how lol will the january 2011 transfer market get?

I'm not expecting much. The really big transfers never happen mid-season any more, and Blackburn and Newcastle are too poor to bring the laughs. (Who exactly is going to take the Blackburn job? Kitty of £5m and owners who'll tell you what to do with it) I guess Harry's profligacy could do it but Spurs are well-run enough to keep him on a leash. Which leaves just City, but I don't really feel like they're itching to get in amongst it this time.

Voted 'Not even a funny story about being stranded in the snow?'

Would be surprised if anything remotely funny comes from either Liverpool or Newcastle in January. Would like to see Venkys spunk their entire transfer budget on paying Beckham's wages to get him on loan for four months.

I think the best best potential for lols is City deciding to sell a few players with no real interest in getting a big fee, and leaving us with something like Adebayor at Newcastle.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1340025/Wolves-boss-Mick-McCarthy-targeting-USA-striker-Robbie-Finley.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

^^^if this goes through it will be lol indeed

spurs will get rid of a few of the benchsitting wageslaves, prob on loan. nothing too exciting. would love to see crouch swapped for someone of quality

which striker(s) would you most like to see at spurs?

Who is the best striker in Europe not already cup-tied for the Champions League? Aside from Tevez + Torres obv.

Would keep Crouch for the CL alone. Happy to lose Robbie Keane as soon as possible so I can forget about the last two years and just remember when he was great.

forlan, dzeko, llorente, cavani, nilmar (?), demba cisse (on form)

i hope spurs aren't put off by buying a cup-tied striker, league is way more important this year.

its tough to name a name, really. I just hate how we play when crouch is up there. If he could head the ball it'd be different.

A striker with am aerial presence that plays looking forward, not coming back like crouch tends to. Even defoe comes deep more often than not these days, i'd like a real 'last man' striker to stretch defences a bit more. If he can get in the box so that the entirety of bale's crosses are no longer unattended, that'd be great too.

I'm well behind on my european footy tbh, so i've got no names as i said.

anybody ever seen this welliton dude play for spartak? scored 19 goals this season and 21 last season, only 24 years old. never been called up by brazil.

llorente or dzeko, yes, from what i've seen. Now that van basten II has started playin at schalke he's prob stayin there.

Forlan too old?

Carroll would be worth a shot, rodallega good cheap option that covers loss of keane as well as giving us something up front.

i think not buying huntelaar was a mistake. it seems like he was available, but arry thought he was not an improvement over what he already had. pretty rong, imo.

yeah, but then he'd had a bad year at ac and might have been considered a gamble?

Worthwhile one, imo, tho.

Who is the best striker in Europe not already cup-tied for the Champions League?

said it before, will say it again: HULK.

srs.

eh. Would feel like that was a risk tbh. Wasnt he a clumsy lw only two years ago?

Dzeko's agents probably openly tarting him to Man City as we speak, even with the change in the Tevez situation. Would take Carroll but not sure Newcastle will sell him unless for silly money. Forlan could be a hit or a miss but I would love it if we signed him. Would he go though?

(xpost forgot about HULK)

No. He was a Brazilian getting used to European football two years ago in a shit heap team. Now he is the spitting image of a young Drogba. I seriously think whoever is smart enough to get in there first will be fucking fearsome.

well ok add him up to the carroll list of 'worth a shot if we sell crouch'

i would buy falcao and hulk. i thought they were cup-tied.

also it's a myth that huntelaar wasn't performing. at both milan and madrd he barely got playing time, almost always as a sub and still scored goals.

You won't get Hulk, he's being lined up for the proper big money move to the proper big time aiui - expect to see him at Inter or Chelsea next year.

Move that won't happen but by rights should - Bellamy

bellamy in keane out, not enough of a change there for me. Huuuuge wages. Different when we needed cover at lw, maybe.

what abt this lad wickham, anyone?

wickham hasn't scored a goal this year, but will still cost 10m? seems crazy

i dunno, what would rooney cost?

or robbie keane, i guess

be fair, he's not actually been played while he's been shit. Well, not this past 18 months anyway

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — United States striker Robbie Findley will join English club Nottingham Forest if he is granted a British work permit.

LOL

Guardian club-by-club

hasn't changed my mind about nothing much happening, but now wondering if Glen Johnson to Spurs is a done deal? There've been plenty of stories assuming he's on his way out at Liverpool, and he's only linked with Tottenham here. It half makes sense - he'd be an up grade on Hutton at least

interesting hearing on the graun podcast about bayern munich negotiating with leighton baines and him of course not really feeling the scary playing abroad vibe

probably one for the "how kinda lol mostly sad will the january 2011 transfer market get" thread tbf, or aka why england are and always will be shit

not sure that rb is anything like a priority. Cf, lb, cb first

you guys, Freddie Ljungberg to Celtic. Transfer window is getting lolworthy!

Dwayne De Rosario too?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/celtic/8227089/Celtic-target-Dwayne-De-Rosario-is-a-bit-special-says-Paul-Dalglish.html

lol?

Was going to revive the MLS thread to ask about him. Yes/no? lol? I don't really know anything about him.

Oh what, we're after Niko Kranckjar now?

I'd take DeRo over FL any day fwiw.

kranjcar will surely go to a liverpool based club

kranckjar is what he'll be called when he moves to the bundesliga and is always injured

jancker is dutch slang for whinger iirc. Got nothin else

krank = sick

need more of these robin van injury / tomas rosicknote names

Jan Vennegoor of Hamstringknack was a brief but useful addition to this group.

Huth to Liverpool "very likely".

idk how well his skills will transfer to a less technical side

derosario famously scored one of the maybe top 5 free kicks of all time

of all time

youtube it, wait 'til the last replay and then gawp

ooft. cracker.

get him signed, hunskelper in the making! /gettingoverexcitedonthebasisofoneyoutubevid

Huth to Liverpool "sounds depressingly plausible imo"

krank = sick

need more of these robin van injury / tomas rosicknote names

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Jan Vennegoor of Hamstringknack was a brief but useful addition to this group.

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I attempted a Cesc Fibreglass last week but it didn't catch on.

fibreglass is one of the strongest and most durable materials in existence is the thing

Horatio Carbonfibari

Titanium Camara

Goretex Lovach

I attempted a Cesc Fibreglass last week but it didn't catch on.

― onimo, Tuesday, 28 December 2010 19:27 (38 seconds ago)

don't think u invented that! pretty sure you'd find citations from 2k5, 2k6...

remember when everyone was like lol who is this lil kid pretending to replace vieira, he's going to get KILLED

then gravesen et al couldn't get anywhere near him

Kevlar Prince Boateng

leon osmium

come now, osmium is fairly malleable - are u implying that leon is cumbersome and great with inertia - seems that his problem is the opposite

but this is petty carping. shunsuke nanotuba

osmium is fairly malleable

ie SOFT

don't think u invented that! pretty sure you'd find citations from 2k5, 2k6...

Yeah I googled it after I thought of it and was disappointed though not surprised to see it had been done before.

Fibreglass can be (and historically was) v brittle, lj. Also it had the word "glass" in it - could have gone with Fabreglass I suppose.

yuh but we're giving examples of hi-tensile materials ironically as a footballer's flesh and sinew is weak - osmium is a completely diff material - although I guess it's still ironic given its disparity w/ leon's playing-style - lightly incisive

if fellaini had his name, it'd fit like a glove

dzeko dzeko dzeko schteeve is going to have 35m to waste

starting to think that anchelotti is going to go lol to save his job

oh right 27m bid for dzeko is actually a ting.

your updates could be more helpful, y'know

fibreglass is one of the strongest and most durable materials in existence is the thing

― acoleuthic, Tuesday, December 28, 2010 1:28 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

actually do u kno what is stronger? connective tissue

#factsyoucanuse

not at arsenal it's not

Cesc Plastercast

i dunno, marks for attempt but very few of his injuries involve fractures iirc

stress flexiglass

It isn't accurate but sounds good. And at least implies injuries.

i'll grant u that

a hoy i think mclaren is nearly done at wolfsburg

rip

AC Milan have slapped an 8million euros price tag on fading star Ronaldinho.

The 30-year-old Brazilian international is in the final year of his contract with the Italian giants.

His former club Gremio had expressed an interest in taking him back to his homeland to finish his career during the January transfer window.

They had believed they may be able to get the former European Footballer of the Year for free.

However, after a meeting with the player's agent, Milan have decided that will not be the case.
Alert

Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani told the Football Italia website: "Whoever wants Ronaldinho has to pay 8million euros."

This news is sure to alert other Brazilian clubs such as Palmeiras and Flamengo, who could possibly complete this deal with the help of a sponsor.

Should the Brazilian maverick seek to continue his career in Europe, Liverpool have been mentioned as possible suitors, while Los Angeles Galaxy are also monitoring the situation.

ronaldinho for bolton

he was doing alright last season and he only gets linked to liverpool and galaxy

still feel kinda sad tho

we should have had at least a coupla years when we could compare messi and ronaldinho in the all-time stakes, maybe even playing on opposite wings

yeah it was a fairly smooth transition that.

utd should be trying for that move, imo

France Under-19 captain Gueida Fofana and Jamaica striker Omar Cummings are on Houllier's radar.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

Ljungberg signs with Celtic I see.

I'm hoping he's half the player he used to be, that should be enough to boss our shitheap of a league.

he fell off rly quickly in 06/07

I am not that excited, but at least they'll have someone to model the new clothing range on the big screens, taking a bit of the heat off Marc Crosas.

Crosas surely going to get punted now his gig as sportwear model is up :( bona nit, dolç princep.

RIP wee man, heaven needed someone tweeting pictures out of their hotel window at 4am the night before a game :-(

bona nit, dolç princep

^ if only people said that to him more often he might have been playing instead of fucking around on twitter at 4a.m. on matchdays.

lol xpost

GET OUT OF MY HEAD (that's twice in two threads in five minutes!)

still only 33, if he can stay fit hopefully he'll be more robbie keane than roy keane

catalan looks like romanian, i think there's actually a degree of mutual intelligibility between the two?

however u look at it, ljungberg is more robbie keane than roy keane

http://www.world-of-magic.co.uk/prods/full/AUDIENCEMGMNT-FULL.jpg

kinda suspicious that the rumoured gay footballers are either i) mixed race or middle class engand b players or ii) pretty boys w/ big marketing income

would be more believable if it was someone completely random like raul albiol or charlie adam

lol at the dude who got beat up by sol campbell's brother tho

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Sidwell to West Ham means the lol race for Scott Parker is about to begin, right?

Scotty Parker's about as good as he's always been, don't get why everyone should be falling over each other to have a race for him now

also, can't believe no B'Burn/Venky's in those poll options

just enjoying a retrospective chuckle at Allardyce's quote about being raring to get back into management 'with a club that matches my ambition', now it's become clear that that club is Blackburn Rovers

parker already had a scamble for him when he moved to chelsea. And he's been injury-free and performing where he hadn't been before.

Wheater to Bolton: Decent signing? This means that Gary Cahill is going to go overpriced somewhere any day, yes?

yes, to arsenal prob. Might well be worth whatever ye pay for him too.

Spurs to bid for HULK apparently. Could be amazing.

'Arry is obviously using me as a scout. Next up Javier Pastore.

lol u know all the obscure players

:)

Could Spurs buy Torres?

miguel torres maybe

Someone keep Harry on a leash please, it's starting to worry me. That said, a top-quality, reliable striker is what you need if you're really not going to shore up the back any. (did Pienaar sign yesterday? I can't remember)

would take m torres.

Hulk that'd be good two dropped points vs utd woud be worth it if it finally convinced arry that crouch is muck.

you're really not going to shore up the back any

4 clean sheets since dawson returned btw

he's been great, much improved in confidence/consistency this past year.

we got in a left/centre back already tbf, tho he's prob not seen as a challenger to ekotto

don't think khumalo plays lb?

think he might but not certain tbh

suarez would be a bit of a coup for relegation threatened liverpool...i want to believe. has a pretty wide range of media coverage.

also annoyed at people describing him as a villain or some shit after the wc. fuck ghana and their cheating, he is a hero. uruguay were easily the darlings of that wc for me.

Brucey's bumping his gums about Villa's behaviour over the Bent transfer. You'd think he could stfu for £24m.

totally. You got a fee you agreed too, shut your mouth or back yourself and turn it down imo.

he should spend more time deciding which of spurs stikers to buy next (please be crouch please be crouch)

that is the beautiful gossip actually.

Imagine palming keane and crouch off for 15m the pair

Pav would be a great signing for sunderland or similar, but tbf not sure he'd go.

also annoyed at people describing him as a villain or some shit after the wc. fuck ghana and their cheating, he is a hero. uruguay were easily the darlings of that wc for me.

― I see what this is (Local Garda), Thursday, 20 January 2011 19:23 (Yesterday)

tell that to the guy he tysoned

bakkal knows what he did

I'm not expecting much. The really big transfers never happen mid-season any more, and Blackburn and Newcastle are too poor to bring the laughs. (Who exactly is going to take the Blackburn job? Kitty of £5m and owners who'll tell you what to do with it) I guess Harry's profligacy could do it but Spurs are well-run enough to keep him on a leash. Which leaves just City, but I don't really feel like they're itching to get in amongst it this time.

Voted 'Not even a funny story about being stranded in the snow?'

― Ismael Klata, Monday, December 20, 2010 1:42 PM (1 month ago)

Would be surprised if anything remotely funny comes from either Liverpool or Newcastle in January. Would like to see Venkys spunk their entire transfer budget on paying Beckham's wages to get him on loan for four months.

― Inspector Anthony Slade, Monday, December 20, 2010 1:57 PM (1 month ago)

these guys knew where it was at

OH MY FUCKING GOD DID THAT JUST HAPPEN? 0
WTF? 0
LOL. 0
LOL Newcastle/City/Spurs 0

Best. Day. Ever.

tbf newcastle, city and spurs didn't do anything lolworthy

Spurs tried to sign Charlie Adam at about 10.55, that's a bit lol.

actually yes ok

chelsea's bubble just got that much bigger otoh. when that shit pops I don't think even Pete W will be unamused

city bought dzeko?

and he slew once-rich notts county ;_;

transfer deadline days up there as the most fun ini the whole year.

Carroll is what, abt ~7th, most expensive player in history. madness.

8th but even so.

Also with financial fair play rules not that far off, he could end up forever being in the top... 15?

Spurs bid for every striker in Europe and were rejected, and annoyed Everton by offering about 50p for Phil Neville, that was pretty lol. And yeah tried to buy Charlie Adam for no apparent reason.

Did Blackburn do anything interesting?

Rochina looks like a p dece signing, held on to Samba.

blackburn also signed Mauro Formica, young Argentine playmaker, who might be good.

apparently he gives it the kitchen sink

a true table-topper

I'd counter that.

Did Blackburn do anything interesting?

Punted Dioufy to his spiritual home.

I already made a table-topping joke about Formica on the Prem thread :-(

sorry, thought i stole it from somewhere

It's OK, I stole it off Facebook :-)