2010/2011 Premier League Thread

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Locke

I for one am highly skeptical. VDV is one of the world's premier midfielders, him for 11M Euro is a joke, and only happens because Real deem him surplus to requirements. Further, 'Arry's on the Sherry if he thought he could land him inside of 4 minutes.

Sounds like the deal might be done for $8M.

[d_phaneuf]

yep Harry was just on Sky Sports saying all they are waiting for is to see if it gone done in time, supposedly them and Madrid asked for extra time because its an international transfer

8m would be a steal wow

[Pagal4321]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

Arsenal not getting a keeper shocks me even more than Spurs doing nothing

Almunia is going to cost them multiple points this season

All I hope is that Flapianski isn't the backup keeper, becuase he will cost us MANY more points.

Wait till January now, I suppose.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Sounds like the deal might be done for $8M.

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

yep Harry was just on Sky Sports saying all they are waiting for is to see if it gone done in time, supposedly them and Madrid asked for extra time because its an international transfer

8m would be a steal wow

That would be an incredible steal. VDV is one of my favourite players and will help Spurs immensely.

[d_phaneuf]

from harry

"It (The Rafael van der Vaart deal) is still dragging on. We have been trying to do something but we are waiting to see if it has all gone through and we are hoping it has. It's something to do with clearance. I think he was going to Bayern Munich yesterday for £18m and suddenly he became much cheaper. They let me know around 1600 BST that he was available for £8m and for that money he is a top player who will definitely improve us. The fee has come crashing down because the deadline is so close. He's a great passer of the ball, he's a top footballer, he will join in here and be a big plus for us. We were also interested in Ryan Babel, he was a player we made an enquiry about but it never came close."

[Jagger]

VDV for 8m! Are you kidding me? Steal of the season for Spurs if this one comes off.

[d_phaneuf]

Arsenal signed Arshavin like a week after the deadline and blamed it on some snow

if the Premier league turns this down it would be ridiculous

[Locke]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

Arsenal signed Arshavin like a week after the deadline and blamed it on some snow

if the Premier league turns this down it would be ridiculous

I dont know what to say. Its an insane deal. It was a little late, but I dont know how sticky they get in regards to that.

[d_phaneuf]

decision is expected tomoro as to whether they got it through on time, if it was Cheslea or Man U I would have no doubts it gets passed

but who knows with Spurs...

[united]

Holy crap! Van Der Vaart for 8 million would be an unreal buy for Spurs. Talk about bang for buck, that's a steal for a well known player of his caliber.

[Coys1882]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

decision is expected tomoro as to whether they got it through on time, if it was Cheslea or Man U I would have no doubts it gets passed

but who knows with Spurs...

I bet if this gets rejected, Levy turns the legal action button to 11 on the FA.

[chris_yk]

Looks like it's gone through:

http://twitter.com/FourFourTwo/status/22710875701

Good signing.

[Cactus Jack]

Originally Posted by Locke

Honestly from South Africa I dont think I can recall him scoring a single goal from open play. So, if you're anticipating earning a lot of penalties, he will score....most...of them.

Gyan showed a lot of quality for Ghana in the WC. He played lone striker and faced at least 2 defenders at all times and always looked dangerous. He did it all by himself. I think his pace and strength is underrated because he doesn't really blow by people like a young Owen.

Most of his WC goals were penalties but I believe he also put the States away by receiving a through pass and beating two US defenders to get a good shot on. Golazo

[Coys1882]

Originally Posted by chris_yk

Looks like it's gone through:

http://twitter.com/FourFourTwo/status/22710875701

Good signing.

A special shout out to all Sunderland supporters who gave Sol C**tball a torrid time at the reserve match the other day. I guess the heckling was sublime. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy!!

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http://transfermarkt.de/en/premier-l...ewerb_GB1.html

A good site to view transfers in and out by team.

[chris_yk]

Originally Posted by Coys1882

A special shout out to all Sunderland supporters who gave Sol C**tball a torrid time at the reserve match the other day. I guess the heckling was sublime. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy!!

hahah yeah that was hilarious, I guess the reserve match was pretty heated between the fans last night, I can only imagine what the actual derby will be like! looking forward to it!

[d_phaneuf]

each teams 25 man team for the season (until the transfer window in January) is here

http://www.premierleague.com/page/He...142220,00.html

no real big omissions, some teams didn't even name 25

only interesting thing to me was I thought it was that you needed 8 home grown players and that is not the case, its a maximum of 17 non homegrown players

so Arsenal only named 7 homegrown on their roster (although Gibbs and Wilshere are u21 so they don't need to be)

Chelsea only have 4 home grown players on their list of 19

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http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...368876,00.html

Ancelotti wins manager of the month and Scholes player of the month.

No surprises there.

[d_phaneuf]

Agree on Scholes

I would have given manager of the month to Holloway though, I know Chelsea got maximum points but look who they played

the degree of difficulty in Blackpool picking up 4 points, including a win away was far greater

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Also of note, Rooney returns to Everton tomorrow which is always hostile as is and with his recent personal BS it will be even more electric.