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Author Topic: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread  (Read 464201 times)

Offline Damo70

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2895 on: January 19, 2020, 11:20:17 PM »
Not called Jackie is she?

No, but tell me more about this Jackie, particularly where she lives.

Offline SoccerHQ

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2896 on: January 19, 2020, 11:33:48 PM »
It really is desperation times. As a loan its fine, but as a 2-3 year deal it goes against all we have been trying to do.

All we've been trying to do has got us to 18th with no strikers available for crucial games so it hasn't been a qualified success so far really.

We need some proven winners in the dressing room if we are to improve further and actually become a force again in premier league in 2-3 seasons.

Already I'm seeing DS saying Reina has made a good impact in the dressing room with his mentality.

Who knows, get in players who aren't scared of playing Arsenal and Man. United and we might actually start picking up some wins against them like every other relegation threatened team.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2897 on: January 19, 2020, 11:35:02 PM »
We are starting games with a winger playing as a striker, yet some are extolling the virtues of a bloke who’s won a World Cup amongst many other trophies, and will very likely be playing up top for France in the coming Euros. Reality calling.

I think it's fair to question a centre forward who while playing for two of the top teams in the league who presumably create loads of chances, has managed 9 goals in 61 Premier League games in the last three years or to put it another way, 1 goal every (nearly) 7 games.

If he manages that for us, he'll have 2 goals before the end of the season. Not saying he's a bad player, clearly he's not. But is another non-scoring striker really what we need?

Yeah he dosen't score many in prem lately but did score decent amount in europa last season.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2898 on: January 19, 2020, 11:38:59 PM »
Doesn't matter, haven't you heard? He's not coming.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2899 on: January 20, 2020, 05:21:49 AM »
From the BBC Sport football gossip page:  "Leicester and Aston Villa are targeting French striker Serhou Guirassy, 23, from Ligue 1 side Amiens in January."

Looks like he’ll fit right in 😳

https://youtu.be/1IEj36oZHHY

Offline TheMalandro

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2900 on: January 20, 2020, 05:24:26 AM »
You can't learn that on the training ground.

Offline jwarry

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2901 on: January 20, 2020, 05:34:54 AM »
Although to be fair he looks like he has loads of potential but been unfortunate with injuries

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serhou_Guirassy

Worth a gamble as understudy to Samatta and I assume less costly than Giroud

Offline sid1964

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2902 on: January 20, 2020, 06:49:08 AM »
Lets be honest if Giroud has a choice of finishing his playing days with either us or Inter Milan, he is going to choose Milan.

I personally hope that we do not sign him, as I thought the days of us buying players who are here just to top up their bank accounts were long gone.

Offline Three Spires Villa

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2903 on: January 20, 2020, 07:43:07 AM »
I can understand Giroud going to Milan. What we don’t know is what his personality is like. Yes we have Waqas tees in the past, Giroud might not be like that. Inexperienced prospects hasn’t worked to good so far, so maybe we get some experience in.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2904 on: January 20, 2020, 07:48:44 AM »
Yes we have Waqas tees in the past,

Such a shame it didn’t work out for him here, he looked like the final piece in the jigsaw.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2905 on: January 20, 2020, 09:03:40 AM »
Yes we have Waqas tees in the past,

Such a shame it didn’t work out for him here, he looked like the final piece in the jigsaw.

He was always going to struggle, given he's a Pakistani middle order batsman.

Offline KevinGage

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2906 on: January 20, 2020, 09:07:14 AM »
We'll always have those tees though.  One of the few things the commercial dept got right during that era.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2907 on: January 20, 2020, 09:14:44 AM »
We'll always have those tees though.  One of the few things the commercial dept got right during that era.

The Waqas tee / Savo bandana gift set was a must for for all renegade golfers.

Offline KevinGage

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2908 on: January 20, 2020, 09:20:23 AM »
Stupida facking game.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2909 on: January 20, 2020, 09:28:42 AM »
Just catching up on here. Waqas tees? wtf is that about? 

 


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