Window Cleaner

Well then it's official, they don't want to get on the wrong side of Matty.

Hants look to be in a hurry to score runs this evening, 61 for 3 off about 6 overs, rain expected perhaps with D/L result a possibility?

the WC is over for 3/4 of the teams already, just the elite 7 and Costa Rica left, can't see too many of them containing players who'd want to play for us.

You'll make a few enemies if you start calling 2-1s second rate. Mind you I got a first so what do I care.

Perhaps Pelle needs to go on strike to get the move hurried up eh:rolleyes:

I see they've signed Cresswell as well, we obviously weren't interested in him then, must have other targets at LB I suppose.

Well no,if he doesn't turn up without valid reason we'll obviously not pay him anything at all. Trouble is that will leave us a good CB short and dimish his value as well. Then you get into the legalities of it all as to how much we could eventually make him pay us for breaching his contract, that would be a mess. There have been precedents like that Argentine from Belgium who just swanned off to Argentina claiming to be suffering from mysterious migraines or something. Ended up getting transferred to Italy for a low fee.

but playing all the youngsters would be suicidal because many of them aren't yet ready as we saw last season. I do however tend to think that we will see just some average signings this season for about half of our sale values or less and academy players being pushed into the side. We'll see where that gets us.

that was the year before when they were still in the CL I think, last year they got turfed out by Sociedad in a preliminary round so Aulas simply sold Bastos and Lopez to make up the shortfall. Lyon have to sell players to survive every year that they don't hit the later stages of the CL. They also have a new stadium project to fund and their transfer policy is haphazard at best. In Lovren's case he was being played at RB to allow Umtiti to play as CB.

Not really (and I know that) It was about Aulas trying to use young players all of the time to make more money on transfers by having them in the public eye so to speak. I've seen what happened at Lyon and is still happening, that's one of the resons why I am particularly concerned by SFC just now.

depends what's written on paper, could be non-qualification clauses in contracts, no-one amongst us knows really. (Hope statement of absolute fact isn't too negative for some today)

No, firsteleven (Lovren's agent unless changed) aren't known for their knobbish tricks. The situation must be really crappy if he's prepared to go to that extent tbh.

I've never used the term fire sale myself, probably not even asset stripping. All I can see is that we're selling major players for major sums and making relatively low offers for unknowns from Holland. I think we're likely to find ourselves in shîte street in August, that thought does not please me in any way shape or form.

Are we not ? Who knows, we've sold for plenty, now we need to buy for as least as much to make Reed's statement exact. Sales are currently around 60 million £ since last January, probably more, we've spent nothing and seem to be going for low grade players, better ones may be in view but for the time being we've made large profits in cash.

Bother with what? I'm giving you my opinion, put me on ignore or just don't read it if you don't like it.

As I say we shall see, no point in anticipating one way or the other. I see us in August with a vastly diminished side and probably some mediocre performances from it. You see all rosy in the garden. As for Koeman who cares, an unemployed manager who may or not do well for us. We shall soon find out.

He did it the way that he thought it needed to be done, sometimes the old niceynice butters no parsnips.

Farewell to you VMAN and thanks for the info, not that most will take heed of it though.

Lamela is an Argentine with obvious adaptation problems, playing systems perhaps. Gaston is a Uruguyan who MP thought to be a lazy ferker apparently. As for Holtby I have absolutely no idea, thought he wasn't all that great myself, be better off back in Germany.

Fellaini isn't the same kind of player, this bloke's a winger, right fast apparently.

Yes, we're aiming to sell for more than we spend I think, probably to pay off debts and the training centre. We shall see exactly who is being led up the garden path come August.

could be, I had the distinct impression that he fancied Schalke, perhaps that came from the translation though.

Grammatically or factually (or both i suppose) ?

I'll let him know then, via the bush telegraph of course. Should only take a month or so to reach him.

You may be desperately disappointed then, we won't get half of the upper figure. May even have a buy out clause, who knows, very standard with non-English players.