Football: WORLD CUP 06 and close season/transfer discussion.

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:13 am 0

I suspect that the Cisse news is old news really given the speed of the MO announcement.

Someone here has said that NUFC hace jumped the gun because MO hasnt agreed anything yet

Think that's clutching at straws myself.

merman · Post by **merman** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:32 am 0

Wasn't surprised by Ipswich's defeat yesterday - make-shift back four, lone striker, good managerial decision by Billy Davies to switch to man-to-man in midfield.

I was surprised by how poor a game Matt Richards had though.

Tough four games coming up - Sheffield United, Southampton, East Anglian cathedral city scum and Leeds.

pd · Post by pd » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:32 am 0

i8manx wrote:
Zen-Chan wrote:What intrigues me now is that, as of this morning, Liverpool are still interested in selling Cisse with both Monaco and Marseille in the frame.
course they are for two reasons,

1.Cisse can score goals
2.RB won't be happy until he's been cleansed of the Houllier empire

....which includes Owen

Liverpool's strike force is a farce right now. Crouch? Cisse? Morientes... These are reserve team quality at best and they will be lucky to bag 15 goals between them. To buy Crouch and miss out on Owen is buffoonery of the highest possible order.

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:53 am 0

pd wrote: To buy Crouch and miss out on Owen is buffoonery of the highest possible order.

Well Crouch was bought well before the MO situation developed. Also he was bought for tactical reasons (target man and holding the ball up). Bit early to say, IMHO.

Personally, I would have liked to have seen an Owen and CissÃ© partnership at home. As it stands it's probably going to be Crouch on his own when we play away.

GeeZa · Post by **GeeZa** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:13 pm 0

merman wrote:Wasn't surprised by Ipswich's defeat yesterday - make-shift back four, lone striker, good managerial decision by Billy Davies to switch to man-to-man in midfield.

I was surprised by how poor a game Matt Richards had though.

Tough four games coming up - Sheffield United, Southampton, East Anglian cathedral city scum and Leeds.

Some of our younger players unsurprisingly are getting out-muscled by the better Championship teams. If we can stay reasonably stable this season I think we'll be a better side next year. The mailing list was saying Parkin was getting stick from the North Stand already which doesn't bode well.

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:56 pm 0

Our local press are saying that MO 'reluctantly' agreed to go to NUFC (paraphrase) because his nerve didn't hold cos he received no encouragement from Real that they would entertain Liverpool's bid.

This smacks of 'sour grapes' but I've got to say that this particular source very rarely resorts to this sort of phraseology so there may be somehting in it. Not that it matters now. More intriguingly they add this:

In a twist, Owen's Newcastle deal has a get-out clause for Â£12m next summer, which could result in him belatedly returning to Anfield in a year.

If there is a Â£12mil clause then, unless he has a blinding season for NUFC I cant see LFC paying this if they wont pay it now. IMHO of course.

Fillyourboots · Post by **Fillyourboots** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:01 pm 0

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Geenius · Post by **Geenius** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:41 pm 0

Aside from the fact that we couldn't afford to buy him, much less pay him, can anyone tell me why he wouldn't want to go to his childhood favourite team (playing in Europe this season), but he'd rather go to Newcastle

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:49 pm 0

Geenius wrote:Aside from the fact that we couldn't afford to buy him, much less pay him, can anyone tell me why he wouldn't want to go to his childhood favourite team (playing in Europe this season), but he'd rather go to Newcastle

That's an interesting point that Geenius. Can only think he reckons NUFC are better prospects. Not being snide, honest but EFC do seem to have an image problem at the moment, despite employing one of the best young managers in the country.

Feel sick now

Geenius · Post by **Geenius** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 3:28 pm 0

KevG wrote:
Geenius wrote:Aside from the fact that we couldn't afford to buy him, much less pay him, can anyone tell me why he wouldn't want to go to his childhood favourite team (playing in Europe this season), but he'd rather go to Newcastle
That's an interesting point that Geenius. Can only think he reckons NUFC are better prospects. Not being snide, honest but EFC do seem to have an image problem at the moment, despite employing one of the best young managers in the country.

Feel sick now

After the past season and a half, I'd be surprised if he seriously thought NU would have better prospects!

As for feeling sick? Nah!! I'll be more sick if we don't get van der Meyde by tomorrow.

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 3:35 pm 0

Geenius wrote: As for feeling sick? Nah!! I'll be more sick if we don't get van der Meyde by tomorrow.

Just a bit of self-deprecatory humour cos I was saying positive stuff about Everton

Anyway. It's been 3.5 years and I've finally limped over the 2000 post mark so Yay Me.

Did I just get a big sheepie?? If so AWWWWWW FLUFFY SHEEPIE

Geenius · Post by **Geenius** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 3:38 pm 0

KevG wrote:
Geenius wrote: As for feeling sick? Nah!! I'll be more sick if we don't get van der Meyde by tomorrow.
Just a bit of self-deprecatory humour cos I was saying positive stuff about Everton

Anyway. It's been 3.5 years and I've finally limped over the 2000 post mark so Yay Me.

Ah! Sorry. I thought it was a question, rather than a comment

I'll look more closely next time!

Congrats on the big 2K

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:18 pm 0

*wakes up*

*rubs eyes*

Jesus fucking Christ.

mac monkey · Post by **mac monkey** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:42 pm 0

KevG wrote: The worrying subtext for me is 'where's all the CL money gone'. Obv I'd have to do some sums but I didnt think we'd touched much of the Â£35 mil we got (or the Â£10mil the other night).

I believe the money has gone on the funding of the new ground

You know, the new multi million pound park, for our second rate 10 players & one star

playing on it!!!

Feelin quite bitter at the mo

If i were SG, i would be pretty pissed off with LFC, i wouldn't be supprised the only reason he stayed was the promise of bringing in big signings, enter crouch

suppose he is quite big at 6''7

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:53 pm 0

i8manx wrote:
KevG wrote: The worrying subtext for me is 'where's all the CL money gone'. Obv I'd have to do some sums but I didnt think we'd touched much of the Â£35 mil we got (or the Â£10mil the other night).
I believe the money has gone on the funding of the new ground

Er...let's get a decent squad first before we start thinking about new grounds.

To be honest no one round here seems to know. The ground mularky has gone all quiet. But it wouldn't surprise me. It's going to be interesting to see what Mr Parry has to say about the MO saga. And it's going to be a very interesting season if we perform miserably in front of goal.