i thought they had £70m to spend? Could they not afford a pair of shorts for poor old Poldolski (?) with 2 legs?
Sunderland have signed another player, a 19-year-old Greek winger called Charis Mavrias and Norwich have brought in ex-Bolton striker Johan Elmander from Galatasaray. Lots of signings for both sides, so I guess there'll be some pressure on their managers to get results.
Thanks for the translation. Google clearly needs to add Scouse and Manc translators. A little conversation I once had. Scouse girl: "Ey ya saxy bahstahd! Gi us a nosh! Ya think he knows English? Ya think he undah STANDS meh. Me: "I know English, and I didn't understand you."
"Celtic hopes dented by Shakhter" is the headline on the bbc. "Jeez, tough draw for a prelim round" I think before I read down: Celtic's hopes of Champions League progress are dented as Shakhter Karagandy take a two-goal lead in the play-off first leg. Who???
You know? From the Kazakh league? Sure, its only a matter of time before that league is pushing on the Big 5's dominance in Europe. In fairness to Celtic, its some haul to go out to Kazakhstan for a football match, but at the same time, they should be winning these matches with their eyes closed.
I watched the game, Celtic showed very little ambition and really should have done a lot better. They have sold their best two players and replaced no one. I understand the thinking is they didn't need to buy yet to get through this tie and once qualified they could spend more. Could be a major cock up for them.
Just been on the Arsenal board, the transfer thread is 308 pages long... This is essentially made up of: 1-100: Ohhhh lots of money Ohhh Wenger Friend 101-102: Missing out on Villa 'Still plenty of time' 103-275: Missing out on everyone else 278-308: ****ING OUTRAGE HOW DARE WE LOSE TO VILLA!!!!! WENGER OUT KROENKE OUT GLAZERS OUT PISKIES COMING OUT
Clearly the Khazakstani sacrifice of a sheep before the match worked a treat. Wonder what the Glasgow equivalent will be for the return leg?
Indeed. It's melt-down over there! Just as I predicted it would be. This is going to be a fantastically amusing season for us Spurs fans.