Paranoid Android Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 I don't really understand why a player would move from Sunderland to Villa right now. Doesn't make sense. Strange that Lerner is suddenly opening the purse strings now when he could have kept O'Neil if he'd been willing to spend this money in the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 it's 18 million initial with 6 million in extra clauses and stuff. Ridiculous amount for a DBent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christy Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 the daily mail reckon 2.4 million are bent, they blame the innocent young souls being subjected to queer as folk and disco music. And immigrants. fyp..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 I don't really understand why a player would move from Sunderland to Villa right now. Doesn't make sense. Strange that Lerner is suddenly opening the purse strings now when he could have kept O'Neil if he'd been willing to spend this money in the summer.Because relegation has become a real possibility and as if by magic there is money to burn. To be fair Bent has a very good scoring record at Premier League level but no way is worth that much.Seems like there is a lot of disharmony in the Villa camp, first Richard Dunne has a barney with Hollier then Pires was moaning he wasnt playing week in week out but for crying out loud the man is 37 what does he expect?Bad bad move letting Martin O Neill go methinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Villa will be fine. They have a decent group of players, Makoun is a good signing and if they do indeed get Bent, it's a likely 10-15 goals in the second half of the season. Dunne and Collins looked solid against Birmingham, Kyle Walker looks pretty good (if a little lacking in concentration at times) and they have lots of pace up front, with the ability to mix things up with John 'big lad' Carew and Emile 'the tank' Heskey.Also, if they can somehow get Stephen Ireland fit and focussed it will be a big help.They just need to give Houllier a reasonable amount of time to get things sorted out. He's a good manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christy Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Agreed re. Houllier. However, he has a massive ego for a generally pretty un-charismatic man; his mistake was not getting the likes of Freidal, Dunne and Collins on side as soon as he came in. If they perform, the whole team performs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 On Friedel, I read a stat yesterday that his start vs Birminghams was a Premier League record 250th consecutive league game. Which is pretty incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Looks like the rebel clubs have been bought off after all:BBC Sport - Football - SPL clubs reach agreement over two leagues of 10 and 12Sad times. Can't believe we're actually going back to a 10 team league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Looks like the rebel clubs have been bought off after all:BBC Sport - Football - SPL clubs reach agreement over two leagues of 10 and 12Sad times. Can't believe we're actually going back to a 10 team league.Just read that - fucking disaster in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorge Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 FFS, that's even worse than 2*10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Interesting quote in the BBC article:Broad support was given to progressing a 10-team Premiership and a 12-team Championship at the top of a pyramid for Scottish football as the preferred option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Daily Record today reporting a Rangers DEFENSIVE INJURY CRISIS because they just might have to play Andy Webster (last years Scottish Cup winning captain) at centre half and Ricky Foster (in his best position) at left back.Hardly a crisis, really, is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Interesting quote in the BBC article:Horrendous.We are not England and never will be.Scottish football will never improve if our only goal is to be a mini-England.Don't they realise that the arse will fall out of the Premiership at some point. It might be a good few years away, but I'm sure it will happen.Fucking dicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Looks like the rebel clubs have been bought off after all:BBC Sport - Football - SPL clubs reach agreement over two leagues of 10 and 12Sad times. Can't believe we're actually going back to a 10 team league.Hmm, so what was the vote? Who sold out after all the shite they were speaking last week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Hmm, so what was the vote? Who sold out after all the shite they were speaking last week?No vote yet, that was scrapped after it looked like they wouldn't win it. Instead today's meeting was designed to get a consensus that they could vote on in two month's time. It was thought that the 14 team league idea had become most likely again but it looks like Sky, the old firm, Aberdeen and Neil Doncaster have got their way after all. Shameful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorge Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 I missed this first time round: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 No vote yet, that was scrapped after it looked like they wouldn't win it. Instead today's meeting was designed to get a consensus that they could vote on in two month's time. It was thought that the 14 team league idea had become most likely again but it looks like Sky, the old firm, Aberdeen and Neil Doncaster have got their way after all. Shameful.Still wondering who has backed down, you had all these heroes last week saying "Oh, no way are we voting for this" and the like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Still wondering who has backed down, you had all these heroes last week saying "Oh, no way are we voting for this" and the like.Fucking bellends. Belling fuckends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest idol_wild Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 it's 18 million initial with 6 million in extra clauses and stuff. Ridiculous amount for a DBent.There are strikers in the EPL who have cost more than that, and have scored less goals in the past season and a half than Darren Bent. He's scored 30-odd goals in the his last 60 games in the EPL. That is fucking outstanding by anyone's standards.I rate Darren Bent really highly, and I'm disappointed that he wants to fuck up his career by going to Villa and Houllier. Total step down - going from a club genuinely pushing for Europe, with a bright manager at the helm, to a club struggling to find cohesion and form, genuinely entangled in a relegation scrap, with an extremely average manager in charge (in my opinion).Very strange one indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 I rate Darren Bent really highly, and I'm disappointed that he wants to fuck up his career by going to Villa and Houllier. Total step down - going from a club genuinely pushing for Europe, with a bright manager at the helm, to a club struggling to find cohesion and form, genuinely entangled in a relegation scrap, with an extremely average manager in charge (in my opinion).Very strange one indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 There are strikers in the EPL who have cost more than that, and have scored less goals in the past season and a half than Darren Bent. He's scored 30-odd goals in the his last 60 games in the EPL. That is fucking outstanding by anyone's standards.I rate Darren Bent really highly, and I'm disappointed that he wants to fuck up his career by going to Villa and Houllier. Total step down - going from a club genuinely pushing for Europe, with a bright manager at the helm, to a club struggling to find cohesion and form, genuinely entangled in a relegation scrap, with an extremely average manager in charge (in my opinion).Very strange one indeed.You're right, obviously. I'm letting my rabid anti-Sunderland bias get in the way of reality again. That's what happens to a fella when you're a Middlesbrough fan with a soft spot for Newcastle due to extreme proximity to the city for 18 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest idol_wild Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 You're right, obviously. I'm letting my rabid anti-Sunderland bias get in the way of reality again. That's what happens to a fella when you're a Middlesbrough fan with a soft spot for Newcastle due to extreme proximity to the city for 18 years.Fuck, yeah. I sometimes forget we have a couple of 'Boro fans in our midst.Point taken.I largely dislike all the north east clubs, with slight sympathies towards those mackem tinks, due to being a fan of Steve Bruce and one or two of their players (Henderson, Reid, Ferdinand).When Bruce is off, I'll hate them with as much passion again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossP Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 According to Sky Sports, Inverness Caley were the lone objectee. Glad to hear our board listen to the fans.Sky Sports | Football | Scottish Premier | News | Doncaster - Fans will embrace plans...and I'm guessing the Steven Thompson NOTW rumour (google it) had something to do with his sudden change of heart. It's been a bad week for the Arabs with Goodwillie being charged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Maybe Bent has had a falling out with Bruce or is as more likely Bent's agent has told him he could get more money elsewhere!Actually looking at Bent's record in the Premier League and it's pretty fucking impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltz Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Well, there goes another semi-promising Scottish youngster. Disgusting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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