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Re: January Transfer Window - Rumours, Links, B*llsh*t and Made-Up Nonsense
« Reply #4620 on: January 13, 2011, 10:29:05 PM »
Benzema was playing for RM tonight against AM in the Cup but subbed after 65mins.  They will  probably loan him out now so time for us to move in and get him.

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Re: January Transfer Window - Rumours, Links, B*llsh*t and Made-Up Nonsense
« Reply #4621 on: January 13, 2011, 10:29:26 PM »
Two off the top of my head at Spurs, Bentley and Keane.  Spurs are finding it easy to sell them aren't they?  Squad players on at least 50k a week and how much did they cost?

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Re: January Transfer Window - Rumours, Links, B*llsh*t and Made-Up Nonsense
« Reply #4622 on: January 13, 2011, 10:30:03 PM »
Benzema was playing for RM tonight against AM in the Cup but subbed after 65mins.  They will  probably loan him out now so time for us to move in and get him.
Real Madrid have one fit striker at the club. Benzema.

There is literally no reason at all why he would be loaned out.

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Re: January Transfer Window - Rumours, Links, B*llsh*t and Made-Up Nonsense
« Reply #4623 on: January 13, 2011, 10:31:11 PM »
its not hindsight to realise paying a west ham reserve 30k a week is pushing it. good luck to MFH, but there was no way he was going to leave till he'd seen his contract out. whats he on now? 15k a week?

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Re: January Transfer Window - Rumours, Links, B*llsh*t and Made-Up Nonsense
« Reply #4624 on: January 13, 2011, 10:33:31 PM »
Yes but the Special one does not rate him and played him in the Copa delrey tonight however never been selected to start a League or CL game this season.

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Re: January Transfer Window - Rumours, Links, B*llsh*t and Made-Up Nonsense
« Reply #4625 on: January 13, 2011, 10:33:57 PM »
well he obviously was, otherwise we'd be able to sell them instead of them sitting there running their contracts down because they don't want a pay drop

Greg, 20:20 hindsight is a wonderful thing.
So is maths

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Re: January Transfer Window - Rumours, Links, B*llsh*t and Made-Up Nonsense
« Reply #4626 on: January 13, 2011, 10:35:34 PM »
Two off the top of my head at Spurs, Bentley and Keane.  Spurs are finding it easy to sell them aren't they?  Squad players on at least 50k a week and how much did they cost?

ah but they made the CL. we didn't. and i bet they'll get more than 250k for each of them. From what i read in the mail tonight they offered both of them to blose for 6m (edit) Each!

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Re: January Transfer Window - Rumours, Links, B*llsh*t and Made-Up Nonsense
« Reply #4627 on: January 13, 2011, 10:37:27 PM »
So they're finding it easy to sell squad players on big wages?

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Re: January Transfer Window - Rumours, Links, B*llsh*t and Made-Up Nonsense
« Reply #4628 on: January 13, 2011, 10:38:43 PM »
Those figures are all very well but most of them clubs weren't/aren't spending 30-50k a week on the likes of Sidwell and Davies. Them two and Harewood cost us the best part of 18m, not even including the wages, and what do we get back for them? 3 and a bit million if we're lucky!! And then there's all the other rubbish we can't get rid of. Lunacy.

That's right, all the other teams in that table just pay the 11 players on the field.  In fact, the Liverpool players just get bread and drippin'! If they're lucky!


we're nowhere near liverpools finances.. the majority of clubs like yer evertons and west hams and us can't afford a load of 50k a week squad players

So what was all that stuff about investing to compete for trophies and CL qualification? We were going to do it on Everton and West Ham wage costs?

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Re: January Transfer Window - Rumours, Links, B*llsh*t and Made-Up Nonsense
« Reply #4629 on: January 13, 2011, 10:41:54 PM »
Yes but the Special one does not rate him and played him in the Copa delrey tonight however never been selected to start a League or CL game this season.
The "Special One"? Fuck me, it's as bad as Coopers Injury's "The Theatre Of Dreams". The "Special One" indeed. It's only one short step from that to Stevie G taking a peno.

Back to Benzema. How about his start against Villarreal four days ago? Or his start against Getafe in the league game before that? Or his start against Sevilla in the league game before that. Or his start against Zaragoza in the league game before that. Or his start against Auxerre in the Champions League in the game before that when he not only started but scored a hat-trick.

I'm really not sure it's worth me going any further back than that.

The fucking "Special One". I'm going to bed angry now.

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Re: January Transfer Window - Rumours, Links, B*llsh*t and Made-Up Nonsense
« Reply #4630 on: January 13, 2011, 10:43:01 PM »
No, we are going to try it on Spurs wage costs, 11 million less than ours a season!

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Re: January Transfer Window - Rumours, Links, B*llsh*t and Made-Up Nonsense
« Reply #4631 on: January 13, 2011, 10:43:41 PM »
Those figures are all very well but most of them clubs weren't/aren't spending 30-50k a week on the likes of Sidwell and Davies. Them two and Harewood cost us the best part of 18m, not even including the wages, and what do we get back for them? 3 and a bit million if we're lucky!! And then there's all the other rubbish we can't get rid of. Lunacy.

That's right, all the other teams in that table just pay the 11 players on the field.  In fact, the Liverpool players just get bread and drippin'! If they're lucky!


we're nowhere near liverpools finances.. the majority of clubs like yer evertons and west hams and us can't afford a load of 50k a week squad players

So what was all that stuff about investing to compete for trophies and CL qualification? We were going to do it on Everton and West Ham wage costs?


The days of 50k for reserves are gone villadawg. randy gambled his 100m on it and picked the wrong manager to spend his dough. whether its houllier or someone else we'll we cutting our cloth accordingly for now

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Re: January Transfer Window - Rumours, Links, B*llsh*t and Made-Up Nonsense
« Reply #4632 on: January 13, 2011, 10:43:57 PM »
Yes but the Special one does not rate him and played him in the Copa delrey tonight however never been selected to start a League or CL game this season.
The "Special One"? Fuck me, it's as bad as Coopers Injury's "The Theatre Of Dreams". The "Special One" indeed. It's only one short step from that to Stevie G taking a peno.

Back to Benzema. How about his start against Villarreal four days ago? Or his start against Getafe in the league game before that? Or his start against Sevilla in the league game before that. Or his start against Zaragoza in the league game before that. Or his start against Auxerre in the Champions League in the game before that when he not only started but scored a hat-trick.

I'm really not sure it's worth me going any further back than that.

The fucking "Special One". I'm going to bed angry now.

All clearly moot points. He has not started all season and the special one does not rate him!

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Re: January Transfer Window - Rumours, Links, B*llsh*t and Made-Up Nonsense
« Reply #4633 on: January 13, 2011, 10:56:55 PM »
I cycle past two schools in Peckham on the way to work. The Academy and the special one

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Re: January Transfer Window - Rumours, Links, B*llsh*t and Made-Up Nonsense
« Reply #4634 on: January 13, 2011, 10:59:01 PM »
You cycle to work? Is that not quite far if covering war in a middle eastern country?

 


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