Welcome to a nitrous oxide fuelled edition of HH.
Let’s get one thing straight. Arry’s court case and the wholesale absence of ‘ITK’ points squarely towards one of two things.
So to Saha then. Where this has come from is anyone’s guess. Let’s hope we never see this donkey in the Lilywhite shirt. Ever.
Pav is rumoured with a Sunderland move. My view is this is wishful thinking by many but the chances of Martin O’Neil warming to a chap as un-workmanlike as the crazy Russian is highly unlikely.
Defoe to Liverpool is trending on Twitter. My biggest regret in life has been usurped. I now wish I had been able to charge everyone Tweeting this £1.
The Defoe rumour is worthless of course, but the Rodallega rumour is 100% agent talk. Which is a pity as with a gun against my head I’d prefer him to Saha.
You know when a transfer window is on its uppers. Phil Brown rocks up on SSN looking like a supply teacher who was busted for something minor, yet awful.
With 15 league games left Saha is probably sensible and realistic. Players will look at it and know it’s the much maligned 4th Striker spot – no Europa games – and the good £20m players aren’t on the market until the summer, unless you pay over the odds. Assumed we partly went for Remy because he can play wide as well as up top. All very well people saying splash the money, but we only have so much and if it meant being stuck with 2nd rate players for the next few years then I’d rather we kept our powder dry.
The Corluka thing on the other hand baffles me. I see he doesn’t fit the team and should be moved on – but not with Naughton AND even Adam Smith loaned out..I worry we’ve left ourselves very sort at RB. Exactly like we did last season, anyone remember Gallas at RB against Blackpool away? Good move for Charlie, bad for us. Would have preferred to wait until the summer. Kaboul is need at CB, where we’re also light.
On a more positive note, hoping the season lives up to it’s promise, we could be in a CRACKING position next summer to do our business early for once – have a good pre-season and with a better more balanced, more settled squad. Bentley, Jenas, Bassong, Corluka, Pav off the wage bill – some money in the kitty – a few youngsters ready to fill out perhaps. 4/5 smart signings (GK, CB, Winger, Striker + Ade) and we’ll be in great shape. New training ground, New stadium in the works, Champions League football? Maybe even be able to extend Modric and Bale’s contracts and challenge for the title consistently. Dare to dream, COYS.
Not the window we were all hoping for – if the info coming out is true we didn’t pursue Krasic cos he want a perm move and not a loan deal! If we were pursuing Samba it didn’t happen cos Balckburn weren’t selling. Apparently we also bid £18m for Remy which was it seems turned down.
So we’re left with a stop gap short term striker and Centre back to cover want-away Pav and Bassong. The pattern of Arry’s first team choices is pretty apparent – and 3rd in the Prem shows he’s probably getting it right. Saha and Nelsen are not signings to make the hair on the back of your neck stand up but at least provide a bit of cover I venture to suggest!Hartley has a point about Walker / Charlie tho’ – with 5 centre backs to choose from (plus Hudd?) you’d hope at least 3 of them would be fit at any one time and release Kaboom to play on the right? Or Sandro / Livermore in an emergency?