gooner.girl Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Henry to Barca according to this mornings papers! Oh behave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 I thought the new stadium and the staying Henry would give you a huge lift, but "Ooops, word censored!"nal have failed in the title race dismally! I have a mate - deputy editor of 4-4-2 - who always refers to Thierry Henry as "Tiny Tears" I've never quite worked out why - but it's very funny!! anyway - look out Mr Wenger with your delicate little French ankles... BigSam's reaching up with his hairy northern hand to grab them!! (2 points made up this weekend!) Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Henry to Barca according to this mornings papers! Oh behave! Daily Express I think was one of the papers it was in, £25million! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 25 mill he's worth way more than that we paid 30 for sheva Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Here's a poser... who is the worst signing your club has made in the last five years?? at Bolton there are many candidates - but the winner (because of all the hype that attended his signing) has to be Mario Jardel.. utterly useless fat tub of lard... Phil (there are other candidates - but he was the one who's name people might recognise!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 I can think of some ! not sure if they fit into the 5 year category though Chris Sutton ( I think he scored 1 goal for us ) Robert Huth (just a giant tank, nothing else - could NOT defend) Mario Stanic (I used to seriously panic when he came on !) Veron (what the heck happened to him...few games and he just disappeared!! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Mario Jardel! He was a quality player in his day! I got his autograph when he played for you at the Villa vs Bolton match, he was a really nice bloke, didn't speak well, but he could make out "hi" and "thankyou" which it replied with "hello" and "ok". Ok here's 3! They're all equal. Arguably Villa's worst signing of the last 5 years has to be Eric Djemba-Djemba. He was a waste of space, Sir Alex alled him the ideal replacement for Roy Keane when he signed him. Couldn't control a ball. Number 2 is Mathieu Berson, we signed him for £1.25 million, and when David O'Leary was asked why he signed him he said it was because he was cheap! It would have been cheaper to not sign him, on £16,000 a week and he only played a handful of games. Couldn't control a ball, no ability, no pace, nothing. 3rd and Finally has to be Bosko Balaban. John Gregory signed him for £5.5million, he played 20minutes in one premiership game and then suffered the rest of his time in the reserves, and he didn't seem to care, very poor player, couldn't be bothererd attitude. To be fair to him, he is now the most established and highest scoring player in the Belgian leagues. Alpay was close! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Chris Sutton ( I think he scored 1 goal for us ) One Chris Sutton, There's only one Chris Sutton. 1 goal for Chelsea, 1 Goal for B*******m and 1 goal for Villa so far. Ironically his only goal for the scum down the road came against Villa, we won 3-1 though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Mario Jardel! He was a quality player in his day! I got his autograph when he played for you at the Villa vs Bolton match, he was a really nice bloke, didn't speak well, but he could make out "hi" and "thankyou" which it replied with "hello" and "ok". I had really high hopes for him - but he was tailor made for the song "who ate all the pies.." and then he went missing... Ok here's 3! They're all equal.Arguably Villa's worst signing of the last 5 years has to be Eric Djemba-Djemba. He was a waste of space, Sir Alex called him the ideal replacement for Roy Keane when he signed him. Couldn't control a ball. I never understood why Villa bought him - given that we knew how bad he was!! and now you've loaned him out to Burnley!! Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Manchester United- Aston Villa - Burnley ! Only a few years from riches to ditches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Manchester United- Aston Villa - Burnley ! Only a few years from riches to ditches. aye - and then to Burnley! Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Manchester United- Aston Villa - Burnley ! Only a few years from riches to ditches. aye - and then to Burnley! Phil NOT FUNNY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Here's a poser... who is the worst signing your club has made in the last five years?? The lovely "Ooops, word censored!"ne does not normally make bad signings but i think even he'd agree that signing Francis Jeffers was a complete nightmare... It did however, manage to convince all the "Ooops, word censored!"nal fans that they'd rather spend pennies on some foreign unknown then mega bucks on a 'proven' english player... Perhaps he did it on purpose..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Manchester United- Aston Villa - Burnley ! Only a few years from riches to ditches. aye - and then to Burnley! Phil NOT FUNNY! I beg to differ Martin, thats very funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 The lovely "Ooops, word censored!"ne does not normally make bad signings but i think even he'd agree that signing Francis Jeffers was a complete nightmare... It did however, manage to convince all the "Ooops, word censored!"nal fans that they'd rather spend pennies on some foreign unknown then mega bucks on a 'proven' english player... Perhaps he did it on purpose..... "Ooops, word censored!"ody could argue that Wenger is probably one of the canniest signers in the game - taking little known young Frenchmen - and moulding them into the "Ooops, word censored!"nal style.. what makes him so much a better manager than Mourinho is that Mourinho always wants to buy the finished article - he's not willing to put the time in to develop a player... Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Phil! You agree with me for once!!! *falls down in shock! They're not all french people we sign you know! (just mostly ) It is true he is way better then Mourinho at signing unknowns and making them into world beaters... Patrick Vieria for instance... If you look at the average age of our squad (and average price) compared to Chelsea squad its a massive difference.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Phil! You agree with me for once!!! *falls down in shock! They're not all french people we sign you know! (just mostly ) It is true he is way better then Mourinho at signing unknowns and making them into world beaters... Patrick Vieria for instance... If you look at the average age of our squad (and average price) compared to Chelsea squad its a massive difference.... Wenger is a great manager because he has a system - and he buys players - and trains them to play in the system - the "Ooops, word censored!"nal system. The System is more important than the players. the systems are very different - but Sam Allardyce does just the same - he has a system - he picks up players to play in that system - if they don't like it, then they are shown the door. No other manager has got Anelka to do so much tracking back and general dogsbody tackling than Sam has! Mourinho thinks he can buy a few star players - and the game then revolves around them rather than the system - the players are more important than the team and you get prima-donnas! that's why Wenger is a great manager (and Mourinho simply isn't!) Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 "Ooops, word censored!"nal have Africa sussed. My Uncle works at a school in Kenilworth, and they are twinned with a school in Cote d'Ivoire, they did a charity raising thing, and asked football clubs to donate shirts to the children in the Ivory Coast, most clubs were willing to donate a shirt or two, butr "Ooops, word censored!"nal donated 20! When some staff went off to the school, they came back saying that all the people want to play football for a career, and the only club they want to play for is "Ooops, word censored!"nal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 "Ooops, word censored!"nal have Africa sussed. My Uncle works at a school in Kenilworth, and they are twinned with a school in Cote d'Ivoire, they did a charity raising thing, and asked football clubs to donate shirts to the children in the Ivory Coast, most clubs were willing to donate a shirt or two, butr "Ooops, word censored!"nal donated 20! When some staff went off to the school, they came back saying that all the people want to play football for a career, and the only club they want to play for is "Ooops, word censored!"nal. Well of course they only want to play for "Ooops, word censored!"nal! I genuinely don't understand why anyone would want to play for anyone else........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Does anyone else think we should predict the England (yawn!) game for a bit of fun?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz !!!! who are we playing??..... I have no interest in England whatsoever. PLUS it means I have to look at that ugly mug rooney...so I refuse to watch !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 England 1 - 1 Spain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Oh i'm not going to watch! BORING! And i totally agree about Rooney! I'm supporting Spain cos they have one more "Ooops, word censored!"nal player (Cesc) then England Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 ok, im going england 1 spain 2 john terry better not be playing either! Grrrr...I dont want him getting injured and if he's not fit enough for chelsea then he aint for England. Club before country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I'm the same as you Hellen, support whoever has the most Villa players. Supporting England tomorrow because of Gareth Bazza! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
