Transfer Speculation / Gossip

[PaulWinch again]

Is it not too late? Surely we would have to have it nearly sorted by now.

I was thinking that, but no idea how these things work!

[ozzjim]

Ah this place is great at times. Laughing all the way through the last couple of pages.

[AvFc4eVeR]

Probably had this on the back burner while chasing Cleverley, much more excited by this than "TC23" aka "bell end"

[pauliewalnuts]

I note that the spell checker on Safari on the Mac automatically changes Canales to Candles.

If we signed him and gave him squad number 4, that'd make it 4 Candles.

[Ads]

I can't wait till its 22:59:50, when SSN show Big Ben. I am going to have a danger wank in my living room and see if I can beslt one out before the window slams shut.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

John Percy at the The Torygraph:

15.04 Aston Villa in "buying someone good" shocker! More from John Percy:

Paul Lambert has made a bid for Real Sociedad's attacking midfielder Sergio Canales. The former Spain under-21 international, 23, has been targeted for a move to the Premier League by Lambert and Sociedad are considering the offer. Villa are still waiting on an answer from Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley, but their move for Canales could suggest they are moving on to other targets.

I remember watching Spain under-19s take England apart at the Euros in Normandy a few years ago. Canales was the best player on the pitch: deft, inventive, seemingly x-ray vision. After leaving Real Madrid, though, he's not kicked on. He did OK at Valencia, and then quite well at Real Sociedad last season, but potentially he's better than that. Just look at some of the other players in that Spain squad: Koke, Thiago Alcantara, Martin Montoya. That's the bracket Canales should be in. If Lambert can get the best out of him, that could be a formidable piece of business.

I was nodding rather excitedly all the way through that until I got to the last line.

[Dr Butler]

I note that the spell checker on Safari on the Mac automatically changes Canales to Candles.

If we signed him and gave him squad number 4, that'd make it 4 Candles.

but that would mean Vlarr would be gone

UTV The Doc

[passitsideways]

In a strictly financial sense, assuming that the Cleverley bid is true, Villa could feasibly afford Canales, given that he was sold for 3.5 million euros in January, and probably isn't making a staggering amount.

...just everything else is the problem; primarily, the fact that the rumour is probably utter bollocks.

[pauliewalnuts]

Probably had this on the back burner while chasing Cleverley, much more excited by this than "TC23" aka "bell end"

I am one of those people who forms dislikes for footballers based on irrational, trivial reasons (Mark Hughes = Ailsa Stewart, so don't like him, that sort of thing), and although I don't rate Cleverley, I will happily admit that this "TC23" bollocks has made me even more adamant I don't want us to sign him.

[richard moore]

I think David Batty shit himself during a match at Wolves as well, it was the only bit of his serialised autobiography that I remember, oh and that he fancied being a bin man when his playing days were over.

Can we get a XI of players who shit themselves during a match? Did Tommy Johnson or was that puke?

I think David Batty shit himself during a match at Wolves as well, it was the only bit of his serialised autobiography that I remember, oh and that he fancied being a bin man when his playing days were over.

Can we get a XI of players who shit themselves during a match? Did Tommy Johnson or was that puke?

Edwyn Collins pissed himself on stage

Can we rip this thread up and start again? It's getting very off topic

[Toronto Villa]

My concern with this possible bid is that we have a track record of finding the technically worst Spanish players on the planet.

On the bright side, there are only about five Spanish males alive today who have zero technical ability, and we've already signed two of them. It would be awful bad luck to stumble upon one of the other three.

When did you become so positive and optimistic?

[Toronto Villa]

I note that the spell checker on Safari on the Mac automatically changes Canales to Candles.

If we signed him and gave him squad number 4, that'd make it 4 Candles.

Wouldn't we give him number 16?

[pauliewalnuts]

My concern with this possible bid is that we have a track record of finding the technically worst Spanish players on the planet.

On the bright side, there are only about five Spanish males alive today who have zero technical ability, and we've already signed two of them. It would be awful bad luck to stumble upon one of the other three.

When did you become so positive and optimistic?

When i worked out that one of the other three Spanish men without technique is Pedro Almodovar, thus meaning only two remain.

It's hard not to be optimistic over figures like that.

[olaftab]

Probably had this on the back burner while chasing Cleverley, much more excited by this than "TC23" aka "bell end"

I reckon if Cleverley sticks around for 12 months for  his end of contract big payday he is going to go the way of Bentley. 

[richard moore]

Woah, I'm losing track! My marbles are going! The little hamster that powers my mind needs more sunflower seeds! Ring, ring, ring! Bring in Pete Tong - the party's about to get started! MASSIVE!

I just love the user name Dennis Keeks