Football Banter Archive June 03 2012

03 Jun 2012 23:26:18
Manchester United will sign Nick Powell on a 5 year deal which will see him loaned out in the first 2 years

03 Jun 2012 23:19:20
Spurs as we all know are very close to signing vertonghen but also levy is trying to push through a deal for damiao and wants all signings to be done as quickly as possible this year! Also don't be surprised if Adam Johnson or junior hoilett sign for spurs in this transfer window as cover/other options for our wide players

Junior Hoillet has gone so that's not going to hapoen

03 Jun 2012 22:43:49
Apparently Jordan Rhodes has moved to Wigan Athletic for a fee to be worth up to £8m!

Deano would probably sell for this money to generate the cash for potential signings by grayson. although hes absolutely minted every player has his price

Ye reckon he would go for 8 mil but dont think this is true, and no disrespet dont think he'll go to wigan!!

03 Jun 2012 22:39:00
freddie eastwood isnt signing for yeovil, and there has never been any contact, but he is due to re-sign for southend utd for his 4th spell at roots hall

03 Jun 2012 22:14:08
To norwich fan who posted at 322 sun. i belive u can only have 2 loans in each transfer window in prem L. So 2 of players u qouted would be nice

03 Jun 2012 22:04:25
Watford FC defender A Marriappa is a target of newly promoted Saints FC. Offer in region of 2.8 m will add-ons.

03 Jun 2012 21:56:45
Right lets clear a few things up.
Stoke fans (presumably under 12): Stop posting unrealistic targets you make us all look stupid. We know what positions we need to get in, but we all know Pulis will have his targets will act late and we will end up with the dregs.
I would like to see a winger and maybe a couple of loan signings as Coates doesnt like to spend his money. Although i feel Pulis has stated his intentions with contract renewals for both Sidibe and Woodgate.

All other fans:
We do not profess to be a massive club, we only wish others would realise they arent either.
You have been saying we will go down since we came up, and yet we are still here. The people who keep posting this are likely fans of the bottom three usual suspects who hope that next year it is us and not them.
We also dont require you to keep putting, 'Stoke wont buy ? as they dont play football'. I am a season ticket holder at Stoke and can say with pride, that whilst it may not be the most beautiful football at the Brit it makes for more entertaining viewing than some clubs in the premier league.

03 Jun 2012 21:33:44
Southampton are planning to get Robert Green on a free transfer after West ham confirmed he will leave in The summer

Need to get someone better
than green
he s not that good

03 Jun 2012 21:21:07
Peterborough have also been linked with Marlon Pack from Cheltenham, as he is looking to move away from the league 2 club

03 Jun 2012 21:16:07
Ian Holloway is set to take the swans job if he is approached plus it is closer to his family great manager if he was to come. up the jacks!

03 Jun 2012 21:07:50
Bit of GENUINE news from Stoke over the weekendA few outs first

West Ham knocked back in their enquiry re Jones as unable to meet the asking price. QPR or Turkey seems his next destination. The Hammers are interested in keeper Thomas Sorensen though who of course won't be at the Euros. He has had an offer from a German club as well.

Ipswich struggling to meet Danny Collins' demands. Stoke want to sell not loan again.

A Spanish player very much on the radar

Stoke waiting on a Spurs signing which will release a player to the Potters after a deal previously agreed.

Jarvis still very much on Stoke's radar although no fee agreed after the publicised rejection of Cameron Jerome to move the other way. Player is keen to join Stoke by all accounts.

The Huth situation still very much up in the air.

Jake Kean interesting Stoke as are two other Blackburn players.

Owen has held Stoke talks

A Man U squad player could go to the Britannia(Updates on Thursday)

I wouldnt mind these but not so sure about owen, feel he could be another update, is the united player anderson? and the blackburn players hilett and nzonzi?

Am at the ground on Thursday so will update more.

Defoe is wanted by several clubs but has agreed in principal to join Stoke. A few players to leave before incomings begin but no real big names. Jones and Etherington could be the two to spark the transfer activity. The United player am not 100% one- have heard 3 different names mentioned. The two Blackburn players I believe are defenders. Talk today that an Everton player has become available.......a player Stoke tried to sign previously.

03 Jun 2012 20:56:55
Doncaster are expected to announce the signing of Rangers forward David Healy this week. The Northern Irish striker will sign on a free transfer. Manager Dean Saunders has also launched a bid for Nottingham Forest Marcus Tudgay. Rovers have offered £400,000 to get their man. Midfielder Brian Howard will also put pen to paper within the fortnight. Ex Liverpool defender Stephen Darby is also on Saunders' radar as well as Ibrahima Sonko.

03 Jun 2012 20:46:56
players i would LIKE to see join southampton:
rodriguez
foster or butland
trotter
michu or honda
and some random who is the next messi ;)

03 Jun 2012 20:37:52
Holt to hammers 4m + Sam baldock !! Let's do buisiness !!

03 Jun 2012 20:32:28
West Ham to sign George McCartney, Kieran Richardson and Ahmed Elmohamady for a joint fee of 6.5 million in the next two weeks

03 Jun 2012 20:23:33
Rumours are that Roberto Mancini is very interested in the likes of Fernando Llorente and talks have begun between City and Bilbao

03 Jun 2012 19:59:26
west ham to sign sunderland trio elmohamady, george mccartney and kieran richardson for a combined fee of 6.3m, also leaving the stadium of light is youngster ryan noble who will join sheffield wednesday for a nominal fee. Titus Bramble will join Southampton for 2m, david vaughan will also end his brief stay on wearside and will join newly promoted reading for 3m. expect sunderland to sign around 6 players including 2 strikers (maybe steven fletcher and gabriel agbonlahor), a right winger (possibly adam johnson on loan), 2 full backs and a creative midfielder, busy summer ahead for the red and white army

03 Jun 2012 19:31:18
brentford fc in talks with kanu of portsmouth

03 Jun 2012 19:11:29
wish our stoke fans would stop talking rubbish, were not going spend a fortune coates said last year he wants it self sustained club, get a few out fuller and co then a few free ones in maybe owen if he takes pay as you play contract, jarvis if wolves come in to the real world and realise there a championship club and he aint worth 10 mill, as for demba ba why would he join us when we told him where go before!! anderson for 9 mill from man u thats a joke, from someone reliable we know says were looking at park ji sung, a pulis player that works hard and a good commercial deal sounds more realistic to me, baines for 20 mill lol not this year maybe olson from blackburn and pulis also likes there cm but all depends if we sell a few jones, collins etc

I don't think anyone seriously believes that Stoke are after Ba. There will be two major signings this Summer and a third if two can be shipped out.

03 Jun 2012 19:01:49
rob green - Tottenham spotted in London yesterday

Hmmm wonder what he was doing there because if he plys for a london club he wouldnt live in london

03 Jun 2012 18:29:11
Man utd have enquired about ricky van wolfswinkel. Players united will be signing are shinji kagawa, nathaniel clyne, nick powell and luka modric.

03 Jun 2012 18:20:18
My leeds team shouod we get investment my team would be gk kenny rb trippier cb pearce cb killgalon lb white rw snodgrass cm andrews cm ambrose/guthrie lw gradel cf beckford cf mcormack subs from lonners hill whitbread lees green ambrose/guthrie pugh rogers becchio somma Tommo.lufc.84

So you basically want a new starting 11 then?

03 Jun 2012 12:00:51
2012/13 championship top 10

1.bolton
2.leicester
...............................
3.wolves
4.leeds
5.huddersfield
6.m'boro
...............................
7. blackburn
8.cardiff
9.charlton
10.blackpool
11.brighton
12.birmingham
13.sheff wed
14.ipswich
15.forest
16.hull
17.burnley
18.derby
19.watford
20.palace
21.p'boro
..............................
22.bristol C
23barnsley
24.millwall

Huddersfield are much more likely to be bottom three than top six...

Behave bottom 3, top half all day long! and no i didnt write this

Alright, they will probably be mid table (as usual for a promoted club...) but top six!? Not for me!

Dont make me laugh .. huddersfield ..
watched them this year and was shocked they came up.. bristol city .. barnsley .. and millwall .. will be above them.. could get another record of no wins all season..


maximus

Ok, im a town fan... you just above me posted the daftest comment ive read for a while. htfc will deffo not be in lower half of table, so many reasons why not, too many to go into. know the ins and outs of our club in detail like me and your judgement would change

Bolton top? Why?

03 Jun 2012 11:13:44
Getting a bit tired of all of these green eyed monsters who are writing Reading off even before a ball has been kicked. Noone gave us a chance 5 years ago, but we still ended up 8th, taking points off of the top 4. People call Reading a small club. What defines a small club? Winning trophies in the last ten years? That would make only Man Utd, Man CIty, Chelsea and Arsenal a big club. Owing a large sum of money? That would make everyone a big club except Reading. A big reputation? Successful in the past? That would make clubs like Luton and Portsmouth big clubs.
Reading are a big a club as probably half of the Premiership clubs who in turn are on a par with the top half of the Championship clubs. RFC ar now one of he top 10 richest clubs, which not on its own makes them a big club, but the financial backing which is going to make Readings infrastructure unrivalled and enviable in years to come. Reading are a club in the ascendancy - Europe , here we come

Small club now and always, get out the clouds,lol

Just ignore the jealous idiots, it happens to every promoted team (prem and championship) who, god forbid, are not 'big' (I.e. arrogant and overrated). Good luck next season, you will do fine.

Not green eyed mate just realistic,top players wont sign for you they want to sign for teams where they have a chance of winning something or surviving comfortably,you will be cannon fodder

No fans smallest ever prem club

The only way Dreading will make Europe is on a mid season break.

Reading not gonna struggle at all next year BRIAN MCD quality enough to avoid drop without russian investors,wouldnt expect players like defoe tho, but couple of marque signings!!
HUDDS FAN

We all love our clubs ive been going to reading since 1969 we will not struggle while all these young managers are moving around we have best of bunch a real man whose relationship with board and fans will take us into Europe we whave to accept that others laugh see who laughs longest next May

Mcdermott more chance of getting Mourinho do dream on

A big club is a club that is well known, reading arent well known ...........

03 Jun 2012 09:54:22
READING FC
Thames Sports Investment, are fronted by Russian business man Anton Zingarevich, with the backing of his multi-billionaire father Boris Zingarevich. Sir John Madejski is still chairmen and we wont be spending massive amounts. expect prudent investment on and off the pitch
- new training ground being discussed but may just upgrade Hogwood
- aiming for cat 1 academy status
- if we stay up stadium expanded to 31 000. if we stay up next year expansion to aprox 38 000.
- bid made for gylfi, sign of intent but likely will go to liverpool.
- fee agreed for Mariappa
- contract offer for jacob butterfield - Newcastle also made offer
- bid rejected for gunter
- serious interest in Rhodes and Sanchez
- fee agreed for Connolly

MrRfc

Why extend your ground you have no fans anyway everyone saying how bad your home and away support is I'm a Barnsley fan and the support you took here would fit in 2 cars

Must be expanding to get more away fans in , cos u could`nt fill it on your own. totally deluded royals fans ...

03 Jun 2012 01:52:38
Steve naismith will have a medical on tuesday, at finch farm.

Where the hell is finch farm??????

Finch Farm is Everton's training ground mate

02 Jun 2012 23:45:23
nigel pearson to sign the whole hull squad by nxt week

More jealous fans Reading for Europe