The Inevitable Summer Transfer Market Topic

[Crybaby Bunting]

Redknapp and Crouch are almost as close as Tevez and Kia ¬_¬

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

So is there a reason Burnley's not bringing anybody in? Can they not afford to?

[Guest Ringmaster]

They're a promoted side that's not generally yo-yo, so they're going to play it safe and probably try to build a team that can win the championship in 10/11

[Adam]

So is there a reason Burnley's not bringing anybody in? Can they not afford to?

Steven Fletcher, Brian Easton, Tyrone Mears, David Edgar & Rob Eckersley have all been signed this summer. They've brought plenty in, and they've been after Tudgay and Driver too. This added to a squad that already includes Jensen, Blake, Thompson, McDonald, Carlisle, Caldwell, Elliott, Alexander, Paterson, Duff, Eagles & Gudjonsson is pretty decent. They don't really need to sign loads of players, and it's not like they haven't signed anyone.

[Lord Nibbler]

What's the situation with the Portsmouth takeover? They have a pretty tiny squad as it stands. I can't see a strikeforce of Nugent and Kanu doing enough to keep them up.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Haven't they only got like 17 players in the entire squad...Including 4 goalkeepers or something...

[Adam]

Pompey played 5 african or french trialists on saturday and drew 0-0 at Basingstoke. Looking good for them...

Their first team squad consists of 20 players, including Marc Wilson and Asmir Begovic. Plus Distin & Campbell are expected to leave.

[stokeriño]

I wasn't aware it was possible for anyone not to beat Basingstoke.

[alldaws1]

I wasn't aware it was possible to lose 6-1 at Leyton Orient. Apparently it is, though.

[Adam]

I was well aware of it, having seen my side lose 8-0 to Leyton Orient, in competitive games, TWICE.

[Ben E.]

Manchester City "close to agreeing" a £16m fee with Arsenal for Kolo Toure. So, good/bad signing for City if it goes through? I think he'll be good, but at what point do the high profile players think of the club as a joke because of the money they're throwing around, and just not put in the effort they should? I think they might have already fallen into that trap with Adebayor.

Oh, and in the Newcastle- Orient game Tim Krul was shite. I only saw the goals, so I don't know how the whole team performed(probably in the normal 'don't give a fuck' mode), but watching the goals, I'm surprised we didn't concede more with that kind of performance.

Edited July 28, 2009 by Ben E.

[stokeriño]

Forget Adebayor - Robinho got there first.

[Adam]

Hopefully Toure signing will mean they give up on Lescott and just go for Upson, or stick with Dunne, Toure, Onuoha and Kompany. There might be someone else, I can't remember.

[METALMAN]

I am still unsure whether I want Man City to do well next season. It would be good if they shook up the top four a bit, but on the other hand it would be hilarious to see their massively expensive team getting hammered at home by Burnley,

[Adam]

Ya see, I don't mind seeing someone different in the top four, but I don't want it to be someone who got there purely by having shitloads of money, like Chelsea kind of did, although they were already a regular feature in Europe, whereas Man City aren't.

I dunno, I'd just rather see a team like Everton, Villa or Tottenham break it than Moneybags City.

[alldaws1]

Me too, I think it would be brilliant if Man City finished worse than last season, just to show that money doesn't exactly equal success. Saying that though I think they will have a good year, most likely finishing top five or six. If they do crack the top four I hope they do it at Arsenal's expense

Edited July 28, 2009 by AD

[Bryan Blade]

What is wenger doing selling toure though we should be strenghtening(don't ask me how to spell it) oursleves not them manc scum

[Captain Kirk]

What is wenger doing selling toure though we should be strenghtening(don't ask me how to spell it) oursleves not them manc scum

How do you spell ourselves though?

[Pesci]

What is wenger doing selling toure though we should be strenghtening(don't ask me how to spell it) oursleves not them manc scum

Toure's been shakey for a while now, in an ideal world Arsene would use the money to buy a decent centre back and/or defensive midfielder but they'll probably just use a little bit to buy some French 17 year olds and put the rest in the bank.

I really really hope Ibra does well at Barca. I don't have an opinion on him one way or another (though to have such a good scoring record he has to be doing something right) but if another person says "am I the only one who thinks he's overrated?" to me when I haven't heard anybody mention him without saying he's overrated for a couple of years, I might hit somebody.

[Thomas]

It's good to see that, despite all the debt Everton have had for years, they are now at a point where they can stave off an £18m offer for a defender. Whereas Arsenal can't.