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

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Lerner - c***
Faulkner - c***
Lambert - c***

I think you need to apologise.

The last thing a ****** wants to be compared to is those 3.

[Risso]

I don't know why everyone is slashing their wrists.
We had the chance to vent our spleens on Tuesday night, but no.
We gave them a fucking standing ovation for another fucking defeat.

Well said Andy.  Should have booed that idiot Lambert to within an inch of his life.

[Ron Manager]

Ive suggested this before but nobody showed any interest. Why dont we play Benteke at centre half . Big, physical, wins most of the headers
and his passing is good. Leaving Bent and Weimann up front and Agbonlahor under orders to stay out on the wings and provide the crosses.

If he doesnt buy a centre half I suppose he will stick with Vlaar and Clark...which shows how stubborn and stupid he is.

I presume you are joking about Benteke!

No Im not.  Think about it Dion moved back with ease, Allan Evans moved back with ease, Dick Edwards moved back in the sixties
Benteke might do well short term and we have to come up with something.

[fbriai]

Is Mark Lillis still around?

His sheer ugliness would put the wind up our relegation rivals.

Huddersfield ass manager.

Still as ugly as ever, just without the hair. Get him in there!

[Lobsterboy]

Can we at least allow any new signings to arrive at Bodymoor Heath before we decide they're shit?

We seem to have resorted to calling them shit even before they sign

Would rather have Sylla and A N Other than Zat Knight, Curtis Davies or Nigel Reo Coker who I seem to have been reading about for 500+ pages

[Rip Van We Go Again]

its weird, how names get mentioned all day and you think no way do we want him and then might end up with Hawkins . Then you think , I wish we had that WP etc now .

I'm sure a few on here are thinking that Curtis Davies was'nt a bad idea after all.

Not so bad now is it?

Would have only used up half of our £3m budget.

[Risso]

Can we at least allow any new signings to arrive at Bodymoor Heath before we decide they're shit?

We seem to have resorted to calling them shit even before they sign

Would rather have Sylla and A N Other than Zat Knight, Curtis Davies or Nigel Reo Coker who I seem to have been reading about for 500+ pages

I don't know if this Dawkins is shit or not.  I suspect he is, but even if he isn't, he isn't what we're crying out for.

[PONGO49]

can someone drag 'God' out of the bar and tell him to dust off his boots.

[Villa in Denmark]

The most worrying thing for me is if Lerner is in a right old mess financially and is struggling to sustain bankrolling the club anymore. I'd much rather he'd just decided enough was enough for the time being but the cost cutting has been so quick and severe it certainly doesn't look good does it? and we all know what happened to last club that fell apart at the seams this quick, they still haven't come back now.

I still can't lay the blame at managers feet for the state we're in. No one would have sorted this shit out with the money and wages available.

One thing Lerner isn't is struggling financially.  He's a stirling billionaire, not just $ billioanire.  How much of that value is liquid and instantly usable is another matter, as is if he has funded us directly or through the Lerner family trust - I think he needs agreement from other family members to access these funds.

That's the only thing that could possibly make a modicum of sense - the trustees have blocked him. 

Which is probably fair enough from their point of view.  After pouring £200 - 250M into a black hole and getting nowhere and the only return being whatever they've taken back as interest and management fees why would you continue to say yes to more if you had no interest in the "project" and could see other "more deserving causes"

Still hurts like a bitch on this side of the Atlantic.

At least we don't owe all that money to a bank.  Problem comes if someone has to borrow money to but Lerner out.

[maigrait]

Can we at least allow any new signings to arrive at Bodymoor Heath before we decide they're shit?

We seem to have resorted to calling them shit even before they sign

Would rather have Sylla and A N Other than Zat Knight, Curtis Davies or Nigel Reo Coker who I seem to have been reading about for 500+ pages

I agree lobster...

[PaulWinch again]

I stick to what I said a week or so ago, Davies would be very useful. But no we sign a player we definitely don't need.

[fbriai]

Would rather have Sylla and A N Other than Zat Knight, Curtis Davies or Nigel Reo Coker who I seem to have been reading about for 500+ pages

Have you been reading that "MON's best buys" thread again?

[Clampy]

Ive suggested this before but nobody showed any interest. Why dont we play Benteke at centre half . Big, physical, wins most of the headers
and his passing is good. Leaving Bent and Weimann up front and Agbonlahor under orders to stay out on the wings and provide the crosses.

If he doesnt buy a centre half I suppose he will stick with Vlaar and Clark...which shows how stubborn and stupid he is.

I presume you are joking about Benteke!

No Im not.  Think about it Dion moved back with ease, Allan Evans moved back with ease, Dick Edwards moved back in the sixties
Benteke might do well short team and we have to come up with something.

Dion did'nt move back there until he was in his 30's.

Sorry but it's a terrible idea.

[SaluteIanTaylor]

I've You Tube'd Bug Dawk's. seen worse....

[Clark W Griswold]

its weird, how names get mentioned all day and you think no way do we want him and then might end up with Hawkins . Then you think , I wish we had that WP etc now .

I'm sure a few on here are thinking that Curtis Davies was'nt a bad idea after all.

I would sooner play Vlaar and Clark than Davies so that would not have worked as far as i'm concerned.