Football Banter Archive July 26 2011

26 Jul 2011 23:30:10
Leicester City have tabled a final bid for Nicky Maynard. In the region of 5.5mil, this is 4 million plus add ons such as appearances and promotion

If Bristol City turn this down, Leicester will be back in for Yakubu The others on his shortlist are Shane Long and Ebanks Blake.

Its a FACT there will be a striker in before the Coventry game as the Madrid game has came too soon for medicals etc

Thanks

Wow, Sven has said, plenty of times, that he's chasing more than one striker and that he hopes to get a deal in place asap.

So you've basically copied what he has said and wrote FACT at the end just to convince us, for added measure you even threw in a few names that have been bandied around for weeks now, well done.

We don't want Maynard anymore. Sven is trying his best to convince Mattia Destro or Khouma Babacar to come to the KP Stadium.

Dont know alot about Maynard but ive seen some big prices mentioned is he really that good seems like alot for lower legue player

26 Jul 2011 23:09:34
It is apparent none of the repliers (Probably the same worried Forest fan) watched EMT as I saw this too.

26 Jul 2011 22:40:46
Just seen nicky Maynard in marriot hotel in Leicester looking like he had signed a lucrative contract {Ed003's Note - how do you look like you've si.....doesnt matter}

To have seen him inside the hotel, that meant you were there too and in that case, what were you doing inside a hotel?

And a point to make to the ED003, Maynard probably had a huge grin on his face. To be honest, if I was him, I'd be all too concerned about finding somewhere to live, settling down and the pressure of upping sticks to join Sven's revolution before I could grin.

But then in saying that, it didn't happen did it, poster?

26 Jul 2011 22:31:31
I'm a Southamptom fan but some of the bullsh*t that saints fans put on here is ridiculous. "Nicky Maynard will sign at 5pm tonight" Don't make stuff up The only reliable person on here is Nick.KA and I only trust him

26 Jul 2011 22:17:30
Portsmouth closing in on at least 4 signings before start of the season. All expected to join within the next 7 days, these include Paterson, Kakuta, Van aanholt and michael tonge. Portsmouth should then have the makings of a solid championship squad.

...put the crack pipe down fella...

26 Jul 2011 21:39:01
I think Millwall will make the play-offs. UTW

Yes on fifa 12 on the play station

26 Jul 2011 21:19:59
Brighton on the verge of signing Joe Gatting on a one year deal. He has decided that playing cricket is not for him and would like to return playing for the seagulls.

26 Jul 2011 21:06:16
1. Leicester
2. Forest
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3. West Ham
4. Reading
5. Birmingham
6. Blackpool (Ooh sneaky.)

26 Jul 2011 21:04:13
Think Leeds may just get relegated along with Derby and Brighton.

26 Jul 2011 21:02:21
Don't know who will go up to be honest, but can see the following.

22. Millwall
23. Derby County
24. Brighton

26 Jul 2011 20:40:32
Divvy Fester fan. Very dillusional post, half those players listed are probably scouted by the biggest clubs across Europe.

Infact, Khouma Babacar is a top talent and will replace Mutu at Viola.

Get back to your footy manager, Son, and stop cheating.

26 Jul 2011 20:16:41
notts county manager martin allen is staying put after publically announcing on the ncfc website that the club did support him financially, and that he has more players in mind after being turned down by paul benson. it also says that benson rejected them as he didnt feel comfortable moving his young kids, not due to a low wage or because 'nottingham is a ****hole' as it says in another post, which is also untrue.

26 Jul 2011 19:17:35
CANT BELIEVE THIS BUT I HAVE JUST HEARD OF A VERY GOOD SOURCE THAT EVERTON ARE ABOUT TO BRING SULLY MUNTARI IN ON LOAN FROM INTER MILAN, SHOULD BE TIED UP BY FRIDAY. {Ed025's Note - i would luv it..luv it..luv it

26 Jul 2011 17:53:37
Millwall's James Henry posted via Twitter: "Viewing flats with @mcquoid17 is becoming very frustrating now #anydangerofadecentflat" Looks like he's going no where folks.

26 Jul 2011 17:45:58
Swindon are to sign out of favour Fabio Carressa for Italian giants Lazio on free transfer as he wants to get back into the English Leagues.

Source: Corriere dello Sport/Stadio

good luck with that one seing as he is an
Italian journalist.

26 Jul 2011 17:16:14
Manchester city will finally use their mass fortune to good effect and will win the Premier league by a landslide. Arsenal, chelsea and manchester United will once again qualify for the champions league with liverpool once again falling short. West Brom will have a terrible season and will finish bottom with QPR and wigan just surviving. Wolves and newcastle will go down on the final day.

Mystic Meg is busy these days.

Septic peg more like, city wont buy the lge this year with that mad man in charge, ur hollow success will have to wait, king kenny will smash it
irish kop {Ed025's Note - yeah yeah yeah

Dogleash will walk by christmas, let down by his poor signings and his donkey up front

I cant stand liverpool fans. bought no quality but the quality they wer after went to bigger and better teams (i.e young) and they stil think they r going to win the league. year after year the rest of footballs fans have to listen to the s**t they say n its never been more annoyin than now when they stil kenny dogleash is GOD. get over yourselfs and get real you bunch of idiots. rant over

26 Jul 2011 17:14:37
Barnet who are hoping to sign keeper Dean Brill, have been knocked back by his wage demands. Barnet who already have England U19 keeper Liam O'Brien in their ranks, may now have to look elsewhere for cover. Swindon, Orient and Exeter are all believed to be interested in Brill.source?

26 Jul 2011 16:43:36
Briatori & Ecclestone please please get the hell out of our club, you dont do anything for us but give us grief, you want to stay in the premiership but dont want to spend any money, Is it just so you can brag of owning a football club, have some b*lls and do the right thing GO GO GO

26 Jul 2011 16:35:59
BREAKING NEWS:

Shane Long Spotted
In Nandos
In Reading

Was he eating it extra hot? I love it spicy he was probably on his way to either Liverpool, Brighton, Southampton or Leicester as they sign everyone dont they?

26 Jul 2011 15:49:27
To the southampton jokers after I stopped laughing I drove up to the city trainign ground and what a surprise there is NM kicking a ball with some of the other great players here at BCFC. So he cant be there at your dump can he
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What total B###sh#t.... He is not in your Squad tonight to play against the mighty Forest Green Rovers....I wonder why that is........and you have got some balls saying our ground is a dump COYR

Because, it's the shadow squad, twerp
Why would he be playing for the ressies?

26 Jul 2011 15:45:36
LCFC are now the only club willing to continue negotiations with BCFC over the potential sale of Nicky Maynard, after 4 other teams (1 Prem) where astonished with the ammount demanded for the player, who still carnt train fully and won't be able to for another year at the least because of a serious knee injury substained last year, combined with 1 year left on contract.

A final offer has been rumoured to have been put through from LCFC a couple of weeks ago. But this has just been to test the reaction of BCFC to figure the true price it will cost.

The true final offer will be put forward tomorrow, and if accepted will be a speedy transaction as LCFC look to prep for the huge weekend game against Madrid. If rejected Nicky will be left untill his contract expires and picked up free next year, Sven has a back up plan too.

Foxes look set for a great year. GB GL

26 Jul 2011 16:17:50
Burnley's hopes of re-signing former midfielder Joey Gudjohnsson have been dashed at the last minute after the Clarets were unable to meet the Icelander's £200-a-week demand.

26 Jul 2011 14:55:35
It is obviously too early to predict next season, although the Champions League places are likely to be contested by all the 'usual suspects'. A lot will depend on what happens in the next month.

So far, clubs have been playing 'hardball' over transfer fees, so there has been very little significant transfer action. Until we know what happens with Tevez, Aguero, Sneijder, Nasri, Fabregas, Modric etc. won't know who is likely to perform well in the Premiership next year.

Chelsea have a very experienced defence so might be able to grind their way to another title, as you suggest, but the previous poster is right to point out that they have let their team get too old.

Lampard (33), Drogba (33) Anelka (32) and Malouda (31) will all be declining assets next year and they are hard acts to follow. If Torres comes good this squad might still have enough to mount one more serious title challenge, but if he struggles Chelsea could be short of goals next season.

Manchester United also need to refresh their squad. I am not sure that Ashley Young is going to take them forward - but who knows?

Man City still have the cash and the will to spend it, but are struggling to secure the players they really want. If they lose Tevez then I am not sure the rest of the squad is that good.

Liverpool certainly has the history and in the second half of last season managed to put together the sort of run that suggests they might be able to force their way back into the top four. However, that may just have been 'new manager syndrome' and the jury is still out on the players they have added to their squad.

Everybody seems to have written Arsenal off, but forget that for much of last season they were serious title contenders. If they hang on to Fabregas and Nasri, add a bit of bite to their midfield and defence and if Van Persie manages to give them a full season, they could be the surprise packet.

Similarly, Spurs need to hang on to Modric and Bale and must find a quality striker to lead the line. If they do, then I would not discount them as serious contenders for a top four spot. In the past six years, they have finished 4th on one occasion and 5th on three others. With their relatively young squad there is no reason why they should be regarded as a spent force.

We will see what we will see.
KM

26 Jul 2011 15:39:06
Arsene Wenger says the only reason he doesnt want Nasri and Fabregas to go is because he doesnt know what to do with the money

26 Jul 2011 15:33:05
{ED003's Note: Please accept our apologies, that should not have been posted, and is in the process of being removed, thank you for bringing it to our attention}

26 Jul 2011 14:34:27
Colchester are set to unvail new signing Kevin Lisbie before tonights home game with Ipswich...

26 Jul 2011 14:27:13
Whats with the deluded and stupid southhampton fans? I just saw nicky maynard at carbot circus, plus he's in the bristol city squad to play forest green rovers in a friendly tonight, so he's not in southampton so less of the b*ll sht, secondly why would he want to go to a club like southampton with i reckon will be lucky to finish in the top 10 this season, nickys ambition is to play in the prem which you lot cant offer, only offical bid city has had, was from leicester city, which was rejected fact
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Still better than your crusty team

26 Jul 2011 14:16:26
I've got no idea why people spend all their time squabbling about which team is the best when the season hasn't even kicked off, shouldn't we wait until May before bragging about how super we are?

Thus far, Leicester are attempting to buy the Championship and some dullards think they're going to sign 'every player ever'. Some of their fans think they'll win every game whilst others are more realistic but everyone hates a team with money so what the hell, oh and Sven is rubbish.

Forest think they're amazing and point to 30yr old trophies and previous league positions as proof of that. I think it has escaped them that they're still in the Championship despite being so brilliant and it's also escaped them that last seasons final position counts for nothing in the new season.

Brighton are flapping their gums for all their worth and are a shoo-in for the automatic promotion places if you listen to (some of) their fans. They've made one high profile signing of an untested striker and are booking their Champions league places already.

Leeds are still in the doldrums but that's not stopping their fans from following Forest's example as they point to success in the 70's as living, breathing proof of their wonderfulness (a new word i think?) they have zero money to spend but link themselves with nigh on every worthwhile player out there, and Alan Smith too.

West Ham are going about their business quietly although one or two of their fans have started bragging about their 2011-12 Championship title already, a dangerous game for a relegated side to play. Occasionally ex-prem teams bounce back, but it's actually rarer than you might think and i suspect they're going to get a shock.

Blackpool have been super-quiet since maximus swallowed his own head and had a tantrum. He's still clearly sulking and so we have nobody fighting in the Orange corner, perhaps that's a good thing as Ollie is as mad as a biscuit and Kevin Phillips is old.

Bristol City are in danger of losing themselves up their own egos. If you listen to them, their one good player is now worth £10m and they are utterly convinced that he loves them, despite him refusing to sign a new deal that has been on the table for 2 months now. Buy some defenders and maybe you won't lose to Yeovil again chaps.

My brew is ready now so i'll leave it there, suffice to say, this is intended to be a fun site, don't take everything so seriously fellas. Calm down and enjoy the banter for what it is, and don't take the rumours to heart either. Do you honestly think some bloke on the interweb is going to break a confidence and blab the intimate details of a pending deal when even the press don't know the score?

( So what if we go on about signing this player or that player as a Brighton fan and I speak for all the other teams fans we are entitled to brag about our teams because we are passionate about football and yeah sometimes we go over the top but who cares that's what makes football exciting. so shutttt iiittttt {Ed003's Note -

Did you ask all the other teams fans before taking it upon yourself to speak for them only i see plenty of people who are sick to death of dreamers like you posting utter nonsense for the sake of it. There's a very big difference between posting rumours and posting your wet dream version of reality. Hargreaves to Brighton? Keane to Brighton? Berbatov to Brighton? does this make you passionate or deluded?

26 Jul 2011 13:10:42
Right then Folks How Many of you think that Swansea will come down?, I'm A fan of the club so maybe my heart is ruling my head but here are a couple of reasons.

I think QPR are certs for bottom, I feel sorry for the fans but their board are wastes of space, that's all they want to do is argue amongst themselves on who has the most money and who controls the club, the best thing that could happen to QPR is one of the board buys out the rest and takes some responsibility, give Warnock some descent coin to spend, as for the current team, very average in the last half of the season, and without Taarabat (without doubt the best player in the Championship last year) are going to find life very difficult in the Premier league.

Wigan will struggle Again, I Am not Martinez biggest fan after the way he conducted himself a few years ago (publicly Persecuted players for wanting to leave and then F*ked off himself when a Premier league club came in for him, This I'm a saint because i didn't go to villa is sht, if the deal was right he would have gone) but wigan have been spending big for a while now and for the last couple of years have lingered far to long at the wrong end of the table when sides that spend similar amounts are now established and seem to look more secure (WBA, FULHAM, SUNDERLAND), think this is the year when the bubble bursts.

Of the more established sides I Think Blackburn could also struggle this year, Nothing against their manager i think he will end up being the first manager casualty of the season, they are not spending so will be no better than last year and the board seem to be full of false promises, I Know their fans wont like this but i reckon Newcastle could also be in the mix, We played them season before last at the liberty and the carthorse that's just gone to Liverpool (probably the best bit of business on the history of transfers from Newcastle's point of View) scored the Equalizer in the last 5 Mins, the way they celebrated you would swear they had just won the Champions league, we had 80% of the possession and that was they're only shot on target, and truth be told we Mucked up at the back, I saw nothing different every time i saw them last year.

Along with the other candidates, Norwich, Wolves and of course ourselves I Feel it could be a close battle of any 2 of the 6 clubs mentioned for the 18/19 places and I Feel 16-17 is well within the swans reach.
---------------------------------------------------- Its great to see a welsh team in the prem and the only reason why people are saying swansea will go down is because they're welsh, I support wigan and im just saying that you dont like Martinez, but wouldn't you go to a premier league club instead of managing a championship one.And he's got great memories at wigan like being one of the three amigos, Its too early to say that swansea will go down or wigan you never know.

Is this the same boring pleb who was on here the other day? Same old boring stuff.

26 Jul 2011 13:04:40
Southampton will sign Luc Castaignos from Inter Milan on loan for the season with a transfer in the summer if he plays 20 games during the loan.

I work for the agency that are dealing with this in the UK on behalf of Southampton. The deal was struck due to the two chairmans close personal relationship. Southampton are hoping all the paperwork will be completed by the weekend.

26 Jul 2011 12:42:21
Sheff Wed are set to complete the signings of Alex Revell (Leyton Orient) and Aaron Wilbraham (Norwich)

26 Jul 2011 12:16:58
Leicester for automatic promotion and Leeds for relegation seem like two nailed on wagers to me

Nap of the year for the Championship 10/1 or Leicester and 16/1 for Leeds

Yee Hawwwww

26 Jul 2011 11:02:51
Adam Hammill won't be leaving Wolves.

26 Jul 2011 10:43:41
Villa spending will stop after Charlie signs this week. AM still wants Hutton and would like to continue his pursuit of Parker if allowed, but Lerner is re-couping money after MON's disaterous approach to transfers.

Given

Cueller Dunne(c) Collins Warnock

Albrighton Makoun Ireland N'Zogbia

Agbonlahor
Bent.

26 Jul 2011 09:44:42
amazin how you can predict exact league positions for the up coming season, if you can do this surley you must be a millionaire.unlike alot of you seem to think I am a leeds fan who is very excited about the season, weve kept hold of gradel and snodgrass who you all have been banging on all summer that they would definately go, they are by far the two best wide attacking players in the league.as for liecster please, tell me what erikson has achieved in this country with loads of cash at his disposal....just about zero really ....and he bought loads of players at city which all left the club for nothing a few seasons later top one. if you think casper is a good goalie after one pre season friendly then good luck to you, I watched him 18 times last season and he was a nightmare

To sum up: Leeds are awesome, if you could bottle 'fantastic' it would come with a Leeds Utd label on and everyone would love it. Leicester meanwhile are utter rubbish and Sven is the personification of useless, if you could bottle 'crap' (i guess you could actually) it would come with Svens face on the bottle and be sold for 12 pee...

Brilliant, no bias there whatsoever, thanks for sharing with the group. Try not to eat too many crayons.

Best reply ever

leeds havent got the best wingers in the league.