Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:04 pm  

Lad I spoken to today told me of a rumour about Aguero still going to Madrid? Possibly in January? Madness, surely?

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:17 pm  

Tomorrow's League Cup games at Charlton and West Ham have been postponed on police advise and there's talk of England's game being in jeapordy as well. I know PL managers are against the friendly, but come on lads, surely this is taking things a bit far?

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:22 pm  

Roddy B wrote:

Lad I spoken to today told me of a rumour about Aguero still going to Madrid? Possibly in January? Madness, surely?

Think these rumours have come from a paranoid section of the Atletico fanbase because of what happened with Hugo Sanchez years ago (he left Atletico to join a club in Mexico, the next day they sold him to Madrid).

Perez wanted/wants Aguero badly but Mourinho is apparently not so keen, neither are a lot of the Madrid fans - when the move was first seriously mooted in January there were loads of anti Aguero banners in the stands at the Bernabeu when we played them in the cup a couple of weeks later, comments like "we will never accept Aguero" etc etc.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:21 pm  

Whatever happened to Llorente to Madrid?

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:32 pm  

Roddy B wrote:

Whatever happened to Llorente to Madrid?

It's been Llorente to Spurs this summer hasn't it?

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:38 am  

Dan_FC wrote:

It's been Llorente to Spurs this summer hasn't it?

Spurs like to link themselves to everybody, but, as per usual with 'Arry, it will be some last minute bargains offered to him by agents, but he'll profess it as his own wizardry eye.

Might sound mad, but I'm sure I've seen Spurs linked with even more centre backs. Is 'Arry bringing back the old 5-4-1/5-3-2 from his Pompey days? Five at the back for an alleged manager who plays free flowing football and 'lets them do what they want'.

Deary me, I hope Spurs don't fluke another van der Vaart on deadline day.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:35 am  

Gabriel Obertan's PL career: 14 games, 4 starts, 0 goal, 0 assist, 4 shots on target, 7 off target. Pardew & Ashley, a winning combination.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:36 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

Gabriel Obertan's PL career: 14 games, 4 starts, 0 goal, 0 assist, 4 shots on target, 7 off target. Pardew & Ashley, a winning combination.

On a 5 year deal too! Madness

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:13 pm  

flipper wrote:

Kompany looked a little caught by surprise to me, so suspect he didn't

Fair point. TBH I haven't watched the game on TV or any highlights. I made it based on the view from my seat - in the City end, first tier and about 30 yards from the bench.

Could Kompany have not been surprised by the way the ball bounced off Nani?

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:23 pm  

Enfield Exile wrote:

Fair point. TBH I haven't watched the game on TV or any highlights. I made it based on the view from my seat - in the City end, first tier and about 30 yards from the bench.

Could Kompany have not been surprised by the way the ball bounced off Nani?

He was just left completely out to dry by Clichy. it looked as if Clichy was going to head it back to the keeper or back to Kompany, and then he just ran off at an angle away from the ball.