Hanshithispantz Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I find it mental how in the modern era a club can have shit loads of money to actually invest in a great squad, but insist on going down the tried, tested and failed route of not actually setting up a proper scouting system/transfer plan and just buying a load of over-rated shite and hopeless journeymen. We really are blessed to have been one of the few who seem to have sussed a decent system out. We all know what is going to happen with QPR as it's happened fucking dozens of times before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 £5.5m is fair do's in this market tbf. Still hope QPR sink without a trace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I find it mental how in the modern era a club can have s*** loads of money to actually invest in a great squad, but insist on going down the tried, tested and failed route of not actually setting up a proper scouting system/transfer plan and just buying a load of over-rated s**** and hopeless journeymen. We really are blessed to have been one of the few who seem to have sussed a decent system out. We all know what is going to happen with QPR as it's happened f***ing dozens of times before. I agree with all this, find it rather amusing. In this day and age everyone just thinks going abroad is a gamble because they might not adapt to the premier league. Then they go out and buy injury prone players from the premier league or players who haven't had any sort of form for about 2 years or who have been bench warming. Ming boggling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I find it mental how in the modern era a club can have shit loads of money to actually invest in a great squad, but insist on going down the tried, tested and failed route of not actually setting up a proper scouting system/transfer plan and just buying a load of over-rated shite and hopeless journeymen. We really are blessed to have been one of the few who seem to have sussed a decent system out. We all know what is going to happen with QPR as it's happened fucking dozens of times before. QPR's activity this window almost makes me wish we still had Smudge and Lovenkrands with one-year left on their contracts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I rather Lovernkrands on a 1 year contract than Michael Dawson on a 5 year contract tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 £5.5m is more like it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I rather Lovernkrands on a 1 year contract than Michael Dawson on a 5 year contract tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Must be happy about his fitness record, which is strange in itself. In the long run Spurs will benefit from getting rid of Dawson and King and getting some defenders they can actually rely on. Their squad is looking thin though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxfree Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Adebayor ready for Spurs according to himself. Emmanuel Adebayor @Sheyiadebayor I'm back!!!! Tottenham here I come!! I'm hungry for goals...Get ready. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 confirmed by spurs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Just glad it wasn't done last week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Nice of him to wait until after we've played them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I rather Lovernkrands on a 1 year contract than Michael Dawson on a 5 year contract tbh. What's so odd, I would want neither at the club so would prefer the one that we would be paying less too for a far shorter period of time. Actually thinking about it you're right, fucking mental that. It isn't the kind of signing that's going to push a club on. Not that it's totally shambolic by any means, just completely uninspired, like most of QPR's signings in the past year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Really don't mind that transfer at all, I don't think he's a top four striker. He destroyed us at White Hart Lane and has some amazing matches in a season but he goes missing too much for me. The Modric loss will significantly reduce their offensive skill that it'll have a big knock on effect to all the remaining oplayers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Bad news for us that signing. Adebayor was excellent for them last season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Defoe to Sunderland now, his dream move can happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Bad news for us that signing. Adebayor was excellent for them last season Agreed but i also agree Gbandit that without Modric his effectiveness will be more limited. One of the keys was getting Adebayor in or replacing him with someone of equal/better quality, the other key was replacing Modric properly. If they do that then they are a team to be very concerned about, if not then they might struggle more than last year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Bad news for us that signing. Adebayor was excellent for them last season Possibly, but he has never done the longer he has been at his clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Adebayor is generally quite good, occasionally unplayable IMO. Without Modric he will suffer obviously, and maybe the permanent contract will have the usual calming effect on him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 http://gingers4limpar.com/?p=2017&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Quite a good read on whether Arsenal need to replace Song with a DM or not, it is rather long read but interesting none the less. Might not belong in here, but i couldn't think where else to put it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Adebayor is a class signing, no doubt about that. They still need another in though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Concede 5 goals at home http://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/article7574473.ece/ALTERNATES/w460/68-goingdown-AFP.jpg Splash 10m on Michael Dawson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tisd09 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Fair play to the spuds they don't half fleece other teams. Didn't they manage to make a profit on Pienaar. He hardly played at Spurs so you would expect his value to go down. Hughes is a moron spending £10m on Dawson. Dawson is no mug but £10 million??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Fair play to the spuds they don't half fleece other teams. Didn't they manage to make a profit on Pienaar. He hardly played at Spurs so you would expect his value to go down. Hughes is a moron spending £10m on Dawson. Dawson is no mug but £10 million??? We made a profit on Pienaar because he was near the end of his contract at Everton, no magic there. As I said before, everyone ultimately did OK. 10M for Dawson would be fucking magic. 5.5M would be faintly disappointing. I'd be happier keeping Dawson as cover, but if we are keeping Gallas then that sounds manageable. Kaboul, Vertonghen, Gallas, Caulker is fine by me, and I'd like to see another kid come in (we don't have any more young CBs who are even close to ready). Dawson and - most obviously - Bassong just don't fit with AVB's requirements. Kaboul, Vertonghen and Caulker are all young, strong, and mobile CBs who can play on the ground. Dawson and Bassong...well. Other players supposedly on the way out include Jenas and Rose, which suggests that AVB is (a) no fool (b) knows exactly what he wants from his players. Hudd would be a pity, but as you found out yesterday AVB's big thing is mobility and pressurising the opposition when they have the ball (apart from Tiote, who we gave a bit more space because we're not as worried about his distribution). Hudd's big problem is his lack of mobility. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Fair play to the spuds they don't half fleece other teams. Didn't they manage to make a profit on Pienaar. He hardly played at Spurs so you would expect his value to go down. Hughes is a moron spending £10m on Dawson. Dawson is no mug but £10 million??? We made a profit on Pienaar because he was near the end of his contract at Everton, no magic there. As I said before, everyone ultimately did OK. 10M for Dawson would be fucking magic. 5.5M would be faintly disappointing. I'd be happier keeping Dawson as cover, but if we are keeping Gallas then that sounds manageable. Kaboul, Vertonghen, Gallas, Caulker is fine by me, and I'd like to see another kid come in (we don't have any more young CBs who are even close to ready). Dawson and - most obviously - Bassong just don't fit with AVB's requirements. Kaboul, Vertonghen and Caulker are all young, strong, and mobile CBs who can play on the ground. Dawson and Bassong...well. Other players supposedly on the way out include Jenas and Rose, which suggests that AVB is (a) no fool (b) knows exactly what he wants from his players. Hudd would be a pity, but as you found out yesterday AVB's big thing is mobility and pressurising the opposition when they have the ball (apart from Tiote, who we gave a bit more space because we're not as worried about his distribution). Hudd's big problem is his lack of mobility. You say it like you beat us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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