brommy

I'm engaged, innit.

Congratulations.

Did you hear the Holte's reaction to the recent marriage proposal at Villa Park?

Just met her. She's getting back together with her ex who broke up with her 8 days before she met me.

 

Glad to have closure

I'm glad it's over for you.

Take it as experience that the behaviour she exhibited is not normal. Either she was the type of woman to avoid, and/or, as it turns out, her mind was elsewhere. Someone else already wrote, if it's meant to be, things aren't that difficult.

Have i missed something here ? Has Benteke said he wants to leave this summer ??

Some assume that because he hasn't stated otherwise, he must be off. Waiting for all his options to be clear before making a decision to stay or go doesn't seem a possibility to some.

You really couldn't make it up!

Why not? The Mirror more than likely did.

Also, whilst we're still discussing BS articles, it did not state what the value of the cash to go with Defoe was. The £7m figure quoted was the value the sports writer assigned to Defoe. I don't know if they now use a random number generator or if they are still pulling numbers out of a hat.

Wow I only just bothered to read the article: "With Defoe now having turned 30, it is thought that Tottenham are ready to cut their losses on Defoe. They are ready to offer the player plus £7 million for Benteke’s services."

 

That is the single worst offer for any player ever. Defoe + £7m????? In my mind that values Defoe at £28m

 

I think you misread

From what i see, spurs value Defoe at 7M pounds which they want to substract from the price of Benteke, then Spurs would get Benteke for Defoe + 17M

Where does it state £24m?

If we were to sell Benteke, should we make a bid for Andy Carroll - young, hungry similar to Benteke maybe? -  stop those other media luvvies West Ham getting him too - added bonus!

Carroll would pay for his own wages in alice band sales alone. I read it in a publication called The Mirror.

Either some people on this board watch a remarkable amount of Danish football or this guy is really good on Football Manager 

I'm glad I'm not the only person who doesn't seem to know something about every professional footballer on the planet.

He's Nordic and a defender. That's all I need to hear. Bring him in.

 

Does he have a beard? And I'd prefer him to hate Freddie Ljungberg

I believe he has some dissimilarities to our Erik.

FFS Courtois is going to ask him this week about his future and to join him in Madrid. Why the **** do our players go on international duty

Even if he wasn't on international duty, he would still have a phone.

Don't think I've been so mad in a long time - spurs really are cheeky bast*rds...

They

make

stuff

up.

Why did he not say - Not only did the papers misquote me, I would like to go on record and say that as far as I am concerned, i will not be leaving Aston Villa this Summer. There can not be any other reason than the fact he is well and truly open to a move this Summer.

 

If he feels he is so indebted to lambert, why not say = The boss says i am not for sale so I am not for sale.

 

Instead its the usual and cringe worthy 'misquotes' from both the club and the player.

The player and club won't make the definitive quotes you want because they are still considering what options are currently open to them and what options may materialise over the summer. Making bold statements before decisions have been made is pointless and can be contradictory.

As inconvenient as it may seem, I don't see why we can't show patience while the player and club negotiate what is best for themselves.

Absolutely no problem with him going to Madrid for 25m. Get the deal done before a prem team comes in leaving him to rip us apart.

 

25m is a fair price. Lets get it over with and move on. I cant take 3 months of this. He clearly wants to go.

Even if it takes 3 months of you not being to take it, I'd rather keep him than take £25m.

It is not clear that he wants to go. It can be assumed that he is considering his options, some of which probably haven't even materialised yet.

Grow some!

 

 

Grow some what?

 

Im not crapping myself that he is off. Its inevitable. if not this season, the next. Lets just get it over with and move on. Summer after Summer we make a complete arse of something and we very rarely go into a season having had a full productive pre-season. If the offers are there - get it done and lets move on.

 

Considering his options means that he clearly wants to go imo. Or at least, it means it does not definitely want to stay.

Considering his options does not mean he 'clearly wants to go'. He might 'definitely want to stay' and be waiting for his agent to get him the best deal, but I think it's more probable he is happy to wait for all his options, including staying, before deciding.

It is correct that summers involving contract negotiations, purchases and sales, speculation and often downright rubbish about players are common for our club and most other clubs. I see no need for us to rush to accepting the first offers, just to 'get it done'. I'm not sure he will stay any more than it is 'inevitable' that 'he is off'.

Absolutely no problem with him going to Madrid for 25m. Get the deal done before a prem team comes in leaving him to rip us apart.

 

25m is a fair price. Lets get it over with and move on. I cant take 3 months of this. He clearly wants to go.

Even if it takes 3 months of you not being to take it, I'd rather keep him than take £25m.

It is not clear that he wants to go. It can be assumed that he is considering his options, some of which probably haven't even materialised yet.

Grow some!

Before we start telling spurs to 'jog on', there is every chance spurs know nothing of the article content.

Jog on, mirror.

Defoe and cash for Bentekke. Spurs are getting desperate now

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/tottenham-transfers-aston-villas-benteke-1932130

What a crock of stuff. Guesswork after guesses. I'm conflicted about dignifying the article with a comment but doesn't it seem odd how they quote an irrelevant value for Defoe but fail to bother guessing what the 'plus cash' amount is?

far more important things in life than the cover of a season review thingermee.

 

try to look this in his perspective..

A guaranteed first eleven player, a large contract offer and the adoration of singing fans should mean more than a DVD cover!

this is really great....  Christian is a sensitive men he will not like this at all... i don't uderstand... it doesn't make sense? :s

I'll be surprised if CB does not know how much the club and fans think of him. Please don't worry over these silly things!

Not sure if anyone else has heard this but he is leaving the club. No pay off, no transfer fee....will be announced when he returns from holiday.

Ireland has been on holiday for (insert number of months since his last decent game for us).

& by doing nothing ? A story every day or so about where he's going.

Can't see how that will help him or us.

You do realise statements make little to no difference?

Turkey going off now. Surely Greece next in a ripple effect. Greece has unemployment of 65% amongst young people ! Yes 65% !!

Could you wait until the end of August before you 'go Con' about my destination this summer?

Do we know if he has any specific release clauses that could trigger a move ??

No.

'Fear' at our level is a bit of BS, imo. There are only a couple of teams who are good enough to consistently have a home win record that makes visiting teams think 'we are very unlikely to win this game'. I doubt Everton, who only lost once at home in the league last season, created a sense of fear for the visitors. It's unlikely we are about to have two or three consecutive seasons with very few home defeats, so we can aspire to 'fear' but that's all it will be for a while. Besides, fear didn't prevent three teams winning at mold trafford last season.

Sorry for getting a bit off topic here, but what's the deal with the broadcasters of premier league only will be able to broadcast 1 15:00 kick off match on saturdays?

Higher attendance at matches?

Exactly that. It's to protect the attendances for the majority of matches (Premiership and league) which kick off on a Saturday at 15:00.

I call it the bathroom.

 

Some call it the loo.

 

Never liked the word loo.

When you visit the 'bathroom', does it have to have a bath in it?