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Summer 2012 HCDAJFU Thread - Premier League Special Edition

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S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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QPR to sign Ryan Nelson on July 1st. I still think he could of added some experience to our defence.

 

More fool QPR imo. We need pace in our team, the last thing we need to do as add aging/slow premier league players just because they have 'experience' in the PL.

sfc4prem

sfc4prem

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He was on £60k a week at Liverpool and Hoffenheim can afford a lot, lot more.

 

Where's the evidence that Hoffenheim can afford "a lot, lot more"?

The Kraken

The Kraken

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More fool QPR imo. We need pace in our team, the last thing we need to do as add aging/slow premier league players just because they have 'experience' in the PL.

They've also just signed Andrew Johnson.

 

Both decent (if short term) signings IMO.

Crazy Diamond

Crazy Diamond

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Where's the evidence that Hoffenheim can afford "a lot, lot more"?

 

Hoffenheim's recent history - the very fact they are where they are and how they've got there. Like spending £7 million on a player whilst in the second tier.

MOSaint

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isnt caughtoffside another one of those websites that you take anything on there with a very large pinch of salt?

 

caughtoffisde

teamTALK

goal.com

tribalfootball

 

None of those are trustworthy.

Saint Stimp

Saint Stimp

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Hoffenheim's recent history - the very fact they are where they are and how they've got there. Like spending £7 million on a player whilst in the second tier.

 

According to reports we were willing to splash a similar fee for Gary Hooper...

Crazy Diamond

Crazy Diamond

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According to reports we were willing to splash a similar fee for Gary Hooper...

 

Yes but did we? And other than a Scottish newspaper saying we might, was there any proof that we were going to spend that level of money? No and no. Hoffenheim are little more than a village team - population of around 3000. What's happened to them is incredible.

S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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Babel clearly has talent if used in the right way, and played regularly - whcih he never really was at Liverpool, was always a bit-part player and could never get any consistency. I always thought that he'd do well at a smaller/middle premier league club where he would be a ''big fish''. Interesting if it happens.

Matthew Le God

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Yes but did we? And other than a Scottish newspaper saying we might, was there any proof that we were going to spend that level of money? No and no.

 

Lennon and Adkins pretty much confirmed the bids went in.

Crazy Diamond

Crazy Diamond

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Babel clearly has talent if used in the right way, and played regularly - whcih he never really was at Liverpool, was always a bit-part player and could never get any consistency. I always thought that he'd do well at a smaller/middle premier league club where he would be a ''big fish''. Interesting if it happens.

 

Possibly - Birmingham bid £8 million for him and he wasn't against going there, so you never know.

Crazy Diamond

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Lennon and Adkins pretty much confirmed the bids went in.

 

We were talking about the actual figure, not if the bids had gone in or not. Did Adkins or Lennon say how much these bids were for? No.

S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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We were talking about the actual figure, not if the bids had gone in or not. Did Adkins or Lennon say how much these bids were for? No.

 

Probably similar to what we paid for Rodriguez to be honest, there was a large sum of money set aside to get a ''big name'' striker - it's been set aside for the last 12 months it seems.

S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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£6m before Wolves will talk about Jarvis.

 

A bit more attractive than the £10+ figures that I was reading. It's still a hell of alot of money though, I think there are better wide players out in Europe who we could snare for that price (or less).

Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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Players back in training on the 28th June, Nigel Adkins says he would like to think there will one or two additions before that date (said with a huge grin on his face).

 

So the next 10 days will be interesting...

itchen_dan

itchen_dan

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Players back in training on the 28th June, Nigel Adkins says he would like to think there will one or two additions before that date (said with a huge grin on his face).

 

So the next 10 days will be interesting...

 

Noticed that also!! As you said, gonna be interesting!

Hopkins

Hopkins

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Players back in training on the 28th June, Nigel Adkins says he would like to think there will one or two additions before that date (said with a huge grin on his face).

 

So the next 10 days will be interesting...

 

Ah fantastic. I remember him saying and doing similar last season in both windows only for everyone to assume it was certain we'd sign players within a few days and when those self set deadlines expired then everyone moaned and said we had missed out on targets.

Pilchards

Pilchards

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Players back in training on the 28th June, Nigel Adkins says he would like to think there will one or two additions before that date (said with a huge grin on his face).

 

So the next 10 days will be interesting...

 

Better be a keeper as Davis will be ****ed being the only decent one.

Ivan Katalinic's 'tache

Ivan Katalinic's 'tache

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Players back in training on the 28th June, Nigel Adkins says he would like to think there will one or two additions before that date (said with a huge grin on his face).

 

So the next 10 days will be interesting...

 

Are you sure he hadn't let a sneaky one go & was waiting to be found out?

Saint J 77

Saint J 77

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Players back in training on the 28th June, Nigel Adkins says he would like to think there will one or two additions before that date (said with a huge grin on his face).

 

So the next 10 days will be interesting...

 

Was this interview on the Saints Player?

Turkish

Turkish

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Graeme Bailey has tweeted saying we have an exciting deal lined up but cannot say anything just yet.

 

This guy is usually bang on as well so no reason not to doubt this.

 

Who is he?

S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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Who is he?

 

Works for Sky, as their football reporter I think. Pretty solid source I'd have to say.

 

Wonder who it is that he'd class as Exciting? Let the name guessing begin.

saint_ed

saint_ed

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Works for Sky, as their football reporter I think. Pretty solid source I'd have to say.

 

Wonder who it is that he'd class as Exciting? Let the name guessing begin.

 

Pretty sure it will be Elia

MOSaint

MOSaint

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Pretty sure it will be Elia

 

 

I don't know, would he really need to make the name to keep a name that's already been publicly linked quiet?

S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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Pretty sure it will be Elia

 

That's the first name that sprung into my head. For some reason I think his 'exciting' criteria equals a very talented forigen signing, who hasn't got his chance at a 'big club'.

Webby

Webby

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I have a feeling we have a couple of deals wrapped up. After all, the jrod deal was agreed long before he got back from his hols.

saint_ed

saint_ed

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I don't know, would he really need to make the name to keep a name that's already been publicly linked quiet?

 

If GB has specifically been sworn to secrecy then yes, it doesn't matter if it's rumoured elsewhere. All he will care about is that it doesn't come from him.

S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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Yep, that's the sort of signing as i'd class as exciting in Sky Sports terms. He's just not done it at Juventus for whatever reason and the club/his agent have been offering him around, I doubt many of the ''bigger'' clubs are too keen on taking a gamble so it leaves the middle half/bottom load of teams in the PL' and other european leagues.

 

I imagine we'd have to pay a decent wedge in terms of a loan fee and a % of his wages, so I'd be inclined to say that would knock out quite a few of the bottom half premiership clubs.

 

I might be talking rubbish and he's not the player we're interested in, but to be honest when Sky say an exciting deal I doubt it's someone from the NPC.

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