LucaAltieri

I can't wait to get back at that sweet vag.

More inclined to think this, at 23 he is likely to be in the first team/reserve pool. If we kept him longer it's so Pardew gets a better look. still strange we wouldn't play him. Time will tell. I heard he's caught Demba's exploding knees from a dirty towel in the changing room.

I'm just a realist. I'll reserve full judgement until he's played but you're all getting carried away before a ball has been kicked. Chances are he has no technique and is incredibly disloyal.

Aye, against other 3rd world teams, no doubt.

It's a fair comparison. Defensively there's not much between the Bundesliga and the Ryman South. Goals flying in left and right in the Bundesliga.

yeah, has nothing on Ben Arfa or Luque. Seriously, they're mostly soft goals against shite opposition. No evidence he can do the business on a cold night at the Britannia. Its not like the club scouted him through youtube, apparently they've monitored him for 2 years. Apparently so. But lets face it, he's never played in anything close to the Premier League. We need to be smarter about this. Should have taken him on trial first like with Jason Prior, or at least a loan with a view to a permanent move if he cuts it. How many clubs have been burned by buying players with good scoring records in foreign leagues? It's a lot of money to spunk away on Mateja Kezman II.

yeah, has nothing on Ben Arfa or Luque. Seriously, they're mostly soft goals against shite opposition. No evidence he can do the business on a cold night at the Britannia.

Youtube clips seem pretty fucking boring to me. Doesn't look any better than what we already have, tbh.

Typical African player, all athleticism and no technique. Does this need a safety wink?

I don't know him personally, nor am I an expert on sport & nutrition. However, his form has tailed off since joining Liverpool. At Newcastle the team played to his strengths, there was little expectation placed on him, he was playing week-in-week-out, and the squad was full of confidence. At Liverpool none of those things were true. The question is: if he were to come back would they still be true? With our current style of play I'd say he'd slot in nicely as a target man and give us another option from set pieces. Following his performances at Liverpool I think expectations would be significantly lower, and the team does still seem to be playing with confidence. He also wouldn't be expected to be the main man (as he was first time round) when Ba is back. Also, he's a fan. He'd be playing for the shirt. He'd be worth a punt at the right price. That said, it's all moot. Confident there's nothing in it whatsoever.

unlikely people will sign a player with a 'dodgy knee' prior to the ACoN imo...those pitches are a fucking disgrace to humanity, it wouldn't make sense even at a knockdown price imo I assume this isn't Ba's first ACN? Would the clubs all agree to hold fire on a bid until the ACN is over then battle for his signature? £5m for a £25m forward is a worthwhile gamble. Liverpool were willing to gamble £35m on a striker with half a seasons experience and a few injuries himself to put this into context, in fact if you looked at how many games Carroll has missed through injuries the last 2 years compared to Ba I would be surprised if Carroll's wasn't actually worse. well, in response to this and oldtype then the question outstanding is why haven't spurs or anyone else bid? it's a crazy low price, i agree, so what's stopping them? It not being true to this and oldtype (again): this makes even less sense man, unless i'm wrong these are direct quotes from redknapp, if there's no clause what's his end game? unsettle the player...doesn't matter does it we'd still not sell him cheaply so it gets him very little then again what does him going public with a clause get him anyway? he's just alerting other clubs that can pay more than spurs about his availability perhaps he's in ba's agent(s) pocket? You said it best yourself. If the clause exists, it doesn't make sense for him to be saying these things. If the clause doesn't exist, it doesn't make sense for him to be saying these things. Both possibilities are equally unlikely if you try to analyze it from Redknapp's point of view. Perhaps he's been misinformed? Perhaps it's not a straight-up minimum fee release clause? (A relegation release clause of 7m seems like it would make a lot of sense, given that the player in question has shown a preference for relegation release clauses in the past) Whether it's true or not, Spurs aren't after him. If they were they wouldn't be making such a show of it all. Harry's aim is simply to disrupt a rival, you'd have thought.

And to think we should have had a penalty too...

I want his babies.

In the box, in possession, he took his legs away. How could that not be a penalty?

Waste of money. She's shite. Would much rather bring in someone more cultured from the continent. They'll be more technically gifted when it comes to coffee (it's how they're raised) as well as being cheaper than buying English. You always pay over the odds for English.

Title challengers!

There's a young lad at Cesena that I've been hearing good things about, Mangio Vermicelli. Just broken into the Italian youth setup but I think his parents are Chinese. Tried searching on youtube but I can't find any videos. Just the kind of player we need. Clinical.

Disagree with HTT's hair splitting entirely. "Darkie" is ok, "nigger" is better than "coloured" blah blah. Nonsense. Language is not static or definite. It's not written in stone. Meaning is derived in a number of different ways including context, intonation, etc and it's all subject to change. There is no one racist word, it's all about intent. Take "coloured." For HTT that's incredibly vulgar. Yet, "people of colour" seems to be the politically correct, accepted, terminology for all non-white people. Does a change of sentence structure make that much difference? Nah.

The stats say it all really. http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m298/europawpw/stats.png Incredibly frustrating game. Points dropped. Really need to get a settled back 4 again.

GTFI!

Still confident we'll get back into this. Goal was a good one but against the run of play. Ba's 'goal' (correctly) ruled out with Best being offside. We're making all the right noises, though. We'll score.

Jonas having a shocker so far. Can't keep the ball.

Goal crisis. Should never have sold Carroll and Nolan. Where are the goals going to come from?

That Blackburn goal vs Wigan.

Bollocks. Mata aside they were shite going forward. Our errors gifted them the game. Defensively they were decent. They got ahead and made sure they had plenty of men behind the ball when we were in possession. Frustratingly we didn't (couldn't) change our play to deal with that.