Football Banter Archive August 07 2011

07 Aug 2011 22:46:22
Walsall linked with Joey Barton again today

07 Aug 2011 22:23:33
Hearts fc to get a couple of chelsea fringe players on loan

Torres and Sturridge.

You can take Torres if you want mate

No thanks.

Please we'll pay you

Wise decision.

07 Aug 2011 20:51:51
07 Aug 2011 15:53:08
Bristol City are going to open the books and let Nicky Maynard leave. The opening day hiding at the hands of a fairly average Ipswich side has confirmed that their Defence is as poor as usual and, regardless of the BC fans bleating on and on about how much money they have, Bristol can't buy until they sell. Maynard will generate enough money to buy a defence (of sorts) although they now won't get as much as they hoped cos Sven is chasing Long, and every other striker in the free world, plus a North Korean bloke...

Fairly average side little jealous I think Ipswich championship contenders

07 Aug 2011 20:09:26
hi guys, celtic fan here personally i would love to see shane long at parkhead but i doubt it would happen just wondering what sort of price yous are hoping to get for him ?

pepe bhoy

in lennon we trust

07 Aug 2011 19:51:00
United will not sign anyone now, fergie is confident that Anderson and cleverly will step up with pogba and morrison waiting in the wings as back up.

07 Aug 2011 18:59:59
I have it on good terms that Wigan will use the money from the n'zogbia sale to table a 10m bid for Jermain Defoe, they feel that they do not need another winger as they have Moses available on that side.

07 Aug 2011 18:07:43
Burnley ins

Jon Stewart Done
Ben Mee Loan
Kieran Trippier Loan
Kieth Treacy Done

Players that could sign this week

Emile Heskey
Antony Gardner

07 Aug 2011 17:24:54
Chalton keeper ben hamer injured his finger last tuesday so he might not be playing against former team reading this tuesday, that is also why rob elliot started against bournemouth because chris powell wanted to see what robbie has to offer while he can as he has not re-newed his contract and might be offer to newcastle as pardew managed cafc so knows rob, birmingham as they might loose foster and other championship clubs

07 Aug 2011 16:47:15
Hey guys, just wanted to say that i saw the Norwhich v Parma friendly on Saturday. Was at the ground and thought you guys were very good. I think Norwich might be a bit of a dark horse this season. They play very good football. I myself am an Arsenal fan but any fan of football can appreciate when a team plays well. Just thought i'd pop along to say good luck for the season and if anything by what i saw on Saturday is to go by you wont need it

Si-Fan

Your just a creep

maximus

07 Aug 2011 15:53:08
Bristol City are going to open the books and let Nicky Maynard leave. The opening day hiding at the hands of a fairly average Ipswich side has confirmed that their Defence is as poor as usual and, regardless of the BC fans bleating on and on about how much money they have, Bristol can't buy until they sell. Maynard will generate enough money to buy a defence (of sorts) although they now won't get as much as they hoped cos Sven is chasing Long, and every other striker in the free world, plus a North Korean bloke... so everyone basically.


Fairly average Ipswich side? Someones a little bitter...

07 Aug 2011 14:31:09
06 Aug 2011 23:54:25
05 Aug 2011 11:33:55
ok its that time of the year again
predictions

hull - 2-2 blackpool
br'ton 2-1 doncaster
br..city 1-1 ipswich
covenrty 1-1 leicester
derby 1-1 b'ham
midd 2-1 porstmth
forest 3-0 barnsley..........Wrong again....Don't
write us of so quick
reading 3-2 millwall
soton 1-1 leeds
west ham 3-1 cardiff
peterbro 1-1 palace
burnley 3-1 watford


stick £1 on these and you will win

maximus
 A ha ha ha not a single one right

Didnt brighton win 2-1 ??????

07 Aug 2011 13:35:03
Anyone know if Newcastle are still keen to offload Smith?
Depressing yesterday...pity the wages will probably put paid to Leeds getting Smith, even on loan :-/

07 Aug 2011 11:15:47
07 Aug 2011 03:35:53
Bristol City are going to open the books and let Nicky Maynard leave. The opening day hiding at the hands of a fairly average Ipswich side has confirmed that their Defence is as poor as usual and, regardless of the BC fans bleating on and on about how much money they have, Bristol can't buy until they sell. Maynard will generate enough money to buy a defence (of sorts) although they now won't get as much as they hoped cos Sven is chasing Long, and every other striker in the free world, plus a North Korean bloke... so everyone basically.

Bitter much
COYB

Why does Nicky Maynard live in a book?

07 Aug 2011 09:57:19
big concerns over chelsea, ageing team , young novice manager with a no patience owner plus a 50mill striker whos not at the races, 50million sub, villas boas to end up on the dole with scolari grant and ancellotti

Not many teams can boast of a £50m sub. Ageing team, i wouldn't go that far....Lampard and Drogba are 33 but still have 2 years at the top in them. (Drogba is fitter and has had less injuries than Andy Carroll already).
McEachran, Van Aanholt, Sturridge, Lukaku, Luiz, Bertrand...the future is very bright for Chelsea. To win the Prem you need a healthy mix of youth asnd experience. You don't right off world class players just because they hit 33. Just look at Ryan Giggs..........that comment must of been posted by a paranoid Liverpool fan

Andy Carroll has got knees of a 42 year old, i'd be more concerned of that

Andy carrols(scoring for fun pre season)) ponytail wil score more goals than torres, , terry 32 benayoun 31 anelka 32 cech 32 cole 31 , chelsea are old,
ronnie rosenthalls balls

Chelsea ran out of steam early doors last season cos of that old ass team, not many teams have young players like suso raheem sterling n morgan, google them bad boys

Cech is 29, you know nothing about football, liverfool are crap.

Yeh you person john terry is only 30, are you thick or what, chelsea will stuff you scousers twice this season torres will score as will lukaku, easy 6 pts for the blues

Lol....Ran out of steam early on , Chelsea won their first 8 games you plank. Their problem was injuries in key areas (Cole, Terry, Lampard, Essien and Droba) and their lack of depth in their squad.
Cech is 29 my friend, thats still young for GK, and in the top 3 keepers in the world.
We've just signed his long term replacement, highly rated Thibaut Courtois and have loaned him to Athletico Madrid.
Yes Anelka and Drogba are 32 and 33 but Sturridge is 22, Lukaku is 18, Kalou is 26, Torres 27, that is a young forward line

Andy Carroll may score more than Torres as Torres will be on the bench. He won't score more than Drogba though....in fact Carroll won't even out score Lampard who is a midfielder and apart from last season which he missed 20 games has scored 20 goals plus for last 6 seasons

Got to love Liverpool fans who jump in without getting their facts right. Here is a list of players in the first team squad at Chelsea under the age of 25:

Van Aanholt - 21, McEachran - 18, Sturridge - 21, Gakuta - 20, Luiz - 24, Lukaku - 18, Bruma - 19, Ramires - 24, Romeu - 19, Rajkovic - 22, Bertrand - 22.....lets not forget Modric who is 26 and could sign within the next week

Liverpool arn't exactly the Busby Babes themselves and have alot of players wrong side of 30. In fact they have more players over 30 in their first team squad than Chelsea do :
Gerrard 31
Carragher - 33
Krygiakos - 32
Kuyt -31
Poulsen - 31
Rodriguez - 30

If i was a Liverpool fan i'd be more concerned with getting their defence sorted out. Have no defensive depth within their squad and on paper the weakest back 4 in the top 6 Prem teams.
Conceeding 15 goals in pre-season isn't a great sign

Lol rodriguez wont play nor will kyrygiakos and poulse, 1st team im talking bout, kelly 21 agger 26 johnnson 25 suarez 24 adam 26 downing 27 lucas 23 carrol 21 reina 28,flanagan 18 robinson 17 , spearing 22,all these lads u mentioned with exeption of rmirez luis n maybe sturridge will play, liverpool will hump u 2wice again

McEachran will play, Van Aanholt won't yet but thats because he's got the best left back in the world in front of him but he's ready to step in eventually.
Can't beleive Krygiakos won't get in, best defender in the world

I've heard that Lucas will be leaving

Looking forward to next weekend when Liverpool lose at home to the mighty Mackems

Anelka & Benyoun won't be regulars. Only Drogba, Lampard and Cole will be. Thats 3 players over 30.
Liverpool over 30 starters, Gerrard, Kuyt and Carragher, thats 3 starters.
Stop clutching at straws, we'll finish above you lot

07 Aug 2011 08:04:00
andy carroll has played 3 all f pre season games .scoring 3 out of 5 games, gr8 , and didnt realize how quick n powerfull he was, hes some player, a breast

WE AGREE HE IS A TIT.

Awe ur right there mate , hes an animal , suarez playing of him aswell, easily guna smash it this season
ronnie rosenthalls balls

A breast ??? do you mean a tit

You've hit the nail on the head there mate, he definately is a breast. Altho i would of used a different term (t1t)

The sooner he sheds the pony tail, the sooner people will maybe take him more seriously

3 goals in 5 pre season games, valencia couldnt handle him at all, hes peaking fitness wise and is an animal, aside from teams having to mark him closely and having 2 players on suarez with the like of stevie g downing adam coming in from midfield belting them in, carrols ponytail will bag a brace or 2 aswell, liverpool will be all over the league, youll need paint stripper to get them of it
ronnie rosenthalls balls

07 Aug 2011 03:36:52
First of all to thank dalglish on going for downing over mata everyone has there own opinion but mata would of been the more riskier option and downing looked physically better and sharper than mata last night.

My other point is that I believe to challenge for a top 2 finish we need 3 more players
A CB , LB and back up ST

For CB my fisrt choice would be shawcroos he's young, great in the air and is vocal so we wouldent miss carra as much ( try a 15m bid an if that gets rejected go for cahill who I recon is similiar too agger an we need a more commanding CB like shawcross try 12m for cahill ( dann last choice )

At LB I would test everton with a 15m bid for baines as they need money desperatly but if that gets rejected go for enrique 8m who is spanish an would be a gift for reina as all off his spanish team mates have left

Lastly ST now that chelsea have signed lukaku( quality player btw) they might let sturridge go he would be ideal as he's a good back up striker an could also play RW (short on opinions there) test them with a 13m Bidt we have a good relationship with chelsea since cole, benayoun and torres but the rivalry might just be to big to stop that deal . If that fell through I would bid 8m for shane Long very pacey and knows were the back of the net is (reminds me of augero an I don't no why :/ )

Any of the 6 targets I have mentioned from above would improve are team but I have stated my prefered 3 which would cost around 45m ( which is a lot ) but the otheer 3 would cost around 30m but it all depends on who we get rid off Trust in the king YNWA

Sturridge wouldn't be a back up option mate, he'd be in your first team

I'm hoping Sturridge gets more chances at Chelsea this season, so far in pre-season he's been red hot.
But even if Chelsea decided to sell him can't see him wanting to go to Liverpool as a 'back up striker', he's hungry and ambitiousso he'd move to a team where he'd get regular first team football. Why leave Chelsea where you're a squad player to go to Liverpool as a squad player. If anything he would more likely want to go to Spurs, Arsenal, Sunderland Bolton etc

Sturridge is to good for liversmall.
If they were to sign him, the price would be £25 million +.

07 Aug 2011 00:11:51
This from man utd fan. Will Buckley took his two goals superbly. Refree was a shambles lua lua didn't dive. Anyways Brighton will do well this season .