Transfers, rumours and other bullshit.

[ob1]

City or Bobby seem to have taken the decision that Fat Pat is the last of the over 30's we'll buy (at least for the time being) and that can be the only good excuse for not snapping up Marquez. He does lack a bit of pace but, at this stage in our development, I'd have signed him.

[PJS]

OB1/BJ - here is my prediction. IF we sign 1 or 2 more midfielders (assuming Milner is one and another creative one such as Ozil) then i will almost GUARANTEE that Vieira WILL NOT be on the 25 man Prem League squad.

He can be a coach/cheerleader from the bench anyway for games he will not be playing in and can happily be used of any of the other competitions as a backup option.

The other way to look at it is as follows. If we'd managed to sign Milner, Yaya, Silva and new midfielder 4 in January, would Mancini have been back to Inter to sign Vieira now? Answer is NO FKING WAY, so whether he has a contract with us now is totally irrelevant whether he makes the 25.

Its like picking a cricket side after seeing the wicket. Extra seamer or spinner? We all know the Prem League is too fking fast and Fat Pat DOES NOT belong in that competition. He can help the youngsters in training and support the team on PL matchdays from the bench. More than happy to see him in meaningless Europa games however where the pace may be more his style

[PJS]

Interesting developement being reported on Goal.com, apparently a loan for Roby to Inter is being considered as a `make weight` in the MB transfer. That would be a good outcome in my eyes as long as they are not expecting us to top up his wages. I don`t believe for one minute that they could afford the 160 large per week he was earning with us so if a compromise is to occur it has to be coming from the brasilian. What does worry me though is that little shitsack could slow down this tedious transfer down even more.......maybe that carpark attendant job Jonesey mentioned is the safest way to go after all.

Chop - i assume the offering lower fee and offering Robinho is to cover the loan fee. But i am thinking a step further, we should just pay the money for Mario and not worry about the lower offer..

Why not just just try to cut Madrid's lunch RE: Maicon. He wants a certain amount in wages, why dont we just offer double his Inter wage, it'd still be less than what we're paying Robinho now? If his Madrid move falls through, then i'd say a straight swap for Robinho (not loan) would be a pretty good outcome. New tax laws in Spain also that dont make it as attractive, make him ask himself: how much do i want to play for Madrid when i'm 28?

Not that i want to sign mercenaries moving to us just for the money, but Maicon is a player who along with his agent have always kept us in the conversation (perhaps to use as a bargaining chip) but they've been more pro Madrid as opposed to anti-City which so many of these other players have been

Maicon isnt a Torres, Mascherano, Cesc, Luiz etc. He and his agent have the highest regard for Mancini and for what he did to launch Maicon's career and i dont think they would consider City if we had another manager. Its similar to Kolarov, he would have preferred Madrid but wasn't going to turn down City

[ob1]

Peej,

You told me my dream of Maicon had gone .

[PJS]

Peej,

You told me my dream of Maicon had gone .

It was on life support. Im trying my hardest to revive it......

[chopper]

I like your thinking PJ.....and yes I remember you pushing the Marquez card about six months ago.

I`m having some drama`s with my computer at home { using the wife`s to post this}....I may be off line for a few days as a result.

Briz, I`ll PM that address to you tonite, thanks again mate and let me know what the damage is.

[Brisbane Blue]

Chop

The shirt was US$75 but because I am feeling rather warm as I tuck into the first of 2 bottles of 8 year old Wild Turkey 50% proof ($25 each duty free versus $63 per bottle in 1st Choice) I will settle for AU$75.

I have another week off work as I take Mrs Briz to Melbourne later in the week. I will use the next few days to write a few expose's of New York, the Hatter and how I came to fondle Jonesey's arse in New Jersey at 5.30am as well as why I almost got a stiffy on the train to Grand Central.


Jonesey

Thanks for your kind comments. The guys from the Hatter were brilliant. (I will post elsewhere). It was like walking back into a pub of old friends from the day I got there until the day I left. Many thanks for the send off dinner in Morton's too. Probably the best steak I have ever tasted and trust me Brisbane produces a mean steak - (Cha Cha Cha's has won record after record for theirs)

Anyway I hope you enjoyed the tour as much as the (non-tipping) Poms enjoyed theirs. You worked like a trojan to ensure that everyone had a good time mate. That Demis Roussos song in New Jersey was well out of order.....oh so much to write about. I hope that I can do it justice

[Brisbane Blue]

Gentlemen

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story ... rs&cc=3436

Lets hope so

[PJS]

What the fk are these Adebayor rumours.

Originated from "Shit of the World" which isnt exactly believable at the best of times but seeing it seems none of the 39 or whatever players have been told whether they are or arent on the 25 man list, what is so special about Ade?

We can't sell any of these fkers because of their wages, i just say let them rot and pay their wages instead of giving them away for free

[PJS]

So has Ade been told to fk off out of the club or not?