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Author Topic: Summer Transfer Thread: Speculation, Lies, Absolute Cr*p and Bosman Rumours  (Read 2732938 times)

Offline Clampy

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I'd send Hutton on his way with McLeish and get an experienced guy to compete with and mentor Lichaj. Maybe Bosingwa.
Or go for another youngster ilke Clyne.

I thought Hutton was dreadful yesterday. Playing Herd in his place against Spurs might be a good idea, i think he'd cope with Bale a bit better.
« Last Edit: April 29, 2012, 11:05:44 AM by Clampy »

Offline Tom Sawyer

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I'd send Hutton on his way with McLeish and get an experienced guy to compete with and mentor Lichaj. Maybe Bosingwa.
Or go for another youngster ilke Clyne.

We couldn't afford Boswinga's wage demands.

Why, how much are they then?

General web chatter is saying that Inter can't afford them.. so put two and two together

Offline JJ-AV

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Cylne, Mariappa, Guthrie and Moses would be a decent start.

Offline Mazrim

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I'd send Hutton on his way with McLeish and get an experienced guy to compete with and mentor Lichaj. Maybe Bosingwa.
Or go for another youngster ilke Clyne.

We couldn't afford Boswinga's wage demands.

Why, how much are they then?

General web chatter is saying that Inter can't afford them.. so put two and two together

General web chatter eh?
In any case, it was only an example. But I very much doubt that Inter would struggle with a Bosman signing and his wags but if Bosingwa was taking the piss with his demands he should be ignored. That goes for any player.

Offline Dave Cooper please

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I'd send Hutton on his way with McLeish and get an experienced guy to compete with and mentor Lichaj. Maybe Bosingwa.
Or go for another youngster ilke Clyne.

We couldn't afford Boswinga's wage demands.

Why, how much are they then?

General web chatter is saying that Inter can't afford them.. so put two and two together

I have, 2+2=Generally web chatter is a load of old bollocks.

Offline Matt Collins

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Olic, fletcher, pogbreynak, Would be decent shouts upfront
Olic has signed for Wolfsburg.

As for Rafael on loan, why would we want to do that rather than playing Lichaj?


I like lichaj's commitment. But he's looked poor on the ball and positionally to me.

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Olic, fletcher, pogbreynak, Would be decent shouts upfront
Olic has signed for Wolfsburg.

As for Rafael on loan, why would we want to do that rather than playing Lichaj?


I like lichaj's commitment. But he's looked poor on the ball and positionally to me.

In fairness he's playing out of position on the left, which makes him tend to hoof the ball clear at the first opportunity.

Offline N'ZMAV

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Cylne, Mariappa, Guthrie and Moses would be a decent start.
I'd rather see Gardner play more instead of signing Guthrie.

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Olic, fletcher, pogbreynak, Would be decent shouts upfront
Olic has signed for Wolfsburg.

As for Rafael on loan, why would we want to do that rather than playing Lichaj?


I like lichaj's commitment. But he's looked poor on the ball and positionally to me.
But if we have issues with a right-back with positional problems, signing Rafael is like a team signing Heskey to deal with their goalscoring problem.

Offline Tom Sawyer

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I'd send Hutton on his way with McLeish and get an experienced guy to compete with and mentor Lichaj. Maybe Bosingwa.
Or go for another youngster ilke Clyne.

We couldn't afford Boswinga's wage demands.

Why, how much are they then?

General web chatter is saying that Inter can't afford them.. so put two and two together

I have, 2+2=Generally web chatter is a load of old bollocks.

Did you miss the 'speculation' bit in the title of this thread?

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Wouldn't mind Izaguirre at left back.

Offline Dave Cooper please

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I'd send Hutton on his way with McLeish and get an experienced guy to compete with and mentor Lichaj. Maybe Bosingwa.
Or go for another youngster ilke Clyne.

We couldn't afford Boswinga's wage demands.

Why, how much are they then?

General web chatter is saying that Inter can't afford them.. so put two and two together

I have, 2+2=Generally web chatter is a load of old bollocks.

Did you miss the 'speculation' bit in the title of this thread?

Not much speculation in your comment "We couldn't afford Bosingwa's wages", you were stating it as if it was fact when actually it was bollocks off the internet!

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I very much doubt that Inter would struggle with a Bosman signing and his wags but if Bosingwa was taking the piss with his demands he should be ignored.
Why, is Boswinga a Mormon?

Offline Mister E

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I like lichaj's commitment. But he's looked poor on the ball and positionally to me.
I agree about some of his ball-usage but I think his positional play has been pretty good: he covered for Dunne and Carlos a couple of times yesterday through good reading of the game. Certainly way ahead of the experienced Hutton in terms of positional play.

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Maz, I would bet a large amount that we cannot afford Boswingas wages.

 


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