The Times report on Rafa's meeting with G&T...

[AFII]

Sure about that mate?

There's a difference between having a supposed interest in a player and actually attempting to sign him.

My advice would be to ignore who the media link us with between now and the summer. They'll be playing their favourite game of 2+2=5 every day with these rumours of Rafa having a significant transfer wedge to spend. It basically gives the red tops carte blanche to print complete fiction.

He tried to sign Villa when he played for Zaragoza and we had agreed a deal with Sevilla but they did a Simao on us.

[kurtangle01]

2005.

I don't remember that. Maybe it was mentioned on your fave site tribalfootball?

[AFII]

Again very speculative and it's tribalfootball. Hardly a great news source is it?

It's from the site Tribalfootball but the source is France football.

[kurtangle01]

He tried to sign Villa when he played for Zaragoza and we had agreed a deal with Sevilla but they did a Simao on us.

That bit is correct I'll give you that but the rest, apart from Alves, is nothing but rumors with absolutely no weight behind them.

[kurtangle01]

It's from the site Tribalfootball but the source is France football.

You're easily convinced, mate. That's all I'll say.

[AFII]

I don't remember that. Maybe it was mentioned on your fave site tribalfootball?

Very often it can be the same source on Tribalfootball as it's on Newsnow. If I would post the same article from Newsnow then people would not call it ****, why?

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

Again very speculative and it's tribalfootball. Hardly a great news source is it?

It's very easy for the foreign sporting tabloids - that's essentially what they are, the Sunday Sport without the saggy tits - to link us, and the likes of the scum, chavs and arse with every top player who's apparently "avalible". Basically we're the clubs with the most money competing for the top prizes every year, from that perspective it's logical and believable. Fact is for every 50 players we are linked with, we probably on average are only genuinely interested in 5 of them and we'll maybe sign one or 2 of them. The rest of the time the press have no idea until said deal is done or close, like Voronin for example.

They basically earn a living by making **** up inbetween 3 hour sessions of Football Manager and Pro Evolution soccer. What a job eh?

[red g]

You're easily convinced, mate. That's all I'll say.

[AFII]

You're easily convinced, mate. That's all I'll say.

[kurtangle01]

Very often it can be the same source on Tribalfootball as it's on Newsnow. If I would post the same article from Newsnow then people would not call it ****, why?

It would depend on what website you quoted on newsnow and how much weight was behind the story like quotes from agents etc...

What you're posting is specualtive reports where we are mentioned in the passing at the end of the atricle.

They're hardly cast iron stories that have gained momentum over time to suggest that we're actually after these players.

[kurtangle01]

It's very easy for the foreign sporting tabloids - that's essentially what they are, the Sunday Sport without the saggy tits - to link us, and the likes of the scum, chavs and arse with every top player who's apparently "avalible". Basically we're the clubs with the most money competing for the top prizes every year, from that perspective it's logical and believable. Fact is for every 50 players we are linked with, we probably on average are only genuinely interested in 5 of them and we'll maybe sign one or 2 of them. The rest of the time the press have no idea until said deal is done or close, like Voronin for example.

They basically earn a living by making **** up inbetween 3 hour sessions of Football Manager and Pro Evolution soccer. What a job eh?

[AFII]

It would depend on what website you quoted on newsnow and how much weight was behind the story like quotes from agents etc...

What you're posting is specualtive reports where we are mentioned in the passing at the end of the atricle.

They're hardly cast iron stories that have gained momentum over time to suggest that we're actually after these players.

I can agree with this.

The point is that 99.99% or something like that of all the transfer rumours is speculation.

Trezeguet, Bojinov and Amauri are the only players you really can say isn't pure speculation because Rafa have said himself that he is interested in them.

[Rocket]

the echo is one of the only papers i like to believe these days, and occasionaly stuff that dave maddocks prints.

half the ****e that gets posted on here isn't worth reading

[AFII]

the echo is one of the only papers i like to believe these days, and occasionaly stuff that dave maddocks prints.

half the ****e that gets posted on here isn't worth reading

Only half?

[REDSCOUSER]

Only half?

apologies on the behalf of rocket, you DO post BIG TURD, happy now