Benjani'sBootCleaner Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Flew back into Stansted yesterday after my holiday, and Leciester team there, little snigger went round when the team split into EU/Non EU. Half of the suckers had to queue up for ages, whilst I went through the face scanner. In my mind I was going to troll Nugent, but I'm the bigger man and walked away. Anyway slight catch up done, gutted we didn't go in for Taylor, would of been a dream move for us after his time with us. I'm sure we couldn't afford to match what West Ham were offering. Like I said before, they will comfortably walk the league. Player to watch out for this season: David Norris Dream Season: Play-Offs Nightmare Season: Relegation Best Ground ( other than your own ) in the league: Definitely Brighton for me, looking forward to this one. Worst Ground in the league: Barnsley, I'm not going to repeat my rant from last season. Most Hated Team in the League: Leicester..... Where should Away fans go before the game?: Shepherds Crook on the corner of Goldsmith Avenue, you'll find me and walker in there every game usually from about 12. Please keep the noise down though kthanx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIR17 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Half of the players? Yuki Abe and Sol Bamba were the only non-EU players on that tour, given that Pantsil hadn't signed yet. This is the most domestic based squad we've had in a while, I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjani'sBootCleaner Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Half of the players? Yuki Abe and Sol Bamba were the only non-EU players on that tour, given that Pantsil hadn't signed yet. This is the most domestic based squad we've had in a while, I reckon. Was my friends words tbf, obvious exaggeration for effect!.. Plenty of people getting pictures, etc.. Always found that strange when adults do it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
englandmanager Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 so how comes the Alan Smith' date=' Woodgate rumours etc were given so much airtime?you could still outdo us for a player mind you, it's getting really frustrating now.[/quote'] woodgate was a silly rumour tbh not sure what's going on with smith, there's a 50/50 leeds divide on him, some willing to forget he went to man utd (me being one) and some not willing to forget pretty stupid really, i've heard it from peter lorimer himself that he had to sign for man utd because they were the only team willing to pay 6 million upfront and we badly needed the cash in 2004, some leeds fans also forget he waived his signing on fee for the good of our club Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
englandmanager Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Is he any good EM? I am struggling to get excited with all these keeper signings!!! former u21 prestons player of the season for 2 years before last season infact if you forget prestons horror show last season he's been very good for them, premier league clubs wanted him 2-3 years ago i won't hold my breath but i've heard from some preston fans today saying he's signed a 3 year deal fee was 150k but nothing is on our official site yet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGartz Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 former u21prestons player of the season for 2 years before last season infact if you forget prestons horror show last season he's been very good for them, premier league clubs wanted him 2-3 years ago i won't hold my breath but i've heard from some preston fans today saying he's signed a 3 year deal fee was 150k but nothing is on our official site yet Sounds like he could be worth 150k then. I still think we need a DMC, a right back and an inside forward! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
englandmanager Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Sounds like he could be worth 150k then.I still think we need a DMC, a right back and an inside forward! yeah hopefully tom soares or nick montgomery and sign that mendy that's playing well on trial Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebirds4life Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 yeah hopefully tom soares or nick montgomery and sign that mendy that's playing well on trial I don't know why you guys don't play Rosco McCormack, Id take him back here under Malky in a flash Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
englandmanager Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 I don't know why you guys don't play Rosco McCormack, Id take him back here under Malky in a flash we do? or atleast we have started too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
englandmanager Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 it's official we now have our keepers andy lonergan has signed a 3 year deal to join leeds from preston Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pukey Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Lonergan been confirmed, on the OS now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man11 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 So we've finally been linked with a player! Daily Star claiming we've had a bid for Adam Le Fondre turned down. Couldn't care less if it's true or not just nice to see us actually being linked with someone ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
englandmanager Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 So we've finally been linked with a player! Daily Star claiming we've had a bid for Adam Le Fondre turned down. Couldn't care less if it's true or not just nice to see us actually being linked with someone ! so when we buy clingan for 300k g-man, you can try again and up your bid by another 300k Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man11 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 If you buy Clingan we're as good as down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms186 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 forest have apparantly made a second bid for dutch winger Wesley Verhoek, our first bid apparantly wasnt to far off, so hopefully this one will get him, lad looks pretty good from what ive seen and heard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIR17 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 We're on the verge of signing Swiss international Gelson Fernandes from Saint-Etienne apparently. Played under SGE at ManCity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
englandmanager Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 ffs if leicester don't go up this season they want banning from future premier leagues Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartwork Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 ffs if leicester don't go up this season they want banning from future premier leagues Think they're going for all or nothing here, like Crawley last year. If they don't go up then they'll probably **** up their finances with all these players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheer Class Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 We're on the verge of signing Swiss international Gelson Fernandes from Saint-Etienne apparently. Played under SGE at ManCity. That would be a superb signing for this league Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIR17 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Well we've certainly had a good go at sorting our defence out now and I think a physical holding-player like Fernandes was what we were missing for a lot of last season defensively as well, but we're going to have an entirely new defence so it may take them a while to gel. Our attack is currently weaker than the one we finished last season with as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheer Class Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Youve got Nugent what more do you need.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Is @fourth_official in any way reliable on Twitter? Saying within last hour "Ammar Jemal is closing in on a move to Southampton #Saintsfc". He was linked in the Swiss press a few days ago, left out of squad photo, but was also linked to a number of large European clubs and Stoke City. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard liege! Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 We're on the verge of signing Swiss international Gelson Fernandes from Saint-Etienne apparently. Played under SGE at ManCity. Wow that would be an amazing signing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIR17 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 I was surprised to learn Fernandes is still only 24. I thought he was much older than that when he was at ManCity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man11 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Nah he was a young player at City who was just unfortunate that they got taken over by the Arab's shortly after he joined. Would be a good signing for you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Didn't rate Fernandes when he was at City, but he's be a good Championship player. Not sure he's worth it for you lot given that you have plenty of midfielders anyway, but hey. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnzy Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 I thought he did well towards the end of his stay there, showed promise at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIR17 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Didn't rate Fernandes when he was at City, but he's be a good Championship player. Not sure he's worth it for you lot given that you have plenty of midfielders anyway, but hey. Very different type of midfielder to the one's we have though. We don't really have an out and out holding player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjani'sBootCleaner Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Think they're going for all or nothing here, like Crawley last year. If they don't go up then they'll probably **** up their finances with all these players. tbf though, it's a matter of time even if they do go up. Just like us when we were going all out. It's just sad really, I have to admit though I wouldn't trade my last 5 years for anything, all the Euro trips, the FA Cup runs, everything. Overspending ftw. It's great fun, but eventually you'll come back down, the punishments just aren't matching the benefits of over spending. If like a couple of clubs wanted last year, that if you go into admin you get two relegations, would begin to put on the pressure to make sure clubs are going to be sustainable. They don't have to break even but the owners have to underwrite losses for a period of time. That's the issue, owners come in take all the fun, then bugger off when they aren't interested anymore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms186 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 west ham bidding 8 mil for long? reading would be delighted with the money theyve raked in the last two seasons if they actually got to spend any of it 20 mil plus for Long ( presuming he goes ), Mills and Siggurdsson is amazing business! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIR17 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 tbf though' date=' it's a matter of time even if they do go up. Just like us when we were going all out. It's just sad really, I have to admit though I wouldn't trade my last 5 years for anything, all the Euro trips, the FA Cup runs, everything. Overspending ftw. It's great fun, but eventually you'll come back down, the punishments just aren't matching the benefits of over spending. If like a couple of clubs wanted last year, that if you go into admin you get two relegations, would begin to put on the pressure to make sure clubs are going to be sustainable. They don't have to break even but the owners have to underwrite losses for a period of time. That's the issue, owners come in take all the fun, then bugger off when they aren't interested anymore.[/quote']There's been plenty of owners who've come into a club taken them to the next level then made the club self sufficient before leaving them. No idea how ours will do it as I can't read the future, but I wouldn't say it's necessarily a matter of time. Given that they've plastered their name all over the club and this is more like a project to build their name and reputation I can't imagine it would make much business sense or sense in their image to leave us to go bankrupt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms186 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 apparantly swansea have given up on signing wayne routledge, i think Forest are the only team with a contract offer on the table now ( unsure if leicester do, i dont think so, but im sure Mir will clarify that ) and he seemed to be saying his goodbyes on twitter yesterday after agreeing with Jose Enriques criticisms of the way the club is run, crossed fingers time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIR17 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 I very much doubt we do. Doesn't seem like we were after him really, just seemed like a lot of paper talk by the sounds of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 west ham bidding 8 mil for long? reading would be delighted with the money theyve raked in the last two seasons if they actually got to spend any of it 20 mil plus for Long ( presuming he goes ), Mills and Siggurdsson is amazing business! £6.5m for Doyle, £3m for Hunt, £3m for Bikey... and before that, £5.5m for Kitson, £3m for Sonko, and £3.5m for Shorey. £45m in player sales since our relegation. I doubt Long will go to West Ham though, he wants to play in the PL, and he'd rather play for us than earn slightly more playing for West Ham or Celtic AFAICT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebs Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 woodgate was a silly rumour tbhnot sure what's going on with smith, there's a 50/50 leeds divide on him, some willing to forget he went to man utd (me being one) and some not willing to forget pretty stupid really, i've heard it from peter lorimer himself that he had to sign for man utd because they were the only team willing to pay 6 million upfront and we badly needed the cash in 2004, some leeds fans also forget he waived his signing on fee for the good of our club alan smith 17 is a total legend Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebs Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 tbf though' date=' it's a matter of time even if they do go up. Just like us when we were going all out. It's just sad really, I have to admit though I wouldn't trade my last 5 years for anything, all the Euro trips, the FA Cup runs, everything. Overspending ftw. It's great fun, but eventually you'll come back down, the punishments just aren't matching the benefits of over spending. If like a couple of clubs wanted last year, that if you go into admin you get two relegations, would begin to put on the pressure to make sure clubs are going to be sustainable. They don't have to break even but the owners have to underwrite losses for a period of time. That's the issue, owners come in take all the fun, then bugger off when they aren't interested anymore.[/quote']administration should equal expulsion from the football league Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik86 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 west ham bidding 8 mil for long? reading would be delighted with the money theyve raked in the last two seasons if they actually got to spend any of it 20 mil plus for Long ( presuming he goes ), Mills and Siggurdsson is amazing business! Sigurdsson was good business in terms of the fee but I'm convinced we'd have gone up if he'd stayed last year. He was that good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnzy Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Reports saying Leicester have bid £4 Million plus Waghorn. Dont want Waghorn, no deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerChris Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Cardiff have got Fagan on trial. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Apparently we've got Anthony Gardner on trial. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik86 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Apparently we've got Anthony Gardner on trial. I thought he turned us down to sign for Palace? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Nope, Palace want him but can't afford him. They've offered him as much as they can according to Sky Sports. But apparently we're looking at giving a contract and then on Facebook a mate has said he's been training/on trial with us. How true it is, I don't know. SSN seem to be jumping the gun alot this summer with deals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnzy Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 We were linked with him to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik86 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 We've apparently signed a Scottish striker called Craig Sutherland, nothing official yet though. Anyone know anything about him? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/14289399.stm http://www.pieandbovril.com/forum/index.php/topic/147501-dumbarton-fc-201112/page__st__1175 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiggins Top Boys Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 how have West Ham got the money to be spending £8m??? thought they had awful debt problems.... can't wait to see them fail this year and go bust Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIR17 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Reports saying Leicester have bid £4 Million plus Waghorn. Dont want Waghorn, no deal. Would be very happy with that if it came off. Can't see it though, I don't think adding Waghorn to a deal is much of a enticing proposition somehow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheer Class Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 They will be promoted easy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIR17 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 I've been saying all along, West Ham are going to absolutely walk this league. Their squad for this level is ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartwork Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 administration should equal expulsion from the football league Well that's what they virtually did to Luton. Also Blackpool sign Angel Martinez, the former Espanyol and Spain U21 midfielder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnzy Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Would be very happy with that if it came off. Can't see it though, I don't think adding Waghorn to a deal is much of a enticing proposition somehow. Yeah Waghorn doesn't have the greatest scoring record, I'd rather have the extra money to spend on defenders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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