Football Banter Archive May 19 2012

19 May 2012 23:36:38
Just got in well done Chelsea

19 May 2012 21:17:31
Exeter city squad for 2012/13 season

David James (GK)

Steve Tully (RB) Troy Archibald Henville(CB) Danny COLES (CB) Billy Jones (LB)

James Dunne (CM) Liam Sercombe (CM) David noble (CM)

Alan Gow (CAM) Elliott Frear (LS) Jamie Cureton (RS)

Subs: Artur Krysiak (GK) Tom Nicholls (ST) John O Flynn (ST) Pat Baldwin (CB) Richard Logan (ST)

I'll probably stop laughing in a couple of weeks! Bryher Pilgrim.

19 May 2012 20:09:37
joel ward is friends with my brother and told him he went to ipswich and couldnt believe how poor the stadium and training ground is compared to brighton so it will be brighton or leeds

I think your brother isn't friends do you as all though are team is average at the moment are training pitch is better then your stadium and as for Leeds say no more but this sounds like a comment from the trailor trash up the a140

19 May 2012 19:01:13
To the person who posted about little norwich 0858 this morning we had more season ticket holders in L1 than bin men get every week .only spend what we can aford. Are debt is coming down fast. So no admin for us. We wont gamble our futrure paying players we have or we would like to sign more than we can aford. We dont want to be like others you know who they are.

And that's why little Norwich will be relegated next season no ambition back to 14000 crowds again and holt and lambert want out says it all about you lot let's all laugh at Norwich {Ed013's Note - I doubt that very much as when they were in league 1 they had over 20,000 every week}

19 May 2012 17:33:16
Oh for god's sake will people please stop making up rumours about Akinfenwa going to good clubs (southampton for example...). He is a league two standard player, just because he has 99 strength on FIFA does not make him good in real life!

I honestly think people use FIFA to research players like their stats and valve and it's just so unrealistic and pathetic, some people think that is just how it work it's crazy, and to be perfectly honest these people are idiots

I definitely agree, but I would like him to come to Southend!

19 May 2012 14:32:21
Anyone think we should try and get Craig Gordon. One of my mates is a Sunderland fan, and says he's quality - just been unlucky with injuries. Worth a punt me thinks, especially on a free ! {Ed025's Note - whom may i ask are we?..

Saints fan :)

19 May 2012 13:36:32
i think most southampton fans would want antonio back, they sung his name in the friendly with reading, sheffield wednsday want him back we should sign him before he proves himself in the championship and will cost alot more i.e redman

Did alright in league one but for the prem no thanks

I agree. He should be under £1million and has been tearing apart league one in the past few months.

Worst case scenario: doesn't work in the prem and we sell him back to a championship club for a small loss.
Best case scenario: he adapts to the prem and is a steal.

Reasonable scenario: he has enough pace so it would purely be down to end product which he can work on. If he is cheap and low wage we can afford to bring him on and play him off bench and in cup games for first season to test the water. Hopefully he will useful to at least give us depth in squad.

Stupid to dispell a player just because he hasn't played in the prem. Lambert hasn't played in the prem or the championship when we bought him, so don't use that as a lazy excuse. Actually go watch the player and judge him and you'll see he is one of the best in League 1 for pace and end product.

19 May 2012 11:59:41
Ed- Why when you click "English Clubs Rumours" are West Ham in the Premier League? They're not up yet, the final is today. {Ed001's Note - we know, it was a mistake but Ed003 would blame us if Blackpool lost after we moved it. So we are waiting on the result first, then we will move it or not, as the case may be.}

West Ham are in the Premier League

19 May 2012 08:34:00
Any truth in the Bellamy rumors ED? {Ed013's Note - No, wait and see what the new manager thinks}

19 May 2012 01:12:55
17 May 2012 15:36:35
17 May 2012 11:34:54
Fulham look placed to sign Jordan Rhodes from Huddersfield for a sum of around £3.5m

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After we turned down 6m in Jan? Don't be daft, he's going to Newcastle United IF we stay in league One for 6m plus Nile Ranger, he'll stay to try lead us to the Prem otherwise

6m stop living in dreamland if you got 3.5m for him that is an amazing price for someone who is unproven at prem level, he will leave if you dont get promoted and i guarantee it will be for much less than 6m

So £6m plus Nile Ranger values him at about £8.5m. Just under what Arsenal paid for Podolski, the German international and regular scorer in the Bundesliga. As a fan of a club who puts over the top valuations on players, dont ever moan again about how poor the national side is because we have no young players coming through. Stupid prices for a 3rd Division player is what forces clubs to go overseas for their players.

I am a newcastle fan from Scotland and watch him a lot and i would say that he is worth that! he is quick, strong and knows where the goal is!

Didn't arsenal pay £10 million for chamberlin an unproven at a higher level, league 1 Southampton player last year. Wonder how he's doing.

Noone bidded for him in january, only west ham enquired in which you said 4m+ but your valuation has risen now but you stil over rate him, he is only another version of beckford, great for leeds in league 1 scoring like 35 goals then rubbish in the prem for everton and average in champ for leicester, and beckford is better thsn rhodes so dont get your hopes up! 3m max! {Ed013's Note - Beckford didn't do too bad for Everton with a return of 10 goals when he was a sub most of the time}

Hes going for 3.5 so stop thinking hes worth more than he actually is

Wouldn't pay more than 3.5m for unproven 3rd tier player. Toonlad9

There are a few clubs trying to get him including Norwich, but stop talking nonsense about £6M, you quote you turned down 6M in January what evidence are are you using - Newspapers? - the reality is that he's likely to go for around £3+ add on's, and even that amount is a major gamble for any premier club because there is always a doubt that he will not be able make the step up to that level.
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if news papers are an unreliable source of player transfers then why are so many people putting so much credit in the fulham story ...it first broke in a news paper....

18 May 2012 23:54:08
Hearing rumours on twitter that Leeds are close to completing a deal for Portsmouth pair Greg Halford and Joel Ward for around £1.7mill.

(Pompey Fan)

Ha ha ha - where's the other pompey fan today??.....COYRs

Did you miss me lol