Football Focus

[Alan Medic]

?75M for Lukaku. The world has gone mad.

[maxxi]

Happy with Hart - on the basis that we've often done well with a top GK - more needed though, and soon.

And still hate the f\ckijng ground.

[Alan Medic]

I was going to say 'but didn't he have a rubbish reason in Italy?' but decided to check first.........

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11679/10802964/joe-hart-at-torino-has-the-england-goalkeeper-been-a-success-in-italy

[maxxi]

Exactly, practiced in the art of being custodian behind a dodgy defence - another plus!

[Alan Medic]

I still think you have two pretty good keepers without him.

[maxxi]

I like Adrian as a stopper but I think Hart brings a bit extra. I think defence will benefit overall as they had some awful moments last season. And Adrian will fetch good price if he goes to Newcastle or wherever.

[red devil]

Forget Hart, Hammers signing Little Pea will be the signing of the summer in the current market, an absolute steal. Disappointed MU haven't gone for him, we're still short of another proven PL goal scorer...

[red devil]

I see City's new goalie has fitted in seamlessly...#bringbackhart

 

[maxxi]

red devil Wrote:

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> Forget Hart, Hammers signing Little Pea will be

> the signing of the summer in the current market,

> an absolute steal. Disappointed MU haven't gone

> for him, we're still short of another proven PL

> goal scorer...

I can't believe we landed him, hope he's not crocked.

[red devil]

I think Chicharito will have twenty goals easy, even coming from the bench for the last 10 or 20 minutes, he will have 20 goals.

He is a guy that naturally the ball comes, rebound here, rebounds there, boom ? goal. The goalkeeper saves, he goes there, tap in ? goal. The cross is coming, he anticipates the first post header ? goal. And not even coming from the bench, we have this kind of player that scores 10, 15 goals and gives you 10 or 15 more points.

Jose Mourinho, April '17...

[Alan Medic]

Great. Why didn't Jose buy him then? I wish he did. I think United need one more goalscorer.

[red devil]

A lot of oneupmanship this summer when announcing a new transfer, bring back signing, whilst sitting at a table on the pitch...

 

[Parkdrive]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> ?75M for Lukaku. The world has gone mad.

I couldn't agree more, but not just because of this transfer. The whole transfer nonsense has become an unedifying spectacle, and players becoming more and more detached from reality. Over the past few years I've become less and less interested in the Prem and the divas antics spurred on by money grabbing agents is distasteful to say the least. The best thing about last season? Jermaine Defoe and his friendship with little Bradley Lowery. A shining light in an otherwise increasingly grubby sport.

[red devil]

Prediction time again, gets harder each year.

Man City

Man Utd

Spurs

Chelsea

Relegated - Brighton, Huddersfield, Watford

Championship - Boro, Reading Shef Wed...

[Parkdrive]

198 million for neymar, football is broken.

[uncleglen]

you only just realised - stop going to West Ham 20 years ago .....after 30 years...

[maxxi]

red devil Wrote:

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> Prediction time again, gets harder each year.

>

> Man City

> Man Utd

> Spurs

> Chelsea

>

> Relegated - Brighton, Huddersfield, Watford

Bold RD - feel Chelsea have a Mourinho year coming up? I think Spurs will too *ducks*.

ManU

Man C

Chelsea

Liverpool

Relegated- Swansea, Bournemouth, Brighton

>

>

> Championship - Boro, Reading Shef Wed...

[red devil]

maxxi Wrote:

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> Bold RD - feel Chelsea have a Mourinho year coming

> up? I think Spurs will too *ducks*.

Yep, still 4 weeks left of the transfer window so could all change. Felt Chelsea not playing in Europe was a big advantage last season, they hardly picked up any injuries. They haven't strengthened their squad, arguably weaker as new signings to replace Costa and Matic not proven in PL. Surprised they sold Matic to us, think he will be a great signing. I would've put Arsenal 4th were it not for the Europa League.

Spurs have the best first eleven, but also have a light squad, plus the Wembley factor, read somewhere that the pitch is 6m longer and 5m wider than WHL, will make a big difference to their pressing game.

Pundits talking about Everton challenging for top 6, but I reckon WHU have a better chance. Have bought very well, post-Boleyn hangover should've cleared too...

[JohnL]

maxxi Wrote:

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> red devil Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Prediction time again, gets harder each year.

> >

> > Man City

> > Man Utd

> > Spurs

> > Chelsea

> >

> > Relegated - Brighton, Huddersfield, Watford

>

>

> Bold RD - feel Chelsea have a Mourinho year coming

> up? I think Spurs will too *ducks*.

>

> ManU

> Man C

> Chelsea

> Liverpool

>

> Relegated- Swansea, Bournemouth, Brighton

>

> >

> >

> > Championship - Boro, Reading Shef Wed...

Leave us out of that relegation zone :).

Actually Paul Clement is a good manager even if we sell Gylfi - We were hamstrung by Brad Bobley last year.

[Alan Medic]

red devil Wrote:

>

> Spurs have the best first eleven, but also have a

> light squad, plus the Wembley factor, read

> somewhere that the pitch is 6m longer and 5m wider

> than WHL, will make a big difference to their

> pressing game.

Even if that's the case re. the pitch, I presume there is no reason they can't reduce it's size to that of WHL.

[red devil]

England will be playing on it too, would they want to play on such a small pitch? Can't see them upping the goalposts, filling in holes etc every time England play...

[Alan Medic]

Plenty of stadia cater for more than one sport. The Aviva in Dublin for one where both football and rugby are played, sometimes within a couple of days of each other. Hull I think, football and rugby league.

I don't think it's that difficult and if it suits Spurs I'm sure they will do it. Unless there is something in their agreement with Wembley to stop them.

[red devil]

They never shrunk the pitch for Spurs' CL games last season, so perhaps they're not allowed to. Arsenal had a similar problem, don't recall them shrinking the pitch to suit Highbury. They can easily train on Wembley sized pitches, so that will help...

[Alan Medic]

I think last season WH suffered by being on a much larger pitch than they were used to. I imagine the only thing that stopped them reducing the size of the pitch was because the nearest fans would be about three miles away if they did.......☺

[red devil]

Yep, WHL and UP were both very tight, intimidating grounds, even if they shrunk the pitch to suit they won't have that claustrophobic atmosphere. Ironically when WH played Spurs at the OS it was a cracking atmosphere...