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| Quote chris_joynt's_barber="chris_joynt's_barber"seems a bit rushed this transfer? barry so called wanted to play for a team that plays in c.l and wants to join liverpoo for summat like £18m did'nt get his wish but then sign's for a club that is [ihoping[/i to get into europe(i would'nt commit and say c.l yet) for £12m! how has his value gone down so much? i suspect he's got a huge signing on fee or some other huge incentive to join man city'"
I think his contract runs out fairly soon so maybe that could be why? Either way he will be getting paid a boat load |
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| Quote LFCRhino="LFCRhino"I think his contract runs out fairly soon so maybe that could be why? Either way he will be getting paid a boat load'"
what does'nt make sense is why l.f.c have not pursued him after all the fuss about him wanting to join them? is it:
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| Quote Blobbynator="Blobbynator"It means Alonso will remain a Liverpool player. The bad news is it means Lucas will also remain a Liverpool player.
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I was told a few months ago that Alonso would definatly be leaving the club in the summer apparently him and Gerarred had a bust up and havn't spoken since which also put a strain on his relationship with Beneath-us. Was also told at the time that there would be exits in the backroom staff in the close season. |
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| Quote chris_joynt's_barber="chris_joynt's_barber"what does'nt make sense is why l.f.c have not pursued him after all the fuss about him wanting to join them? is it:
1. villa did'nt want to sell to l.f.c?
2. barry is chasing the cash and really did'nt have any ambition in the 1st place?'"
I dont know about the first point but the second wouldnt suprise me i guess at the end of the day money talks and im sure the owners of Man City could pay him half a million a week if they wanted although i reckon he will be getting around 100k a week |
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Glad Man City have signed Gareth Barry, as it means he won't be coming to Liverpool.
I bet the United fans can't wait to sing YSB, and Murderer songs to him in the derby next season.
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BBC ticker Kaka signs for
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[urlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport[/url
He obviously held out as long as he could, but city chose Barry
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| Quote flipper="flipper"BBC ticker Kaka signs for
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He obviously held out as long as he could, but city chose Barry'"
First new "Galactico" |
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| Quote Wire_85="Wire_85"First new "Galactico"'"
mmmmmm , Villa and Ronaldo to follow some are saying. |
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| Quote FireWire="FireWire"Glad Man City have signed Gareth Barry, as it means he won't be coming to Liverpool.
I bet the United fans can't wait to sing YSB, and Murderer songs to him in the derby next season.'"
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Bolton centre-back Gary Cahill called up to the England squad to replace injured Ferdinand? WTF?
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| Quote Billy Banter="Billy Banter"Bolton centre-back Gary Cahill called up to the England squad to replace injured Ferdinand? WTF?'"
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| Quote Enfield Exile="Enfield Exile"Fella, I wouldn’t say that Barry is similar to Kompany or De Jong.
Kompany is not a midfielder. He can produce some very good performances (about 1 in 3 or 4) but his positioning isn’t great and he doesn’t have the technical ability. He should be playing centre-half. De Jong is a good player. He covers the ground well, he’s aggressive and he is tough. He’s not a footballer but he does a job.
IMO we will play with a 3-tier midfield. De Jong will sit on top of the back 4, Barry will play in-front of him and Ireland will support the striker. Barry will be the one who links the play between De Jong and the more advanced players.
Kompany gets in De Jong’s way. The Dutchman looks twice the player when the Belgian isn’t in midfield.
Barry addresses a number of our weaknesses, in particular he gives us greater flexibility. Having Barry will allow us to change tactics and our approach mid-game. We didn’t have the players who could do that last season. His signing could also address our inability to take effective set-pieces. Dunne, Onouha Richards, Kompany and De Jong should be scoring more goals. I would guess that they only got three between them all season (not including Duinne’s OG tally).
I personally don’t think we are in desperate need for one of those type of players. We have Ireland, Robinho, SWP and Elano who can all play that role. Having a small, skillful, tricky-type of player is not something that should be a priority. We also have Weiss and Bellamy who are skillful and tricky. It could be argued that we have more of these types of player than any other club.
What we deseperately need is a striker. Preferebly not Tevez. We need someone who is a presence upfront
I’m sure he does. Hughes is a sharp cookie IMO. Despite what a number of City fans think, I like him. He’s not the best in terms of tactics but to be fair, he inherited an unabalanced squad, he had little to play with last season because of injury, and he did inherit a squad that was probably the worst team in the Prem from March to May 2008. We were on the slide, big time.'"
Good signing, gives us balance and allows Kompany to drop back to CB. I expect De Jong to stand out much more this season when fully fit and accustomed to the pace of the Premiership. I'd still like us to sign Tevez, but in home matches playing right side of a target man, with Robinho to the left. Probably need a more defensive line up away from home. |
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