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Post by brightonpotter on Jan 10, 2008 9:24:45 GMT
In todays sun, bolton accepted bid for stellios from stoke, hes just got to agree personal terms.......  |
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Post by muckakev on Jan 10, 2008 9:26:19 GMT
Nice 1, hope that is true.
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Post by knowles on Jan 10, 2008 9:30:11 GMT
I personally don't think we will sign him but there do appear to be quite a lot of links to us signing him...
Would be a nice addition
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Post by PONTAFCE on Jan 10, 2008 9:38:51 GMT
Quality if true i think at championship level he will be the bollax |
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Post by oatcakemate on Jan 10, 2008 9:40:44 GMT
I honestly think is Agent is behind all this talk
Obv.could be wrong but gut feeling
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Post by george2again on Jan 10, 2008 9:41:18 GMT
How much though ??? £ 250,00 max for someone of his age surle ?? The £ 750,000 + is silly money for someone his age !
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Post by ted1965 on Jan 10, 2008 9:43:16 GMT
It would be a quality signing at Championship level, though even if we have had a bid accepted it means nothing unless the player actually wants to come. I hope there is some truth in it he would rip Championship defences apart and has a few goals in him as well.
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Post by Cast no shadow on Jan 10, 2008 9:46:55 GMT
says accepted 800,000 from stoke and sheff utd
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Post by Stick It On Cort's Head on Jan 10, 2008 9:49:39 GMT
will go sheff u me thinks
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jan 10, 2008 9:50:15 GMT
If (big if) we do get Stelios, it looks as if TP is trying to build a side which will not only get to the Premiership but has a chance of staying there. OK, we'll need younger players like Shawcross, Pugh and Lawrence but TP will also want players who have been there and done that and players like Diao and Stelios would be invaluable in a maiden Premiership season.
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Post by brightonpotter on Jan 10, 2008 9:52:49 GMT
not sure about sheff utd, although they are in a position to offer more wages, however, does he want to go to a club whos manager doesnt know what day it is nevermind run a football team, im sure megson is putting good words in for us...........
Oh and can you send helguson down with him aswell, kill 2 birds with one stone,
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2008 10:22:46 GMT
Fornside would be correct if..
a) Daio had been able to cut it in the Premiership
b) The man with the kebab shop owners name wasn't 34 and was still deemed good enough to carry on playing in the Premiership.
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Post by lordb on Jan 10, 2008 10:27:09 GMT
he is 33 & would piss this league.
if thats the fee that gets us promoted its money well spent
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2008 10:29:21 GMT
Lordb,
That's what I reckon - if he can get us up there he's done his job.
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Post by Stick It On Cort's Head on Jan 10, 2008 10:35:19 GMT
This guy plays like a 25 year old, so no probe with age, still got a couple of very good years in him yet
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Post by vientianescfc on Jan 10, 2008 10:37:10 GMT
If this is true the only possible reason he in anyway choose Sheff Utd is down to money. I mean who in there right mind would want to play for Alki Robson who's trying his hardest to take Sheff Utd into League One whilst spending shit loads of cash!
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Post by Kenilworth_Stokies on Jan 10, 2008 10:37:46 GMT
Ah, but there's leagues within a league in the Prem. Diao wasn't good enough for the 'top 5 elite' at Liverpool. He'd be more than good enough for the 'try not to do a Derby' league at the bottom.
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Post by themightypotter on Jan 10, 2008 10:37:49 GMT
This, if the reports are true, is a big chance fo the club to show it's ambition. Stelios would not by any stretch of the imagintion be a rock the city signing (an excellent signing non the less) but it is a chance to show we are aiming for the premiership and a more attractive proposition than Sheff Utd. Come on Stoke, push the boat out.
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Post by Stick It On Cort's Head on Jan 10, 2008 10:41:48 GMT
I think this guy would be the closest thing to it tbh
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Post by mark71 on Jan 10, 2008 10:44:54 GMT
I thought Super tone said yesterday he wasn't interested in Stelios?
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Post by Stick It On Cort's Head on Jan 10, 2008 10:48:13 GMT
he dismissed reports
But thats what all the greats do
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Post by mark71 on Jan 10, 2008 10:49:56 GMT
Amen  |
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Post by themightypotter on Jan 10, 2008 10:57:12 GMT
Is Stelos cuptied, maybe the lure of games against Newcastle and potentially Arsenal could work in our favour
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Post by Onneravineet on Jan 10, 2008 11:17:31 GMT
??? Don't know what to say about this!
Aggressive attacking player with bags or creativity...............
I'm on the wrong site ;D
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Post by spiderpuss on Jan 10, 2008 11:21:00 GMT
Why do we want a fat bloke who runs easyJet in our team?
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 10, 2008 11:22:03 GMT
He is cup-tied after starting on Saturday for Bolton.
He's always looked a very busy, effective player - but there must be an element of doubt about paying that much for a bloke who's 34 in the summer. Without watching him week-in, week-out, it's impossible to know hom much his legs have gone, but he hasn't started one game in the Prem, so must be on the wane to some degree.
But if Pulis thinks he can make a crucial difference this season, he'll obviously be very much worth it for us.
But isn't he normally a right-sided player at Bolton?
Megson seemed to be indicating he wasn't for sale at the weekend...
Gary Megson is not looking to offload Bolton Wanderers midfielder Stelios Giannakopoulos in the January transfer window.
Stelios has been linked with a move to Bolton's FA Cup third-round opponents Sheffield United after featuring only sporadically this season.
The Greece international has not started a Premier League game this term, but came off the bench to score an injury-time winner against Derby County on Wednesday.
His contract is up at the end of the season and, while Megson is not in a position to offer an extension, the Trotters managers wants to keep the 33-year-old for the time being.
"At this moment he's a valuable member of the squad," said Megson.
He added in the Daily Express: "Stelios has got a knack of being in the right place at the right time.
"His contract is up at the end of the season, but given our position in the Premier League, it's making it difficult to look long term when we don't know what the short term is going to be.
"As soon as we know that then we can start looking forward."
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Post by themightypotter on Jan 10, 2008 11:23:15 GMT
To play with the other fat bloke who doesn't run easyet!!!!
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Post by RAF on Jan 10, 2008 11:32:03 GMT
Which begs the question why no premiership club came in for him when Liverpool had dispensed with his services?
I like Diao and think he is quality, but whether he can cut it in the Prem is a serious question.
H
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Post by Onneravineet on Jan 10, 2008 11:35:38 GMT
It's got to have been like this...
Ring ring..
Ring ring..
Ring Ring..
GM "Hello"
TP "Ha Ha Ha Ha"
GM "Tony... is that you"
TP "Yep... remember when no-one wanted you in football?"
GM "Ok, who do you want?"
TP "Darren Moore"
GM "erm... he plays for Derby"
TP "Ah.. playing hard ball are we! Zat Knight"
GM "....Villa"
TP "Oh...ooo ooo Tebily"
GM "...Brum"
TP "Have you got any big black defenders?"
GM "You don't need anymore defenders!"
TP "What you saying"
GM "erm I've got a Greek lad"
TP "..is he black"
GM "erm he's dark skinned"
TP "triffic, centre half aye?"
GM "He is now"
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Post by stokiemac on Jan 10, 2008 11:37:29 GMT
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