Oh yes they treated him badly and the fans made no secret of letting them know about it , but life goes on. Everyone will be wanting to beat City now plus the top 4.


Have you heard any more Gunners transfer news?.

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Originally posted by likeafire:

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Originally posted by MrMeatAndPotatoPie:
I hope Eto does come to city.

££££££££money talks... money talks££££££££

It obviously didnt say much to Kaka
How can you accommodate all of Tevez, Eto, Santa Cruz and Robinho?

It doesn't stop Surreal Madrid trying to buy everyone.

City won't be a threat next season anyway, no matter how much money we spend. If we do have a whole new team then its going to take time for the team to glue together. I expect we will hit a place from 6-10 in the table.

Loads of speculation Darlo but nothing concrete.

Same old same old at this time of year eh?

Real Madrid are aiming for world domination , it's a joke they have all this cash when theres meant to be a credit crunch .

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Originally posted by Veggieburger:
Loads of speculation Darlo but nothing concrete.

Same old same old at this time of year eh?

certainly is, what areas do you think Wenger needs to strengthen in then?.

I think it's difficult to say Darlo until we see who is going - if anyone.

We don't have much money and we've already spent on Vermaelen.

I would have gone for a quality central defender, which hopefully we have.

And someone to boss the midfield.

My first priority though would be getting Van Persie to sign an extended contract

Getting RVP to stay is a must , even keeping your most important players happy. Maybe Wenger will have to sell some deadwood players who he feels you don't need then use the cash to buy new players. A new defender is a must for Arsenal .

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Originally posted by likeafire:

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Originally posted by MrMeatAndPotatoPie:
I hope Eto does come to city.

££££££££money talks... money talks££££££££

It obviously didnt say much to Kaka
How can you accommodate all of Tevez, Eto, Santa Cruz and Robinho?

Simple. It'll be a front 3 of Robinho Tevez and Eto'o (how good does that look on paper?) with the likes of Santa Cruz, Wright-Phillips and Bellamy ready to step in when injury or suspension or cup competitions.



I think Hughes is missing one major thing though.... that his defence was the big problem last season. It's all well and good having a world class front 3 and good midfielders like Gareth Barry and Nigel De Jong.... then an absolutely atrocious back 4 led by the most over-rated lump of lard of a centre back Richard Dunne. Hughed needs to buy a real top defender to play alongside Onouha or Richards.

England were fast asleep at the back there.

Simple goal for Germany.

Lets not forget Robinho doesnt do away games...

I always thought that Gonzalo Castro was spanish

Germany are leading .


Problem is Crunchy, Vincent Kompany is a natural centre back and it's his best position, but Hughes kept playing him at defensive midfield if he played him at centre back then the defence would have been a bit better, but they have got to get some defenders in.

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Originally posted by MrMeatAndPotatoPie:
Lets not forget Robinho doesnt do away games...

he will in a decent team that won't be constantly on the back foot in just about every single away games.

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Originally posted by Crunchy Nuts:
I always thought that Gonzalo Castro was spanish

One of his parents is Spanish, the other is German .

Wazzer Rooney should have been called up for this. I know he's been with the first team recently, but so has Theo Walcott. Rooney is the same age as James Milner so should be eligible.

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Originally posted by darloboy07:
Germany are leading .


Problem is Crunchy, Vincent Kompany is a natural centre back and it's his best position, but Hughes kept playing him at defensive midfield if he played him at centre back then the defence would have been a bit better, but they have got to get some defenders in.

Barry will now go into CDM. Kompany will go into CB if we don't make any signings and M Richards will be leaving.

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Originally posted by darloboy07:
Germany are leading .


Problem is Crunchy, Vincent Kompany is a natural centre back and it's his best position, but Hughes kept playing him at defensive midfield if he played him at centre back then the defence would have been a bit better, but they have got to get some defenders in.

Oh yeah I forgot about him. But like Richards, he's young and up and coming. They need someone who is about in their late twenties early thirties to lead that back 4. Not Richard Dunne.

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Originally posted by MrMeatAndPotatoPie:

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Originally posted by darloboy07:
Germany are leading .


Problem is Crunchy, Vincent Kompany is a natural centre back and it's his best position, but Hughes kept playing him at defensive midfield if he played him at centre back then the defence would have been a bit better, but they have got to get some defenders in.

Barry will now go into CDM. Kompany will go into CB if we don't make any signings and M Richards will be leaving.

Interesting , who's going to be upfront then Robinho and Santa Cruz?. If Tevez joins then there will have to be rotation unless Hughes decides to do 4-3-3 and play all three of them.

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Originally posted by Crunchy Nuts:

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Originally posted by darloboy07:
Germany are leading .


Problem is Crunchy, Vincent Kompany is a natural centre back and it's his best position, but Hughes kept playing him at defensive midfield if he played him at centre back then the defence would have been a bit better, but they have got to get some defenders in.

Oh yeah I forgot about him. But like Richards, he's young and up and coming. They need someone who is about in their late twenties early thirties to lead that back 4. Not Richard Dunne.

Richard Dunne is going to be the first choice next year at centre back because of his loyalty, so if they get another defender it will just be a case of rotating players around.

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Originally posted by MrMeatAndPotatoPie:

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Originally posted by darloboy07:
Germany are leading .


Problem is Crunchy, Vincent Kompany is a natural centre back and it's his best position, but Hughes kept playing him at defensive midfield if he played him at centre back then the defence would have been a bit better, but they have got to get some defenders in.

Barry will now go into CDM. Kompany will go into CB if we don't make any signings and M Richards will be leaving.

Naaaah, it's one of the biggest myths in english football that Gareth Barry is a defensive midfielder.

I think it'll be a midfield 3 with either De Jong or Kompany playing the defensive role, with Gareth Barry and someone else, maybe Stephen Ireland unless they make another signing making up the 3.

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Originally posted by darloboy07:

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Originally posted by MrMeatAndPotatoPie:

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Originally posted by darloboy07:
Germany are leading .


Problem is Crunchy, Vincent Kompany is a natural centre back and it's his best position, but Hughes kept playing him at defensive midfield if he played him at centre back then the defence would have been a bit better, but they have got to get some defenders in.

Barry will now go into CDM. Kompany will go into CB if we don't make any signings and M Richards will be leaving.

Interesting , who's going to be upfront then Robinho and Santa Cruz?. If Tevez joins then there will have to be rotation unless Hughes decides to do 4-3-3 and play all three of them.

If Eto'o joins... this'll be the team imo...


Given

Back four take your pick

Ireland De Jong Barry

Tevez Eto'o Robinho



Santa Cruz isn't in the same class as any of them forwards.

Looks like Eto'o will be crossed out and Santa Cruz will be in there, if he doesn't decide to be greedy .

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Originally posted by darloboy07:

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Originally posted by MrMeatAndPotatoPie:

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Originally posted by darloboy07:
Germany are leading .


Problem is Crunchy, Vincent Kompany is a natural centre back and it's his best position, but Hughes kept playing him at defensive midfield if he played him at centre back then the defence would have been a bit better, but they have got to get some defenders in.

Barry will now go into CDM. Kompany will go into CB if we don't make any signings and M Richards will be leaving.

Interesting , who's going to be upfront then Robinho and Santa Cruz?. If Tevez joins then there will have to be rotation unless Hughes decides to do 4-3-3 and play all three of them.

--------- Given ----------

Zabaleta---Kompany----Dunne---Bridge

De Jong --- G Barry

Tevez------------Ireland------------Robinho

---Eto---



Though i just heard news Eto wants 15mil of the transfer fee so fat chance hes coming now. He can get stuffed

Bloody Germany!!

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Though i just heard news Eto wants 15mil of the transfer fee so fat chance hes coming now. He can get stuffed

, they have got the money to pay him if they want him that bad.



So England are losing then I take it, was watching EE .

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Originally posted by MrMeatAndPotatoPie:

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Originally posted by darloboy07:

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Originally posted by MrMeatAndPotatoPie:

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Originally posted by darloboy07:
Germany are leading .


Problem is Crunchy, Vincent Kompany is a natural centre back and it's his best position, but Hughes kept playing him at defensive midfield if he played him at centre back then the defence would have been a bit better, but they have got to get some defenders in.

Barry will now go into CDM. Kompany will go into CB if we don't make any signings and M Richards will be leaving.

Interesting , who's going to be upfront then Robinho and Santa Cruz?. If Tevez joins then there will have to be rotation unless Hughes decides to do 4-3-3 and play all three of them.

--------- Given ----------

Zabaleta---Kompany----Dunne---Bridge

De Jong --- G Barry

Tevez------------Ireland------------Robinho

---Eto---



Though i just heard news Eto wants 15mil of the transfer fee so fat chance hes coming now. He can get stuffed

Good shout. Barry needs someone like De Jong beside him if he's to play that deep.

Decent team Mr Meaty , although I think Villa and Everton will be in there too next season although they haven't got as much money as City they will have to work more harder for the european places where as City can just buy every time the window is open.

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Originally posted by darloboy07:
Decent team Mr Meaty , although I think Villa and Everton will be in there too next season although they haven't got as much money as City they will have to work more harder for the european places where as City can just buy every time the window is open.

Like i said before, we are no threat for next season. Maybe in 2 or 3 years time we will be knocking on Arsenals door for a top 4 spot That team i mensioned is very different to what we have now. It will take time for a new team to glue together.

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Originally posted by MrMeatAndPotatoPie:

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Originally posted by darloboy07:
Decent team Mr Meaty , although I think Villa and Everton will be in there too next season although they haven't got as much money as City they will have to work more harder for the european places where as City can just buy every time the window is open.

Like i said before, we are no threat for next season. Maybe in 2 or 3 years time we will be knocking on Arsenals door for a top 4 spot That team i mensioned is very different to what we have now. It will take time for a new team to glue together.

That's what people said about Mourinho's Chelsea team when he added Drogba, Tiago, Essien, Robben, Paulo Ferreira, Cech and Carvalho in one summer. But then again Mark Hughes isn't Jose Mourinho

I just think that people shouldn't rule out Villa and Everton just yet. It will have to take time for everything to come together, but maybe the owners are getting carried away and expecting too much at his stage because lets face it, nothing is going to happen overnight .

Accoring to Martin Swain in tonights Express & Star, Villa fans are beginning to get peed off with Martin O'Neill not buying anyone after letting Barry go, at least they have a maanger although according to the same paper, Alan Irvine will be announced as our manager tomorrow, I will wait and see and keep checking Sky Sports News.

Even though I am a Baggies fan, I would like to see Villa start contesting the top 4, although I do have a soft spot for Everton fans, some of the nicest I have met at the Hawthorns

Alan Irvine is a disappointing choice, but if they can't get Darren Ferguson then they will just have to settle for whoever.


Villa fans just need to keep the faith, MON has done a great job so far of course they are going to be disappointed by the lack of transfer activity but thats due to not much funds but Randy Learner has promised now there will be funds there. I would like Villa to get stronger too Pinkbabe they're doing the WM proud .

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Originally posted by darloboy07:
Alan Irvine is a disappointing choice, but if they can't get Darren Ferguson then they will just have to settle for whoever.


Villa fans just need to keep the faith, MON has done a great job so far of course they are going to be disappointed by the lack of transfer activity but thats due to not much funds but Randy Learner has promised now there will be funds there. I would like Villa to get stronger too Pinkbabe they're doing the WM proud .

I'm disappointed about it but TBH dont know much about Irvine, just what I have read on websites ect. I genuninely hope Villa do well, as I am NOT keen on B'ham City and the soap opera goings on there. I honestly think as well, that with a couple of sensible buys by O"Neill, Villa could really make a challenge next season.

Oh lawd...

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Originally posted by PinkBabe1966:

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Originally posted by darloboy07:
Alan Irvine is a disappointing choice, but if they can't get Darren Ferguson then they will just have to settle for whoever.


Villa fans just need to keep the faith, MON has done a great job so far of course they are going to be disappointed by the lack of transfer activity but thats due to not much funds but Randy Learner has promised now there will be funds there. I would like Villa to get stronger too Pinkbabe they're doing the WM proud .

I'm disappointed about it but TBH dont know much about Irvine, just what I have read on websites ect. I genuninely hope Villa do well, as I am NOT keen on B'ham City and the soap opera goings on there. I honestly think as well, that with a couple of sensible buys by O"Neill, Villa could really make a challenge next season.

I'm the opposite i'm not keen on Wolves, don't mind Brum. I hope both stay up and Albion join but one of them will probably drop down again.


Theres going to be lots of work for Irvine then if he does join the Albion.



Mr Meaty seen that pic before .

3-0 to Germany...

I've had so many SMS from the Fatherland in the past five minutes.

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:
I've had so many SMS from the Fatherland in the past five minutes.

Now see that's where we go wrong Joe.

if we lowered outselves to read the Sun we'd have lots of topical and witty retorts for such an occasion as this

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Originally posted by Veggieburger:

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:
I've had so many SMS from the Fatherland in the past five minutes.

Now see that's where we go wrong Joe.

if we lowered outselves to read the Sun we'd have lots of topical and witty retorts for such an occasion as this

It could 'ave/of/have been worse. I might 'ave/of/have been there.