BeloEmre Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Serious question - where would Ireland fit in for you? He's not going to get a game ahead of Tiote in the middle, and I can't see Nolan being dropped. Ben Arfa is apparently a month or so away from slotting in on the left for you and Barton has been one of your best players. Seems a bit of a "for the sake of it" signing to me. Barton - Tiote - Nolan - Ben Arfa Ireland Carroll ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Icke - Son of God Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Serious question - where would Ireland fit in for you? He's not going to get a game ahead of Tiote in the middle, and I can't see Nolan being dropped. Ben Arfa is apparently a month or so away from slotting in on the left for you and Barton has been one of your best players. Seems a bit of a "for the sake of it" signing to me. Barton - Tiote - Nolan - Ben Arfa Ireland Carroll ? That's where I'd play him too. His best form for City came when he was in a free role behind the striker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Anyone wondering why we want a midfielder: - Smith is out for the season (no great loss). Gosling is having exploratory surgery on his knee so will be out for a while. Routledge has been loaned to QPR. Tiote picks up a yellow card nearly every game so we can expect suspensions for him. Ben Arfa isn't likely to be back until March at the earliest. Apart from them we only have Barton, Nolan, Guthrie and Gutierrez. We need experienced cover. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Anyone wondering why we want a midfielder: - Smith is out for the season (no great loss). Gosling is having exploratory surgery on his knee so will be out for a while. Routledge has been loaned to QPR. Tiote picks up a yellow card nearly every game so we can expect suspensions for him. Ben Arfa isn't likely to be back until March at the earliest. Apart from them we only have Barton, Nolan, Guthrie and Gutierrez. We need experienced cover. Didn't realise how thin we where till i saw that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Ireland is an absolute head case, he makes Ben Arfa look sane. Anybody who lies about the death of a family member has serious mental problems. Hadn't his lass just lost their baby, and he was trying to keep it under wraps. Could be wrong like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theregulars Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Anyone know what Pardew's record with malcontented yet talented players is like? I've not a clue. Would have been more confident if we signed him under Hughton - reckon he could have had a go at sorting his head out. That said, I'm still pretty excited, as I always am when we sign a player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Ireland is an absolute head case, he makes Ben Arfa look sane. Anybody who lies about the death of a family member has serious mental problems. Hadn't his lass just lost their baby, and he was trying to keep it under wraps. Could be wrong like. Aye but...why didn't he just say that? It's a perfectly valid reason to drop out of a squad IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 The miscarriage was a lie too IIRC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I was hoping for someone better to wear the 10 shirt,as that is surely what he'll get. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Anyone know what Pardew's record with malcontented yet talented players is like? I've not a clue. Would have been more confident if we signed him under Hughton - reckon he could have had a go at sorting his head out. That said, I'm still pretty excited, as I always am when we sign a player. Mixed, he did get the best out of Reo Coker and Harewood which is a positive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasper Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Ireland is an absolute head case, he makes Ben Arfa look sane. Anybody who lies about the death of a family member has serious mental problems. Hadn't his lass just lost their baby, and he was trying to keep it under wraps. Could be wrong like. Aye but...why didn't he just say that? It's a perfectly valid reason to drop out of a squad IMO. Maybe he wasnt in a great state of mind to make rational decisions after they had just lost their baby..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Hadn't his lass just lost their baby, and he was trying to keep it under wraps. Could be wrong like. No, that was the excuse that he came out with after first claiming that 2 or 3 of his grandmothers had died, I'm sure one of those grandmothers only existed in his head. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Aye but...why didn't he just say that? It's a perfectly valid reason to drop out of a squad IMO. That was just another lie, I'm sure it was the 4th in a series of lies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Maybe he wasnt in a great state of mind to make rational decisions after they had just lost their baby..... They didn't have a baby, well if they did it was only in his head. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesPaul Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Don't think this is risky at all to be honest. Could be a fantastic signing if he finds form, and if not, send him back. No risk if you ask me. Plus, even a out-of-form Ireland is better than Guthrie or Smith. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Lol "2 or 3" of his grandmothers. Like he has about 6 of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesPaul Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Maybe he wasnt in a great state of mind to make rational decisions after they had just lost their baby..... They didn't have a baby, well if they did it was only in his head. wife had a miscarrige. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Anyone know what Pardew's record with malcontented yet talented players is like? I've not a clue. Would have been more confident if we signed him under Hughton - reckon he could have had a go at sorting his head out. That said, I'm still pretty excited, as I always am when we sign a player. Not the greatest, he normally just gets into bed with their wives which doesn't always go down a storm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Maybe he wasnt in a great state of mind to make rational decisions after they had just lost their baby..... They didn't have a baby, well if they did it was only in his head. wife had a miscarrige. She didn't man. It was a lie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NQsDiscoPants Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Serious question - where would Ireland fit in for you? He's not going to get a game ahead of Tiote in the middle, and I can't see Nolan being dropped. Ben Arfa is apparently a month or so away from slotting in on the left for you and Barton has been one of your best players. Seems a bit of a "for the sake of it" signing to me. Barton - Tiote - Nolan - Ben Arfa Ireland Carroll ? So the idea is to change the team's formation to accomodate a bloke that's (a) an absolute fruit loop and (b) spent the last two years playing reserve team football? Could work, could not - but surely that wouldn't be worth the risk? It's not like you're desperately battling relegation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Hadn't his lass just lost their baby, and he was trying to keep it under wraps. Could be wrong like. No, that was the excuse that he came out with after first claiming that 2 or 3 of his grandmothers had died, I'm sure one of those grandmothers only existed in his head. Are you sure that the miscarriage was made up as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 We might as well try Ireland off Carroll or Shola. The other forwards we have don't really fill me with too much confidence on the goalscoring front. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I think the miscarriage is true. Are people saying it's a lie based on what is said on wikipedia? However this too was found out to be another fabricated story, Stephen Ireland has to his day refuses to comment (radio interview with 'bbc sport-talk') on why he couldn't control his fibs. Further deception was invoked by the cork man when he refused to admit that he at the time did not even have a girlfriend or a granny or even an uncle to which he claimed was recently divorced from a granny in-law to which he also did not have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasper Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Maybe he wasnt in a great state of mind to make rational decisions after they had just lost their baby..... They didn't have a baby, well if they did it was only in his head. What was the real reason then? Since you seem to know more than everyone else about this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 wife had a miscarrige. He didn't have a wife and that's probably the only claim that he didn't make, he claimed that his girl friend had miscarried, I don't even know if he had a girl friend as I seem to remember that it was later claimed that he didn't and he'd also lied about that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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