Summer football transfers

Well I see Owen Hargreaves might have to quit top level football so maybe you could sign him

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/

Well I'm a Newcastle fan so now that we've gone down all our best players are bound to leave......oh hang on a minute we don't have any 'best' players. But im predicting at least 4 managerial transfers next season so most of the transfer kitty will be blown on paying each of them a hefty fee when they leave.

my team (reading) will go down, as i predicted here: http://road.cc/content/forum/3664-football-misery

so far hahnemman's the only one that's gone of the four i reckoned would go, and he's been pushed. but so have duberry, murty and lita and i can't see doyle and hunt staying. doesn't leave much of the first team. plus we don't have a manager. pft.

Oli, do you think shearer is the right man for the job? As an outsider it seems that newcastle fans love their 'saviours' but none really seem to be able to stick with it...look at keegan, twice.

Owen will go (doubt any newcastle fans would mind). I would quite like to sign obafemi martins if bent goes to sunderland. Quite like the idea of steven taylor too but I doubt he will be happy competing with woodgate, ledley and dawson.

Not sure about Shearer really we've been through so many 'right men for the job', it seems that a 'right team for the job' might be more of a priority. The Geordies are pretty well practised at idolising players/managers but in my opinion it just adds to the whole soap opera effect of the club...all we need now is some kind of happy ending scenario!

I agree about Owen, I can't see him staying but then again I can't see anyone else wanting to buy him. Sadly for him his peak seemed to be 1998/99 and he's been trying to live up to that ever since...

the only thing that can save the Geordies in Ant & Dec. I think they'll be out the premiership for a good few years, and am praying I'm right!

Dave - having lived all my life in Reading, it's strange to me that anyone outside the area supports them.

For most of my life they were a poor performing 4th division club with a crap ground near the town centre that caused chaos on match days.

Hanneman is the only one I know anything about as I meet him quite a bit in my mates bike shop, he's very into MTB's.

i was at uni there for 4 years and we used to go to elm park of a saturday. i still have the souvenir programme from the last ever game there. now *that* was a proper football ground

Well, we're losing Lucas Neil so we probably need to find a new full back, I'm a bit worried that we might lose Green too, that might be a blow. The club are obviously concerned about that too cos they've signed the young Hungarian we've had on loan since February to a four year deal.

You can keep Bentley thanks Jon - we've already got Dyer and Faubert, you can have Boa Morte though.

We probably need a forward and a full back, but since the new regime don't really buy British - and also have a penchant for getting fringe squad players in on loan (a good idea I reckon) I haven't got the foggiest who we'll end up with on current form it'll be some kid from Seria B in Italy or an old giffer from La Liga or Seria A… or maybe someone who finds the Russian winters too cold.

Weymouth have 2 players now, so its looking up for us.

is one of them a keeper or will they be playing rush goalie next season?

maybe you could enter a beach football league

Heard the rumours that ronaldo has a pre-contract agreement with Real Madrid that means if they do not sign him by the end of June (this year!) he gets £26million in compensation!?! This has been confirmed by real, the world has gone mad.

This guy is a cheat, not a very good cheat either.

I hope none of you lot at Road.cc towers are Bath City fans or we will fall out twice next season

No, but I've got a soft spot for them. You gonna go?

Might do, if I do shall I wear the road.cc jersey so you know who I am in?

Good idea

I warn you though, I am hardcore !!!

Fixtures out 3rd July Tony... I will be in Spain so I am relying on you to check it out for me!

i know nothing about this football stuff.. do they shave their legs? can you play football on the same grass that they do? is there such thing as sportive football..

No worries I'm on it Jimmy - anyone else you're interested in apart from the Terras?

Fringe,
Yes,
Yes if you've got the money or you're lucky,
Yes - Sunday mornings on parks and recs all over this fair land grown men gather to kick lumps out of each other and sometimes the ball + abuse each other and the ref, it's addictive so I'm told.

anybody want to sign a free, ageing, injury prone, short striker...10 years past his best? £90,000 per week or nearest offer...
in fairness who would want to wear that newcastle kit, anyone else seen the new yellow number? Grim. I know its steven taylor in the pic, not owen, but you get the idea.

Wow, that is 'special' congrats on the PB btw

Thanks very much tony, a flat (ish) and slightly windy course in Liverpool city centre helped...swim in the albert dock didnt!

Newcastle United away kit design meeting:

Mike Ashley: "Any ideas on the away new kit then?"
Gok-wan: "Yes maybe yellow and yellower stripes....I thought a comedy kit would go well with the style of football and the way the club is run"
Mike Ashley: "Any other suggestions?"
**Silence from all other board members due to being bound and gagged**
Mike Ashley: "Right, yellow it is then....next on the agenda: 'Which unknown South American winger to buy?'"

p.s I'm a Newcastle fan.

I am unsure whether to be happy or sad that Liverpool have got Glen Johnson, but paid about 8million too much for him.

the cost of players is nuts at the moment, i mean didier zokora...£10million!? Kevin doyle (no offence dave) £6-7million? Its got way beyond crazy

Fringe,
Yes,

really they shave their legs..blimey. does that help with ball control?

We have 3 major signings already, Lee Croft, Ben Pringle and the mighty Jake Buxton.

Good enough to take us up to the Prem? Not confident.

I can now report that Terras have enough players to put a team out.

With the amount of clubs struggling, the FA should hang their heads in shame and the topsy turvy nature of funding.

rumour has it that reading are going to take adel taarabt on loan next season from spurs, he is very good. Another one dubbed 'the new zidane'

Just heard that Sir Bobby Robson has passed on. One of footballs gentlemen, shame there arent more like him.

that's sad news. i used to watch ipswich in the robson years with my dad. i was there when they beat man utd 6-0... happy days

Odd...Im watching spurs v hull city in the final of the beijing cup online through a link on www.justintv.com streaming from an australian tv channel. Random

Hull City can't sign anyone- no one wants to come here, and I can't blame them; I took up cycling to get the hell out of the place!

York City fan here entering the fray; combining cycling and football in the following way: www.bicyclekicks.co.uk

Any fans of other BSP teams out there?

Good luck Si, how did you get on with the friendlies?

Cheers Tony.

I cunningly avoided them by walking the GR20 in Corsica instead. I'm in Oxford already, acclimatising to the southern heat before the first match on Saturday.

*Bump*

500 mile round trip today for the Ridgeway Derby in the Conference South.

Dorchester were sent packing by a brilliant effort from the Weymouth team.

Could the Terras be on the way back?

Watch out Bath !

I'm standing by my predictions for reading (http://road.cc/content/forum/3664-football-misery) which look more prescient with every passing day. looking forward to a bit of league one next season

Tried to get tickets for spurs v peterborough today as they were (only!) £25. Sold out though. Anyone know what matches are on tv?

Isn't it Liverpool vs Reading?

Have just seen that, yes it is. Supporting Reading this avo then.

You RRRRZ!

I imagine Tony and I will be watching the same match tomorrow while cheering on opposing sides

Kenwyn Jones, on loan, to Liverpool...

How long will Rafa last?

How are the mighty fallen… I'm talking about Kenwyn now obviously B)

Good point, the focus of that comment will change if spurs do the deed and sign david james