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Post by Vish on May 23, 2004 21:35:44 GMT 10
yeah i don't want smith either. hopeless signing. i would rather sign torres or tevez or rooney or all three, but that's not going to happen. Likelyness of any those being signed in your opinion Gomesh? if liverpool can make a few tweaks to their team, they can challenge next season Geez, It will take alot. I can see them challenging the UEFA/F.A. etc for sure next year. So will Milwall. , and if newcastle can buy a decent centre back and right back they too will do well. Ahhhh. We need to rebuild. Starting with our coaching staff. next season will be interesting. i'm just hoping that all the chasing pack ( villa, charlton, birmingham, bolton( they must get rivaldo), etc) invest heavily in the off season. and if everton, tottenham, blackburn and man city can get their act together we could have a very interesting season. not much hope for the newly promoted teams of staying up though, but west ham might just be able to pull it off if they can get some new players in. I agree compedre'. as for arsenal my only question is what they are going to do with wiltord and kanu (and kneown) out of the way, and jeffers most likely going to, plus pires(32 next jan) and bergkamp(35 last week) getting rather old. i can see van pierse replacing pires cause wenger must have felt reyes wasn't left winger material hence his signing, which means reyes replacing bergkamp in years to come. but then what about pennant. seems like a good talent, but i don't think he has a future at arsenal. what do you think. I don't know about yu but when I watch Reyes on the pitch, he reminds me alot of R.Pires. Pires ain't no LWinger as well mind you. I have heard that Wenger is using Van Peirse as Bergkamps replacement. granted that vieria and henry have at least 5 years to play at the very top left in them, arsenal might very well be succesful, but you know what i think of henry, hence euro 2004 will determine if he can truely play with the big boys or not. as for vieria, he's an absolute gun, but i have taken a liking for gerrard recently as his passing is getting better with every game. still time will tell Gerrard has been awesome. No Gerrard = No Liverpool. His cross/pass/lob to Owen vs. Newcastle was unbelievable. It's worth noting that England have not lost with him in the XXI.
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Post by Gonzo Gomo Gomez on May 25, 2004 20:01:06 GMT 10
chances of signing tevex, torres and rooney are slipping away with every passing day. why fergie want's alan smith i really don't know. if he wants to make a conterversial transfer move, then he should go out and buy gerrard. i am deeply dissapointed with the rumours recently. even heinze is not good. rather have mexes or company, and i'm actually happy with our central defence. maybe a full back woudl be a better purchase.
as for liverpool, with houllier out i think owen might leave. cisse probably won't join now, and there is a slender chance that gerrard might join man u. the thai bid looks to be on ther outer, hope it fails so that liverpool will need to generate money by selling gerrard ;D yep i'm very keen on him. i won't comment on liverpool till i see what happens this summer.
as for newcastle, i agree robson is past it. mourinho would be a good signing as he would play viana properly.
yeah pires isn't your conventional left winger, but then who is. giggs, duff, kewell and pires all cut into the middle, and that's y they are effective. . i don't know. have to have a closer look at reyes and van pierse next season. personally i woudl have signed a morientes, but up to wenger i guess
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Post by Vish on May 26, 2004 16:39:55 GMT 10
chances of signing tevex, torres and rooney are slipping away with every passing day. why fergie want's alan smith i really don't know. if he wants to make a conterversial transfer move, then he should go out and buy gerrard. i am deeply dissapointed with the rumours recently. even heinze is not good. rather have mexes or company, and i'm actually happy with our central defence. maybe a full back woudl be a better purchase. Tarebelisi? Who's Heinze? as for liverpool, with houllier out i think owen might leave. cisse probably won't join now, Cisse has also just broken his ankle which is unfortunate for the lad. and there is a slender chance that gerrard might join man u. the thai bid looks to be on ther outer, hope it fails so that liverpool will need to generate money by selling gerrard ;D yep i'm very keen on him. i won't comment on liverpool till i see what happens this summer. Man U won't get him. He will either be a Chelsea player or a Liverpool player. as for newcastle, i agree robson is past it. mourinho would be a good signing as he would play viana properly. I thought you disagreed with me when I mentioned this strongly at Yei-Mengs?! Mourinho is out of the question. Steve fucking Bruce is likely for next year. yeah pires isn't your conventional left winger, but then who is. giggs, duff, kewell and pires all cut into the middle, and that's y they are effective. . i don't know. have to have a closer look at reyes and van pierse next season. personally i woudl have signed a morientes, but up to wenger i guess I thought they want Morientes? Can you smell the double?
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Post by Gonzo Gomo Gomez on May 27, 2004 19:34:08 GMT 10
actually wenger hates target men type players. so i doubt they will sign morientes.
bruce won't go to newcastle. he's started something at birmingham, and it looks more promising than newcastle's bunch of oldies, promising youngsters and disenchanted forigners. morinho won't go either. maybe curbishly or martin o'neill. yeah i reckon robson should go. not leave completely, but maybe take up another post, like director of football.
who's heinze? well that should give you an indication of the calibre of the players were getting linked to atm. he's a centerback/left back, playing at PSG. he's argentinian by birth, but apparently has got a german passport. decent player i guess, but not a samuel or nesta.
with chelsea signing ppl, we have to wait and see who takes over. definately the new manager is going to have more control over the madness of abramovich then ranieri had. latest rumor says that they are going to spend 20 million pounds on carlos, and pay him 120k a week in pounds. so my question is, what about bridge. he's had a great season, so i doubt any sensible manager would approve of that move.
barca, man u, real, juve, chelsea and inter will be big spenders. liverpool, depor, bayern and valencia might spend a bit too. not too sure about newcastle. roma, lazio and parma are a selling clubs, but they will have major squad overhauls over the summer to clear theri debt. arsenal and milan will just add one or two more players to their team. that's what i forecast.
and naturally monaco and porto will be pillaged in the next few weeks. morientes, guily, prso, rother, descahmps from monaco most likely will leave, while deco, costinho(?), maniche(?), carvalho, ferriera and mourinho will leave porto.
on the premiership front, birmingham, bolton, boro and tottenham will spend. charlton have the parker money to spend and fulham the saha millions.villa have a shoestring budget, as do man city and everton (unless they sell a star like angel, anelka or rooney respectively). porthsmouth and blackburn i'm not sure about. expect lots of loans
agree or disagree?
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Post by Vish on May 28, 2004 16:05:48 GMT 10
actually wenger hates target men type players. so i doubt they will sign morientes. Just telling you what I read [albeit paper talk] but you are right about Wenger and target men. bruce won't go to newcastle. he's started something at birmingham, and it looks more promising than newcastle's bunch of oldies, promising youngsters and disenchanted forigners. morinho won't go either. maybe curbishly or martin o'neill. I agree on Bruce (that doesn't mean we won't try) but disagree on Curbshley (I can't see him at Newcastle) and M O'Neill (Too good for us) yeah i reckon robson should go. not leave completely, but maybe take up another post, like director of football. Hehehehe. Told you so! who's heinze? well that should give you an indication of the calibre of the players were getting linked to atm. he's a centerback/left back, playing at PSG. he's argentinian by birth, but apparently has got a german passport. decent player i guess, but not a samuel or nesta. You should get Evra [young Left-Back]. I watched the PSV V Monaco match last year and I have rated him ever since then. with chelsea signing ppl, we have to wait and see who takes over. definately the new manager is going to have more control over the madness of abramovich then ranieri had. latest rumor says that they are going to spend 20 million pounds on carlos, and pay him 120k a week in pounds. so my question is, what about bridge. he's had a great season, so i doubt any sensible manager would approve of that move. Agreed. Stupid move by Chelsea. They would have a very unhappy left side now [Duff/Bridges]. barca, man u, real, juve, chelsea and inter will be big spenders. liverpool, depor, bayern and valencia might spend a bit too. not too sure about newcastle. roma, lazio and parma are a selling clubs, but they will have major squad overhauls over the summer to clear theri debt. arsenal and milan will just add one or two more players to their team. that's what i forecast. and naturally monaco and porto will be pillaged in the next few weeks. morientes, guily, prso, rother, descahmps from monaco most likely will leave, while deco, costinho(?), maniche(?), carvalho, ferriera and mourinho will leave porto. Agreed. But at least Monaco and Porto have money to spend and despite there mangers leaving they know what it takes. and Newcastle won't be spending much. Mido, Some C.Ronaldo-like fellow and a right back would seem about right. on the premiership front, birmingham, bolton, boro and tottenham will spend. charlton have the parker money to spend and fulham the saha millions.villa have a shoestring budget, as do man city and everton (unless they sell a star like angel, anelka or rooney respectively). porthsmouth and blackburn i'm not sure about. expect lots of loans Agreed. It shows how much healthier the EPL clubs are right now compared to the other european league clubs. Everybody bar the promoted clubs will be spending. On the whole. Yes
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Post by HH on May 28, 2004 23:01:59 GMT 10
I see Man U just closed the deal on Smith.
I'm not knowledgeable enough to comment, so I'm staying out of it ;D
Thoughts?
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Post by Vish on May 30, 2004 22:28:59 GMT 10
I see Man U just closed the deal on Smith. I'm not knowledgeable enough to comment, so I'm staying out of it ;D Thoughts? A Newcastle-class signing. Ouch'.
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Post by Gonzo Gomo Gomez on Jun 2, 2004 14:16:19 GMT 10
i hate smith. he's a striker with a goal ratio that's worse than heskey's and just a bit better than forlan's.
on the birght side, we are going to have a back room reshuffle, with querioz coming back, and this italian dude who's supposed to be a gun fitness coach. cantona is also been lined up to teach our strikers how to score ( smith will need all the help he can get)
and liverpool seem to hvae got benitez, which means that ayala and aimar coudl go to liverpool.
i know of evra. reckon he's pretty good, but overall i was dissappointed with the monaco players for a poor showing the the champion's league final. morientes and prso did pretty well, but their midfield lacked creativity, so rothen's star has fallen considerably.
did you watch the match on tv? i hate craig foster's commentary. i wanted to go the sbs station and slice the idiot's head off
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Post by Vish on Jun 2, 2004 17:40:46 GMT 10
on the birght side, we are going to have a back room reshuffle, with querioz coming back, and this italian dude who's supposed to be a gun fitness coach. cantona is also been lined up to teach our strikers how to score ( smith will need all the help he can get) He[Smith] will be a good back up for Saha/Van Nistlroy though. and liverpool seem to hvae got benitez, which means that ayala and aimar coudl go to liverpool. Fuck, I'd hope they don't get him. i know of evra. reckon he's pretty good, but overall i was dissappointed with the monaco players for a poor showing the the champion's league final. morientes and prso did pretty well, but their midfield lacked creativity, so rothen's star has fallen considerably. Suits Newcastle then! did you watch the match on tv? i hate craig foster's commentary. Nah, I didn't catch the match. i wanted to go the sbs station and slice the idiot's head off HAHAHAHAHA
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Post by Vish on Jun 5, 2004 21:45:46 GMT 10
Wa listening to SEN 1116 on Wedensday and well I won't bore you with the riff raff but It seems that Fergie rates Darren Fletcher and Chris Eagles to be the next stars from the Man U youth academy.
You know my opinion of D. Fletcher but what is yours of him and C. Eagles?
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Post by Gonzo Gomo Gomez on Jun 6, 2004 21:02:41 GMT 10
i don't know why you don't like fletcher. he's improving all the time, and i think he'll become good in the future.
chris eagles i've heard wonderful things about. never seen him play though
i always beleive the key to success is home grown talent. with o'shea, brown, fletcher, eagles, and maybe keirion richardson and a few more we have a good future. plus we brought a whole group of young players like ronaldo & bellion, (and apparently this young spanish left back called pique is on his way) who will develop at man u so i lay claim to them as one of our own.
and since we can't compete with chelsea or pay astronomical transfer fees like real have for the past for years( i think they have finally changed thier galactico's policy), youth will be the key
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Post by Vish on Jun 6, 2004 22:25:06 GMT 10
i don't know why you don't like fletcher. he's improving all the time, and i think he'll become good in the future. From what I saw, he had no clue and his distribuition was shit although you do say he is improving. What do you see? chris eagles i've heard wonderful things about. never seen him play though I heard that he is very much like C. Ronaldo. i always beleive the key to success is home grown talent. with o'shea, brown, fletcher, eagles, and maybe keirion richardson and a few more we have a good future. plus we brought a whole group of young players like ronaldo & bellion, (and apparently this young spanish left back called pique is on his way) who will develop at man u so i lay claim to them as one of our own. Ronaldo = Gun. Bellion = Dud. You actually wanted to give Bellion+$$$$ to Leeds for Smith but they just wanted $$$$. Going by the type of clubs that were competing for Pique before you got him, he will be good. I'm starting to warm to Man U buying Smith. You'll need some bite up when Keano leaves and he will be better than Forlan so that's a win. Pity about bringing in Djemba Djemba and Bellion though. Not quality players at all IMO. and since we can't compete with chelsea or pay astronomical transfer fees like real have for the past for years( i think they have finally changed thier galactico's policy), youth will be the key True. Although Morinho seems like he want's to start a top class Youth Academy for the long run and buy World-Class to complement the squad ala Man U. Thats a nice complement for Man U Gomesh. After reading summations of the latest released Newcastle financial reports, I am quite worried. In short, we must do well in the UEFA cup to even keep our already small squad together. Looks like our transfer fund will be 10 mill which is more that I expected. When are you coming back from Asian-Australia? AKA Singapore?
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Post by Vish on Jun 8, 2004 15:35:30 GMT 10
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Post by Gonzo Gomo Gomez on Jun 9, 2004 14:40:25 GMT 10
i say give the youngsters a year or two before judging them. lets face it very few youngsters are superstars in their first season. personally i'm willing to give bellion and djemba and kleberson another year to climatise before i decide if i want them out or not. plus if you think about it, bellion is fourth choice striker behind RvN, saha and smith, and that's assuming forlan leaves and solsjkaer moves to his right wing role.
mourinho i don't like. the man is arrogant and pompous. he wouldn't exist if bobby robson had picked another interpreter over him. is he a top coach? i don't think so. promising yes. his tactical astuteness will be tested during the season, and his flaws will be exposed for all to see. presonally i hated the way porto played. it was defensive football, with dirty tackling and lots of diving. i really don't rate any of their top players as world class, though yappa thinks the world of ferriera and i think carvalho and deco(dissapointed me though. i had huge expectations of this man) are pretty good players as well.
the kezman bid is gold. i read it earlier as well. the fact that wolves think they can get him is ludicrous to say the least.
newcastle will survive. don't worry. they have a huge fan base, and packed stadiums every week, which is much more than you can say about your black and white striped counterparts juventus.
coming back on the 10th ot 11th of july.
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Post by Vish on Jun 9, 2004 14:53:59 GMT 10
i say give the youngsters a year or two before judging them. lets face it very few youngsters are superstars in their first season. personally i'm willing to give bellion and djemba and kleberson another year to climatise before i decide if i want them out or not. plus if you think about it, bellion is fourth choice striker behind RvN, saha and smith, and that's assuming forlan leaves and solsjkaer moves to his right wing role. Fair enough. But what do you see in D. Fletcher? mourinho i don't like. the man is arrogant and pompous. he wouldn't exist if bobby robson had picked another interpreter over him. is he a top coach? i don't think so. promising yes. his tactical astuteness will be tested during the season, and his flaws will be exposed for all to see. presonally i hated the way porto played. it was defensive football, with dirty tackling and lots of diving. i really don't rate any of their top players as world class, though yappa thinks the world of ferriera and i think carvalho and deco(dissapointed me though. i had huge expectations of this man) are pretty good players as well. Would you care if your team won the CL and league after playing "defensive football, with dirty tackling and lots of diving"? I doubt you would. One thing is for sure though, his inclusion should make for interesting matches vs. Man U. the kezman bid is gold. i read it earlier as well. the fact that wolves think they can get him is ludicrous to say the least. hehehehe. newcastle will survive. don't worry. they have a huge fan base, and packed stadiums every week, which is much more than you can say about your black and white striped counterparts juventus. Our short term debts are 30 million pounds and our long term debts are 60 million. Not good if we want to catch up to Liverpool and stay ahead of Birmingham, Totenham, Charlton, Fulham and Co. as this heavily restricts how much we spend.
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