On the Eve of the new Season...

Alan Smith to Everton for 3mil!!!

Thoughts?

most of what i've read say its bollocks but if its true TAKE THEIR HANDS OFF

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
looks like toon is on fsc for the first two weeks at least. might not renew setenta right away

Setanta is free the opening weekend anyway…

sweet. i actually didnt have it at the begining last year

Ljungberg agrees to leave Hammers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/7545703.stm

Why wouldn't they try to get a few quid for him? He could walk onto any premiership team imo.

Originally posted by Ever Circling Skeletal Family:


Why wouldn't they try to get a few quid for him? He could walk onto any premiership team imo.

Agreed. Is there something else behind the scenes like a move back to his original squad or something?

Maybe Calvin Klein will support an American Squad and he can play for them?

Originally posted by Ever Circling Skeletal Family:
Alan Smith to Everton for 3mil!!!

Thoughts?

supposedly, smith is playing no part in today's friendly, despite no other strikers being healthy. sounds like a done deal :D

I don't know if I can watch as many Newcastle matches without Smith. He always kept it exciting because the more goals the Toon gave up, the more likely it was he was going to do something stupid and great a straight red.

he's on £60k a week! :eek: for 0 goals!

if felt like he was gone once kev said he only saw him as a forward. hopefully they'll go get that big swiss kid

it was fun to watch him say "OH FUCK OFF" like 5 times a game

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
hopefully they'll go get that big swiss kid

Eren Derdiyok. Killed my Euro fantasy team but I still like him.

ironically going to europe kind of killed my euro fantasy team

ok, it wasnt that good to start with

but yeah, i like him too. the rumor mill has had the toon all over him and inler all summer. then again gutierrez came out of nowhere, so we'll see

I will stay at Man Utd - Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo has confirmed that he will remain at Manchester United "for at least another year", according to Portuguese newspaper Publico.

Winger Ronaldo, 23, had frequently expressed his wish to leave for Spanish giants Real Madrid this summer.

"Sir Alex Ferguson heard my arguments, I heard his and, in fact, it was settled that the best for both parties would be for me to stay," he said.

"Therefore, I can confirm that, next season, I will play for Man United."

Manchester United manager Ferguson said on Tuesday that the Ronaldo transfer saga was now "closed" after over two months of frenzied speculation that the player would depart Old Trafford for the Bernabeu.

More soon.

apparently smith was injured and not sold last night, according to keegan :(

edit: could be a smoke screen

once real balked at the price after saying money was no object, i kinda thought he'd stay put

Does Rooney have a new smoking partner?

Berbatov on brink of £28m move to Old Trafford

Supposedly, Tottenham are using the money on the Russian duo of Arshavin and Pavlyuchenko.

Later on today I'll tell you about a great conversation I had with the head of EA Games - a Liverpool supporter.

can we talk about spurs for just a second? am i crazy or are they getting a ton of credit for selling their best players and replacing them with mostly guys that have never played in a big time league and are kind of small. doesnt help that most of them play amf and really, do they need more of those. they havent addressed the defense at all

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
can we talk about spurs for just a second? am i crazy or are they getting a ton of credit for selling their best players and replacing them with mostly guys that have never played in a big time league and are kind of small. doesnt help that most of them play amf and really, do they need more of those. they havent addressed the defense at all

So my good friend is Spurs fan and was instrumental in getting the Sports Guy to adopt Spurs in the premier league. He's a sports radio host in LA and yesterday he had the head EA Sports in the studio to talk about Madden 09's release. Turns out the head of EA Sports is a Liverpool supporter….

When discussing Madden, he said that yes, Madden makes a lot of money, but does not top FIFA, which is EA's #1 game world wide. I found that interesting given all the Madden hype we've had to endure.

And the second thing was that as they were discussing Spurs, my buddy said that he was excited about Spurs making a run at the top 4, to which the Liverpool fan replied "No way." As the argument went on, the head of EA said, "I'll bet you $100 Million that Spurs won't make the top 4." My buddy obviously declined, but the fact that (1) he had $100 Million and (2) that he was willing to put that up over Spurs spoke volumes. The excitment of this season over Spurs was quickly deflated after that conversation….

So I guess that means I agree with you, but that they'll be fun to watch in 5-4 mathces.

i dont have £50m but i would put it against spurs playing cl football next year if i did

while we are on the subject of teams outside of the big 3 plus chelzzzzz how about shitty just falling apart prior to the eve of the new season

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
while we are on the subject of teams outside of the big 3 plus chelzzzzz how about shitty just falling apart prior to the eve of the new season

I'm on record somewhere as saying the Thaskin Shinawatra is a cheat and scoundrel and will destroy shitties finances (or something to that effect).

no one is surprised, but i figured it wouldnt be so soon after buying jo and nearly ronaldino

Interesting UEFA Champions League games tomorrow

Second leg on the 27th.

Fiorentina - Slavia 2-0 (today)
Sparta - Panathinaikos
Spartak Moskva - Dynamo Kyiv
Levski - BATE
Shakhtar - Dinamo Zagreb
Anorthosis - Olympiacos
AaB - Kaunas
Galatasaray - Steaua
Juventus - Artmedia
Brann - Olympique de Marseille
Schalke - Atlético Madrid
Twente - Arsenal
Partizan - Fenerbahce
Standard - Liverpool
Guimarães - Basel
Barcelona - Wisła Krakow