midds

Got a few of their shirts. The latest being an England one from Mexico'86. It's lersh.

His wiki isn't particularly flattering tbh! TSV???

Hosanna!

Provided these reports are true, I'd have thought Barton could have done with all of the positive publicity he could get tbh. Forgoing his 'loyalty' bonus wouldn't have made up for his twattish behaviour but it would have been something... This is ignoring the fact he's basically engineered a move away from City and shouldn't be entitled to it as a result. He wants to speak to other clubs but doesn't hand in a transfer request.....hmmmmmm.

He's better than what we've got.....but that's not saying much. He's not worth £5m but if we signed him - he'd start every game as it stands. He'd, arguably, be our best defender if he signed tomorrow.

This is the exact reason I wanted Allardyce to take over. Gets shot of Bramble, signs Ben Haim. Gets shot of Sibierski, signs Viduka. Gets shot of Parker, signs Barton (making £1.5m in the process). He's improved the first XI and the squad whilst spending -£1.5m. His dealings in the transfer market in 3 weeks have paid for his backroom staff that he will bring to us from Bolton. Vintage Sam Allardyce.

Allardyce: "Siddown, yer fucking pauper!"

Wenger's letting him leave on a free. That means a lot imo. Bargepole time.

I think most of us would have accepted less than £7m for him. If Curbishley can get him playing like he did at Charlton, then you'll have done well out of it. Pretty big 'if' though.

I'm not having ago at the bloke but does anyone think Viduka would have signed for us if Roeder had still been in charge? We'll never know obviously but personally, I don't think he'd have even considered us as a realistic option.

Oh yes, I'll have a bit of this! Viduka signing is an excellent one - the fact we've just taken one of Boro's best players for free is just the icing on the cake. Bring it on.

Thought the loan deal with PSV had all been agreed??

Life Is Capital Letters At The Start Of Every Word. propernountastic!

which bloke...barton,viduka,rozenhal,boateng,kuyt,zenden,baines ? NO!,not yet

Just seen the goals. Both are absolute belters. blueyes.gif

So has the bloke signed yet or not?

Scored one of the best goals I've ever seen when he was playing for Real. He was bombing down the left and it looked for all the world like he was just going to whip a cross in just before he got to the by-line, but he just smashed it with the outside of his left foot and bent it between the keeper and the near post. He must have been about 30 yards from goal and about 5 yards from the corner flag. Awesome goal.

If it comes down to brass tacks, Allardyce will pick Owen over Martins every time. If one leaves this summer then there won't be problem but if Owen is fit - he'll start virtually every game. Martins will have to either like it or lump it.

you could say that about practically every English player signing for anyone this year, mind Fair comment. Then again the tabloids would be on O'Neill's back for packing his squad full of foreigners if he bought exclusively from overseas. Just have to look at the shit Arsenal and Chelsea have had to put up with for choosing talent before nationality...

London evening standard reckons West Ham offered the 70k per week whereas we offered 50k per week ! :lol: :lol:

I'd be against signing him for £3m let alone £7m. Think that's way, way way over the top for him. Still, I suppose it's a sellers market and if they can get £7m for him then fair play to West Ham. Must be better players than him available on the continent for that much like??

To be fair Midds, I reckon whatever we were going to put on the table West Ham would better anyway. West Ham will offer players 10 grand more than other clubs because it's the only way they'll get them to sign. If it was all about money he could've kept on driving and used that as a bargaining tool for getting 80k a week off those animals. My take on it anyway. Quite possibly the way they're throwing money at players this summer tbh. Still think they pulled a fast one and used West Ham's interest to get a better deal for themselves. Not quite on a par with Seth Johnson signing for Leeds like but not far away like.

I reckon Barton and McKay went into SJP wanting £70k a week. Shepherd baulked and turned them down. Barton & agent left saying they were going to listen to West Ham under the guise of him 'considering Newcastle's offer'. Shepherd bottled it and offered them the £70k they wanted before they even got on the A19. Barton & co turn the 4x4 around and head back to SJP laughing their tits off. All hypothetical and I can't prove any of it. Just my cynical self reading between the lines.

West Ham if recent rumours are to be believed. blueyes.gif

He's never struck me as a full back at all. I very much doubt he's got the discipline to hold the line or do the nasty things that full backs HAVE to do. At home against shite is fair enough. Being pinned back by a decent left winger for 20 minutes away from home and I think he'd crumble. He'd be a stop-gap and I'd rather Allardyce buy a specialist RB than have this little fanny poncing about down the right.