Philippe Senderos

[johnc]

Just seen its a done deal

Great news. Whenever we get an aging French player they usually step it up in the twilight of their careers. I wonder if he will be driven down the motorway on a daily basis like Pires or will he be more like Ginola and delight in showing off his Ronaldoesque body (You decide which Ronaldo)

Does it apply to the Swiss too?

In fairness I would have to say no. Particularly those of Serbian and Spanish parentage. In fairness our Serbian players have never let us down

Which Serbian players would those be? Savo "spits at his own fans" Milosevic, or Sasa "nose job" Curcic?
Or have I forgotten anybody?

No I think that covers them all. I am sure a mate told me a story how a girl he knew was at Curcic's house one night and all the cupboards were full of custard

[PeterWithesShin]

Welcome and good luck.

[saunders_heroes]

Poor, cheap, uninspiring signing. Something we've come to expect over the last 4 or so years.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Just seen its a done deal

Great news. Whenever we get an aging French player they usually step it up in the twilight of their careers. I wonder if he will be driven down the motorway on a daily basis like Pires or will he be more like Ginola and delight in showing off his Ronaldoesque body (You decide which Ronaldo)

Does it apply to the Swiss too?

In fairness I would have to say no. Particularly those of Serbian and Spanish parentage. In fairness our Serbian players have never let us down

Which Serbian players would those be? Savo "spits at his own fans" Milosevic, or Sasa "nose job" Curcic?
Or have I forgotten anybody?

No I think that covers them all. I am sure a mate told me a story how a girl he knew was at Curcic's house one night and all the cupboards were full of custard

No wonder he signed for Villa *obscure Birds' custard joke*

[PeterWithesShin]

He's played for Arsenal, Milan, Everton, Valencia and now Villa. Not bad teams.

2 league appearances for Everton, 5 for Valencia, 14 for Milan. His injury record worries me, especially considering how our luck is with them.

[ADVILLAFAN]

He's played for Arsenal, Milan, Everton, Valencia and now Villa. Not bad teams.

2 league appearances for Everton, 5 for Valencia, 14 for Milan. His injury record worries me, especially considering how our luck is with them.

52 for Switzerland. He could end up having more international appearances than appearances for his clubs (not combined).

[PeterWithesShin]

He's played for Arsenal, Milan, Everton, Valencia and now Villa. Not bad teams.

2 league appearances for Everton, 5 for Valencia, 14 for Milan. His injury record worries me, especially considering how our luck is with them.

52 for Switzerland. He could end up having more international appearances than appearances for his clubs (not combined).

By the end of the World Cup he could end up having only played for Arsenal more times than Switzerland. 57 appearances for Fulham so 6 to go to beat that.

[Matt C]

I think we've a stronger squad now than we did this morning. 

If you look at the squad that finished at Spurs, then adding Senderos, Okore, Kozak and N'Zogbia and dare I say it, even Hutton (given Lowton's poor form) makes us stronger.

+Bent. We're rocking!

[PeterWithesShin]

I think we've a stronger squad now than we did this morning. 

If you look at the squad that finished at Spurs, then adding Senderos, Okore, Kozak and N'Zogbia and dare I say it, even Hutton (given Lowton's poor form) makes us stronger.

+Bent. We're rocking!

Champions League here we come!

[SamTheMouse]

I suppose that given the circumstances, it would be unrealistic to hope for better. My memories of Senderos are as an accident waiting to happen every match, though.

Still, he's one of us now, so good luck to him. Maybe he'll surprise us. I'll be looking out for him at the WC.

[Ads]

I think we've a stronger squad now than we did this morning. 

If you look at the squad that finished at Spurs, then adding Senderos, Okore, Kozak and N'Zogbia and dare I say it, even Hutton (given Lowton's poor form) makes us stronger.

+Bent. We're rocking!

Champions League here we come!

Negative bastard! Champions of England!

But seriously, having a few more players who aren't Baker or Clark to choose from cannot be a bad thing.

[phantom limb]

On paper Senderos is a good signing, but I remember him as someone who always seemed to get bullied pretty easily and was injured a lot. I can't say I've watched him play too many times though, so I wish him all the best. As far as free transfers go he'll be one of the higher profile ones and I guess that's probably what we're going to be looking at in the main.

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

I think we've a stronger squad now than we did this morning. 

If you look at the squad that finished at Spurs, then adding Senderos, Okore, Kozak and N'Zogbia and dare I say it, even Hutton (given Lowton's poor form) makes us stronger.

+Bent. We're rocking!

You could even add Benteke!

[Chico Hamilton III]

I didn't know until today that Senderos converted to Islam a couple of years ago.

[django]

I'll give anyone a chance and doubt he'd be more of a risk than Clark/baker, but he's never impressed before and, most depressingly, alongside the keane rumours it doesn't suggest a change or regime is imminent.