All new transfer speculation 09

[El Rojo]

Kranjcar saying he wont sign a new deal at Pompey and will leave for free next summer.

 

I'd take him for about £5-6m.

 

Massive dose of the emporer's new clothes with Kranjcar for me. I've never seen him stand out in his average team.

[Woo]

Massive dose of the emporer's new clothes with Kranjcar for me. I've never seen him stand out in his average team.

 

Yeah same here, all I've ever noticed him for is the odd spectacular goal. But I've never paid much attention to Portsmouth bar MOTD.

[Ted]

Wheater is a decent shout there.

[lamai]

A mate has texted me saying Silva has trained with LFC for two days and that they have suspended betting.

 

Can anyone confirm this?

 

Bloody people using the forum again when they are sleep walking.

[AmerScouse]

i still don't understand why rafa hasn't talked pelligrino out of retirement. surely he can be our 4th choice centre half?

 

we honestly don't need someone like turner right now. i realize rafa is thinking long term with every signing and that this lad would eventually be carra's replacement, but in the current circumstances we should be looking at a stop gap type of deal. there are a shit load of players we could take on loan to fill this gap.

 

this smells of the club policy of not buying players over a certain age because of sell on etc. at some point the sporting aspect has to outweigh the financial aspect especially one that wouldn't cost very much overall

[Red Hot]

i still don't understand why rafa hasn't talked pelligrino out of retirement. surely he can be our 4th choice centre half?

 

we honestly don't need someone like turner right now. i realize rafa is thinking long term with every signing and that this lad would eventually be carra's replacement, but in the current circumstances we should be looking at a stop gap type of deal. there are a shit load of players we could take on loan to fill this gap.

 

this smells of the club policy of not buying players over a certain age because of sell on etc. at some point the sporting aspect has to outweigh the financial aspect especially one that wouldn't cost very much overall

 

I believe Rafa see's Turner as a short term target, someone he can move on in a year or so and make a decent profit in the mean time.

[Ted]

£11m for a short term option?

[WaltonRed]

Wheater is a good player I reckon but he'd want to play and Boro would want a wedge.

 

We should sign a stop gap as 4th choice this summer and then next summer start planning for JC's eventual demise.

[hamstrung]

A mate has texted me saying Silva has trained with LFC for two days and that they have suspended betting.

 

Can anyone confirm this?

 

I'd need to see your phone to confirm it 100%, but I trust you, so yes I can confirm it.

[Red Nick]

He's signing with Ribery in the morning!

[Sangria]

At least the debt will be lower, always look on the bright side eh.

[Red Nick]

At least the debt will be lower, always look on the bright side eh.

 

Thats the truth of it

 

Obviously it would have been better if Rafa had known about this when it became clear to the owners that this was there line of approach to raise the money to give to RBS

 

 

But yes hopefully it will make finding a buyer at a price they want 60m easier.

[Dirk]

There's more chance of us signing Ricky Villa than David Villa and more chance of us signing Silver from the Lone Ranger.

[Sangria]

There's more chance of us signing Ricky Villa than David Villa and more chance of us signing Silver from the Lone Ranger.

 

 

You cannot knock the optimism in some, or is it just stupidity and that should be knocked.

[SpeedyG]

Missed this at the time. I though tribal football was bad, but footballrumours.com is in a different league.

 

 

A relative of Kuyt's stylist has also been speculating on the imminent arrival of Huntelaar. The two are apparently close and Kuyt has endorsed him to Benitez.

[lpool08]

tink it could be just johnson,aqualani and turner...but luks like lucas has got better,been our best player pre-season..and ngog luks like a gud prospect..tink we defo need a new striker,voronin is terrible!! bring on 09/10

[Salou]

tink it could be just johnson,aqualani and turner...but luks like lucas has got better,been our best player pre-season..and ngog luks like a gud prospect..tink we defo need a new striker,voronin is terrible!! bring on 09/10

 

Anyone care to start on this?

[Spy Bee]

Anyone care to start on this?

 

He thinks that it is probable that we will only sign Glen Johnson, Alberto Aquilana and Tina Turner. He is impressed with the apparent improvement of Lucas, who he rates as our best player this preseason. He also thinks that David Ngog has shown some signs of promise. Ideally, he would like to see us recruit a new striker, because he is not convinced that Voronin is good enough.

 

He is very much looking forward to the season starting.

[Steve Holt]

He thinks that it is probable that we will only sign Glen Johnson, Alberto Aquilana and Tina Turner. He is impressed with the apparent improvement of Lucas, who he rates as our best player this preseason. He also thinks that David Ngog has shown some signs of promise. Ideally, he would like to see us recruit a new striker, because he is not convinced that Voronin is good enough.

 

He is very much looking forward to the season starting.

 

Class :D

[Hooch]

He thinks that it is probable that we will only sign Glen Johnson, Alberto Aquilana and Tina Turner. He is impressed with the apparent improvement of Lucas, who he rates as our best player this preseason. He also thinks that David Ngog has shown some signs of promise. Ideally, he would like to see us recruit a new striker, because he is not convinced that Voronin is good enough.

 

He is very much looking forward to the season starting.

 

wot e sed m8e, lolz!!

[Red Nick]

You cannot knock the optimism in some, or is it just stupidity and that should be knocked.

 

Probably both fantastic optimism and fantastic stupidity

[Moschops II]

True, so why do people keep picking pathetic little fights against the manager, when they should be focussed on the owners ?

 

Maybe had Parry and Bascombe not been feeding you lines Al, bout Rafa and you WUMing away, maybe the focus of the fans ire would have been on the owners all along.

 

Indeed, Parry has played you and Bascombe like a kipper, get a 'good red' to fight his battles for him, about transfers (Rafa said we'd get 100m for Xabi and Barry would cost £3.50) or the Academy (My lad works there, of course its in good hands) whilst at the same time diverting fans attention away from the real issue, that being the owners. Indeed, if Rick was such a red why wasnt he trying to out the owners, instead of using you and others to spin in order for him to save his job. Nice one Rick, yet again your sense of priorities are about number one and you say you dont play the numbers game !

 

Ive said it several times lately, but it really has been/is like the life of brian on here. Infighting and bitching amongst the fans, stupid, pathetic little arguments over anything and everything except the real issues at the heart of the problems at the heart of the club. In our best season for 20 years, instead of uniting against he common enemy, we squabble while all along while the owners do F all, but bleed us dry.

 

In fact, if the owners were Man Ham fans and wanted to do their best to undermine us then they couldnt have done it any better.

 

Post of the century.

[Sangria]

Redrosetints well said mate. That does not do it justice. It may not be post of the century but it just ooze what we should all be about.

 

Will rep you later.

[Red Nick]

RRT

 

Great post but I think its fair to prioritise the various debates

 

1 Fuck the owners off now

2 Be objecive about Rafa the manager because he is going to be the manager for a long time

 

For me its pretty simple, the transfer debacle shows where we should be venting our anger

 

As for Rafa I think he has had an excellent summer and made on very bad mistake but also made lots of great decisions and proved me wrong to boot.

 

Everyone knows my concerns and come the end of the season whatever th owner position he should still be accountable for his actions as a whole.

 

My view is that unless its as totally glaring as last season then he will get a stay of execution until the owners leave.

 

The problem for most Rafaites is I dont see how you can get behind the team and want the American out, the only way they will be forced to go is by playing to empty stadiums and that is the truth of it and there is more chance of me scoring with 3 jewish girls in Andalucia tonight than that ever happening

[The Dude Abides]

There's more chance of us signing Ricky Villa than David Villa and more chance of us signing Silver from the Lone Ranger.

 

So you’re telling me there’s a chance?