De gea still not sold as yet . Ultimatum time ...

Good to see wood playing hardball with Real Madrid.

Kaboul to Sunderland for £4m. Good business that. I'm actually surprised he passed his medical.

10th July 2015

Fabian Delph rumoured to be having a medical at Man City after they agree to meet the buy-out clause

11th July 2015

Fabian Delph publicly announces that he's staying at Villa, to captain them into the new season. He wants playing time & to show his loyalty to Villa.

Much celebration amongst Villa fans and plaudits for him putting actually playing & loyalty to his club before more money

17th July 2015

Fabian Delph signs for Man City

What a sh*t sport this is.

He's a regular in the England squad, coming into the prime of his playing career, adored by his fans - and already earning enough in a year to set him up for the rest of his life. If he has another 7 years pocketing a reported £2m+ a year, he'll have enough (assuming he isn't a cock with money) to retire at 32 and live the rest of his life like a Lottery winner.

Yet he chooses to let his career fade into bench-warming obscurity, for his England ambitions to effectively end, and to be despised by Villa fans he'd given false hope to. all just for even more money he's unlikely to be able to spend.

Nuts.

Any thoughts on the top 4 next season....?

I dont think it will deviate from Man U Man C Chelsea and Arsenal.. tho i go for a top 3 of The manchester Clubs and Chelsea in no particualr order. Man U will certainly be stronger.

Any thoughts on the top 4 next season....?

 

I dont think it will deviate from Man U Man C Chelsea and Arsenal.. tho i go for a top 3 of The manchester Clubs and Chelsea in no particualr order. Man U will certainly be stronger.

Seems quite open this year - between the obvious 4, that is. Hard to call it between them, but if I had to put my house on one of them, it'd have to be Chelsea. Man. U. have strengthened with Schneiderlin being an excellent acquisition but I still can't quite see them doing it. I'm not sure that Man.C have dealt with their weaknesses yet, and if I had to pick one to finish fourth, they'd be the one. I reckon Arsenal could finally be in the running for the title this year, especially if they managed to improve their forward line with someone such as Benzema.

There - having made a prediction,  I'm now certain to look a fool next May.

1/ City

2/ Chelsea

3/ Arsenal

4/ Utd

But not 5 points between them all.

Rumour Mill churning: 

http://metro.co.uk/2015/07/21/zlatan-ibrahimovic-could-be-lvgs-secret-striker-bookies-cut-odds-on-manchester-united-transfer-5306044/

Onomah signs four-year deal.

This kid has serious potential and I'm glad he opted to stay at Spurs; and telling Sh.iteh to feck off in the process.

Pochettino is slowly but surely assembling a good team of young English players. Berahino is reportedly a target.

So basically, if Berahino comes to Spurs (not that I think he will) the Berahino-Kane partnership would likely be England's longer term strike partnership too, once Sturridge et al leave the scene.

Rumour Mill churning: 

http://metro.co.uk/2015/07/21/zlatan-ibrahimovic-could-be-lvgs-secret-striker-bookies-cut-odds-on-manchester-united-transfer-5306044/

 

"Van Gaal has revealed that United are closing in on a mystery forward, with the Dutchman claiming the move has gone completely under the radar."

What if it ends up being Lambert. He's more their level.

10th July 2015

Fabian Delph rumoured to be having a medical at Man City after they agree to meet the buy-out clause

 

11th July 2015

Fabian Delph publicly announces that he's staying at Villa, to captain them into the new season. He wants playing time & to show his loyalty to Villa.

Much celebration amongst Villa fans and plaudits for him putting actually playing & loyalty to his club before more money

 

17th July 2015

Fabian Delph signs for Man City

 

 

What a sh*t sport this is.

He's a regular in the England squad, coming into the prime of his playing career, adored by his fans - and already earning enough in a year to set him up for the rest of his life. If he has another 7 years pocketing a reported £2m+ a year, he'll have enough (assuming he isn't a cock with money) to retire at 32 and live the rest of his life like a Lottery winner.

Yet he chooses to let his career fade into bench-warming obscurity, for his England ambitions to effectively end, and to be despised by Villa fans he'd given false hope to. all just for even more money he's unlikely to be able to spend.

Nuts.

We felt the same when he left Leeds for Villa. That Bates was going to cash in was beyond doubt, but Villa? Now he's got his chance to win a league medal, even if he only just sneaks in under the radar appearance wise.

The about turn was pretty crappy though.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/james-mcclean-has-got-to-turn-towards-the-flag-like-everyone-else-tony-pulis-on-england-flag-snub-31392538.html

Has this guy got rocks for brains or what? He's gotten a lot of stick over the past couple of years over not wearing a poppy. Personally, I'd have no issue with wearing one if I lived and worked in England, but I understand where he was coming from on that issue and he's entitled to his view. This, however, is just dumb. He's just starting with a new club and this is how he starts off?

Any thoughts on the top 4 next season....?

 

I dont think it will deviate from Man U Man C Chelsea and Arsenal.. tho i go for a top 3 of The manchester Clubs and Chelsea in no particualr order. Man U will certainly be stronger.

Arsenal will be stronger this season , Cech makes a huge difference . Mancs have several players that will need to find their feet so to speak.

I think Chelsea will be pushed much harder this season by the other three clubs...............................in what order, not a clue

 

Arsenal will be stronger this season , Cech makes a huge difference . Mancs have several players that will need to find their feet so to speak.

I think Chelsea will be pushed much harder this season by the other three clubs...............................in what order, not a clue

 Agree. I'm back on board for the new season. Hope my interest lasts until at least Xmas this year! 

 

"Van Gaal has revealed that United are closing in on a mystery forward, with the Dutchman claiming the move has gone completely under the radar."

What if it ends up being Lambert. He's more their level.

Isn't Andy Carroll due another big money move? 

Running through the deals above (in order) one would have to say (for the buying club): Crap/Crap/Way Too Early To Tell/Jury Still Out/Excellent.

Aguero actually looks a bargain compared to the rest of that rabble. 

Biggest transfer fees paid by a British club
£59.7m	Angel Di Maria	Real Madrid to Manchester Utd	2014
£50m	Fernando Torres	Liverpool to Chelsea	2011
£49m	Raheem Sterling	Liverpool to Manchester City	2015
£42.4m	Mesut Ozil	Real Madrid to Arsenal	2013
£38m	Sergio Aguero	Atletico Madrid to Manchester City	2011

 

Running through the deals above (in order) one would have to say (for the buying club): Crap/Crap/Way Too Early To Tell/Jury Still Out/Excellent.

Aguero actually looks a bargain compared to the rest of that rabble. 

I think Liverpool knew that Torres' last injury had deprived him of that burst of pace and knew they were getting a stupidly good deal from Chavski. But I don't think they knew just how much of his game it had cost Torres.

The Manc tw*ts look like they'll get most of the fee paid for Di Maria back, jammy c*nts, because on last season's showing he was worth marginally more than Balotelli.

If they sign Pedro (looking odds-on) then, unless he has a similar inability to cope with English football, Scum-U will be a lot stronger.

 

 

I think Liverpool knew that Torres' last injury had deprived him of that burst of pace and knew they were getting a stupidly good deal from Chavski. But I don't think they knew just how much of his game it had cost Torres.

 

The Manc tw*ts look like they'll get most of the fee paid for Di Maria back, jammy c*nts, because on last season's showing he was worth marginally more than Balotelli.

If they sign Pedro (looking odds-on) then, unless he has a similar inability to cope with English football, Scum-U will be a lot stronger.

Providing they hold onto their keeper

Spurs reportedly in discussions regarding Lamela loan deal to Porto, with Porto then having the right to buy him for 7.5m euros.

Spurs reportedly in discussions regarding Lamela loan deal to Porto, with Porto then having the right to buy him for 7.5m euros. 

Quite - obviously a load of cobblers. You'd never get €7.5m for Lamela after flopping so badly at Sperms.