Guest bimpy474 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 People going a bit hyperbole on Bridge like, if it's a loan deal and we're not paying his whole wage then I'm all for it. At least it means we have another body in who's left footed and can cover at lb. Why would he want to be cover though? Surely at his age he wants to be playing. He'd not get a game unless Enrique leaves or is injured (he missed just two league games last season). It just cant be as cover, that would make even less sense, say it is true, it must mean Jose is off. I'll stick with its complete bollocks and use that edition of the mirror to wipe my arse next time i pop to poop, not sure where to get a copy in the next 10 mins mind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 One in, one out. If Bridge comes in then I'd be 99% certain Enrique is on the way out. tbh we can be reasonably certain of that without this story just doesn't seem to want to be here anymore Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nguyen Van Falk Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 Sorry Dave, I live in this crazy dream world where a new player comes in and is told to work his socks off and when he gets his chance, make the position his own. Obv this is NUFC and the addition of Bridge would probably mean the subtraction of Enrique. If that's the case then it's awful business. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 One in, one out. If Bridge comes in then I'd be 99% certain Enrique is on the way out. tbh we can be reasonably certain of that without this story just doesn't seem to want to be here anymore We'll see if he rocks up on Mon/Tues. If he doesn't he'sin breach of contract and deserves any stick imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 interesting that according the the mirror piece we have a wage cap of 40k yet both ba and merveaux are reportedly on more than that,,,sure those reports were in the mirror aswell. What a paper contradicting itself, that is unimpossible They do employ more than one reporter you know. Ahhhhh i see Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 One in, one out. If Bridge comes in then I'd be 99% certain Enrique is on the way out. tbh we can be reasonably certain of that without this story just doesn't seem to want to be here anymore We'll see if he rocks up on Mon/Tues. If he doesn't he'sin breach of contract and deserves any stick imo he'll turn up and do everything by the book for as yet there doesn't appear to be any bids for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 If we do sell Jose, we would look to sign a permanent player with the money, obviously with the name cheick, chiek, cheeick or whatever French left back we can add for our assault on Ligue 1, Bridge doesn't even speak French so we can rule this out me thinks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 If I could choose one player that goes completely against our transfer policy, its Wayne Bridge. It'd be a nonsensical signing in every way. The newspaper sounds pretty certain but I just can't see it happening. Even the idea of him makes me shudder. Althought to be fair to him, he's bagged himself a Saturday! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magorific Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 One in, one out. If Bridge comes in then I'd be 99% certain Enrique is on the way out. No shit Sherlock... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 One in, one out. If Bridge comes in then I'd be 99% certain Enrique is on the way out. No shit Sherlock... Harsh,you're forgetting that Wayne Bridge has been the parennial back up left back for club and country for most of his career. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Bridge move 'wide of the mark' according to Sunday sun. Same article reckons Liverpool will move for Jose this week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 All these pages on Bridge over that handful of words in the Sun or has some sort of actual link been made to justify all this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 I can't believe anyone took the Bridge link seriously. He does not fit Mike Ashley's transfer policy. He's 30 years old and on big wages. Liverpool and Arsenal both supposedly going for Enrique this week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 I can't believe anyone took the Bridge link seriously. He does not fit Mike Ashley's transfer policy. He's 30 years old and on big wages. Liverpool and Arsenal both supposedly going for Enrique this week. He's an England international available on a loan where we will only pay half his wages. Like I said earlier I would imagine Taylor would be considered our future left back in a year's time when we won't renew Bridge's contract. It seems entirely plausible to me. Whether Bridge is still a premier league quality left back is the issue for me. The age or wages doesn't really come into it since it's going to be a short term deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 One of the worst performances I've ever seen from any player came from Bridge against Croatia a fe years back. He was abysmal that night, every pass went astray, he was beaten time and time again and he failed in his tackles. It as as if someone who hadn't played the game before was 'playing'. Awful player these days and a bizzare signing if true. I can only assume Enrique is on his way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Of course Enrique is on his way, that again ties in with this story. The Sunday Sun can say what they like, this sounds to me very much like a goer. It would explain also why we signed Neil Taylor and dropped our interest in Cheick M'Bengue once we realised they weren't going to drop the price. Sorry but everything about the Bridge rumours strike me as being genuine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punk77 Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 No chance in hell we'll sign Bridge. A 30 year old with a salary of 80 000 a week? He's the player archetype that we PREVIOUSLY bought and which almost destroyed the club: old, heavy salary, an inconsistent performer and injury prone.. Come on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Bridge did alright at Wham bar the first couple of games, not really a position you can stop a relegation from. Still, not the kind of player we are going for, if we could get him on a free and he'd cut his wages in half he'd be a decent signing. Wayne Bridge would not be a decent signing in any scenario, man. You seem to advocate signing even the most shitty players so long as they have either British or Irish passport. You seem to want us to sign any cunt as long as he sounds foreign. We are a british/English team, if you want to see all the latest flaky foreign imports then go follow one of your several dozen other teams. Bridge isn't totally useless like a lot of fukers would make out, not everything is either omg super duper brilliant or fuking shit bollocks cunt, the world doesn't work like that, about time people grew up and realise this. I'd rather us sign someone younger and on much less wages regardless where they are from btw, but overall I want us to remember where we are from, it was bobbys dream to see a full Geordie team out there playing in the prem, second best a full British and if it was good enough for him it's good enough for me. I've advocated who exactly? I'd like a list. Here's a couple to start you off; Clyne, Wickham, Gardner, Sturridge...so much shit there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 No chance in hell we'll sign Bridge. A 30 year old with a salary of 80 000 a week? He's the player archetype that we PREVIOUSLY bought and which almost destroyed the club: old, heavy salary, an inconsistent performer and injury prone.. Come on. If you read the story then you would know that City would pay half his wages. Again, if you read the story you would see it's a year long loan. Now put two and two together... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 One of the worst performances I've ever seen from any player came from Bridge against Croatia a fe years back. He was abysmal that night, every pass went astray, he was beaten time and time again and he failed in his tackles. It as as if someone who hadn't played the game before was 'playing'. Awful player these days and a bizzare signing if true. I can only assume Enrique is on his way. I'll see your Croatia game and raise you his debut for West Ham against Arsenal. Priceless stuff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 You seem to want us to sign any cunt as long as he sounds foreign. Wrong. I want us to sign good players. There is a limited stream of English players, there is a lot of foreign players in comparison. Obviously it going to seem I appear to advocate more non-English players considering well - there's more of them. if you want to see all the latest flaky foreign imports then go follow one of your several dozen other teams. Whatever. I don't need to justify the support of my team to anybody. Bridge isn't totally useless like a lot of fukers would make out, not everything is either omg super duper brilliant or fuking shit bollocks cunt, the world doesn't work like that, about time people grew up and realise this. He's very poor these days. He definitely falls closer to your second category than the first. He's not the kind of footballer I want playing for my team, replacing José with him would be embarrassing at best. I'd rather us sign someone younger and on much less wages regardless where they are from btw, but overall I want us to remember where we are from, it was bobbys dream to see a full Geordie team out there playing in the prem, second best a full British and if it was good enough for him it's good enough for me. Bobby wouldn't have had shite like Wayne Bridge near his team, I know that much. I've advocated who exactly? I'd like a list. Here's a couple to start you off; Clyne, Wickham, Gardner, Sturridge...so much shit there. I wouldn't have minded signing 2 of those players. Sturridge and Clyne. My point was you seem to be happy for us to sign very average players like Bridge and Gardner purely because of their nationality. I'd rather we stayed away from dross. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 This thread is terrible a lot of the time, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 All these pages on Bridge over that handful of words in the Sun or has some sort of actual link been made to justify all this? This sort of post always annoys me. Bridge has been linked in three different newspapers now. Yes they're all tabloids and it's probably bollocks, but why not discuss the merits of the transfer? This thread is entitled 'Transfer rumours in the press', what else are you expecting it to contain? Nobody seems to mind when threads and pages are generated from links in the French media. If we restricted discussion to official comment from the club it'd be very quiet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punk77 Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 No chance in hell we'll sign Bridge. A 30 year old with a salary of 80 000 a week? He's the player archetype that we PREVIOUSLY bought and which almost destroyed the club: old, heavy salary, an inconsistent performer and injury prone.. Come on. If you read the story then you would know that City would pay half his wages. Again, if you read the story you would see it's a year long loan. Now put two and two together... Still not going to happen. 40 000 is too much for such a mediocre player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 No chance in hell we'll sign Bridge. A 30 year old with a salary of 80 000 a week? He's the player archetype that we PREVIOUSLY bought and which almost destroyed the club: old, heavy salary, an inconsistent performer and injury prone.. Come on. If you read the story then you would know that City would pay half his wages. Again, if you read the story you would see it's a year long loan. Now put two and two together... Still not going to happen. 40 000 is too much for such a mediocre player. It's a lot less that £6m for Mbengue and 40k a week for 5 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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