Re: Close Season Football Chat : Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:00 pm  

Smiggs wrote:

I'm hearing the same from some very good sources that's it's almost a done deal and the backers are very, very rich men.

You heard the '2 trill' 'rumour'?

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:05 pm  

Robbie Rotten wrote: You heard the '2 trill' 'rumour'? This sort of backs up what I'm hearing http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=811609&sec=england&cc=5739

Robbie Rotten wrote: You heard the '2 trill' 'rumour'? This sort of backs up what I'm hearing http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=811609&sec=england&cc=5739

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:07 pm  

Rughead wrote:

Rafael Marquez has signed for New York Red Bulls. They're gonna have a good team going on there with Henry and Juan Pablo Angel.

Must admit just looked up their squad and those were the only three players I'd heard of.

If they're all fit though they should match anything else in the MLS! Marquez is still good enough to do a job in Europe, as is Henry even if not every week.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:36 am  

Smiggs wrote:

I know that, my point was that I don't wish for Liverpool to be anything like Man City or Chelsea. I just want Liverpool out of the hands of those two yanks and back to being a profitable club (which it is) without the leveraged debt that they have burdoned the club with. Liverpool doesn't want or need a sugar daddy, it has it's own history and doesn't need to buy one.

I think I'd rather have a sugar daddy than become the slick merchandising operation United have, where they'd sell the steam from Rooneys mickey to make money if they could.

But to compete at the top level these days you have to have one or the other. History is all well and good, and you are right we don't need to buy one or fake support by giving away flags to try and create an atmosphere, but history won't get you trophies.

Anyway, this is a hedge fund that is backing this bid, and they do not spend money they won't get back so I don't expect a major splurge.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:18 pm  

Wire_85 wrote:

:SLEEPY:

A good balanced response. Well done.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Wed Aug 04, 2010 4:10 pm  

Genoa have signed Rafinha from Schalke 04. Another good signing for them.

[Wanderer]

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:36 pm  

Wanderer wrote:

Really disappointed that Jack Wilshere won't be coming back to the Reebok on loan. The blow might be softened if we manage to sort out deals for Ivan Klasnic and Real Madrid striker Rodrigo Moreno.

At least we got one sorted.

[Matt_Horton]

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:56 pm  

And this weeks Champions League

FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-0 AC Omonia Nicosia
FC Red Bull Salzburg advances 4-1 on aggregate

MK Žilina 3-1 PFK Litex Lovech
MK Žilina advances 4-2 on aggregate

KAA Gent 1-3 FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv advances 6-1 on aggregate

FK Zenit St Petersburg 1-0 FC Unirea Urziceni
FK Zenit St Petersburg advances 1-0 on aggregate

KKS Lech Poznan 0-1 AC Sparta Praha
AC Sparta Praha advances 2-0 on aggregate

RSC Anderlecht 3-0 The New Saints FC
RSC Anderlecht advances 6-1 on aggregate

Hapoel Tel Aviv FC 3-1 FK Aktobe Lento
Hapoel Tel Aviv FC advances 3-2 on aggregate

FC København 3-2 BATE Borisov
FC København advances 3-2 on aggregate

FC Sheriff Tiraspol 1-1 NK Dinamo Zagreb (After Extra Time)
Aggregate 2-2. FC Sheriff Tiraspol advances 6-5 after penalty competition

FC Basel 3-1 Debreceni VSC
FC Basel advances 5-1 on aggregate

Fenerbahce SK 0-1 BSC Young Boys Bern
BSC Young Boys Bern advances 3-2 on aggregate

Rosenborg 3-0 AIK
Rosenborg advances 4-0 on aggregate

HJK 1-2 FK Partizan Beograd
FK Partizan Beograd advances 5-1 on aggregate

PAOK FC 3-3 AFC Ajax
4-4 on aggregate, AFC Ajax advances on away goals

Celtic FC 2-1 Sporting Braga
Sporting Braga advances 4-2 on aggregate

Draw for next stage is on Friday

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:21 pm  

T'is all a bit mad at the moment. Rumours saying CIC are backing the Huang bid/proposal, with some saying they have £300bn to spend overseas.

I dunno what to make of it all, really, but the pieces on CIC seem 'encouraging'.

Fingers crossed we're not another Citeh.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Aug 05, 2010 4:32 pm  

Robbie Rotten wrote:

Dear oh dear. More of our supporters were buzzing about bringing Aurelio back than bringing Cole in.

They wern't though. Well non that I heard anyway, all of the ones I know where buzzing and going a little OTT when Cole signed. Not really mentioned Aurelio.