Keefaz Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Where's that bloke that makes racist comments about Jews? He got banned. Or do you mean Hitler? He died ages ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Synthespian Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I think perhaps Mourinho encountered a situation where if he wanted some decent players he was having to pay 20 million just because it was chelsea bidding. So he had to turn to the likes of Sidwell, Pizarro, Ben Haim to fill out the squad. Agreed. After paying 30m for Schevchenko - the world's biggest waste of money! - it was always going to be a case of people putting up silly prices. I respect Mourhino for not buying at that price, but to be fair Kenyon wasn't releasing funds that summer, so he had to find the free transfers. Most Prem teams would have been happy with those three - and if they got them playing regularly, they'd have more of an impact. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Ben Haim shoudl not need time to settle into the premiership. Seems to me like he was a big fish in a small pond, and now he's way out of his league. Good enough for us? We are unarguably a medium-sized club with aspirations of the top 6, so maybe he would be ok. We've carried (and are carrying) worse defenders, certainly. Mind, Fat Sam would probably put him on the right wing or something. I love how you go out of your way to make negative opinions of everything regarding our club. I very much doubt any of these are your opinions, in fact i know they are not because i seem to remember you giving some very good (accurate) comments about the club 3 years ago when i joined this forum. If these are your opinions then fine but seriously i'd like to see the other opinions return because they were much better and a far more enjoyable read. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I think perhaps Mourinho encountered a situation where if he wanted some decent players he was having to pay 20 million just because it was chelsea bidding. So he had to turn to the likes of Sidwell, Pizarro, Ben Haim to fill out the squad. Agreed. After paying 30m for Schevchenko - the world's biggest waste of money! - it was always going to be a case of people putting up silly prices. I respect Mourhino for not buying at that price, but to be fair Kenyon wasn't releasing funds that summer, so he had to find the free transfers. Most Prem teams would have been happy with those three - and if they got them playing regularly, they'd have more of an impact. In all fairness they are 3 good squad fillers too. I've actually been impressed by Sidwell so far and he was the last one i expected to see in the first team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Heh heh...Hope we get some nice "squad fillers" for christmas, suppose it's the equivalent of some walnuts, an orange and a couple of chocolate mints as our "stocking fillers". Low quality but always well received.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danswan Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Ben Haim shoudl not need time to settle into the premiership. Seems to me like he was a big fish in a small pond, and now he's way out of his league. Good enough for us? We are unarguably a medium-sized club with aspirations of the top 6, so maybe he would be ok. We've carried (and are carrying) worse defenders, certainly. Mind, Fat Sam would probably put him on the right wing or something. I love how you go out of your way to make negative opinions of everything regarding our club. I very much doubt any of these are your opinions, in fact i know they are not because i seem to remember you giving some very good (accurate) comments about the club 3 years ago when i joined this forum. If these are your opinions then fine but seriously i'd like to see the other opinions return because they were much better and a far more enjoyable read. The Souness era has transformed him into a twisted, evil shadow of his former self. And who can blame him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Souness is just a ridiculously evil man who gives people the bad aids by his mere existance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I might be one of the few who don't think we need to strengthen the centre-back positions, at least this season. One of the reasons we've been lacking there has been down to trying to find a partnership. Adding someone else to it isn't going to solve things. Individually, I like all 4 centre-backs, give them this season to get used to each other and the Premiership, etc. then maybe next season look to add better quality. If we'd signed Ben Haim, I think one of Cacapa & Faye wouldn't have been here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 from teamtalk.com (they basically cut and paste newspaper articles, I just need to find what paper this is in) Big Sam hoping to borrow Ben Haim Under-fire Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce could be reunited once again with Chelsea defender Tal Ben Haim as he bids to plug his leaky defence. The Israel centre-back has started only nine Premier League games this term, but with John Terry injured and Ricardo Carvalho banned, the 25-year-old has been thrown into the fray at Stamford Bridge. But Allardyce, who coached the Israel international while the pair were at Bolton, is in desperate need of defensive reinforcements and has reportedly requested to take Ben Haim on loan until the end of the season. Allardyce has limited cash available and a temporary switch would boost a Magpies defence which has conceded 33 goals in 21 Premier League games. Allardyce is also bracing himself for the loss of Habib Beye, Jose Enrique and Abdoulaye Faye who are all on African Nations Cup duty. http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,2483_3018887,00.html HOWEVER.... Allardyce is also bracing himself for the loss of Habib Beye, Jose Enrique and Abdoulaye Faye who are all on African Nations Cup duty There is a flaw in the arguement. I never knew Spain was in Africa.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Did you not know the Moors have reconqured Spain and declared it is now part of Africa? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papo Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 and now Chelsea have Ivanovic who is a CD so there's more chance of Ben Haim for us :} Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 why would they let him go? seems weird Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 cant see it happening, given their injury problems at the back, he has only just started playing well for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 according to ITV http://www.itv-football.co.uk/story/0,19239,6145_3018974,00.html We`ll be losing Jose Enrique and Claudio Cacapa to the African Nations Cup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 jesus wept, is basic geography beyond so many? Losing Beye and Faye is going to hurt, but there's far worse temporary replacements we could be looking at than Haim :\ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Must have been a PA article they are all nicking with no editorial effort whatsoever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONTEMPI Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 according to ITV http://www.itv-football.co.uk/story/0,19239,6145_3018974,00.html We`ll be losing Jose Enrique and Claudio Cacapa to the African Nations Cup I bet the guy that wrote it was like "Hmmmmm yep Cacapa's black!, Now Enrique! (Holds his picture up to his colour chart!) hmm yep well he falls somewhere between Morocco and Chad yep he's going as well! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ridzuan Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Jose Enrique should sue the company for making racist remarks.I have never heard an African with the name 'Jose' or 'Enrique' before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Jose Enrique should sue the company for making racist remarks.I have never heard an African with the name 'Jose' or 'Enrique' before. José Quitongo, Angolan player in the SPL there`s actually quite a few players by that name, colonies formerly of Portugal and Spain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazybones Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 ben haim cannot be any worse than what we already have. i would buy him, after all he has prem experience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Chelsea apparantly want 2 million for him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Chelsea apparantly want 2 million for him Yeah according to a crap newspaper, weve had a loan bid rejected, but we can buy him if we want. EDIT: I apologise, the Independent is also running this story too... And the MEN about Wes Brown Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Taylor's days are numbered imo. Good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johnson293 Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Chelsea apparantly want 2 million for him Yeah according to a crap newspaper, weve had a loan bid rejected, but we can buy him if we want. EDIT: I apologise, the Independent is also running this story too... And the MEN about Wes Brown Links Below... http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/manchester_united/s/1030625_magpies_in_brown_swoop http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/sport/2008/01/04/ufnnew104.xml Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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