So does anyone actually understand the Tevez-West Ham deal?

I haven't a clue???? As far as I remember they didn't pay a transfer fee for him last Autumn so how would they be entitled to a fee for him now? Was he on loan with them? If so on loan from who? What the £#%&! is the Gordon Durie?

mrsi own him

Originally Posted by antonin jablonsky

I haven't a clue???? As far as I remember they didn't pay a transfer fee for him last Autumn so how would they be entitled to a fee for him now? Was he on loan with them? If so on loan from who? What the £#%&! is the Gordon Durie?

sweet jesus give it a rest ...........

Personally I get more enthusiastic about a local lad coming through the ranks than any premature circle jerks concerning the "Manchester
Galacticos"

I just don't seem able to join in the party.Football seems to be more about Glazer spin and Sky headlines with matchgoing culture replaced by fantasy football.

Serious question

Apart from playing freeflowing football one of our traditions used to be the youth system.Has it been abandoned along with the tradititional working class support ?

I thought they bought him officially before the end of the season, around the time they got fined for previous irregularities. He signed a 3 or 4 year deal didn't he?

yes.

In short.

I agree, I don't get all hard over fancy signings. Just a perk really.

evans, pique, cathcart, fletcher, o shea, simpson, rossi.

They are nothing. you just want to moan.

after you do that, piss off.

Originally Posted by rubbernecker

Personally I get more enthusiastic about a local lad coming through the ranks than any premature circle jerks concerning the "Manchester
Galacticos"

I just don't seem able to join in the party.Football seems to be more about Glazer spin and Sky headlines with matchgoing culture replaced by fantasy football.

Serious question

Apart from playing freeflowing football one of our traditions used to be the youth system.Has it been abandoned along with the tradititional working class support ?

That sounds like traitor talk! Careful or the full weight of Violator and his hairdressers car will becoming down on you.

This was the thrust of Sheffield United's case. West Ham claimed that they had ripped up the contract with the MRI, and that they now owned him, so it was OK to play him, as there was no third party influence.

But had a transfer occurred - to cancel the loan deal - it would have had to have been lodged with the FA, which it apparently wasn't.

So logically the Hammers would still have had to be lying unless Tevez's owners had in effect given him away for nothing for no apparent reason. Which I'm sure they did.

what the £#%&! is that all about.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...td/6272664.stm

Is marvellous Mihir talking out of his rear?

Originally Posted by carlosartorial

I thought they bought him officially before the end of the season, around the time they got fined for previous irregularities. He signed a 3 or 4 year deal didn't he?

What it said was they terminated the registration with whoever the 3rd party was. Now I never heard that they paid money to do this. How exactly diid they manage it? You would've thought it'd have been in the press them paying £20 million or whatever? How can you termiinate a contract unilaterally?

Originally Posted by tim887

This was the thrust of Sheffield United's case. West Ham claimed that they had ripped up the contract with the MRI,

Maybe they'd be better off with Saha...

Originally Posted by tim887

This was the thrust of Sheffield United's case. West Ham claimed that they had ripped up the contract with the MRI, and that they now owned him, so it was OK to play him, as there was no third party influence.

But had a transfer occurred - to cancel the loan deal - it would have had to have been lodged with the FA, which it apparently wasn't.

So logically the Hammers would still have had to be lying unless Tevez's owners had in effect given him away for nothing for no apparent reason. Which I'm sure they did.

Yup exactly, did West Ham get him free???? That wouldn't seem logical.

Not a hope in hell the figure is that amount.

Originally Posted by armchair

mrsi own him

nasty. should we be signing carriers of super-resistant hospital bugs?

Originally Posted by puressence

sweet jesus give it a rest ...........

Sorry, I actually do want to know.

to buy outright. 30m from italy already refused

Originally Posted by rubbernecker

Personally I get more enthusiastic about a local lad coming through the ranks than any premature circle jerks concerning the "Manchester
Galacticos"

I just don't seem able to join in the party.Football seems to be more about Glazer spin and Sky headlines with matchgoing culture replaced by fantasy football.

Serious question

Apart from playing freeflowing football one of our traditions used to be the youth system.Has it been abandoned along with the tradititional working class support ?

Seems a strange time to complain about the apparent demise of the youth set up. All the youngsters Sharath mentioned have a fighting chance of making it at OT, the last time we had this amount of potential was a decade ago. Couple that to these 'fantasy signings' and I'd say it's a nigh on perfect blend.

thankyou kindly.

Originally Posted by armchair

to buy outright. 30m from italy already refused

And only the papers said that,enough to jump on the conclusion right..