Non City Related Rumours/Gossip.....

[JoeMercer'sWay]

M'Vila was shit at Euro 2012.

There are 1792 steps to the top of the Eiffel tower......

and nothing Arsenal are buying scares me remotely, typical buying half decent but "never done it" players.

If I had a pound for the amount of times M'Vila gave the ball away I could afford a Chelsea away ticket.

 

[Latics Fan SJK]

M'Vila was shit at Euro 2012.

There are 1792 steps to the top of the Eiffel tower......

and nothing Arsenal are buying scares me remotely, typical buying half decent but "never done it" players.

Lauren, Vieira, Henry, Sagna, Vermaelen, Song, Fabregas, Nasri, RVP are all recent(ish) examples of half decent/never done it players when they were bought. Some weren't even half decent at the time!

 

[Seosa]

Jamie Ness to Stoke.

 

[Ntini77]

United and Liverpool are interested in James Rodriquez.

 

[NipHolmes]

Busy day on sporting lige site.

They are reporting

Mandzukic to Bayern nearly finalised
Diakite def signs for FulhamBale new contract for Spurs
Vertonghen Spurs deal hit a contract snag and now unlikely
Real agree to pay 25m plus Sahin for Modric.

Diakite signed for QPR.

I'm told Sahin isn't keen on Spurs and want's a move to us, United, Arsenal or Chelsea if he comes to England. Champions League football is a must.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

There are 1792 steps to the top of the Eiffel tower......

and nothing Arsenal are buying scares me remotely, typical buying half decent but "never done it" players.

Lauren, Vieira, Henry, Sagna, Vermaelen, Song, Fabregas, Nasri, RVP are all recent(ish) examples of half decent/never done it players when they were bought. Some weren't even half decent at the time!

first 3 were donkeys years ago, and the rest of them since the old generation ended have won the square root of fuck all, apart from Sami who came to us.

Plus, there's a difference from buying from Ajax, Marseille and Barca to buying from Montpellier, a Bayern reject from Koln and a lad from Rennes, you always wonder why like M'Vila they haven't had a big move already or if they're a 1 season wonder.

 

[Latics Fan SJK]

and nothing Arsenal are buying scares me remotely, typical buying half decent but "never done it" players.

Lauren, Vieira, Henry, Sagna, Vermaelen, Song, Fabregas, Nasri, RVP are all recent(ish) examples of half decent/never done it players when they were bought. Some weren't even half decent at the time!

first 3 were donkeys years ago, and the rest of them since the old generation ended have won the square root of fuck all, apart from Sami who came to us.

Plus, there's a difference from buying from Ajax, Marseille and Barca to buying from Montpellier, a Bayern reject from Koln and a lad from Rennes, you always wonder why like M'Vila they haven't had a big move already or if they're a 1 season wonder.

Lauren, Vieira & Henry were years ago yes. They were also half decent at the time of purchase but they went on to win Premier League titles and Vieira & henry went on to be World Class players.

Giroud moved to Montpellier in 2010 from a lower league club and has spearheaded his unfancied team to the title ahead of PSG, Lyon & the like. As a result he's earned himself a big move to the Premiership. Yes, he's unproven in the Premiership, so was Kompany. Look how that turned out?

Podolski has a great scoring record in the Bundesliga and for Germany where he has nearly a 1 in 2 ratio. He's had arguably a better career than Lavezzi, who's a similar age, yet people were creaming over the thought of him to City.

As for M'Vila, well he's young, played at every level for France from the U16's and wouldn't surprise me if he ends up at City in 4 years if past experience of Arsenal being City's feeder club is anything to go by.

My point being in response to you saying "Typical buying half decent but 'never done it' players" Yes, it's not a Ronaldo or a Messi or an Iniesta, but they all have the potential to be very good players just like a lot of the City targets we have mentioned in the transfer forum and it doesn't have to be a superstar signing to be a success.

 

[Super David Silva 21]

Barcelona have Signed Jordi Alba from Valencia.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

Lauren, Vieira, Henry, Sagna, Vermaelen, Song, Fabregas, Nasri, RVP are all recent(ish) examples of half decent/never done it players when they were bought. Some weren't even half decent at the time!

first 3 were donkeys years ago, and the rest of them since the old generation ended have won the square root of fuck all, apart from Sami who came to us.

Plus, there's a difference from buying from Ajax, Marseille and Barca to buying from Montpellier, a Bayern reject from Koln and a lad from Rennes, you always wonder why like M'Vila they haven't had a big move already or if they're a 1 season wonder.

Lauren, Vieira & Henry were years ago yes. They were also half decent at the time of purchase but they went on to win Premier League titles and Vieira & henry went on to be World Class players.

Giroud moved to Montpellier in 2010 from a lower league club and has spearheaded his unfancied team to the title ahead of PSG, Lyon & the like. As a result he's earned himself a big move to the Premiership. Yes, he's unproven in the Premiership, so was Kompany. Look how that turned out?

Podolski has a great scoring record in the Bundesliga and for Germany where he has nearly a 1 in 2 ratio. He's had arguably a better career than Lavezzi, who's a similar age, yet people were creaming over the thought of him to City.

As for M'Vila, well he's young, played at every level for France from the U16's and wouldn't surprise me if he ends up at City in 4 years if past experience of Arsenal being City's feeder club is anything to go by.

My point being in response to you saying "Typical buying half decent but 'never done it' players" Yes, it's not a Ronaldo or a Messi or an Iniesta, but they all have the potential to be very good players just like a lot of the City targets we have mentioned in the transfer forum and it doesn't have to be a superstar signing to be a success.

Kompany came from Hamburg, much bigger club than Montpellier, and before that Anderlecht, the biggest club in Belgium. Not sure why Lauren was brought up, but he did well but not memorable, Henry came from Juve and Vieira from Milan, so Arsenal's buying prowess has dropped considerably, Podolski to this point is a 1 club and country man, Giroud is unproven and they won't keep Van Persie. M'Vila struggled a lot on the bigger stage this summer and will likely be their biggest signing so there'll be a hell of lot expected of him.

 

[City Raider]

Barcelona have Signed Jordi Alba from Valencia.

Valencia are the living proof that fair play can't work. The idiots at UEFA who say a club should grow organically, should look at the list of players cherry-picked from that club by the elite over the last few years.

Organic my arse, the only way is what we've done and it is now impossible.