Transfer Window Movers and Shakers

estebancambias

Its like how a Spanish student would write English....I think that is the best way to describe it. To be honest I have never seen a Robot write.

Bounty Hunter

30 yr old Quinton Fortune's training with Sunderland and available for free

redzerdrog

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

30 yr old Quinton Fortune's training with Sunderland and available for free

Keane needs to get a grip he is turning sunderland into an old boys club for ex united players.

Mikeyt086

to call Quinton Fortune an ex-United "player" might be going a tad far.

PHB

That's a bit harsh. He played quite a few games for United, and was a useful enough squad player.

Unearthly

Fortune was decent when fit.

So it was rare when we saw it

Played a blinder against Liverpool the game Forlan scored twice though :cool:

Mitch Connor

Unearthly wrote: »

Fortune was decent when fit.

So it was rare when we saw it

Played a blinder against Liverpool the game Forlan scored twice though :cool:

agreed, there was a portion of his united career where he was playing solidly in central midfield - he became a very important player for us for a while, then he picked up a bad injury and his career with us ended as a result. That game against Liverpool was probably the best he played for us.

Mikeyt086

Ah he was only bought to sell shirts in South Africa!

Guy:Incognito

If he does a decent job and hepls them stay up he'll have been worth teh gamble. If he's crap and ends up getting **** all games he'll have been worth every penny they paid and it's no real loss.

Aquos76

PHB wrote: »

That's a bit harsh. He played quite a few games for United, and was a useful enough squad player.

Agreed, he played over 70 games for us and played well is a hell of a lot of them too.

Xavi6

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=506343&in_page_id=1779

Sven puts Podolski top of City hit-list

Sven Goran Eriksson's reputation as a manager has grown since he took over at Manchester City, and he looks set to enhance it further by pulling off the biggest coup of the January transfer window in signing Bayern Munich striker Lukas Podolski on loan until the end of the season.

Podolski, who would fetch at least £15million on the open market, is regarded as potentially his country's best forward since Gerd Muller.

He was one of the brightest stars at the last World Cup but has struggled to win his place back in the Bayern side this season after injury.

Now this has me very excited. Apparently our initial bid was rejected by Bayern, much to the disgust of the player himself who is now refusing to train. As a result a loan deal is apparently now being discussed as a compromise.

Podolski was voted Young Player of the Tournament at the last World Cup and I think he would be another excellent signing.

Mitch Connor

Xavi6 wrote: »

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=506343&in_page_id=1779



Now this has me very excited. Apparently our initial bid was rejected by Bayern, much to the disgust of the player himself who is now refusing to train. As a result a loan deal is apparently now being discussed as a compromise.

Podolski was voted Young Player of the Tournament at the last World Cup and I think he would be another excellent signing.

He has been crap since he signed for Bayern. Regarded as potentially his country's best forward since Gerd Muller? Maybe a couple of years ago.

This is the opinion of my german colleague here at work, who is obviously a big fan of german football.

Xavi6

Tauren wrote: »

He has been crap since he signed for Bayern. Regarded as potentially his country's best forward since Gerd Muller? Maybe a couple of years ago.

This is the opinion of my german colleague here at work, who is obviously a big fan of german football.

Yeah he's scored 4 goals in 30 games for Bayern but most of those appearances have been from the bench, and he's been injured for quite a while. Plus a partnership of Klose and Toni is gonna be hard to break up. I prefer to look at his international record of 44 games, 24 goals. Plus a loan deal means f*ck all risk really and we need a striker.

Smegball

Would be a decent loan signing if you ask me, him and Castillo.. promising!

astrofool

Xavi6 wrote: »

Yeah he's scored 4 goals in 30 games for Bayern but most of those appearances have been from the bench, and he's been injured for quite a while. Plus a partnership of Klose and Toni is gonna be hard to break up. I prefer to look at his international record of 44 games, 24 goals. Plus a loan deal means f*ck all risk really and we need a striker.

Sure ye might as well go after Crouch if thats the case.

Unearthly

astrofool wrote: »

Sure ye might as well go after Crouch if thats the case.

or David Healy :cool:

Xavi6

astrofool wrote: »

Sure ye might as well go after Crouch if thats the case.

Why? Podolski's a totally different player and more suited to our fast break style of play. We don't need that lanky waste of space.

Royale with Cheese

I've a signed Podolski Fc Koeln shirt, saw a fair few games in his final season with them. As much as I love him, he's good but the Germans overrate him quite alot. He's proven he's not what people thought he was by being a flop at Bayern. £15m is an absolute rip off for him imo.

eirebhoy

I'd say Podolski would be similar standard to Kevin Doyle.

Xavi6

eirebhoy wrote: »

I'd say Podolski would be similar standard to Kevin Doyle.

And I'd gladly take Doyle at City given the opportunity. Can't see us getting him on a loan deal though unfortunately.

~Rebel~

Xavi6 wrote: »

Why? Podolski's a totally different player and more suited to our fast break style of play. We don't need that lanky waste of space.

I think the crouchy reference was only because someone brought up Podolski's national team scoring record to counter his club record, which is also the case with the Crouchinators.

astrofool

~Rebel~ wrote: »

I think the crouchy reference was only because someone brought up Podolski's national team scoring record to counter his club record, which is also the case with the Crouchinators.

'zactly

herbieflowers

True but didn't he score a hatful of England goals in those friendlies before the WC?

~Rebel~

herbieflowers wrote: »

True but didn't he score a hatful of England goals in those friendlies before the WC?

yup, still though, all in all he has 14goals from 14international starts. Not bad really regardless how you look at it. Important to note as well that in the Euro Qualifiers he got 5goals from 6 starts and 2 sub appearances.

herbieflowers

Yeah I agree, stillthink Crouch is underrated but that's neither here nor there...

Raskolnikov

Xavi6 wrote: »

I prefer to look at his international record of 44 games, 24 goals.

By that logic, David Healy is one of the most valuable strikers in the world! Also, I do seem to remember that Podolski scored 4 goals in one game alone against San Marino.

Raskolnikov

Apparently, two Irish players and an English player are due to be transfer listed by Keano after they were caught taking cocaine during the Sunderland Christmas party.

I won't mention the names, it's potentially libellous.

Helix

Raskolnikov wrote: »

Apparently, two Irish players and an English player are due to be transfer listed by Keano after they were caught taking cocaine during the Sunderland Christmas party.

I won't mention the names, it's potentially libellous.

makes no sense to transfer list players for that because nobody will sign anyone keane transfer lists now on the basis that they could be one of the players who were taking drugs, surely firing them for breach of contract and claiming the insurance money back would be an ACTUAL realistic option if that story was true?

Mikeyt086

I am convinced by his national team performances that Podolski is class. Him and Castillo would scare the **** out of me anyway!

Xavi6

Raskolnikov wrote: »

By that logic, David Healy is one of the most valuable strikers in the world! Also, I do seem to remember that Podolski scored 4 goals in one game alone against San Marino.

Fine then I'll just settle for the guy who won the Young Player of the Tournament award at the last World Cup. Oh hold on, that was Podolski.

Vokes

So Chelsea have had their first bid for Anelka rejected. I wonder how much Bolton are gonna squeeze em for...

WhiteWashMan

Unearthly wrote: »

Played a blinder against Liverpool the game Forlan scored twice though :cool:

OH!

EAsy Tiger!

Im sure Newcastle kept a few clean sheets when Titus Bramble was playing for them, doesnt mean he was good

Spurs have kept some clean sheets this year, doesnt mean that Dason, Chimbonda, Lee and Kaboul are any good either

Tusky

SofaKing wrote: »

So Chelsea have had their first bid for Anelka rejected. I wonder how much Bolton are gonna squeeze em for...

Hes almost 29 isn't he ? Wouldn't say too much more than the rejected 12m.

homerjay2005

Xavi6 wrote: »

Fine then I'll just settle for the guy who won the Young Player of the Tournament award at the last World Cup.

the same award that ronaldo was shafted for cos of the english media?

Unearthly

WhiteWashMan wrote: »

OH!

EAsy Tiger!

Im sure Newcastle kept a few clean sheets when Titus Bramble was playing for them, doesnt mean he was good

Spurs have kept some clean sheets this year, doesnt mean that Dason, Chimbonda, Lee and Kaboul are any good either

I never said good, I said decent

To be fair there wasn't any times when watching Fortune play I thought he was out of his depth

Vokes

Tusky wrote: »

Hes almost 29 isn't he ? Wouldn't say too much more than the rejected 12m.

Yeh, id say something in the region of 15-20mil.

Sure they paid for 30mil for a 29yo Shevchenko.

PHB

I'd say they'll get close to the 18 million they want.

Unearthly

PHB wrote: »

I'd say they'll get close to the 18 million they want.

If that goes through, it would be amazing the amount of money that has been spent on Anelka through his career

jobonar

Unearthly wrote: »

If that goes through, it would be amazing the amount of money that has been spent on Anelka through his career

It'd be around the 90 million mark now after that deal?

_blank_

homerjay2005 wrote: »

the same award that ronaldo was shafted for cos of the english media?

You are paranoid.

You think the English Media has that much of an influence on FIFA?

Deluded you are.

Mitch Connor

DesF wrote: »

You are paranoid.

You think the English Media has that much of an influence on FIFA?

Deluded you are.

did the english media effect the english fans? yes. did the english fans turning up at portugals next game (cause they had already bought tickets in case england got through) and massively booing Ronaldo every time he got the ball effect Fifa? Maybe....

Melion

homerjay2005 wrote: »

the same award that ronaldo was shafted for cos of the english media?

What??

How have the english media got anything to do with an award given out by Fifa?

Crawl out of Ronaldo's arse ffs

Xavi6

Tauren wrote: »

did the english media effect the english fans? yes. did the english fans turning up at portugals next game (cause they had already bought tickets in case england got through) and massively booing Ronaldo every time he got the ball effect Fifa? Maybe....

Lol there are some great comedians on here.

Mitch Connor

Xavi6 wrote: »

Lol there are some great comedians on here.

GOL, whatever. Just because you do not agree is not reason to insult me. I believe the fan reaction to Ronaldo after the complete non-story at the world cup that was hyped by the tabloids and BBC in particular had a massive effect on who got the award. Ronaldo was head and shoulders above Podolski in that tournement. Of course, being the golden boy of the home nation was also a good help for him.

Melion

Tauren wrote: »

GOL, whatever. Just because you do not agree is not reason to insult me. I believe the fan reaction to Ronaldo after the complete non-story at the world cup that was hyped by the tabloids and BBC in particular had a massive effect on who got the award. Ronaldo was head and shoulders above Podolski in that tournement. Of course, being the golden boy of the home nation was also a good help for him.

How do the english media effect FIFA?

Mitch Connor

Melion wrote: »

How do the english media effect FIFA?

Seriously. Do you actually bother to read posts?

Melion

What did he do in your eyes that meant he should have gotten the award? 1 goal, a penalty IIRC. Not exactly a good return.

_blank_

Tauren wrote: »

I believe the fan reaction to Ronaldo after the complete non-story at the world cup that was hyped by the tabloids and BBC in particular had a massive effect on who got the award.

WTF?

How do you believe that?

The BBC influences FIFA?

Just because some English fans turned up to boo Ronaldo, FIFA didn't give him an award? Bizarre you could think this tbh. Utterly bizarre.

Tauren wrote: »

Of course, being the golden boy of the home nation was also a good help for him.

Now you are being sensible. This is more likely the reason for him winning it.

kryogen

oh dear god please dont turn this thread into an endless arguement on something totally irrelevant to the topic at hand!! **** sake, ronaldo was fantastic during that tournament, podolski was also very good, im sure the perception of ronaldo by the media did effect the fifa decision from a PR standpoint and i think its naive to think that its not possible that it happened.....

can you imagine the stick fifa would have gotten if he had got the award??? england are very important to fifa, along with spain they are the two most important footballing nations now in terms of revenue generated for fifa and interest in the game in general....

i imagine that and him being a home hero and the fact that he did play well probbaly had alot to do with him getting the award, but does it really matter in a thread about transfer rumours and **** like that?

Mitch Connor

DesF wrote: »

WTF?

How do you believe that?

The BBC influences FIFA?

Because that is what i have said, isn't it?

Oh wait, it is not... hmmm... maybe what i said is slightly, but importantly different to your version of you you think I said. Maybe. Just maybe.