Football Banter Archive August 21 2013

21 Aug 2013 21:33:22
Hes supposed to be a good striker but he's always injury prone why Leeds have got rid

{Ed003's Note - submitted on Barnsley}

21 Aug 2013 20:09:43
There was 3 numbered un named saints shirts at the training ground last week now there's 2 due to osvaldo who's next?!

21 Aug 2013 16:57:28
Would love to see him at Tarn proven goalscorer at this level. Garry dicker and paddy McCourt to sign aswell?apparently been impressing flicker on trail

21 Aug 2013 13:21:03
New day, new rumours, new suggestions and same old names being touted round. As it stands at the minute I believe Billy Sharp is signing for 17 different clubs, all from someone in the know. I have also heard and read that Matt Phillips Blackpool's winger with the broken arm is allegedly signing for at least 4 clubs, all done deals just waiting to be announced. I want to know how, if a player is injured, he is going to be likely to be able to prove his fitness and pass a medical considering he has not trained properly for weeks and weeks. Now on the back of thatb I want to know what the point is of people making these spurious claims and expecting people to swallow them. With the best will in the world I do not envisage the majority of people to believe some of the stuff they are reading, however there may be a small minority who jump on the bandwagon. I have merely used 2 players as examples in this but anyone who like me reads this site regularly and pays attention to what is said will know there are many more. Please people if you are going to post, make it worthwhile and put something with substance, otherwise don't waste our time with your fabricated guff!

Thanks

{Ed001's Note - Downing joined Villa while long term injured, Carroll joined Liverpool while also suffering a long term injury. If you took the time to do some research, instead of venting your anger, you would see it happens a fair bit. The medical is not about basic fitness, that can be gained through hard work on the training pitches. They are more looking for long term issues with health, bone damage, organ damage etc that can cause problems.}

That is as may be Ed and it was not the main focus of my post it was more about people's fantasy rumours, every time that a [layer becomes available or is doing well then every man and his dog is wanting to sign them allegedly because of a true source close to the club, more often than not a 'man in the pub said'! I apologise Ed if my slight rant offended but surely people can see where I am coming from

{Ed001's Note - I do understand where you are coming from, with that. But you did ask how an injured player can be moving club, so I provided you with an answer to the question mate.}

No worries (big grin)

{Ed001's Note - I probably should have pointed that out to be fair, sorry.}

21 Aug 2013 10:38:18
Third McCormack bid rejected, time to move on and hope they struggle with their wage bill, he isn't worth more than 1.5m has had a couple of good games in the last 7 years with Leeds and Cardiff not enough quality for a whole championship season never mind if we do get promoted, we've cut our wage bill, Leeds need to cut theirs only one way for them. down

Very true. Though no world beater Ross had a few good games for us and most fans liked him. Unfortunately Dave Jones didn't and let him go.

Oooh don't get bitter, pet! It's obviously hard for Boro to attract any players of quality to the Riverside these days. Juninho could make a return though, again, eh?

21 Aug 2013 07:33:50
If the Sam Hird deal from Chesterfield to Rotherham goes through RUFC are getting a quality player in form. I feel sorry for him because it probably just hasn't happened for him the majority of his time at CFC. He suffered last season when Cook (and I am a Cook fan) played him out of position to accomodate Trotman which to me was very narrow minded. He is in top form at the moment but will obviously move aside to accomodate Cooper and Evatt. Gets turned a little too easy at times when he gets tight on attackers but on the whole reads the game well and can play a great long ball. Good luck if you go Hirdy and great signing for RUFC. Ventress