January Transfer Thread: Speculation, Lies, Absolute Cr*p and Bosman Rumours

[peter w]

How about Gattuso on a 2 year deal? Left milan for Sion last summer (I think). Could do a job marshalling our kids for at least half a season and I wouldn't think he'd cost the earth at his age. He's 35 but if he still has the rage inside him he could be perfect.

[Concrete John]

It has been obvious since November that an extra midfield player was required as the ones presently on the books, as a collective unit, were deficient. Surely somebody has been identified and the process could have been put in place at the back end of December to enable the deal to go through at the start of the window?

Or was the look on Lambert's face Tuesday night the realisation that a) he has been told that no one is coming in, or b) he has been telling RL that the lads are fine and we don't need anyone else, and the debacle on Tuesday showed him quite clearly that what he has is not good enough and it is now too late to start looking for anyone else without panicking.

I wouldn't undertand it in million years if Lambert haven't seen how utterly horrendous our midfield is apart from Westwood and how badly we need some steel into it. If Lerner & Faulker have put "Sell to Buy" policy now it's just utterly suicidical since getting rid of high earners is nigh impossible apart from probably Bent and without new players we're 100% doomed for relegation.

Trouble is Lambert obviously bought into this go with youth policy when he took the job. Now he has to go back to them and say "actually its a daft idea Paul/Randy and we need 20m on new players". Obviously the likes of Martinez saw the "plan" off  the record and ran a mile

How could Martinez 'see the plan' when we never actually spoke to him?

The policy has never been just to buy kids.  If you look at the 9 summer signings, including Guzan, then 4 of them are in the 25-30 bracket, plus what we already had at the club.  Rather, it's a matter of trying to spot the next Milner, Ash, etc. early and not need to pay circa £10m and £80k a week for them.  It's early days, but in Westwood, Lowton and Benteke we may well have done that.   

[Phil from the upper holte]

if Olsson has a £4m release clause then why has £5m from QPR been rejected?

[Summers]

Can't see why Olsson would risk the hatred of Albion fans by moving to us when we're in a far worse position?
He wouldn't, he'd go to someone top 6 though.

£££

[oldtimernow]

Where's that Patrick Viera protege that we once had......Isaiah ...?  the prophet? perhaps he could foretell the future and tell us when our messiah will come to restore us back to our true position as McGrath's chosen people

[damon loves JT]

if Olsson has a £4m release clause then why has £5m from QPR been rejected?

£2 million of it was for Redknapp's dog

[Phil from the upper holte]

Bizarrely I had a dream last night we signed Milner on loan

[Phil from the upper holte]

Thanks Damon, He's a good boy that dog

[damon loves JT]

Thanks Damon, He's a good boy that dog

He's a top, top, top dog and I'd love to walk him but of course he's somebody else's dog.

[N'ZMAV]

Where's that Patrick Viera protege that we once had......Isaiah ...?  the prophet? perhaps he could foretell the future and tell us when our messiah will come to restore us back to our true position as McGrath's chosen people

Isiah Osbourne, fuck me, he was shit. MON stuck him on £20k a week for 4 years I heard.

[PaulWinch again]

This Coutinho business, is a winger really a priority? I don't know anything about him but the lack of backbone to our team is the problem.

[Mazrim]

He's not a winger although he can play wide. He's more of an marauding attacking midfielder off the front men. Like Kaka or Ronaldo.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Thanks Damon, He's a good boy that dog

He's a top, top, top dog and I'd love to walk him but of course he's somebody else's dog.

Excellent :-))

[David_Nab]

Pete Colley from Sky Sports has tweeted we are not in Coutinho

[Walmley_Villa]

Where's that Patrick Viera protege that we once had......Isaiah ...?  the prophet? perhaps he could foretell the future and tell us when our messiah will come to restore us back to our true position as McGrath's chosen people

Isiah Osbourne, fuck me, he was shit. MON stuck him on £20k a week for 4 years I heard.

Went to Forest, then Hibs and then Gollum signed him for Blackpool where I think he still is.