but it should never have come to this and he should have been signed 2 months ago at the latest. Why? He's missed a week of pre season and one friendly. He'll be absolutely fucked without doing the full pre-season, we won't see the best of him until 2018/19 when he's got a full one under his belt. Anyone banging on about it being too much money - read the price, it says it could rise to. That could mean if we make Europe or he gets 50 international caps. It would be very interesting to get an indication of initial fee.
|
|
|
Post by CalgaryPotter on Jul 11, 2017 22:11:54 GMT
At least they won't be looking at N'Goy anymore
|
|