Sima Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I kind of want the unwashed to sign both of them. Lets face it, the mackems are always going to be utterly shite but at least they may be able to give our advanced, elite footballing warriors more of a game.. Fuck that, I want them to be as weak as possible so we can smash them into a million pieces. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Berbs is quality, just doesn't have the passion. He can't even get motivated for Manu, what chance have they got? Pay his wages for the season? That's £6m down the drain. They'll never learn. Johnson though could be a good signing should he keep his head down and work hard, would be their best player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Johnson would be a very good signing, I'd love him at Everton. Perhaps a few question marks over his attitude but desperately needs regular football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Berbatov would be a daft signing, giant wages and no doubt a nice long contract for an ageing player who Fergie can't get to perform on a consistent basis for example he was top goalscorer but a lot of those goals were 2 goals or more in big victorys over the likes of Blackburn etc rather than a consistent amount of goals against a variety of opposition and its telling in the big games even in that season Fergie didn't trust him against the big sides. Can't see him wanting to drop his wages for the honour of playing for Sunderland either Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Johnson will have to take a canny pay cut if he does go to them I guess, wasn't it reported he was on 80/85k at City? No chance of getting Berbatov imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 There's no way that Sunderland will play the kind of football they would need for Berbatov to be effective. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showpost.php?p=13232080&postcount=21 the shock. It's true though, Berbatov, if he has the hunger for it, would by by some distance the best player Sunderland have ever had. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Yup, he'd be a massive upgrade on the current dross they have as striking options. Doesn't fit into O'Neill's favoured 4-6-0 away formation though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsted Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showpost.php?p=13232080&postcount=21 the shock. It's true though, Berbatov, if he has the hunger for it, would by by some distance the best player Sunderland have ever had. Completely "woth" that. Just better than Vic Halom imo. And every other player they've ever had, obviously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Sky Sports understands Sunderland are leading the chase for FC Porto whizz-kid Joao Caminata after they invited him for a trial at the club next month. Seems unlikely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritchie Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Can't see Berbatov wanting to go there, tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Berbatov going there As if. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Reading (H) 3 (Remembering they have Chelsea Wednesday night before us on Saturday) Swansea (A) 0 Liverpool (H) 1 WHU (A) 1 Wigan (H) 3 8 and that is been harsh to us Read more: http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=723321#ixzz240C80XWy Could be fun. These types of thread never come back to bite them..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Berbatov and Johnson are both Newcastle fans, yes? 2 classy signings if they get them. Berbatov very unlikely but I can see Johnson going there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Berbatov and Johnson are both Newcastle fans, yes? 2 classy signings if they get them. Berbatov very unlikely but I can see Johnson going there. mag secret agents Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhoywhonder Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 8 and that is been harsh to us Read more: http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=723321#ixzz240C80XWy I don't usually pull people up on spelling/typing errors, but this is basic English ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Berbatov and Johnson would improve the mackems, no doubt about that imo. But as is the case with most of the "stars" who sign for them, it would turn sour for them eventually (as in, it'll get to the point where they can't wait to leave). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 It's one thing putting a bid in for Berbatov, it's hardly a difficult thing to do to phone up Man United and say "We'll give you £10m". Frankly that's about the easiest thing in the world to do. However it's another thing getting the money together for his wages as well, which will be extortionate. And it's yet another thing altogether to get him to agree to move to that fucking backwards, inbred cesspit of a village. I'd suggest this one's a non-starter. And even if by some miracle they do manage to throw enough of the Queen's pounds at him that he's willing to forego all logic, common sense and footballing ambition for one last massive payday, then he'll quickly realise what a hole of a place he's in and just sit and rot there on ridiculous money for the next 5 years, which will be a massive millstone round the neck of the club until 2017. Win-Win really for us, whatever happens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Anyway, you'd think they'd have learnt from our days of spunking countless millions on fees and wages for over-the-hill stars. Barnes, Rush, Pearce, Kluivert, Butt, Smith, Duff, Babayaro etc etc, worked out f***ing splendidly for us, didn't it? A policy that ultimately led us from title chasers to mid table to relegated. They don't have the luxury of having so far to fall, or the luxury of having the income to support such a policy for as long as we did. MON seems determined to recruit a team of 30+ hasbeens though, on silly wages, which Bruce had already started doing with O'Shea and Brown. Long may it continue IMO. Berbatov for Sunderland! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 They can't afford to throw the money at him, or Johnson. Both will move if a) They want a new challenge and fancy slugging it out at a midtable club or b) They have no better offers and are desperate to move. Both seem unlikely IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 They can't afford to throw the money at him, or Johnson. Can they afford not to though? MON seems to have learned nothing, and these are his transfer targets. They either back him and get these guys in, or they get nobody in and risk him walking because he feels he's not been supported. I can envisage either scenario happening tbh, but they're still broadly in the honeymoon period now and possibly their heirarchy is blinded by the bullshit he'll be peddling to them as we all know he's a good motivator and speaker. There's a fair chance he'll talk them into doing something financially stupid on the back of undeliverable promises. Then if (Or perhaps when) that doesn't work out, they get into the situation of either cut their losses and get rid of him or back him further. It's the situation Lerner found himself in, and eventually had to draw the line when things got desperate financially. Villa nearly went down as a consequence. The Sunderland board could draw the line at any point, including now, but equally they could back him and throw money at his targets. Depends on how much faith they have in him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Thought it was widely thought that they've got f*** all money? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 The owner has money, the club doesn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Anyway, you'd think they'd have learnt from our days of spunking countless millions on fees and wages for over-the-hill stars. Barnes, Rush, Pearce, Kluivert, Butt, Smith, Duff, Babayaro etc etc, worked out f***ing splendidly for us, didn't it? A policy that ultimately led us from title chasers to mid table to relegated. They don't have the luxury of having so far to fall, or the luxury of having the income to support such a policy for as long as we did. MON seems determined to recruit a team of 30+ hasbeens though, on silly wages, which Bruce had already started doing with O'Shea and Brown. Long may it continue IMO. Berbatov for Sunderland! Agreed, it's hilarious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Wouldn't Berbatov end up like Heskey did for Villa, much better player but at that age and the wages he might get. Mental, go for it Artie, you go girl, dismiss the myths about you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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