Isegrim 9741 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrossthepond 876 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Why did it have to be the "Saudi-backed regime"? When City buy players nobody refers to them as the Emirati-backed regime. We're not a fucking rebel faction in Yemen for God's sake, we're a football club. 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44559 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 minute ago, Isegrim said: 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 3 minutes ago, acrossthepond said: Why did it have to be the "Saudi-backed regime"? When City buy players nobody refers to them as the Emirati-backed regime. We're not a fucking rebel faction in Yemen for God's sake, we're a football club. Because Man City have finished sportswashing and we’ve only just started. Wait till these bitches want a press pass or access to the nice buffet. They’ll play ball. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21868 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 31 minutes ago, Andrew said: Would take him in a heartbeat (so to speak) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 32890 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, Isegrim said: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13842 Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego21 2135 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 8 minutes ago, Andrew said: That was fascinating! Thanks! What changed that has made you so successful lately? Is it just down to Simeone? Something I remember thinking about Atletico was they always had an absolutely top striker leading the line, Forlan, Aguero, Falcao, Costa etc. How did they manage that? You can be sure. The only thing have change in the club between 1987 and 2022 is Simeone. This man is absolute amazing. It's the Atletico soul. The things he have achieve fighting against Real Madrid and Barcelona are incredibles. Miguel Angel Gil, that is the owner since 2003, is most intelligent than his father... But with him, the team was very bad until Simeone come back as a coach. And you can be sure, when Simeone decide to go... Atletico will suffer some like Arsenal or Man United when Wenger and Sir Alex gone. Is for that that I regret Shearer really never had the chance to get the team... Because I think Shearer is in Newcastle like Simeone in Atletico. And yes... The Striker... In 1998 we get Vieri, the man scored 24 goals in 24 matches.... He was Top Scorer. In 1999 we get Hasselbaink... He was second in Top Scorer (and it was the year we get relegated). Later... In First Division... Torres, Aguero, Forlán, Costa, Falcao, Villa, Mandzukic, Griezmann... But we did so many bad signings too. Vietto, Gameiro, Jackson Martínez... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19996 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19996 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 This is just mad. If he is announced before the weekend this is class. They have sorted this out quick and done it well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 They’ve got a lot more to do mind 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19996 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Just now, Tom said: They’ve got a lot more to do mind Oh 100% but this lays a marker down. It's promising and probably sets a few of the fans nerves down 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaser 1207 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Only 4 to go (at least) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13842 Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 Apparently he’s the first of 6 (six). Will tug the end off it if we have basically an entire new core of the team by February 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 9741 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Signing a player in the first week of the transfer window is something that has to sink in first. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooner 243 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 3 minutes ago, Isegrim said: Signing a player in the first week of the transfer window is something that has to sink in first. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30406 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19996 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 49 minutes ago, Ayatollah Hermione said: Apparently he’s the first of 6 (six). Will tug the end off it if we have basically an entire new core of the team by February If we get 4 ill be doing cartwheels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 2956 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Isegrim said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34953 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 6 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: If we get 4 ill be doing cartwheels! Get 5 and I think you and AH should combine the two 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 2975 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 This is great news (if it actually goes through)! Trippier is almost the perfect first signing. Really lays solid foundations. I remember some twerps in the media were spouting shit saying we'd sign a bunch of mercenaries in attacking positions early doors as the owners would want to spunk cash on all their personal favourites. This signing shows the board aren't the type of morons that occupy media positions in the football world, that they instead actually know enough to know they should be listening to football people and the manager in particular, and that that is exactly what they are doing because this must be a signing Howe suggested during the interview for the job. For me it shows there's a good level of trust from everyone. Just speaks to the positive atmosphere around the club since October. And importantly, too, it shows other players and clubs out there in the transfer window that we're not fucking around with wages or fees; that if a player is worth it and wanted, then everyone will work to get the deal done. I'm still getting used to the club being run at anything above 'crackpot' status, to be honest, let alone competently. It's strange to check a transfer rumour thread and be genuinely excited by the possibilities for a change. Now I know how CT must have felt all those years, bless his child-like enthusiastic cotton socks. We're all CTs today! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30406 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 I would take the fee and wages with a pinch of salt. It wouldn’t surprise me if the club were playing things down in order to dampen expectations from other selling clubs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21868 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, ewerk said: £15m including ad-ons. That’s a steal but perhaps the most satisfying thing about the fee is how wrong the chicken and wine king was Edited January 4, 2022 by Dr Gloom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3353 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 7 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: £15m including ad-ons. That’s a steal but perhaps the most satisfying thing about the fee is how wrong the chicken and rice king was Wine, shirley? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21868 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, sammynb said: Wine, shirley? Edited 👍🏼 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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