RVP would have a trophy if it wasn't for him!
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Football Thread 2011/2012 | OT12 | All the clowns were offside...
- Thread starter PaulLFC
- Start date
- Status
RVP would have a trophy if it wasn't for him!
Gareth Bale
Member
Because Thiago Silva signed a new contract. They're probably taking their time to make sure whoever they bring in is good enough as a long term replacement for Puyol. I doubt they want another Chgrynskiy scenario.
Fryers to quit United for Spurs
- Fee decided by tribunal
- £20,000-a-week contract
He has to. Kompany is like 6'4" and he's quite a short guy!
Stop signing players holy shit
This was rumoured a while back. Think he can be a good back-up.
Think we'll definately be getting a new LB. there's only Evra left in the first team squad.
FootballFan
Member
...? You sound upset about RVP. If its any use to you, he had 1 good season and rest of the time he was either injured or non-existent. Whoever does buy him, I feel sorry for that club.
Douchebag on the field and isn't even that good. At least Ronaldo backs his arrogance and horrible attitude with good performances. I will be genuinely surprised if RVP does good next season.
Buy who though ? Thiago Silva deal is gone and not many others that would fit in well.
Apart from being Goal.com so suspect for accuracy if he does go to Spurs and 20k a week I can understand why United never gave him a new deal, same as Pogba and Morrison, a young kid who's achieved nothing wanting far too much money.
Didn't think Spurs would give him that sort of wage.
I doubt Levy would ever pay him that wage, that's just goal.com bollocks. If we did then there must be some serious dosh coming in to beef up the wage structure.
Fergie wanted to keep both of them, they chose to leave for more first team football.
WAIT A MINUTE! It's all starting to make sense!
One good season..
Not that young...
Injury prone...
Expensive..
Ridiculous salary..
Yup, sounds like a Juve striker to me!
Forlan went on to be one of the best strikers in the world.
And I think Rossi counts too. He didn't want to play a bit part role at United.
Yeah but even that isn't a valid reason to pay an unproven spoilt brat 20 fucking grand. That's obscene for the kid. You don't hear about this sort of noise at other clubs so what's with Manchester United youngsters being cocky arseholes demanding more money?
Sunderland signed a lot of good players last summer. Didn't mean shit until O'Neil sorted it out and got them playing at their potential though.
I'm not saying to expect a terrible start from Spurs, but AVB definitely needs to have a plan in place fairly quickly for how to use the new players and get the best out of them, especially if these are Levy's buys.
Lol, that was dumb.
Gareth Bale
Member
Not really, although I doubt that will happen. The wage structure is arguably as important as the budget.
nah RVP leaving was an inevitability (hell I've wanted him sold all season long!) I eagerly await his sale so the squad can be strengthened. now Cesc on the other hand....
anyways, the only successful signing that Barca have made under Guardiola that wasn't a midfielder was Villa and he's played more as a winger than anything, since he's forced out wide by Messi. Ibra - failure, Chgrynskiy - failure, Dani Alves/Jordi Alba - originally wingers, Mascherano - DM turned center half, etc. the list goes on. this current Barca don't like players that don't have on-the-ball skills and that's pretty hard to find in defenders/strikers, which is why they have such a spotty record with those two positions and pack the park with midfielders instead.
Probably because they're Manchester United youngsters and some, along with their agents, think they somehow deserve big money having made a handful of cameo first team appearances.
Do you think there's a chance AVB might like Pienaar more than Redknapp did?
lulz
After January.
is there a reason why Redknapp just refused to play like... half of the Spurs squad?
Maybe, but it depends if players leave Spurs this summer. Spurs-Gaf, might know this, but I reckon if they can hold of their big players, he may let Pianaar go. Also, doesn't that depend on their higher-ups? i mean, if they didn't like first time around, what will make them like him now?
I dunno... I don't see players like Sigurdsson and Vertonghen playing badly. With the likes of Bale already in the team then they'll have me shitting my pants.
Let's hope AVB flops again lol
just kidding
maybe
Not until the second half of the season.
You're supposed to be a force every year and only ever are during the second half.
Edit: Fuck y'all above me, I'll cut-choo.
Because he only signed them to get a percentage when they're eventually sold.
Gareth Bale
Member
I doubt it. I think Pienaar will probably go back to Everton. It's a shame it didn't really work out, but he fits Everton a lot better than he does Spurs. A very good player, but he wasn't ever going to get in ahead of Bale.
Yeah!! They keep the ones they want. They kept Rooney right? Wonder how..
I'm not a fackin wheeler and dealer
You're supposed to be a force every year and only ever are during the second half.
Edit: Fuck y'all above me, I'll cut-choo.
Nah, I think this time around we might play good earlier than usual. Every single year, the instability during the summer is what keeps us perform poorly. However, if the big names stay, I reckon the motivation will push a bit more.
Edit: Come on guys. Can't a person have optimism around here? Geez...
He was old-school, he believed you play as many of your best XI as possible every week and if there is an injury you try to move your best players (Modric, VDV, Bale) around instead of bringing in a direct replacement. If I were Kranjcar, Corluka, Pienaar or Bassong, I would have fucked off as well.
So you'll play better from December onwards instead?
Na, Vidic.
Nope, Bebe
Freewheelin'
Member
Not really a credible source but someone on my Twitter feed says that Steven Jovetic could be a replacement for RvP...
You already bought his replacements because you knew he was leaving. Don't let them fool you.
We'd be fucked if either got injured for a lengthy period.
Indeed, our defence went to shit when Vidic did his ligaments last season.
we don't need a replacement for RVP, we need a replacement for Fabregas/Nasri. if the board caves under the pressure and panic buys an overpriced, overhyped "elite" striker (read: any striker not Falcao) I'm going to be fucking pissed. Giroud and Podolski will be fine; hell, it's better strike depth than what we've had since... basically since Henry left.
- Status