Shamelessley lifted from Talkshite Transfer deadline day is like a soap opera for football fans, except it's about million times more entertaining (50 million where Torres was concerned) and with far less Ian Beale. If Charles Dickens was around today, he'd sack off Christmas, have Ebeneezer Scrooge open up his window and when he asks that little lad across the road, "What day is this?" the response would be, "Why, it's Transfer Deadline Day of course!" Yes, we bloody love it and here's why⦠1. It's possible to watch Sky Sports News for hours on end without the same story popping up again and again and again. Who needs to look at the Scottish Second Division table on the right-hand side when there's news just in that some foreign bloke may or may not be having a medical somewhere! 2. Harry Redknapp drives in and out of Tottenham's training ground speaking to reporters out of his car window, in between categorically not being a 'wheeler dealer' and completing five transfer in the last hour. 3. You can tweet the most implausible rumour â "My cousin's mate's nephew's brother was on the A5183 and saw Kaka coming from the direction of Luton Airport. Definitely signing for Norwich" â and it'll be probably mentioned be on a transfer ticker before you can scream 'BREAKING NEWS!' 4. Attractive female sports presenters get flustered on a regular basis. A beautiful woman who gets excited about Bradford trying to sign a former Burnley defender? That's living the dream. 5. The countdown clock. Counting down to the New Year is old hat now we've got the Transfer Deadline Day countdown. Just four hours, six minutes and three seconds for Bournemouth to sign a striker! Come on! 6. You get to hear reporters excitably saying ridiculous lines like, "I can confirm Peter Crouch's dad is on his way to Stoke City's training ground!" while a mob with nothing better to do assemble behind for the cameras and let out a roar as if they've just signed Lionel Messi. 7. Speaking of which, a helicopter hovering above your head suddenly has the potential to be Lionel Messi flying in for a medical. In fact, any kind of transport you see, hear or even smell has the potential to be carrying a player to a major move, somewhere. Anywhere! 8. You can skive off work and sit in your pants all day awaiting news on that Ligue Un player you've never heard of joining your club. Who cares how much it will cost the economy⦠it's bloomin' Transfer Deadline Day! 9. Football clubs use fax machines to complete deals. In 2011. FAX MACHINES! 10. There's always a chance El-Hadji Diouf will leave the country for good.
I love the mob. There was one fella at the Arsenal ground getting jostled and looking a bit annoyed. It all went quiet and you heard him say "I don't even know why I'm here. I don't even ****ing support Arsenal." Best behaved mob were Spurs, worst offenders were Stoke! Quality.
Did you see the bald kiddy at the Emirates? He kept on making faces and nodding in agreement with the reporter with a manic grin on his face - had me in stitches
That Jim White off Sky is the worst of them all... He can make a unibond transfer to a Blue Square signing comparable to that of a Messi or Ronaldo moving rooms let alone clubs...!!! Cant be doing with the man... Why dos he have to shout out everything he has to read...!!!
Jim White. He gets more excited than Chris ''Unbelievable Jeff'' Kamara over the slightest thing. I was delighted it was him that was reporting when Hicks and Gillett sold Liverpool to FSG, he did so with so much enthusiasm.
She didn't look as well as she normally does, she didn't have one of her low cut tops on. I reckon it would have been better if Charlotte Jackson was on, she always wears low cut tops.
