Teasy Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 If we bring in some good players who improve the team he'll get a lot of praise from me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Say we've put a 4.5 million bid in for Marco Donadel. http://www.firenzeviola.it/index.php?action=read&idnotizia=37768 Is that source reliable? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Perhaps he's the midfielder they were on about? God I hope so, I've just came a little. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 http://www.firenzeviola.it/storage/firenzeviola.it/img_notizie/thumb/12329955921228131234PhotobyGiacomo09.jpg Will be interesting to see a fight for the curlers between him and Coloccini. Not black enough Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Perhaps he's the midfielder they were on about? God I hope so, I've just came a little. That good? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Say we've put a 4.5 million bid in for Marco Donadel. http://www.firenzeviola.it/index.php?action=read&idnotizia=37768 Is that source reliable? No idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 hmmm... http://www.calciomercatonews.com/dettaglioNewsCategoria.asp?hdnIdCategoria=2&hdnId=16001&from=rssread So we've agreed a fee and now need to convince the player to come here? Good luck with that one The lack of faith a good number of people on here have is startling! We've just today seen a very talented young portuguese midfielder go to bloody Portsmouth under Tony Adams. Why are you so sure Donadel would be against joingin a team with well known internationals such as Coloccini, Jonas, Owen, Martins, Beye etc. Come on now stop expecting the worse all the time. It's a bit pathetic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Likely to drop interest in Mbia if so? Dont know much about either to be honest so not sure if thats a good thing or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Could be Mbia was a smoke screen all along. Put in a £5 million bid you know won't be accepted for Mbia and a £5 million bid for Donadel. Say you have a bid in for Mbia and when people hear of a £5 million bid for a midfielder later on they assume Mbia and look no further.. genius from Kinnear! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 If we bring in some good players who improve the team he'll get a lot of praise from me. I think one definite good thing about having Kinnear in charge is that he will be far more open to taking advantage of the scouting system we have in place. Some might say he's a yes man because of it, but I would much rather we use the people in place to recruit players rather than rely on Joe solely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Could be Mbia was a smoke screen all along. or more likely either of........... a) they wanted more than we could offer b) they wanted more than we thought he was worth c) he didn't want to move here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Could be Mbia was a smoke screen all along. or more likely either of........... a) they wanted more than we could offer b) they wanted more than we thought he was worth c) he didn't want to move here. I don't know like, didn't people say at the time that Everton had offered £8 million the season before and it seemed silly to even bother offering £5 million? Now the offer starts to make sense Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatTheFunk Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 The lad can certainly hit them! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 If we bring in some good players who improve the team he'll get a lot of praise from me. Ditto. I won't know who to praise though, as usual. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Perhaps he's the midfielder they were on about? God I hope so, I've just came a little. That good? Just what we need, imagine if you will Nicky Butt, with legs i.e. he can run stay up with people and tackle as well as a brain for forward passing not an attacking midfielder, he won't be setting up goals left right centre but he can pass forward and pass well in general. I'd love him here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pont-toon Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 hmmm... http://www.calciomercatonews.com /dettaglioNewsCategoria.asp?hdnIdCategoria=2&hdnId=16001&from=rssread So we've agreed a fee and now need to convince the player to come here? Good luck with that one The lack of faith a good number of people on here have is startling! We've just today seen a very talented young portuguese midfielder go to bloody Portsmouth under Tony Adams. Why are you so sure Donadel would be against joingin a team with well known internationals such as Coloccini, Jonas, Owen, Martins, Beye etc. Come on now stop expecting the worse all the time. It's a bit pathetic. hands up from me - i know nowt about him any good ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 If we bring in some good players who improve the team he'll get a lot of praise from me. Ditto. I won't know who to praise though, as usual. I'll praise the people I hate least Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 If we bring in some good players who improve the team he'll get a lot of praise from me. Ditto. I won't know who to praise though, as usual. I'll praise the people I hate least Vetere? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Could be Mbia was a smoke screen all along. or more likely either of........... a) they wanted more than we could offer b) they wanted more than we thought he was worth c) he didn't want to move here. I don't know like, didn't people say at the time that Everton had offered £8 million the season before and it seemed silly to even bother offerin £5 million? Now the offer starts to make sense £5mill may just have been an opening bid and the smokescreen arguement in transfers always seems silly, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Have to agree about the constant "smokescreen" stuff during transfer windows. Usually clutching at straws. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 If we bring in some good players who improve the team he'll get a lot of praise from me. Ditto. I won't know who to praise though, as usual. I'll praise the people I hate least Vetere? Sounds good, lets do that, with just a little bit left over for Kinnear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LucaAltieri Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 hmmm... http://www.calciomercatonews.com/dettaglioNewsCategoria.asp?hdnIdCategoria=2&hdnId=16001&from=rssread So we've agreed a fee and now need to convince the player to come here? Good luck with that one Aye. It's not just that he hasn't made up his mind, the article is worded more like he doesn't really want to make the move. We'll see, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Could be Mbia was a smoke screen all along. or more likely either of........... a) they wanted more than we could offer b) they wanted more than we thought he was worth c) he didn't want to move here. I don't know like, didn't people say at the time that Everton had offered £8 million the season before and it seemed silly to even bother offerin £5 million? Now the offer starts to make sense £5mill may just have been an opening bid and the smokescreen arguement in transfers always seems silly, Well it was tongue in cheek, but I'd like to believe it, its a much more interesting scenario then wasting time and effort by offering half what a club want for a player, whatever the reality Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 That second link says the story was broken by Violanews.com, but I can't see owt on there? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Have to agree about the constant "smokescreen" stuff during transfer windows. Usually clutching at straws. I'd agree most of them seem quite unconnected though. As in "I've heard we wanted him, we got him, smokescreen!". It just seems strange that Kinnear mentioned the £5 million bid for Mbia and then kept talking about a £5 million bid for a midfielder yet never told anyone that he meant another midfielder for £5 million, there's definitely more logic to it then most smokescreen theories, even if it might be bollocks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts