Well throw whatever we have to throw around at him.Originally Posted by RAM
Swimming Pools.
Thai Escorts.
Some LED Downlights.
Did Tinkler leave any coal laying around the place?
Someone get the man a Jet Shaped Hat!
Would be the exact type of player we need to start to control the ball better. Counter attacking is great and all but we need more than one way to play of we are going to make the 6 and stay there.
We are good at throwing abuse?
Chinese Messi goin to china before end of the month, whowin is what I'm hearing
Really? So you have fox too?
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We should be throwing everything we can besides the abuse at Milos Ninkovic. Exactly the player we need!
Have heard from Furns, who heard it from Cockerill, that Ma Leilei is subject of an offer Liaoning Whowin.
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I read that somewhere too.
Just throw eric bananas, he will be sure to sign. ERIC IS BANANA MAN
Wasn't their an article from Ma Lei Lei few weeks backs where he said he could earn more money playing in china but wanted to do well in a overseas league to get into the Chinese national team. Could be wrong though.
Might not be about what Ma wants, rather we can make some money from this deal.
Pure profit, whatever the fee
Chinese transfer window closes on 28 Feb so if it was going to happen it needs to be soon or we don't make a dime from it
And China wonders why it can't compete internationally when all their players play domestically in what is arguably not a strong league.
Not that the HAL is better but you would think having Chinese players in leagues around the world would help their National team be competitive
What the player wants especially if the coach is using him should be taken into account.
Probably a cultural thing in some ways too, you get the sense that they love doing things on their own and in their own way, in a much broader sense than football. I think they like the independence. (This was in reply to Borat's post)
Not too fussed, if we sell him and make some money, great, but it again comes down to what we do with the money and who we replace him with. I think he's been a decent addition to the squad, still not quite sure what his level is - you see moments of brilliance and finesse from him but sometimes goes missing for 15 minutes or more at a time.
With the mooted interested team in town, I would expect negotiations to progress swiftly
Martin Lee is a businessman. He will run the club to initially try and break even, and hopefully return a profit in future. After years of leeching money under prior ownership, and getting absolutely screwed with other transfers (Middleby, I'm looking at you), I don't get the argument against this move
My argument is who replaces Ma Lei Lei at number 10 brown has been inconsistent in the attacking aspects of his game (his work rate is fantastic). Clut hasnt shown enough to make Jones start him. Hoole central is an option but we need him out wide
I take your point, but money talks. Ma has been good, sometimes great. But he isn't the long-term answer.
Perhaps Brown isn't either, although we stupidly decided to extend his deal 30 seconds into his current one (WTF?)
I think the amount of playing time Ma has been seeing lately was a "shop window" scenario. Perfect storm with Brown being injured, and I think Clut has been given the rough end of the stick for a few weeks now.
All in all, I think we will be fine without Ma on the books. He has definitely surprised some people (myself included), but when you can pick up somebody off the scrapheap and offload him for a fee, it's a no-brainer for me.
Nordstrand 10 Kokko 9.
Issues are -
Lower pace/workrate, may not suit the pressing and fast break game we have been playing
Nordstrand still likely have to be replaced, although maybe if he's not chasing longballs through the defence he will last longer. Although Clut would be an option to come on at 10 for the last 25, or Brown can do it with Johnny K coming into CM. A few options
I hope we do it again. Not blindly of course, but look at the "scrapheap" players we have picked up over the years. Even just now, our player of the season is one. In general we should be looking to do it, but an area we may have an advantage or extra insight is Chinese players. If there are more that have been a bit unlucky lately but we believe they're decent quality, do the same deal. If they can enhance our squad for half a season to a season before being sold back to the Chinese market, sounds like great business. Its not like we are breaking the bank using visa spots for marquee players. I think having one of our visa spots be for a "project" player, don't get me wrong they still need to be if not first team quality then right in contention for it, is a direction we could go down
We haven't had a debate like this since we all wanted Heskey and Bridges to play together.
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