The Official Summer 2011 Silly Season Thread

[Locke]

Liverpool have (finally) sold Paul Konchesky to Leicester, and apparently his mom is a complete psycho:

The mother of Liverpool defender Paul Konchesky has launched a scathing attack on supporters who have criticised her son, describing them as "Scouse scum" on social networking site Facebook.

On her Facebook page, she told Liverpool fans to stop "living off the past", described Roy Hodgson's side as "s**t" and previously said that the family would not be moving from their home in Dagenham to join Konchesky on Merseyside because "we don't like the way they talk".

Friends supported her posts with one saying:"The Liverpool scum don't know class when it hits them in the face."

Another friend urged her to ignore "dirty Scousers" and "clueless morons", but Reds fans reacted by sending angry messages, forcing the Facebook account to be shut down.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...855675?cc=5901

[d_phaneuf]

philmcnulty Phil McNulty
Liverpool have agreed a fee with Aston Villa for Stewart Downing - who will now undergo a medical. #fb

[d_phaneuf]

20m pounds

wow

when did John Henry strike oil, spending more than chelsea and man city

[d_phaneuf]

United's signing of Ashley Young looks like an absolute bargain

[SuperMatt18]

Where is Liverpool going to play all these players they are signing?

[d_phaneuf]

signing reeks of Bentley 2.0 to me

[kdogg]

Modric hands in transfer request:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo....html?ITO=1490

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by kdogg

Modric hands in transfer request:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo....html?ITO=1490

response given to him

[cheevers]

Originally Posted by Locke

Liverpool have (finally) sold Paul Konchesky to Leicester, and apparently his mom is a complete psycho:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...855675?cc=5901

Meh Liverpool supporters were unbelievably harsh on Konchesky, not surprised his mom stood up for him. And then the d bags harash his mom, stay classy Liverpool.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by cheevers

Meh Liverpool supporters were unbelievably harsh on Konchesky, not surprised his mom stood up for him. And then the d bags harash his mom, stay classy Liverpool.

Yeah, branding someone who trashes people for their accents and geography and labels them 'scum' and 'clueless morons' is a massive class act. She slandered a metro population of over a million. I'd never propose that Liverpool fans are the classiest in the world, but this is a clear case of an over-protective mother defending her son when some idiot got him in over his head.

She was bang on though, Hodgson was ####. Too bad her son didnt think so when he was running Fulham.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by kdogg

Modric hands in transfer request:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo....html?ITO=1490

Unfortunately, I cant see how the player doesnt win this.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

philmcnulty Phil McNulty
Liverpool have agreed a fee with Aston Villa for Stewart Downing - who will now undergo a medical. #fb

I like the signing because hes a natural wide player which Liverpool desperately need.

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

20m pounds

wow

when did John Henry strike oil, spending more than chelsea and man city

To be fair, the Liverpool squad had a much longer way to go than either of those teams. The squad was going to be hard pressed to challenge for a Champions' League spot as it was, so they had a fair bit of work to do.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Locke

Unfortunately, I cant see how the player doesnt win this.

He's locked up until 2015. If I'm Levy, I tell him he can rot on the bench if he doesn't want to play for Spurs.

[rubecube]

I also laugh at him giving Levy crap for supposedly going back on his word, since Modric has done the exact same thing.

[cheevers]

Originally Posted by rubecube

He's locked up until 2015. If I'm Levy, I tell him he can rot on the bench if he doesn't want to play for Spurs.

Speaking from experience (Charlton- Scott Parker) the best thing Spurs can do is move on quickly and look for that next star midfielder preferably for this year to make a run at champions league. We never fully replaced Parker and it hurt us in the long run. Sell him to Chelsea with the Chelsea are d-bags tax (35ish mil) and find someone new.

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by rubecube

I also laugh at him giving Levy crap for supposedly going back on his word, since Modric has done the exact same thing.

that's the hilarious part, Modric crying about Levy going back on this unwritten agreement as he tries to negate a contract he just signed

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by Locke

To be fair, the Liverpool squad had a much longer way to go than either of those teams. The squad was going to be hard pressed to challenge for a Champions' League spot as it was, so they had a fair bit of work to do.

Think they still need to replace 2/4 spots on the back 4 to have a real shot

they are solid up front and in midfield but I wouldn't say they have any real world class players at this point (outside of Reina)

so they need the back 4 to be very solid to have a chance in my opinion

surprised they aren't going after Cahill/Shawcross

[d_phaneuf]

At this point, assuming there are no more transfers but there obviously will be, I don't see the top 4 changing and I think Chelsea probly win the league

all could change on certain things, Modric, Fabregas, Nasri, Sneijder, Cahill/Shawcross, Spurs getting a striker etc.

but at this point no one has gotten that much better or that much worse

[DeanOMac]

http://football365.co.uk/news/21554/...ed-by-tackling

Haha I don't know if I am laughing harder at Clichy or Arsenal. Tackling should always be a part of training, within reason of course.

[Locke]

Liverpool sign Doni from Roma, so a new backup goalkeeper.