City's £30m Eto'o swoop

[Aussie!]

Re: City's £30m Eto'o swoop

looks like we are starting to see the club trying to get the targets in ASAP

interesting few weeks ahead

interesting seeing the window doesnt open till a months time

 

[seventeen hands]

Re: City's £30m Eto'o swoop

looks like we are starting to see the club trying to get the targets in ASAP

interesting few weeks ahead

interesting seeing the window doesnt open till a months time

Lol.

 

[SambaMike]

Re: City's £30m Eto'o swoop

looks like we are starting to see the club trying to get the targets in ASAP

interesting few weeks ahead

interesting seeing the window doesnt open till a months time

The window is open

 

[simonr555]

Re: City's £30m Eto'o swoop

looks like we are starting to see the club trying to get the targets in ASAP

interesting few weeks ahead

interesting seeing the window doesnt open till a months time

The window is open

The window officialy opens on 1st July but any team is permitted to do business before that date but the player would not join a new club until the 1st July.

 

[Dancini]

Re: City's £30m Eto'o swoop

We can sign players but we can't register them until the 31st of June (I think, something like that) but for all intensive purposes they are our players and I am fairly sure we can ask for them to train.

 

[nickson71]

Re: City's £30m Eto'o swoop

looks like we are starting to see the club trying to get the targets in ASAP

interesting few weeks ahead

interesting seeing the window doesnt open till a months time

The window is open

The window officialy opens on 1st July but any team is permitted to do business before that date but the player would not join a new club until the 1st July.

also read the rules on page 150 of the Premier League handbook and look for the definition of the "season" on page 73

The link to the handbook RULES section is below

http://www.premierleague.com/staticFiles/7a/20/0,,12306~139386,00.pdf

 

[Andouble]

Re: City's £30m Eto'o swoop

what if we'd sign Tevez AND Eto'o? Would they play in the same side? Can you really play both AND Robinho?

 

[Gareth Barry Manilow]

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what if we'd sign Tevez AND Eto'o? Would they play in the same side? Can you really play both AND Robinho?

yes.

____________ETO'O_________
ROBINHO----------TEVEZ

 

[southstand117]

Re: City's £30m Eto'o swoop

AJAY......Ive got a mole on my back and its itching but I dont want to scratch it as it might bleed....WHAT SHOULD I DO?

Not sure mate but I will ask the guys at ADUG and see if they allow me to tell you what they think :)

Ajay, what do you make of TFM's on going saga of the villa deal, apparently we are the only club to have made an offer.

 

[Tez Tosterone]

Re: City's £30m Eto'o swoop

_______________________GIVEN____________________

ZABALETA_____ DUNNE__________ONUOHA_____BRIDGE

WRIGHT-PHILLIPS___ DE JONG_____IRELAND____BARRY_

_______________TEVEZ_______________ROBINHO------

 

[bluemoondays]

Re: City's £30m Eto'o swoop

what if we'd sign Tevez AND Eto'o? Would they play in the same side? Can you really play both AND Robinho?

yes.

____________ETO'O_________
ROBINHO----------TEVEZ

Lots of options, sneaked Gareth Barry in there :)

Chelsea style 4-3-3

...................Eto'o..................
Robinho.........................Tevez
...........Barry.........Ireland........
....................DJ.....................

or 4-3-2-1

..................Eto'o....................
..........Robinho.....Tevez...........
....Barry........DJ.......Ireland.......

or even (w'out Barry) - 4-2-3-1

...................Eto'o..................
Robinho........Ireland........Tevez
...........................................
............VK............DJ.............

Some midfielders may become impact subs/squad players for cover (SWP, Johnson, Petrov etc)

 

[sam221985]

Re: City's £30m Eto'o swoop

As I said in another thread, if Eto'o was seriously gonna sign for an Uzbekistani team at one point I reckon he is motivated by money enough to overlook the step down from a CL-winning side to an up and coming one.

 

[Cambridgeblue]

Re: City's £30m Eto'o swoop

We can sign players but we can't register them until the 31st of June (I think, something like that) but for all intensive purposes they are our players and I am fairly sure we can ask for them to train.

It's "intents and purposes", not intensive... cf the "Oxford & Cambridge Act 1571" (<a class="postlink" href="http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?ActiveTextDocId=1518204" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.as ... Id=1518204</a>)

but in substance I think you are right...

 

[nickson71]

Re: City's £30m Eto'o swoop

We can sign players but we can't register them until the 31st of June (I think, something like that) but for all intensive purposes they are our players and I am fairly sure we can ask for them to train.

It's "intents and purposes", not intensive... cf the "Oxford & Cambridge Act 1571" (<a class="postlink" href="http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?ActiveTextDocId=1518204" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.as ... Id=1518204</a>)

but in substance I think you are right...

I don't based on the official transfer rules we can register players now

but in effect the outcomes the same

 

[ElanJo]

Re: City's £30m Eto'o swoop

-------------------Eto'o---------------------

Robinho---------------------------------SWP............................Easily switch fluently over to a 4 man mid to play Rob upfront in a 2 :

------------Tevez-------Ireland--------------...........................Tevez-------Toure--------Ireland-------SWP

-------------------Toure---------------------

Bridge----Onuoha-----Kompany(C)--Richards

-------------------Given---------------------

Subs:
Hart
Zabaleta
Dunne
De Jong
Elano
Weiss/Boj
Bellamy




I smell success :)

 

[chris63]

Re: City's £30m Eto'o swoop

ETO TEVEZ ROBINO SWP.

All we need now is Snow White.

 

[Gareth Barry Manilow]

Re: City's £30m Eto'o swoop

As I said in another thread, if Eto'o was seriously gonna sign for an Uzbekistani team at one point I reckon he is motivated by money enough to overlook the step down from a CL-winning side to an up and coming one.

That was a ploy by his agent. He turned down Spurs because they weren't a big enough club last summer.

 

[Ash]

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........................Given

..Richards...Kompany...Onuoha...Bridge

..........Barry...De Jong...Ireland

.....Tevez........................Robinho

.....................Eto'o

Fucking hell. Last week that team would of looked like a fantasy/un-realistic team. Now it seems it could happen. With the possibility of signing one or two class defenders, we are not far off, if not already in the top four. Much better than Arsenal's squad. Maybe we could get Toure or Clichy off them :D . It's looking good!

 

[Andouble]

Re: City's £30m Eto'o swoop

........................Given

..Richards...Kompany...Onuoha...Bridge

..........Barry...De Jong...Ireland

.....Tevez........................Robinho

.....................Eto'o

Fucking hell. Last week that team would of looked like a fantasy/un-realistic team. Now it seems it could happen. With the possibility of signing one or two class defenders, we are not far off, if not already in the top four. Much better than Arsenal's squad. Maybe we could get Toure or Clichy off them :D . It's looking good!

maybe better starting XI. Better squad? No. And that's what will seperate us from the top 4.

 

[Ash]

Re: City's £30m Eto'o swoop

........................Given

..Richards...Kompany...Onuoha...Bridge

..........Barry...De Jong...Ireland

.....Tevez........................Robinho

.....................Eto'o

Fucking hell. Last week that team would of looked like a fantasy/un-realistic team. Now it seems it could happen. With the possibility of signing one or two class defenders, we are not far off, if not already in the top four. Much better than Arsenal's squad. Maybe we could get Toure or Clichy off them :D . It's looking good!

maybe better starting XI. Better squad? No. And that's what will seperate us from the top 4.

Ok then. Sign a few more 'squad' players. I did say add 2 more class defenders. So if we did, and I was manager, I would have the likes of Richards, Bridge, SWP, Boj, Elano, Petrov on the bench. And then players like Bellamy, Zabaleta, Gelson, Caicedo, Weiss, Jo (maybe), and maybe a few young and squad players hughes may sign to go on the bench if we get injuries.