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Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Tue May 01, 2012 12:26 pm

4143 wrote:All discussion of transfer rumours in this thread only, please. If you make a new thread it will be merged into this one. A rumour is a rumour until a signing is announced officially!

Enjoy 8)


What if its come from Nick 'makeitup' Mashiter?

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Tue May 01, 2012 12:30 pm

ihatethecorps wrote:
4143 wrote:All discussion of transfer rumours in this thread only, please. If you make a new thread it will be merged into this one. A rumour is a rumour until a signing is announced officially!

Enjoy 8)


What if its come from Nick 'makeitup' Mashiter?


Put it in here and we can have a good laugh at it.

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Tue May 01, 2012 12:34 pm

4143 wrote:
ihatethecorps wrote:
4143 wrote:All discussion of transfer rumours in this thread only, please. If you make a new thread it will be merged into this one. A rumour is a rumour until a signing is announced officially!

Enjoy 8)


What if its come from Nick 'makeitup' Mashiter?


Put it in here and we can have a good laugh at it.


:lol:

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Tue May 01, 2012 3:32 pm

i noticed Darius Vassell on that list i think he could score goals for fun in this league

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Tue May 01, 2012 3:42 pm

NOTORIOUS_VIP wrote:i noticed Darius Vassell on that list i think he could score goals for fun in this league


Be no good when your conceding loads every game because we cant afford a defence.

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Tue May 01, 2012 8:12 pm

NOTORIOUS_VIP wrote:i noticed Darius Vassell on that list i think he could score goals for fun in this league

i bough him for us on fifa :lol: 18 goals on world class

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Wed May 02, 2012 1:27 am

What about Player X? He might be ex-premiership, but given that he's been suggested on here ten summers running, he must be of an age at which we can afford him? Plus he's absolute clarse, he'd score a bagful at this level.

Cue discussion as to whether he'd get the service.
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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Wed May 02, 2012 7:25 am

Some brummie agent on Twitter thinks we are looking at Leandro Ledesma (Emmy's brother)

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Wed May 02, 2012 8:59 am

Jockey wrote:Some brummie agent on Twitter thinks we are looking at Leandro Ledesma (Emmy's brother)


Anyone who plays for a club called "Ben Hur" is ok in my book!

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Wed May 02, 2012 10:04 am

his nickname is "Coconut" :lol:

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Fri May 04, 2012 9:01 am

Is Nicholls off? Hes banging on today about last day of training being emotional.

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Fri May 04, 2012 2:16 pm

Shrewsbury are interested I've heard!

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Fri May 04, 2012 2:25 pm

:lol: If so.

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Fri May 04, 2012 2:30 pm

Darth Vader wrote::lol: If so.


Agreed :lol:

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Fri May 04, 2012 2:31 pm

It does seem as if Nicholls knows he off.

Same with Lancashire.

Altho im not sure if its just they dont know about their futures yet. :?

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Fri May 04, 2012 2:36 pm

Rita Ora is fudge filth on legs.

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Fri May 04, 2012 2:46 pm

Darth Vader wrote:Rita Ora is fudge filth on legs.


How dare you talk about her like that. :mrgreen:

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Fri May 04, 2012 2:48 pm

No chance would I even get to the intercourse stage if offered.

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Fri May 04, 2012 4:06 pm

I think he is off after tomorrows game, afew off quotes from Twitter :

Alex Nicholls‏@A1exNicholls

Had a missed call from a liverpool number..! Maybe king kenny has found out I'm available on a bosman hahaha!

Alex Nicholls‏@A1exNicholls

Last day at training today. Its been emotional!


Andy Halliday‏@Andy_Halliday

@A1exNicholls am good me man missing you we need a reunion! Hope your well! #bestbosmaninbritain

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Fri May 04, 2012 4:12 pm

Is "I'm available on a Bosman" newspeak for "I've been binned."

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Fri May 04, 2012 4:17 pm

King Crimson wrote:Is "I'm available on a Bosman" newspeak for "I've been binned."


"Unplayer" is surely the correct term.

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Fri May 04, 2012 6:20 pm

Before Hodgson was appointed England boss I was told that Mantom 'may well become a permanent fixture here next season'. I'm not sure whether the situation has now changed with Hodgson going though.

I think League One is probably his level right now. If he signed and given plenty of opportunity I could see him as a decent Championship midfielder in two or three seasons.

Walsall would be a good move for him in my opinion.

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Fri May 04, 2012 6:20 pm

Walsall_Casual wrote:Before Hodgson was appointed England boss I was told that Mantom 'may well become a permanent fixture here next season'. I'm not sure whether the situation has now changed with Hodgson going though.

I think League One is probably his level right now. If he signed and given plenty of opportunity I could see him as a decent Championship midfielder in two or three seasons.

Walsall would be a good move for him in my opinion.


I was told that and mentioned it on another thread about 3 weeks ago

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Fri May 04, 2012 6:30 pm

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Walsall_Casual wrote:Before Hodgson was appointed England boss I was told that Mantom 'may well become a permanent fixture here next season'. I'm not sure whether the situation has now changed with Hodgson going though.

I think League One is probably his level right now. If he signed and given plenty of opportunity I could see him as a decent Championship midfielder in two or three seasons.

Walsall would be a good move for him in my opinion.


I was told that and mentioned it on another thread about 3 weeks ago


It was 3/4 weeks ago when I was told that as well mate. From what I understand the West Brom director of football would make the call on him so the Hodgson situation could well be irrelevant. West Brom have had him well watched during his spell here.

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Fri May 04, 2012 8:28 pm

The rumours about Izale McLeod sound promising but if Nicholls, Macken and Jarvis are released I would be more excited about the thought of Nahki Wells. He is good friends with Kyle Lightbourne so surely he can put in a good word. Walsall haven't seen a forward line like those two since killer and Wilson or Jorge and junior. Happy days :D

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Fri May 04, 2012 9:51 pm

I'd also like to see gangster brap brap McLeod here, been a bit sh*tty recently but a player that could no doubt be a corking signing if he fits in.

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Sat May 05, 2012 4:16 am

JJunior9 wrote:The rumours about Izale McLeod sound promising but if Nicholls, Macken and Jarvis are released I would be more excited about the thought of Nahki Wells. He is good friends with Kyle Lightbourne so surely he can put in a good word. Walsall haven't seen a forward line like those two since killer and Wilson or Jorge and junior. Happy days :D

Unfortunately Nahki Wells has only just signed a 12 month contract extension. Can anyone see Uncle Jeff forking out a fee for a player?
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/9580777.Now_Wells_gets_extra_year_at_Bradford_City/

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Sat May 05, 2012 7:04 am

Darth Vader wrote:I'd also like to see gangster brap brap McLeod here, been a bit sh*tty recently but a player that could no doubt be a corking signing if he fits in.


agreed.

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Re: Summer Transfer Rumours 2012

Sat May 05, 2012 8:19 am

Thanks for the info saddla - I didn't realise that about the contract extension.

I do get frustrated when I see clubs like Bradford and Oxford getting players like Andrew Davies and Marc Wilson. Surely if a player puts in a transfer request because they want to player at a higher level, clubs won't stand in their way though. I agree that Bonser won't release funds but if, as rumoured, we got £200k for Mannie Smith from Middlesbro, I would like to see the club invest this in young, hungry players.

Ultimately, if we have skilful, creative forward players, the fans will come back because the football we play will be entertaining.

If we get slow, journeymen, lumbering forwards (Parkin, Macken, etc) we are probably forced to play a certain brand of football because they won't have the pace to get 'around the back'.

Young players are fast but don't always have the brains to make the diagonal runs; old players like Macken are great (I would like to see him given another year on reduced terms to help out the younger players like Bowerman) but in my view, Smith desperately needs to freshen things up.

Fans like 'local lads that have done good' but they also like the prospect of exciting signings. I would happily take Davies and Wells from Bradford as a signal of intent (about twenty years ago, we signed a couple of players from a team in claret and orange for money and it transformed our team - both players were in the PFA team of the season). To add interest to the thread, can anyone name them (they would both get in my Walsall best XI from the teams I have watched in the last 30 years)?

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