The Football Thread

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BPL Transfer Summary for January:

 

Arsenal

 

IN:

 

OUT: Jay Simpson, loan (West Bromwich Albion), Paul Rodgers, loan (Northampton), Rene Steer, loan (Gillingham), Rui Fonte, loan (Crystal Palace), Henri Lansbury, loan (Scunthorpe)

 

Aston Villa

 

IN: Arsenio Halfhuid, undisclosed (Excelsior), Emile Heskey, 3.5 million pounds (Wigan Athletic)

 

OUT: Wayne Routledge, undisclosed (Queens Park Rangers), Sam Williams, loan (Walsall)

 

Blackburn Rovers

 

IN: Sebastien Puygrenier, loan (Zenit St Petersburg), Nick Blackman, undisclosed (Macclesfield), Gael Givet, loan (Marseille), El-Hadji Diouf, undisclosed (Sunderland)

 

OUT: Eddie Nolan, undisclosed (Preston), Sergio Peter, loan (Sparta Praha), Frank Fielding, loan (Rochdale), Matt Derbyshire, loan (Olympiakos)

 

Bolton Wanderers

 

IN: Ariza Makukula, loan (Benfica)

 

OUT: Heidar Helgusson, undisclosed (Queens Park Rangers), Kevin Nolan, 4 million pounds (Newcastle)

 

Chelsea

 

IN: Michael Mancienne, back from loan (Wolves), Gokhan Tore, undisclosed (Bayer Leverkusen)

 

OUT: Jack Cork, loan (Watford), Ben Sahar, loan (De Graafschap), Wayne Bridge, 10 million pounds (Manchester City), Scott Sinclair, loan (Birmingham), Carlo Cudicini, free (Tottenham), Carl Magnay, loan (MK Dons)

 

Everton

 

IN: Jo, loan (Manchester City)

 

OUT: Lee Molyneux, free (Southampton)

 

Fulham

 

IN: Ben Wright, undisclosed (Hampton and Richmond Borough), Gile Barnes, loan (Derby), Olivier Dacourt (Internazionale)

 

OUT: T J Moncur, free (Wycombe), Lee Cook, undisclosed (Queens Park Rangers), Hameur Bouazza, loan (Birmingham), Seol Ki-Hyeon, loan (Al Hilal), Jimmy Bullard, 5 million pounds (Hull City), Leon Andreasen, undisclosed (Hannover)

 

Hull City

 

IN: Kevin Kilbane, undisclosed (Wigan Athletic), Manucho, loan (Manchester United), Kamil Zayatte, undisclosed (Young Boys), Jimmy Bullard, 5 million pounds (Fulham)

 

OUT: Dean Windass, loan (Oldham), Stelios Giannakopoulos, undisclosed (Larissa), Wayne Brown, loan (Leicester City)

 

Liverpool

 

IN:

 

OUT: Jermaine Pennant, loan (Portsmouth), Krisztian Nemeth, loan (Blackpool), Craig Lindfield, loan (Accrington Stanley), Robbie Keane (Tottenham)

 

Manchester City

 

IN: Wayne Bridge, 10 million pounds (Chelsea), Craig Bellamy, 14 million pounds (West Ham United), Nigel de Jong, 16 million pounds (Hamburg), Shay Given, undisclosed (Newcastle United)

 

OUT: Sam Williamson, free (Wrexham), Javan Vidal, loan (Aberdeen), Paul Marshall, loan (Blackpool), Tal Ben Haim, loan (Sunderland), Jo, loan (Everton)

 

Manchester United

 

IN: Zoran Tosic, undisclosed (Partizan Belgrade), Adem Ljajic, undisclosed (Partizan Belgrade), Ritchie De Laet, undisclosed (Stoke City)

 

OUT: David Gray, loan (Plymouth), Sam Hewson, loan (Hereford), Manucho, loan (Hull City), Tom Cleverly, loan (Leicester City)

 

Middlesbrough

 

IN: Marlon King, loan (Wigan Athletic)

 

OUT: Seb Hines, loan (Derby), Jonathan Grounds, loan (Norwich), Graeme Owens, loan (Blackpool), Mido, loan (Wigan Athletic), Tom Craddock, 80 thousand pounds (Luton)

 

Newcastle United

 

IN: Peter Lovenkrands, free (Schalke 04), Kevin Nolan, 4 million pounds (Bolton Wanderers), Ryan Taylor (Wigan Athletic)

 

OUT: Shay Given, undisclosed (Manchester City), Charles N'Zogbia (Wigan Athletic)

 

Portsmouth

 

IN: Nadir Belhadj, undisclosed (Lyon), Jermaine Pennant, loan (Liverpool), Pele, loan (Porto), Hayden Mullins, undisclosed (West Ham United), Theofanis Gekas, loan (Bayer Leverkusen), Angelos Basinas (AEK Athens)

 

OUT: Lassana Diarra 20 million pounds (Real Madrid), Jermain Defoe, undisclosed (Tottenham)

 

Stoke City

 

IN: Matthew Etherington, 2 million pounds (West Ham United), James Beattie, 3.5 million (Sheffield United),Henri Camara, loan (Wigan Athletic)

 

OUT: Ritchie De Laet, undisclosed (Manchester United), Tom Soares, loan (Charlton), Carl Dickinson, loan (Leeds), Ryan Shotton, loan (Tranmere), Lewis Buxton, undisclosed (Sheffield Wednesday)

 

Sunderland

 

IN: Tal Ben Haim, loan (Manchester City)

 

OUT: Michael Liddle, loan (Carlisle), Nathaniel Wedderburn, loan (Notts County), Roy O'Donovan, loan (Blackpool), Graham Kavanagh, free (Carlisle), Ross Wallace, undisclosed (Preston), Liam Miller, undisclosed (Queens Park Rangers), Pascal Chimbonda, 3 million pounds (Tottenham), El-Hadji Diouf, undisclosed (Blackburn Rovers)

 

Tottenham Hotspur

 

IN: Jermain Defoe, undisclosed (Portsmouth), Wilson Palacios, 14 million pounds (Wigan Athletic), Carlo Cudicini, free (Chelsea), Pascal Chimbonda, 3 million pounds (Sunderland), Robbie Keane (Liverpool)

 

OUT: Andy Barcham, undisclosed (Gillingham), Charlie Daniels, undisclosed (Leyton Orient), Kevin-Prince Boateng, loan (Borussia Dortmund), David Button, loan (Bournemouth), Troy Archibald-Henville, loan (Exeter City), Cesar, free (Valencia)

 

West Bromwich Albion

 

IN: Jay Simpson, loan (Arsenal), Marc-Antoine Fortune, loan (Nancy)

 

OUT: Sherjill MacDonald, loan (Roeselare), Bartosz Slusarski (released)

 

West Ham United

 

IN: Savio Nsereko, undisclosed (Brescia), Radoslav Kovac, loan (Spartak Moscow)

 

OUT: Matthew Etherington, 2 million pounds (Stoke City), Lee Bowyer, loan (Birmingham), Kyel Reid, loan (Wolves), Craig Bellamy, 14 million pounds (Manchester City), Hayden Mullins, undisclosed (Portsmouth), Julien Faubert, loan (Real Madrid)

 

Wigan Athletic

 

IN: Mido, loan (Middlebrough), Ben Watson, 2 million pounds (Crystal Palace), Hugo Rodallega, 4.5 million pounds (Necaxa), Charles N'Zogbia (Newcastle United)

 

OUT: Lewis Montrose, loan (Cheltenham), Luke Ashworth, free (Leyton Orient), Kevin Kilbane, undisclosed (Hull City), Wilson Palacios, 14 million pounds (Tottenham), Marlon King, loan (Middlesbrough), Emile Heskey, 3.5 million pounds (Aston Villa), Henri Camara, loan (Stoke City), Ryan Taylor (Newcastle)

 

 

 

 

Nice win by liverpool against chelsea; tama ka nga damaso; rafa should always play gerrard & torres together...Keane is back at spurs hehehehe

[biggyprox]

the lower they slip in the table, the louder rafa's mouth gets

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inter milan's ricardo quaresma has joined chelsea..

 

robbie keane is back at spurs & arshavin is now a gunnar..

[damaso]

my thoughts on keane:

 

yes, he underperformed.

 

yes, 20m pounds was way too much money for him.

 

BUT, why sell him now? in his last 3 starts, he got 3 goals (this was when rafa was still in the stands, recovering from kidney stones). also, torres has had his share of injuries esp this year. and what if el nino's hamstring gives out again? who else do we have? n'gog and el zhar? please.

 

another highly questionable decision by our rafa...

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liverpool are out of the fa cup, booted out by everton with a 1-0 victory thanks to dan gosling's strike..

 

manutd face derby county next in the fa cup..

[damaso]

just as i thought. now what? with torres struggling, our main threat is gone through injury. what will liverpool do now?

 

selling keane back without proper cover was a huge mistake.

[duchessXI]

just as i thought. now what? with torres struggling, our main threat is gone through injury. what will liverpool do now?

 

selling keane back without proper cover was a huge mistake.

 

keane was the best move. he sucked like hell. ngog or babel can do much better off the bench.

 

i dont see why keane should have a place in the prestigious forward lineup. hes a headless chicken.

[biggyprox]

i think babel is one of the most underrated players in the league.

 

Same as Kevin Nolan, glad he's now on our side.

[duchessXI]

Atlético - Porto 24/02 » 11/03 »

Lyon - Barcelona 24/02 » 11/03 »

Arsenal - Roma 24/02 » 11/03 »

Internazionale - Man. United 24/02 » 11/03 »

Real Madrid - Liverpool 25/02 » 10/03 »

Chelsea - Juventus 25/02 » 10/03 »

Villarreal - Panathinaikos 25/02 » 10/03 »

Sporting - Bayern 25/02 » 10/03 »

 

 

ladies and gentlemen, were going to the bernabeu. 2 more weeks til the 2 most highly-respected clubs in champions league football come face to face.

[damaso]

babel is good but he's more of a winger. he still needs to develop to become a reliable forward.

 

i am not a fan of robbie keane but he is a proven premier league goalscorer. his last 2 starts for liverpool were against arsenal (1 goal, a superb half-volley) and against bolton (2 goals), and in both games rafa benitez was in the stands due to his kidney stones. when rafa recovered and took over - keane was benched.

 

its been decades since liverpool has had this big of an opportunity to win the premiership. why would you sell keane when we have no other striker other than torres??

[perrosmith]

Keane was a bust for Liverpool but I don't understand why they let him go so soon. They should have waited til the season was over. Now they don't have too much choices at attack.

 

Arshavin's entry will help tilt the balance of power in the EPL. I just hope he doesn't choke like Schevchenko, haha

 

Beckham, please stay in AC Milan. Going to LA was good for the money but it didn't do anything for your stature.

 

Viva Barcelona!

[duchessXI]

Keane was a bust for Liverpool but I don't understand why they let him go so soon. They should have waited til the season was over. Now they don't have too much choices at attack.

 

Arshavin's entry will help tilt the balance of power in the EPL. I just hope he doesn't choke like Schevchenko, haha

 

Beckham, please stay in AC Milan. Going to LA was good for the money but it didn't do anything for your stature.

 

Viva Barcelona!

 

keane was shite at liverpool. even though he scored his past few games, i wouldnt keep him for the remainding of the season and pay him loads of grande a week.

 

speaking of a shortage on strikers, i think otherwise. we actually have a surplus of them. we have kuyt, ngog, babel (which i still think is a natural positioned as an out-and out striker on the left), and the young pacheco. in addition to that, based on my research, on the reserve team we have vitor flora and andras simon, 2 young prospects. this is the time when liverpool should develop their young talent rather than rely on some headless chicken.

 

i wouldnt be surprised if rafa uses more of ngog and the other 2 aforementioned strikers this latter part of champions league football. hes going to do the same as he had for damien plessis and lucas leiva when he fielded them courageously against 1st leg of inter milan last season. what were they before? but look at them now. both players being consistent holding midfielders for their respective countries, france and brazil.

 

i wouldnt scrap keanes contribution just then and there though, im sure he contributed alot at the training grounds and off the pitch towards the younger lads. nevertheless, i would still let him go. for a price like that, and performances similar to andrei voronin, i would defintely let him go.

 

adios robbie keane.

[jawo]

Please, spare me the crap.

 

Everyone knows that Kuyt isn't good. Ngog, really? Read some liverpool forums and even them confirm its true. Without Torres and Gerrard they can't do anything. Rafa really is stubborn and wants to prove to everyone that he makes the right decisions. Keane actually was hitting form, but Rafa decides to bench him to prove his point. Don't get me started with his 6 defenders line-up.

 

Now, compare it to Man Utd with Berbatov, Tevez, Rooney, Ronaldo..

[jawo]

keane was the best move. he sucked like hell. ngog or babel can do much better off the bench.

 

i dont see why keane should have a place in the prestigious forward lineup. hes a headless chicken.

 

Er, really..?

[duchessXI]

Er, really..?

 

wow 6-defenders. where that come from?

 

why does everyone care about form rather than consistency? as explained earlier, rafa made the right decision in letting him go because he knew he wasnt going to be consistent anyway.

 

keane was allowed to have the legendary no. 7, and he flopped.

 

i wont argue about kuyt anymore. just see his level of work ethic, which is comparable to the level of diving and complaining ability of rooney and ronaldo.

 

o btw, whos on top of the table?