[Archived] Other Pl Happenings 2009/10

[super_arran]

hahaha

[Grabbi Graeme]

Citeh 1-0 up against West Ham, Santa Cruz on the bench, be funny if he comes on then gets injured.

[LeChuck]

Good game at COMS. I kind of forgot how good Petrov is, he doesn't seem to have lost any pace in his long absence.

[rebelmswar]

Seems that there is a whole are of the stand dedicated to seating the managers that City have went through in the past couple of years.

[T4E]

Roque just come on for City

[T4E]

And he's just missed a sitter

[John]

Former Leeds United boss Gary McAllister will be named as Portsmouth assistant manager on Tuesday, BBC Radio Solent understands.

[neekoy]

Torres, not for sale at ANY price!

Which obviously means he is

"How much is he worth? Well at least £70 million, you would say," Benitez said.

I would love to see who Benitez blows the sale money on to "strengthen"

[bennyboyt11]

Torres really doesn't strike me as someone who would want to leave the Kop for the likes of Real Madrid, maybe if Liverpool haven't won anything for a good couple of seasons.

[Cocker]

Torres really doesn't strike me as someone who would want to leave the Kop for the likes of Real Madrid, maybe if Liverpool haven't won anything for a good couple of seasons.

He has been quoted as saying that there is no way he would ever play for Real Madrid as he used to play for Athletico and he is also a fan. It would be like Dunny going to play for Burnley.

[modes98]

There comes a point in every career where a player makes a choice between moving on or sticking with the club and hoping for the best. Gerrard has stuck with Liverpool and I would say Torres seems pretty loyal, but given a couple more empty seasons and you never know if Barca or someone else come calling.

[alexanders]

if Barca or someone else come calling.

Barca is deffo less likely for Torres. Growing up in Madrid you learn to hate Barcelona and Catalunya.

[Al]

He has been quoted as saying that there is no way he would ever play for Real Madrid as he used to play for Athletico and he is also a fan. It would be like Dunny going to play for Burnley.

Or Owen playing for Manu.

[Cocker]

I see what your saying Al but I am not sure its the same.

Only time will tell who is right I guess.

[Sparky Marky]

He has been quoted as saying that there is no way he would ever play for Real Madrid as he used to play for Athletico and he is also a fan. It would be like Dunny going to play for Burnley.

It's absolutely nothing like Dunny playing for Burnley....If Burnley were Manchester United, then it would be the same.

[Blue blood]

The difference is that Torres is in splended form and thus will be in demand/wanted by pretty much all the top clubs. Given his form he's able to command a move to just about wherever he wants to go.

Owen on the other hand was nearly washed up, had just been relegated, had big questions surrounding his fitness, and the opportunity for premiership football wasn't all that certain - definately not at a top or even big club. I'm pretty sure manure were the only top team to throw him a lifeline. In this respect he had to take it.

[modes98]

Barca is deffo less likely for Torres. Growing up in Madrid you learn to hate Barcelona and Catalunya.

The club wasn't really important it could be LA Galaxy. It was more the point that players get to a point where they either stay loyal to the club or try to move to engineer some success before their career ends or in Ryan Giggs' case make that decision without really knowing it.

[joey_big_nose]

The difference is that Torres is in splended form and thus will be in demand/wanted by pretty much all the top clubs. Given his form he's able to command a move to just about wherever he wants to go.

Owen on the other hand was nearly washed up, had just been relegated, had big questions surrounding his fitness, and the opportunity for premiership football wasn't all that certain - definately not at a top or even big club. I'm pretty sure manure were the only top team to throw him a lifeline. In this respect he had to take it.

Absolutely. His choice was Man Utd or Everton. Neither is going to go down well on the Kop is it. And your not going to go to Hull in those circumstances just to appease a bit of rivalry. I mean it's his career, which is - when it gets down to it - far more important than any notions of tribalism.

If Burnley make the best (in terms of level of football and wages) offer to Derbs or Dunn in the future they could end up going there. It would have to be significantly better than other things on the table due to their loyalties, but if it added up they would go. Similarly if we had offerd a contract to Chaplow when we were in Europe and Burnely were struggling in the Championship he would certainly have come to Ewood. That's how life works.

If Gerrard suddenly lost form, got injured, lost his contract and the only prem teams that offered him a contract were Everton and Man Utd would he take one? Of course he would.

Lets not be daft. Torres is no different. Loyalty is only an option when you are choosing between two equal destinations.

[LeChuck]

Owen is actually an Everton fan so I don't think the comparison between him and Torres makes much sense.

[Miker]

I'd say Benitez would sell Torres if they won the league. Big money and he'll have proved his point.

[T4E]

I'd say Benitez would sell Torres if they won the league. Big money and he'll have proved his point.

To who?

[philipl]

But Benitez is daft enough to sell Torres.

[LeChuck]

McAllister's move to Portsmouth breaks down

Apparently they failed to come to an agreement, which I can only assume means Pompey couldn't afford to pay his wages. They're in massive trouble by the looks of it.

[gumboots]

McAllister's move to Portsmouth breaks down

Apparently they failed to come to an agreement, which I can only assume means Pompey couldn't afford to pay his wages. They're in massive trouble by the looks of it.

My first thought too. Either they can't afford him or he doesn't think it's worth going there because they can't afford anything and will have to sell again.

[Iceman]

Or Owen playing for Manu.

Very different that. Owen was more a case of desperation, than anything else.