Guest Roger Kint Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Southampton agreed to accept a further £3m from Tottenham and forego the £5m in add-ons, and scrapped the 25 per cent sell-on fee. Whoops! suppose they were strapped at the time though. Aye, could argue that without this money they'd not have got promoted so they're probably better off for it. True but its hard not to think what could have been if/when he does go for obscene money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 S'hampton, Crystal Palace even Middlesbrough. Great academy's by English standards. Wham had a Golden Generation but have produced little since. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 There's no way outside of the crazy oil people that anybody will pay €120m for a player. That's just the press being the press. [famous last words] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phil K Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Bale is one of those rare players who - almost - ARE as good as the hype. Without Bale, Spuds would struggle to get in top 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Anyone posted Shay Given to Doncaster? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Anyone posted Shay Given to Doncaster? Thats a lot of stamps, i wont be doing it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Anyone posted Shay Given to Doncaster? Thats a lot of stamps, i wont be doing it Bravo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Linked with Verthongen, Kompany and a couple Argies in the endless "which CB will it be?" merry-go-round at Barça. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nt5MD_TNUTQ/RwQP4ylRd2I/AAAAAAAAAMI/6D6C_IWBF5Q/s320/south-park-smug-313.jpeg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Linked with Verthongen, Kompany and a couple Argies in the endless "which CB will it be?" merry-go-round at Barça. In the end will you buy a CM? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Anyone posted Shay Given to Doncaster? Thats a lot of stamps, i wont be doing it I proper lol'ed there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Anyone posted Shay Given to Doncaster? Thats a lot of stamps, i wont be doing it I proper lol'ed there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Linked with Verthongen, Kompany and a couple Argies in the endless "which CB will it be?" merry-go-round at Barça. In the end will you buy a CM? Probably then play him at centreback ala Toure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Tbf they will actually need a CM if they sell Cesc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Not gonna happen unless ManU get really crazy about the offer. €50m and I can see our board start to having doubts. We could get us Gündogan for less than that. The lone silver lining of Thiago leaving is that Cesc will play more in midfield, where he should always be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Not gonna happen unless ManU get really crazy about the offer. €50m and I can see our board start to having doubts. We could get us Gündogan for less than that. The lone silver lining of Thiago leaving is that Cesc will play more in midfield, where he should always be. Where have they been playing Cesc? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Surely can't sell Thiago and Cesc in the same summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Not gonna happen unless ManU get really crazy about the offer. €50m and I can see our board start to having doubts. We could get us Gündogan for less than that. The lone silver lining of Thiago leaving is that Cesc will play more in midfield, where he should always be. You did play Cesc as a CM for much of when i watched you, i saw Iniesta on the left with Cesc and Xavi in the middle. I didn't watch you much in 2nd half of season mind.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Not gonna happen unless ManU get really crazy about the offer. €50m and I can see our board start to having doubts. We could get us Gündogan for less than that. The lone silver lining of Thiago leaving is that Cesc will play more in midfield, where he should always be. Where have they been playing Cesc? Wing or deep-lying #9 Thing is that Cesc had two great spells on the left, where we also played some of the best football of the past two years, and Guardiola/Vilanova stubbornly stuck with that, as a way to play Xavi/Iniesta/Cesc together. But it makes us way too flat. I'm intrigued by our new manager, though, it's hard to predict exactly what we'll do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Bale is one of those rare players who - almost - ARE as good as the hype. Without Bale, Spuds would struggle to get in top 6 Well, maybe. Without Bale, our team is Lloris, Walker, Vertonghen, Kaboul, BAE, Dembele, Paulinho, Sandro, Chadli, Adebayor, Lennon. The subs are Friedel, Defoe, Dawson/Caulker, Holtby, Townsend, Sigurdsson, Dempsey - plus Rose, Hudd, Parker etc etc. And, what, 60M pounds to spend? Not that he's not an extraordinary player, but I'd back us to get sixth. The hype on Bale swings both ways. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 They're currently a one man team but that money buys you a brilliant team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 No matter what you think of Bale, he is fantastic like. Powerful, Quick, Tricky and hell of a shot. reckon he would be class in any team, all you have to do is give him the ball, and he comes looking for it - similar to how Rooney was a few years back but a lot more explosive. To think how he started at Spurs when Spurs lost every game he played in, it's been some transformation and droopy face deserves credit for that. Kind of gives me hope for Shola in next 10 years if we get the right manager Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 They're currently a one man team but that money buys you a brilliant team. The money could transform them into title challengers. May lose Bale but that money could buy 2 to 4 players that would transform them I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 The team is built around Bale but it is a good team. Without him, others would step up. There's no coincidence that when Bale's form went into over drive Defoe stopped scoring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 They've got a good team and spine. Lloris, Vertonghnen, Paulinho, Sandro, Bale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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