[Wanderer]

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:20 pm  

Oldham Rhino wrote:

Martin Petrov is a good deal.

Robbie Blake? WTF

Riquelme, yes please.

Petrov ... excellent signing.

Blake ... yeah, not sure what that's about.

Riquelme ... I take it that's the model from Paraguay

[Wanderer]

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:24 pm  

... Ilan seems to be a possible too.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:55 pm  

Blobbynator wrote:

Until you get new owners you haven't got a dime to spend. Moaning about it, won't do the manager any good, he needs to get on with it. Hodgson is ideal in that respect, he's good at signing unknown players who turn good and he's also good at getting the best out of average / decent player. Sure he's no Mourinho, but he should do a solid job with limited resources. He's got a pretty good playing staff to work with, especially if he can keep the likes of Reina, Carragher, Johnson, Agger, Gerrard, Mascherano and Torres.

I will be shocked if at least 2 of the players mentioned there are not sold.

I want to know who's side Roy is on before I get behind him.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:47 pm  

Blobbynator wrote:

Until you get new owners you haven't got a dime to spend. Moaning about it, won't do the manager any good, he needs to get on with it. Hodgson is ideal in that respect, he's good at signing unknown players who turn good and he's also good at getting the best out of average / decent player. Sure he's no Mourinho, but he should do a solid job with limited resources. He's got a pretty good playing staff to work with, especially if he can keep the likes of Reina, Carragher, Johnson, Agger, Gerrard, Mascherano and Torres.

Madrid have apparently turned their attentions to Sweinsteiger so Gerrard could be stuck at Anfield.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 01, 2010 9:02 pm  

Unless we keep Torres and Gerrard we will be lucky to get 5th

Top 3

Mancs
Chelsea
Arsenal

Then you have City spending loads to get the 4th leaving us in a battle for 5th with Spurs and Villa.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:13 pm  

I wish Woy had went to Milan the other week. Although in these days of discwimination, it is always nice to see a victim of pwonounciationism doing well!


On a more serious note, City could have a belting team if these new foreigners adapt.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:14 pm  

andym1988 wrote:

On a more serious note, City could have a belting team if these new foreigners adapt.

Those foreigners like James Milner?

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:16 pm  

ash4hullfc wrote:

Those foreigners like James Milner?

Silva, Toure, Boateng and whoever else they complete the signing of....

Think Milner is enjoying having a stable manager in charge of him for once, if City don't produce the goods it would be chop and change like at Newcastle again.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:19 pm  

andym1988 wrote:

Silva, Toure, Boateng and whoever else they complete the signing of....

I know, I was joking. Milner will more than likely be one of them, though.

Silva is a superb signing but they need more of his calibre to drastically improve on last season's side.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:20 pm  

Wonder if he can adapt to the Premiership. Hopefully from their point of view he will be successful like Spanish counterparts Torres and Villa and not an expensive flop.