Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[chrisw1]

I'd imagine the process has been something along the lines of:

a) player and agent get called into office for meeting with TS, legal team and contracts manager present
b) player and agent are told in no uncertain terms that the players services are no longer required for X, Y and Z reasons

The clubs position is made clear, the player is placed on the transfer list, and both the player and agent knowing they need to find a new club if the player wants to actually have a career in which he plays football. This wouldn't have happened under Lambert.

That sounds exactly like the much maligned bomb squad to me?

The bomb squad would have been more like Lambert simply ignoring them in the corridors, putting a piece of paper on the wall and the players finding out that they're on the list to train with the kids with no explanation.

Yeah, because we all know exactly what happened.

As poor as our form was under Lambert, critisizing him for the bomb squad and praising TS for exactly the same thing is just one eyed bullshit and does nobody any credit.

[brian green]

Isn't the Altidore Express one of the rides at Alton Towers?

[KRS]

I'm not criticising or praising anyone chrisw1...I've just suggested a couple of potential "imaginary" scenarios based on the very limited evidence...aren't we allowed artistic license on an internet forum or are we only allowed to deal with facts? *rolls eyes smilie thing*

[Toronto Villa]

I've often wondered how Alan Brazil is still employed on national radio, he's so bad. He's basically a moron who happens to have a radio-friendly voice.

I think they still employ him to maintain an object for their shit humour which entirely surrounds how much he drinks and how wankered he apparently always is. That and if they did fire him he'd likely be dead within days for all the same reasons they keep him there.

[RussellC]

Isn't the Altidore Express one of the rides at Alton Towers?

Well there was one recently that had trouble finishing....





Sorry.

[tomd2103]

I commented to a mate yesterday that on the other twosome from moronville, Durham and Thick Northern twat Gough. Monday

"My question is to all United fans, Is United and Rooney finished"

Thursday

"Does this result prove Rooney is back"

Utter wankshite on what is becoming United FM

The strange thing about Adrian Durham is that if you listen to him when he does their live stuff on a Saturday afternoon, where he isn't forced to fit into some sort of witty pairing with the likes of Darren Gough, he's actually pretty good. He makes me think there's actually a decent journalist in there.

Darren Gough, though, fucking hell. He's surely the thickest person on national radio? Except possibly Micky Quinn. He can barely string a sentence together. Listening to him massacre the English language with all that "the team what started the match" style stuff makes me want to snap something in half.

On the Saturday show, you can tell he actually understands and is knowledgable about football.  It's just a shame he spends his weekday shows baiting Arsenal fans in a fake cockney drawl.  I mean "The Daily Arsenal" ffs.    The thing about Gough is that his views on cricket are not much more insightful either.  He is a prime example of a very talented sportsman who has landed a job in the media on the back of his career and whose instinctive talent meant that he has neither a grasp or a real interest in the nuances of the game he played.   

[RussellC]

I commented to a mate yesterday that on the other twosome from moronville, Durham and Thick Northern twat Gough. Monday

"My question is to all United fans, Is United and Rooney finished"

Thursday

"Does this result prove Rooney is back"

Utter wankshite on what is becoming United FM

The strange thing about Adrian Durham is that if you listen to him when he does their live stuff on a Saturday afternoon, where he isn't forced to fit into some sort of witty pairing with the likes of Darren Gough, he's actually pretty good. He makes me think there's actually a decent journalist in there.

Darren Gough, though, fucking hell. He's surely the thickest person on national radio? Except possibly Micky Quinn. He can barely string a sentence together. Listening to him massacre the English language with all that "the team what started the match" style stuff makes me want to snap something in half.

On the Saturday show, you can tell he actually understands and is knowledgable about football.  It's just a shame he spends his weekday shows baiting Arsenal fans in a fake cockney drawl.  I mean "The Daily Arsenal" ffs.    The thing about Gough is that his views on cricket are not much more insightful either.  He is a prime example of a very talented sportsman who has landed a job in the media on the back of his career and whose instinctive talent meant that he has neither a grasp or a real interest in the nuances of the game he played.   

I guess that's where TalkSport make their money though. Durham baiting moronic listeners into calling their premium rate phone-line. Shame, because- as you say- Durham can be a good broadcaster when he tries.

[Toronto Villa]

Thing with TalkSport is if you go there looking for content then you're not going to get much and if you come out disappointed that's on you (us) for trying to find it. I don't mind Durham and Gough, or Stan or Saggers because I know what I'm getting. It's shouty radio for the masses, and when I want something more intellectual I'll go elsewhere to find it.

[AV82EC]

Thing with TalkSport is if you go there looking for content then you're not going to get much and if you come out disappointed that's on you (us) for trying to find it. I don't mind Durham and Gough, or Stan or Saggers because I know what I'm getting. It's shouty radio for the masses, and when I want something more intellectual I'll go elsewhere to find it.

Exactly. When Talksport get down to actually delivering sports radio commentary they have some very good people and Durham is one of those. The only issue I have with them is the light entertainment dumbed down nature of much of the daily programming. Brazil can be good when he has a good partner like Murphy or Moore, Colon Murray is a ****** and his show is only improved with decent side presenters like Bunce, I like H and J its inoffensive afternoon background noise, Durham is a professional wind up merchant in the afternoons and Gough is a performing monkey who's as thick as a plank, Saggers shows his BBC credentials from time to time with some great journalism but you suspect he's trying too hard to be controversial and Goldstein and Cundy just a pair of cockney wankers.

Oh and if you don't like the Daily Arsensl you haven't got a sense of humour. What could be better a national radio station taking the piss out if that Tarquin luvvie tosspots club. What's not to like.....

Don't get me started on Bingham and Quinn though, vacuous bimbo out if the SSN wardrobe and the thickest pundit on radio, it beggars belief.

[Toronto Villa]

I couldn't stand Colin Murray on the BBC, and even less so now because his show is on during my drive to work in the morning. So I just avoid it now until later int he day.

[Small Rodent]

I've often wondered how Alan Brazil is still employed on national radio, he's so bad. He's basically a moron who happens to have a radio-friendly voice.

I think they still employ him to maintain an object for their shit humour which entirely surrounds how much he drinks and how wankered he apparently always is. That and if they did fire him he'd likely be dead within days for all the same reasons they keep him there.

I've mentioned numerous times that he drinks where my wife works. She says he's polite, drinks a lot, and the old sport pros seem to like him when they accompany him post-show.

That doesn't mean he's a competent radio presenter though.!!

[ChicagoLion]

Isn't the Altidore Express one of the rides at Alton Towers?

Yes you pay a lot of money, it trundles around in no particular direction, you end up back where you started a lot worse off, zero return on your investment and a feeling of  sadness and dissapointment.

[CT Villan]

Yes you pay a lot of money, it trundles around in no particular direction, you end up back where you started a lot worse off, zero return on your investment and a feeling of  sadness and dissapointment.

Sounds a lot like the Lambert era too.

[silhillvilla]

Isn't the Altidore Express one of the rides at Alton Towers?

Yes you pay a lot of money, it trundles around in no particular direction, you end up back where you started a lot worse off, zero return on your investment and a feeling of  sadness and dissapointment.

I thought that ride was simply named Aston Villa

[RussellC]

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/601387/Aston-Villa-target-Barcelona-academy-product-Traore