City make move for Owen Hargreaves
Tuesday 30th August 2011, 2:00PM BST.
Manchester City emerged as the shock new favourites to sign Albion target Owen Hargreaves today.
The big-spending club have reportedly made a surprise move for the out-of-contract former Manchester United midfielder, who was pictured at lunchtime leaving a hospital often used for City medicals.
That could scupper the Baggies’ hopes of landing the 30-year-old, who has also spoken to Tottenham about a move to White Hart Lane.
Albion remain in contact with Hargreaves and were today using to throw in the towel.
But their hopes of signing the former England international, who was offered a Hawthorns contract almost a month ago, appeared to be fading this afternoon with the Premier League’s biggest spenders now seemingly willing to take a chance on his fitness.
Sources in North London claim Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has also made contact with Hargreaves and is considering making an offer to the 30-year-old.
Villa were also linked today with a move for Hargreaves but a contract offer is thought to be unlikely, as boss Alex McLeish believed to be looking for more attacking midfield options.
Albion, meanwhile, have not ruled out a further signing before the summer transfer window closes tomorrow but any new arrivals appear to depend on players leaving.
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Oh well a least we will see Hargreaves play at hawthorns albeit in a tottenham shirt, typical.
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Forget about Hargreaves, after the display on Sunday, what about a quality defender and another forward. It’s going to be a long season I fear.
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As usual Albion have not wrapped up a deal that could be a very positive move for the club, we have just advertised how well Hargreaves is progressing etc… Snap him up now. We need to splash some cash on 3 quality players one being a centre half, a quality forward and a right full back Reid is a good player but he is not an out and out right back. I would like to see some loan signings come into the club as well. We have to buy players who are better than we have got on our books already. To be honest James Morrison is a decent player but is far too weak for the type of football that we are playing. We should see some players such as Bednar and Cech leave for cash and one or two of our talented youngsters leave to gain loan experience at other clubs a league or two below. Boing Boing in Roy we trust ….
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Romelu Lukaku maybe going on loan to stoke
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Whilst I would more than happily welcome Hargreaves to our team I also feel that if we do lose the chance to sign that it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world. We have a midfield that I feel can compete in
This league, maybe our main focus should be to get in a quality centre half as it seems that that’s where we are lacking :(. I however feel that if the team work hard under hodgeson and he keeps up his hard work that we will have another good season in this prem league. I have high hopes
Up the baggies
BOING BOING
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Yep, it’s the same old story, it doesn’t take a month to make your mind up, so he is obviously playing silly games with us waiting for a new club to come in for him. Like Steve said, Lukaku is available and he would be a great acquisition, just like we have proved with people like Richardson. It’s early days in the season yet, so I am not disheartened so far, after all if someone was to tell you 4 weeks ago that we would be 2 places above Spurs and 1 point behind Arsenal we’d all be on the edge of our seats. This is a marathon, not a sprint.
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As I said last week,we’ve been talking to Hargreaves all summer,but he’s probably just waiting for something to suit HIM,and may only come to us if no else else makes a serious bid.
I would imagine that an offer from a prominent London club is what he’s had in mind all along,so if that is what he wants,then put him in a fast car down to the smoke,and shout ‘good riddance’.
Like I said the other day,we could bend over backwards to get him,then once he’s involved in the physical contact of a ‘proper’ game,he could limp off the pitch and be sidelined for months.
Man. U. are supposed to be the biggest and richest club in the world,which means they could’ve done their own analysis on his condition,but they still had no interest in keeping him,so you wonder what their thinking behind it was?
If he wants to stall for so long,forget him and move on.
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Hargreaves has, shrewdly, touted himself around – using clearance by West Bromwich Albion’s renowned medical staff as his calling card. We could not have snapped him up any earlier, Steve (No 3) because he obviously wants to line up as many offers as possible before the deadline. If he joins us (and let’s be blunt, here), it is because a London club or big-spending city club have decided against signing him. I agree with No2. We need a class defender with Prem’ experience more than another midfielder.
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Owen has played a blinder here. He is obviously confident in his own fitness and rehab and for that reason would not commit to a baggies deal if others would consider him, and lets face it Spurs being in London will mean that if he does play well then he will be favoured to get into the England squad because he is playing in London. We have done all the legwork here and as you say Steve basically been his agent. There are lessons to be learnt here about how we share our sourcing activities ahead of contracts. Lots of energy and effort have gone into this which was correct and if we had kept this close to our chest then I think we would still be in the box seat. However the balls firmly in his court so if he picks up the phone and says yes then we can get excited again, but for the next 36 hours we should be concentrating on getting in a couple of experienced and class defenders. Surely we have some money to spend ??. Also we should let Bednar go and bring in someone who can not get a kick at the billionaire clubs who collect players like pannini cards! I can not believe there are options we are not persuing still so lets all hope JP/DA and RH can bring in some more new blood.
As an aside thanks to AMS for his comments on BBC WM yesterday remembering that some of us worked the bank holiday !! Cheers :)
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I may be considered old fashioned, but I only want to see players in an Albion shirt “if” they want to play for the club. That’s why I’ve no regrets about the exit of Meite and his mouth.
In my opinion it is pointless going on about another cb and a striker now – the club took their decision to limit activities e.g. a little late to review it now or to panic buy.
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no3 Steve
Come on son, mek ya mind up!After ripping into our squad you then say In Roy We Trust, who has said he’s not looking for any additions, What’s that about?
Adéu
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Struggling for headlines today E&S? Why not resurrect a story that we’ve only seen five or six times this month?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – I’d like to have him, but it’s not the end of the world if we don’t.
I’m more intrigued by Blues allegedly accepting a 5m bid for Dann – from Blackburn of all clubs. I can’t see Peace dipping that far into his pocket again, but it would certainly be beneficial for us if he did IMO.
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It seems that a few people want us to sign a new centre-half,but we’d better forget about Scott Dann,because despite wolves saying they may only bring in a loan player,all the fans are screaming out for the club to pay 5 mil. for the Blues man.
The reason I said forget him is that we just can’t compete-
One wolves fan said- ‘Dann is wanted by ‘newcomers’ QPR,and ‘chicken farmers’ Blackburn,BUT-(wait for it)-
‘surely he would rather come to a TOP TEN club like wolves?’.
What a shame.
Last week he could have said ‘Surely Dann would want to come to wolves,after all,we are the TOP club in England?’
You couldn’t make it up.
Everyone laughs at ‘em,and they just can’t see it………
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Hargreaves has been offered a deal, if he doesn’t want it move on. He can’t be that desperate to play as he would have sorted his future months ago if he did.
Even if he did sign, how long would it be until he contributes anything?
Only sign him on WBA terms.
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I said in the Hargreaves blog a few days ago that a central defender should be our priority and we should go for Scott Dann, now I see that Blackburn have had a bid of £5 mill. accepted by Blues, come on JP surely we can afford to match this as we’ve spent very little so far and we’re going to be beaten by a bunch of chicken farmers!!!
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Let Hargreaves go to Spurs if he wants to, just another example of a selfish money grabbing footballer using a supposedly “smaller” club. I agree a centre half is a priority or give Dawson a run, and i think a left back is more of a priority than a right back. Unfortunately, much that i like him Morrison is not strong enough against the likes of Stoke and it’s surely time for Dorrans to be given a chance now. I wasn’t impressed with Foster either, yes it should have been a foul, but he still should have held the ball and have a bit of bottle !
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Well Owen you have now got what you were aiming for all along. Used ALBION to cement your “Dicky ” Knees cause. Now we can concentrate on a Fit centre-back.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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So we do all the groundwork, tell the nation how fit we think he is and then lose him to another club… Good one! Come on Albion make him ours!!
If Scott Dann is seriously considering going to a team like Blackburn we better wake up and get in there.
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11 Kev,
hola,
everyone was celebrating how well we did at the end of last season,and we’ve since added six good quality players.
We narrowly lose to the two best clubs in the country (unlucky late own goal with Man.U.,and a deflected first goal off Olsson for Chelsea),we outplay Stoke for 90 mins.,before the Ref. allows them a goal for a studs showing,high kick towards the ‘keeper,and whaddya know?
The headless chickens start running around in panic,saying change this,change,that,buy new players,park the bus,fetch the fire brigade,etc.,etc.
What’s that old quote about ‘If you can keep your head,while those around you are losing theirs……..’?.
Not enough tranquillooooo here,mate.
p.s.-I saw Max on sunday,and he’s going away somewhere for a week or two,don’t know where,but if you hear a knock at your door……….
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As much as i would like Hargreaves, centre midfield is certainly not a priority when looking at our squad. I have said on here before that we need a quality defender and i think all west brom fans would agree with that. However, after sundays match, another key position i think we need is a fast winger who will take people on. If we are going to play 442, which looks likely, we do not have many (good) options out wide. I like Brunt, but he hasn’t played well since he was made captain. (he also needs to be played on the left). I am not a big thomas fan, 95% of the time he is ineffective. Tchoyi couldn’t play wide in a 442, he would leave his full back too exposed. Gera, Morrison or Dorrans are not wingers. I thought we lacked real pace and width Sunday to get behind Stoke so reverted to too many high, straight balls which their defence can deal with all day. If 442 is going to be the way, we need to a winger. Wright-phillips would be ideal but he will go elsewhere for big wages. Any suggestions?
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1. I agree with those who say let’s go for Scott Dann, he would be a great signing!
2. Am I wrong in thinking that a deal can be done for Owen Hargreaves after the transfer window, being that he is a free agent and not contracted to anyone? In which case this could go on for ages.
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I think that Hargreaves is doing what nearly every single player would do in the same situation. He is looking after his own best interests. Why can you blame him for doing that? Our club have made efforts to get him and unless we offer him ridiculous money I feel that we were always going to be used to ‘big him up’ and then he will see what offers are on the table. I do not feel that, as a club, we could have done anymore. I feel that he is doing what I or many of you would be doing.
The possible Dann transfer to Blackburn is an interesting one and would appear good value for £5m. I for one wouldn’t object to a late bid for him as I feel that defence is the only position that we do not have any real depth.
Some of the negative vibes being spouted really would be better served for the Dingles pages. For Christ sake, we have played 3 games including Man U, Chelsea and the biggest bogey side ever to ‘grace’ the planet. How many points did you all expect?
If after the next three games we still have no points, perhaps raise a comment or two then but the season is early and I see no reason to be negative. We have an improved squad to last year and one of the best managers in the league. Come on You Baggies.
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Let’s not forget that:
“Forget him, he’s only using us for a bigger club, good riddance”
..is the same school of thought that led people to:
“Odemwingie wants out, let’s get rid”
about 3 weeks ago.
Nobody knows why negotiations are at the stage they are. Let’s wait and see the outcome before either slating Hargreaves or the Albion.
As a side point, agree with Shropshire above that not signing him wouldn’t be a disaster. I said on the Stoke post that I thought Scharner, Mulumbu and Morrison worked like trojans whenever we lost the ball vs Stoke and I doubt a Hargreaves woud’ve changed the course of the game. Scott Dann however…..
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Shirley
Jerome Thomas??? I agree with much of what you say and I think it’s games like that, that highlight how important JT is to our side……
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Hargreaves having medical at Man City!!!
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it seems he’s on his way to Man City now. How many players do they want…?
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3 Steve.
‘As usual Albion have failed to tie up a deal…’ If you have a secret formula to make players sign on the dotted line please let the club know. In fact a lot of clubs would pay you a small fortune for it. The days are gone when Cloughie locked the office door until the player signed.
PS Lukaku isn’t going to any PL club as it is against the rules.
9 TJS.
I was with you until you said ‘if we’d kept it close to our chests.’ It doesn’t matter how close we keep it as I’m sure Hargreaves and his agent will be telling anyone that will listen.
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One point on OH not mentioned here is that as a free agent he is not bound by the transfer window. As such he can wait until the middle of next week to accept any offers as he won’t miss a kick of training due to the internationals.
Only JP/DA will know the maths involved but surely if we can get an offer to even interest Hargreaves we can match that for Dann – a player in a position we evidently need.
We have been screaming to get the back 4 improved all summer and I still am not that confident that we have improved in this area over the summer in terms of personnel. Jones and McAuley haven’t featured in the prem yet. We can’t judge them yet. Ibanez hasn’t settled at all much like Valero and we should look to move him on with our blessing.
In midfield Hargreaves has used us. He’s not the first player to taut himself in this way. I know we have a good record but Spurs kept Ledley King fit and playing well when in the team over the last few years and we all know the FA don’t often look to the smaller teams to pick the national team. Face it folkes he ain’t coming. Dorrans is back now and Gera is now available and that should add some quality to the squad. Can’t see any more coming in here.
Up Front; Bednar and Fortune for me are not good enough at this level anymore – time to sell or loan out and bring in some others who are better and hungry. Long and Cox and even Tchoyi show promise and PO is coming back in september. Is Chris Wood staying on loan at blues only a few of my mates reckon he’s done well. Perhaps extend that until Jan and then review.
However under Roy we do look more compact and organised. I’m not dissatisfied with Long, Foster, Gera, McAuley, Jones and Fulop as transfer activity. Perhaps getting some more of the players not in the squad of 25 out will happen when the loan market re-opens. There will be players in the next 24 hours at other clubs for who this will become a reality to them too – as TJS says – perhaps if the price is right we can get some experience in.
We must remember that Roy has asked to be backed and he has been. He is also still establishing his methods and ways. We still have Dawson, Thorne, Mantom to name but 3 that have promise coming through. Perhaps Roy will give them a shout.
Onwards and upwards.
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19 CR78.
Hear, hear.
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Hargreaves had a medical at Man City so he’s not in the game for the money then.Hope he is able to get the splinters out of his backside from sitting on the bench-if he ever gets that far.
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Tottenham or even Arsenal need him more than us !!!
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Can’t really blame him for keeping his options open, he’s 30 so this may be the last contract of his stop-start career so he has to make sure it’s right for him. After all we are talking about one of the best midfielders in the country when fit which according to our brief medical he is.
I’m very happy with our transfer dealings since the window opened…BUT we still have the same back 4 as last year which with the way we play are not quite good enough. A CB to go along with Olsson was a must and I’m not sure McAuley is going to be the key. I hope he gets a start against Norwich and Swansea if only so we get to see how he and Olsson play together.
Very suprised about the Dann to Blackburn story. I know there’s no way we would spend another £5m but it would be great if we could. I think he’d be better off staying at Blues till January rather than going to Rovers though because it’s only a matter of time before Kean gets sacked by the idiots they have in charge!
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Warren fair point perhaps on OH.
Let’s see shall we. I would love to be wrong. My post reflects that Spurs if there is an offer there would to him represent a better opportunity in terms of realising his ambitions in terms of England and european competitions. I don’t blame him for taking his time either but I do feel that if his head wasn’t being turned by something else going on he may well have signed for us by now.
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23 Warren.
Somebody asked earlier ‘what do we have if Scharner or Mulumbu get injured/suspended.’ There is also the fact that Youssuf has made his peace with DCR so I think we could lose him for the African Nations.
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Just seen the story of Hargreaves going to Man City…all I can say is what an utter plank if he does go there! How on earth he thinks he’ll get in their side I don’t know! Barry, Nasri, Silva, De Jong, Milner, Johnson, Toure…if it’s a pay as you play deal he might as well just sign on the dole now!
Mind you if they’re giving him a proper contract I suppose you can’t really blame him.
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34 TRBH
Only if they qualify, they are 3rd behind Senegal and Cameroon at the moment so hopefully they’ll have a mare in the last few games!
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I believe we could do a “Foster, Wood” deal with Birmingham , “Centre-back, Dann “, loan deal, then next season permanent.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Forget Hargreaves. After having Man U and Chelsea up first and second, followed by Stoke robbing you last minute, its a four leaf clover Albion need more.
With Norwich, Swansea and Fulham up next, the Table should look very different come October.
Too much panic among the Baggie faithful.
Tell me another club that woulndnt be bottom after playing 2 of the top 3 plus your boogy side ?
With better fixtures soon to arrive and Peter O to regain his fitnes, Reports of your demise are being greatly exaggerated. Better to get your bad form/luck out of the way at the start of the season rather than be waiting for it to kick in at the end.
With most of the faithful running around in circles shouting “dont panic, dont panic”. I refuse to stick the boot in. ( today anyroad )
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Scott Dann is having a medical at Man City.
Only joking.
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remeber dorrans was out of sorts all last season hes like anew player for free this year, and we weill be ok with or without hargreaves every time he falls over or limps off it will be a sharp intake of breath and man city are probalbly planning a second team to see if they can get 2 teams in the champions league !!!! time for celtic and rangers to join the championship and have a 10 ream prem and ammagamte the rest !!!!
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One other thing. As I’ve said so many negative things about Stoke. Well done to their fans for the warm applause they gave to Blind Dave.
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LMS.
Fingers crossed then.
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Once Man City become involved any other club in the world can forget it and I include Barcelona. Hargreaves has stated that he wants to play regularly again to regain his match fitness but how will he achieve that when their midfield now picks itself. No he has seen the crock of gold and like Nasri who turned down United can’t resist. I hope I am wrong and hope he does join us but City are changing the face of football and not for the better.
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It wouldn’t surprise me if Man.City want Hargreaves because they have so much money,they just want to wind-up United by collecting their old players.
Then when City win something,we have a photo of former United players smiling,guaranteed to make Fergie blow his top.
It’s just a thought…..
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38.Lone Wulf : We don’t blame it on the sunshine, don’t blame it on the moonlight, don’t blame it on the good times, blame it on the boogy (side)!.
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When will our negotiators learn. If you want a player sign him today not next month.
I could have told you a month ago that we would lose Hargreaves.
Wakey!Wakey! baggies
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Off the subject of Wolves/Albion for a minute,
Im watching Barcalona v Villa real on sky at the minute.
And for those of us that arnt old enough to remember the Brasil of 1970, Holland’s total football with Cryuff etc,,, This team that Barca have at the moment really needs to be seen to be belived !
Possibly the best ever. AWESOME.
I reckon even Wolves would struggle to get a draw even with our galacticos of the 88 sherpa van winning season. haha.
Seriously, they are amazing to watch. Possibly unbeatable. ( barca that is not Wolves 88 )
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In the words of Lone Wolf, believe it or not, there’s no need to panic.
Hargreaves would be a wonderful addition to our midfield but as Warren and others have stated, not essential nor a priority. Another centre back and/or full back is. While we look far more compact than last year, our defenders are prone to individual errors. Any one of them, which means at least one mistake per game.
Dann would be an excellent addition. At 5m a bargain. Seeing as we’ve had a net spend in the region of 2m, this seems within our reach. I will be extremely disappointed if he goes to Blackburn for that amount and we don’t put in a bid.
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45, Sheepiwc, Lol. Love it. Speling was never me strongest point, and ive past caring now, but for someone to pick me up on em with humour is always welcome.
Ive never been the brightest spark in the box with words etc.
I do the odd crossword, and famously amongst me so called mates who remind me of it to this day,,,,
I couldnt complete this particular crossword due to the fact i filled in one of the clues as ,,,,
5 across. BIRD OF PRAY. (4)
we all know its Hawk,,, But i put NUNS.
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47 lonely-
so have I got this right-
did you say wolves won a trophy in the same season they were using a Sherpa Van?
If so,was that what you used to park before buying the bus?
I’m just interested,because I’ve started writing down number plates of vehicles in the wolves goalmouth.
(only joking-nice to see you in a good mood,I bet you’ve spent all weekend FEELING HAPPY,haven’t you?).
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46 RIC
You can’t be serious?
As per 27 (TRBH) “If you have a secret formula to make players sign on the dotted line please let the club know. In fact a lot of clubs would pay you a small fortune for it. The days are gone when Cloughie locked the office door until the player signed”.
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Lone Wolf – that’s an absolute cracker! Love it. Well done.
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49 Lonely-
very funny.
I used to like dressing up in a Nun’s outfit,until I started putting on too much weight.
It was just a habit I couldn’t get out of.
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If Scott Dann is as good as we are led to believe he wont end up at blackburn,Wolves or Albion for £5 mill,someone like Arsenal,Spurs etc will snap him up.As far as Hargreaves is concerned its now a question of how much football he wants to play or how much money he wants to earn.Like someone else mentioned,he’s 30 now so you cant blame him or Albion if Spurs or Man City offer him more money.Would be interesting to know if he still gets paid if he only makes the bench though.
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46 RIC
Am yo mad?
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Cantello Rocket may be right when he suggests that City are getting up United’s noses by trying to sign Hargreaves. United apparently looked after Hargreaves very well and spent a fortune on medical treatment and salary while he couldn’t play. He left United a wealthy man and without the need to employ an agent to find him a new club as he does not believe in giving his money away when he can manage his own interests. He may be right of course but what a way to repay the United fans who supported him through thick and thin. Sounds to me that he’s a bad un.
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I hear he wants to be part of Euro 2012. If thats the case City is a bad move move as he
won’t play enough games. If money isn’t his main priority we are still his best chance to play regular first team football.
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Only 3 games gone plenty of time left to put thing right Albion.The next three games are winnable for the Albion if Peter O plays.You need to score goals to get anything with your defensive record.No clean sheets in how many game 1 in 40.
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The difference between Man City’s offer and Albion’s is that City will take the ‘l’ out of “play more” ….
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As we knew all along Mr Hargreaves was only using us to get a better deal else where. No body else was interested in Mr Hargreaves till our top fitness and medical staff assessed his condition and pronounced him fit enough to be able to continue to play in the premier league. I presumed we sent him for more thourough examinations just to confirm what our staff had already discovered. I just hope Mr Peace sends him a huge bill for all our time, effort and facillities he’s had the use of, and then issues a him with a writ for misrepresentation and wasting our time. I just hope he likes sitting on a subs bench, because thats all he’ll be doing at city.
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51 you miss the point.
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Just heard wolves have.offered hargreaves a contract and he now in talks with them wat a disgrace he is if true
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61 RIC.
He’s not the only one, I did as well. How about you explain it to us all.
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How dissapointing. He would’ve been a good player for us if he truly wanted to play football. I guess I was wrong about Hargreaves. If he does go to City or Spurs he won’t get a game and he will evidently be going for the pay cheque. If he goes to Villa then he will be going to play.
He has used the club to his own ends and that type of ‘commitment’ is best left to the ‘bigger’ clubs. He would’ve been a nice signing but not an essential one.
I hope we are still in for a centre half because it seems Olsson and Tamas are still our first choice in that area. The plain fact of the matter is that Tamas is great back up but he is not good enough to hold that position on a regular basis.
Boing Boing
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24- JT! I think Shirley baggie was thinking about a winger that could knock a ball round a full back, not just boot it at him every time! Also one that scored more than 3 goals a season would be good.
37- absolutely agree, maybe our recent dealings with Blues could give us an advantage in negotiations as well?
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Agree with most comments posted on this subject.
He has used us a selling point for himself and for sell promotion.
But he was a massive gamble anyway in a position on the field we are at our strongest..
But on the other hand if City are offering a contract then you cant really blame him in his personal circumstance, if it goes peared shaped they can afford the “loss” financially.
I think we should be looking elsewhere for players especially centre half/possible winger..?/
Centre half Dann,,seems 5 million very cheap? If correct surely Arsenal etc would be odds on fav..Haagelan from Fulham? Onuhra Man city?
Wingers..Gradel Leeds…Kebe Reading..long shot Johnson at Man City?? Who knows they not keen on selling or loaning to top 6??
And up front not sure if we are strong enough especially with PO injured freq…
Bellamy,Johnson(Fulham),Sturridge..????
Oh and its only 3 games in Roy,JP,DA I certainly trust..
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54 Dawlish Baggie-
just thought I’d mention I’m coming down your place for a week from friday.
I don’t actually mean your home,so don’t worry,I won’t upset the neighbours.
There’s a decent pub at the back of the town (opp. a chinese takeaway-can’t remember the name of it)that shows sky football on a floor to ceiling screen,lot’s of quite smart wood effects in there,and fuller’s ESB on draught(6%+ vol.).
As I haven’t got a clue what England are doing,I’ll probably watch Scotland there saturday afternoon (for GD and Jimmy?),so if you happen to be passing,I’ll buy you a beer.
If you do accept the invite,you won’t have a problem spotting me-
If it’s allowed,I’ll be wearing a Baggies shirt and a sporran.
In colours of the ancient McRocket tribe.
(Actually,I just want a witness to prove to Lone Wolf that I’m not in Brighton).
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54 Dawlish Baggie-
p.s.-I did think about wearing a kilt,but I remember it can be quite open along the coast,so I don’t want to risk giving some nice old lady an heart attack if there’s a sudden gust of wind.
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56 – Robin
I read it in a tabloid newspaper so I wouldn#t take it as gospel, but apparently Hargreaved offered to stay on at United without a wage such was his desperation to repay them. Just because he has been in talks with City, it does not necessarily mean he will sign. Obviously the money is there but if he was being even slightly honest in what he has been saying about getting games then at the stage of his career he is in City could be a suicidal. I am more concerned with Spurs interest to be honest, though as others have said, it’s not the end of the world if we don’t sign him.
RIC – I sat next to someone like you in school, he used to put his forename and surname in the wrong boxes in exams and picked his nose alot, but strangely thought he knew a lot about football, being a passionate United fan… we offered Hargreaves a contract a month ago, what else do you expect to happen?
BoInG bOiNg x
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Lonely.
A very interesting development here.
Rocket talks about wearing a kilt on windy cliffs and shocking the ladies followed by a post from ‘I love Cox.’ Could it be that Tchoyi’s Massive Head has changed her monicker?
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70 TRBH-
as I’ll probably watch the Scotland game in public (hopefully including Albion players in the line-up),I thought- why not be Scottish for the day?
So as I say,it’s the McRocket tribe colours,Andy Murray is the greatest,and long live both King Kenny and Mel Gibson(?).
And just to be really authentic,I’m now going to add the final piece-
practice being as miserable as sin.
p.s.- as TMH sits not far from me,here’s hoping!
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Cantello
i think the pub you mean is called “The Landsdowne”?….i’ll pop in and have a pint with you no problem but i aint wearin a kilt!!
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