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Paolo's Pecs said:
To the contrary mate, £7 million is a big, big fee for a lad who was in the last year of contract and thus available to sign a pre-contract for nothing in January.

Kinda similar to the deal you guys did with Holtby, except you haven't pissed about till January.

**** me you need 2 strikers though, I assumed Benteke was nailed on.
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Reportedly, we were given a deadline of last Thursday to pay the £25mil, which Villa refused to negotiate, and to complete the deal. We were not prepared to pay that, and backed out of negotiations.

How much truth there is to that, I don't know. But it would not surprise me at all if it were pretty close to the truth.
 
NowsufferinginSpain said:
Reportedly, we were given a deadline of last Thursday to pay the £25mil, which Villa refused to negotiate, and to complete the deal. We were not prepared to pay that, and backed out of negotiations.

How much truth there is to that, I don't know. But it would not surprise me at all if it were pretty close to the truth.
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£25 million is a piss take mate, you were quite right to decline that.

He could go either way next season and end up the 'new Adebayor', and Villa will be ****ed.

I don't expect him to go that way, but he could, £15 million tops, maybe add-ons to 18-20.
 
PleaseNotPoll said:
Does anyone else remember the Liverpool New Signing clips from last season? They've done it again:

[video=youtube;r9eHiO-FZcQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9eHiO-FZcQ[/video]

Can they do one on Messi, please?
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Looks a bit like Ronnie Rosenthal on those clips. ;)
 
Looks like Bale's days are numbered on the wing then. Seems AVB has taken the (sensible) decision to move him into that free role given the success he had there last season.
 
PleaseNotPoll said:
Does anyone else remember the Liverpool New Signing clips from last season? They've done it again:

[video=youtube;r9eHiO-FZcQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9eHiO-FZcQ[/video]

Can they do one on Messi, please?
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Likes scoring against teams in red shirts with white sleeves. Good sign.
 
This could a possible formation next season that I think would work: (4-2-3-1) {Bale playing behind the striker/ or as a 2nd striker}
____________Loris
Walker___ Kabul___Vetonghen ___BAE/new signing
____Paulinho/Sandro __Dembelle
Lennon_______Bale____________Chaldi
________Soldado (new striker)
 
spurs0077 said:
This could a possible formation next season that I think would work: (4-2-3-1) {Bale playing behind the striker/ or as a 2nd striker}
____________Loris
Walker___ Kabul___Vetonghen ___BAE/new signing
____Paulinho/Sandro __Dembelle
Lennon_______Bale____________Chaldi
________Soldado (new striker)
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Sandro starts every game for me, Dembele should be the one more concerned over Paulinho.
 
Chadli should provide good competition for wing positions to Lennon, Sigurdsson, Townsend and Dempsey.

On Holtby I have to say he seems to run about a lot and pull off a flick every now and then but not offer much else.
 
PISKIE said:
I would have said Paulinho would be more likely to play the Modric role.
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2 different styles completely, chalk n cheese, not remotely similar...You come here to talk football...why? its a subject you know so little about!

You've started a thread to eventually get onto your anti Holtby diatribe is all that this is.

<doh>
 
SpursDisciple said:
What we don't know if whether the refs kowtowed to Utd because they are Utd or because of Fergie. I suspect we haven't seen the end of them getting the benefit of the doubt all the time.
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I also suspect it might be ingrained it the current bunch of refs despite the man not being there. He still casts a giant shadow.
 
Wandering Yid said:
Sandro starts every game for me, Dembele should be the one more concerned over Paulinho.
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Agreed, if we stay with 4231. If we go 433 though we could field a very tall and strong 11 with: Lloris; Walker, Dawson, Kaboul, Benny; Paulinho, Sandro, Dembele; Bale, Ade, Chadli. We'd be like Stoke except we can play football :)
 
notsosmartspur said:
2 different styles completely, chalk n cheese, not remotely similar...You come here to talk football...why? its a subject you know so little about!

You've started a thread to eventually get onto your anti Holtby diatribe is all that this is.
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You need to go to bed earlier <ok>
 
notsosmartspur said:
<doh>...I suppose it would never occur to someone as dim as you [namely, PESKIE] that a poster might not necessarily be in England...its not bedtime or past it where I am.
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<laugh>

Please, notso, you've got to stop owning PESKIE. It's simply not fair, and pretty dull for us, too. I mean, who wants to watch a turkey-shoot?
 
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