themanupstairs

What's happened to Hleb? Did Barca just sign him for £11m and not play him?

signed him and realised he was shit, aye.

Ibrahimovic to Barca for € 40 mil + Etoo and Hleb

 

 

 

 

 

Hleb isnt worth a dime, and in Italy his career will be over.

The Ibrahimovic = Etoo+40m?

Waste of money

spurs are cunts in every way

The legend that is Noel Gallagher with some more wide words.

 

GALLAGHER: I DON`T WANT TERRY AT CITY

 

Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher has exclusively told F365 that he doesn't want Man City to sign John Terry because he's a Cockney cry baby.

 

City might be willing to shell out £30m for the England captain but massive fan Gallagher would rather they signed Joleon Lescott.

 

"I don't like John Terry and I never have," Gallagher told F365. "He's got funny eyes and he's a cry baby.

 

"He's also a Cockney and he'd absolutely be coming just for the money."

 

Gallagher would also pass on a move for Emmenual Adebayor, saying: "I hope it falls through.

 

"I have always had a great dislike for Adebayor. I don't like all that silly dancing by the corner flag - I prefer a swift handshake and back to the game.

 

"We've got Roque Santa Cruz who can do a job in the same position."

 

When asked which footballer Mark Hughes should target next, Gallagher said pragmatically: "Joleon Lescott - he's a good centre half who's getting better. Either him or Matty Upson would do for me."

 

but Lescott (and everyone else they've signed this summer) wouldn't be going there purely for money? Right...

I reckon what he means is that it would be a step down for Terry to move, footballing wise. Therefore he'd obviously only move for the money. With Lescott though, it could be a relative step up, playing alongside some serious big names, for a club who will be going places in a couple of years time. No offence to Everton whatsoever btw.

Noel Gallagher is still a twat though, I agree

They're going for experience back there I think. They've already got Davies, Cuellar and Knight. Just need a Laursen like for like.

 

Knight is off to Bolton.

 

Distin is signing today apparently, to replace Laursen, and I suspect someone like Onuoha won't want to be nominal fourth choice CB, he'll go somewhere he'll get more games.

top signing for you lot

a doddle was it JfK? 

everytime i refresh and see the thread title, a little part of me dies

That West Ham shirt is fecking awful.

 

THAT, you eel-bothering cockney WANKAHS is divine retribution for copying our colours, you kitstealing scrotes.

 

I've got vague memories of being lectured by a Villa fan when I said something about Villa playing in claret and blue, said something like "We do NOT play in claret and blue, that's West Ham. We play in (insert some very similar sounding colours)"

 

But that could have been another team, it could have been the other way round (West Ham don't play in claret and blue, that's us) or I could have dreamt it. Actually, it could have been a team I referred to as just playing in sky blue I was corrected on.

 

Could you have just been sitting at home playing FM after a big night out?

David Craig just said on SSN that he's just spoken to the club and they say there is 'definitely no truth' in this.

This true? You best not be lying man 

r.i.p. NUFC as we've known it for the last 20 odd years

What kind of system is Hughes planning on playing to keep all these strikers happy.

 

Bellamy, Santa Cruz, Tevez, Adebayor, they always seem to be linked with signing loads of strikers.

robinho 

get well soon big fella 

it will happen when we least expect it

Campbell's an ok signing for them. Pursuing Cattermole tickles me.

 

Naughton fee agreed btw. Not sure what the fee is though...

 

Naught? 

 

Cease this tomfoolery.

 

Fine fine Kyle do it. Kyle cease immediately.

 

You're upsetting me with this insubordination.

Campbell's an ok signing for them. Pursuing Cattermole tickles me.

 

Naughton fee agreed btw. Not sure what the fee is though...

 

Naught? 

 

Cease this tomfoolery.

Fine fine Kyle do it. Kyle cease immediately.

Campbell's an ok signing for them. Pursuing Cattermole tickles me.

 

Naughton fee agreed btw. Not sure what the fee is though...

Naught? 

Campbell set for Sunderland talks

 

Manchester United striker Fraizer Campbell is to discuss terms and undergo a medical at Sunderland this weekend, BBC Newcastle understands.

 

United accepted bids from Hull City and Sunderland for a fee in the region of £5m, but Campbell rejected the Tigers' offer in favour of talks on Wearside.

 

The 21-year-old spent part of the 2007-08 season on loan at Hull, as well as a stint with Tottenham last term.

 

He scored 15 goals for the Tigers in their promotion campaign.

 

More to follow.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/football/teams/s/sunderland/8144661.stm

The new David Bellion?

I don't think it was a case of Ashley buying the wrong club, more like Ashley not being suited to owning a football club full stop.

 

Was just going to say this, he thought of a football club as a rich man's toy and amusement for the weekends. His naivety was staggering.

 

So no one thinks that his business model could have worked for other clubs? What was Ashley's single biggest mistake? The Keegan debacle? or was it the fact that he let the club play out more than half the season with Hughton and Kinnear in charge? These weren't business mistakes. What hurt Ashley the most as owner of the club was when he started to piss on the fans from a great height thinking he could do whatever he wanted and get away with it.

His business model could have worked at other clubs, as it could have here, but he appointed the wrong people and f***ed up nearly every decision he ever made.

I agree. But if he'd been the owner at say Fulham, he wouldn't have fallen into the trap of appointing a massive figure like Keegan. Obviously a figure like him brings sentimentality and a rallying of the troops. We're just not a straightforward club, which is why he has failed so miserably, for not recognizing that.

I don't think it was a case of Ashley buying the wrong club, more like Ashley not being suited to owning a football club full stop.

 

Was just going to say this, he thought of a football club as a rich man's toy and amusement for the weekends. His naivety was staggering.

So no one thinks that his business model could have worked for other clubs? What was Ashley's single biggest mistake? The Keegan debacle? or was it the fact that he let the club play out more than half the season with Hughton and Kinnear in charge? These weren't business mistakes. What hurt Ashley the most as owner of the club was when he started to piss on the fans from a great height thinking he could do whatever he wanted and get away with it.

rhetorical  question right?

The question is rhetorical yes. What I'm really asking though is, would his business model, systems and actions have worked had he bought a lower profile club?

Been thinking about this for a while.

Has Mike Ashley gone and invested in the wrong club in buying NUFC?

What if he had bought a smaller club with a smaller, "less passionate" fan base, smaller (more manageable) debt, and a lower profile?

Would his methods have worked? Say he went and bought a Blackburn, a Fulham, or a Wigan. How do you think it would have turned out for him?

kin hell lads!! easy on the nsfw material!

warn a brother or something!

This is like pissing through a stiffy, f***ing get us SOLD for f***s sake.

:lol:

so succintly put

loving the shirt change

Due diligence completed

Bids lodged at the level wanted

Harris recommends most appropriate bid

 

I dont see where the lawyers come into this, surely they would have gone through all the necessary paperwork pior to the bids being lodged

 

 

I don't think it's as simple as just passing over a brief case of money.

 

And if it is, they'll be there for f***ing ever counting £100m.

"There you go Mr Ashley. I couldn't get 50s as the bank only had £5's left..."

 

Banks hand out £5?, well not at ATM's in anyway, everytime I go to one I always get £10 notes, even if I take like £100 out, which has been a while because I havn't had that much for a long time now.

 

Anyone got any jobs going?