Liverpool agree £18.5m fee to sign Glen Johnson

they could have got Gary Neville for £5 million

They might have a £7m voucher for Pompey, but that's still actual cash. An outlay. Some might start to refer to it as Net Spend. Especially if you're a rotund Spanish turd in the service sector.

£17m for an admittedly good right back... the world is going mad.

harry done superb for pompy in the transfer market, diarra, johnson, kranjcar will sell for a big amount.

Originally Posted by marlo

portsmouth owe liverpool £7m.

they are going through a takeover and financial problems so liverpool wont be getting that money for a while etc.

basically liverpool have a £7m voucher to spend at portsmouth. so they spend another £7m with the £4 being add ons) and they have a english young rb who will get better and be their rb for a good few years.
especially if glen johnson makes the england rb position his own for the world cup and games leading up to it.

also gives them some attacking quality down the right just like rafael does for us.

not a shrewd bit of business but certainly not a bad bit.

whatever way you dance around it they have still paid £17m for a rightback who is very average defensively

Originally Posted by borsuk

the auto-translator is working again i see

http://www.utdforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=87856

Originally Posted by Baron_van_Marlon

They might have a £7m voucher for Pompey, but that's still actual cash. An outlay. Some might start to refer to it as Net Spend. Especially if you're a rotund Spanish turd in the service sector.

£17m for an admittedly good right back... the world is going mad.

i honestly cant believe we are laughing at teams for paying over the odds for 'average' players.

last player we bought for over £17m who has been good value for money.

i think you would have to go as far back as rooney.

Originally Posted by magic_cantona

Trying hard not to blow my cover on here on the Johnson transfer:

http://forums.lfconline.com/showthre...=89485&page=12

http://forums.lfconline.com/showthre...t=89556&page=2

thinice.com

Originally Posted by marlo

http://www.utdforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=87856

Great work marls.

I always get the impression borsuk just likes to sound intelligent cause he is a teacher or something. Always gives in depth analysis into everything a player can/can't do - when, all you need to do, is say he is "shit" or "good player". It's all needless. Really seen his arse there with the keane post. Even I wouldn't have a 'mare like that.

Originally Posted by marlo

http://www.utdforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=87856

and? good player, keane, completely wasted there and royally £#%&!ed about. thank goodness.



baron - most of our transfers recently have been about potential - anderson, nani, the da silvas, the serbian lads. we sign relatively few big name players who are already at or near their peak. berbatov, maybe hargreaves and carrick is about all, i suppose.

Originally Posted by borsuk

and? good player, keane, completely wasted there and royally £#%&!ed about. thank goodness.

yup, benitez was playing him everywhere but his correct position. not unrealistic to say if he had played in his correct position they could have been a lot closer to winning the league.

aside from Hargreaves, the only major signing United have made of 17m or above in the last decade who wasn't value for money in the big scheme of things was of course Veron. which is interesting, because he was a £#%&!ing amazing footballer and I loved watching him play - missed a fair bit of games just watching him. in that sense he was certainly value for the price of my ticket.

and Hargreaves hopefully still has plenty of time to prove his value - he's already been a major player in us winning the League and European Cup double as it is.

bit curious why you set the parameter of value for money at 17m or above though? you say you're an accountant, is that right?

Originally Posted by Ginners

harry done superb for pompy in the transfer market, diarra, johnson, kranjcar will sell for a big amount.

Would that be the diarra who moved to Real in December of last year Ginners?

Also, how are you going on the old vBets mate?

Originally Posted by BryanRobson'sLiver

Would that be the diarra who moved to Real in December of last year Ginners?

Also, how are you going on the old vBets mate?

yes thats him. harry bought him, pompy sold him. great purchase no?

and i dont really have time for vbets, too busy making shit loads on real bets

Originally Posted by Ginners

yes thats him. harry bought him, pompy sold him. great purchase no?

and i dont really have time for vbets, too busy making shit loads on real bets

Good work, have a word with Marlo, when he went under the name violator he never £#%&!ing shut up about the amount of money he was betting, he seems to have stopped talking about it now but maybe you 2 could exchange tales of being at the track and betting tips?

Originally Posted by BryanRobson'sLiver

Good work, have a word with Marlo, when he went under the name violator he never £#%&!ing shut up about the amount of money he was betting, he seems to have stopped talking about it now but maybe you 2 could exchange tales of being at the track and betting tips?

think he specialises in betfair games im more of a general sport gambler. 2 very successful gamblers though

Originally Posted by Ginners

think he specialises in betfair games im more of a general sport gambler. 2 very successful gamblers though

How successful?

Do you not work?

Originally Posted by BryanRobson'sLiver

Good work, have a word with Marlo, when he went under the name violator he never £#%&!ing shut up about the amount of money he was betting, he seems to have stopped talking about it now but maybe you 2 could exchange tales of being at the track and betting tips?

im a very good gambler.

taking a break as times are hard with the range rover bill and the fact i have to pay my insurance up in full to get my bmw on the road.

will start robbing the better exchanges in july/august.

stop hating.

p.s. i was never violator.

Originally Posted by koppas

How successful?

Do you not work?

i could easily chose not to work if i wanted

Originally Posted by Ginners

i could easily chose not to work if i wanted

I love the way no gambler ever says: "I'm a shit gambler".

My brother always tells me how much he's won - which seems like its frequent - but he doesn't tell you how much he has lost.

I assume you are the same.

Originally Posted by koppas

I love the way no gambler ever says: "I'm a shit gambler".

My brother always tells me how much he's won - which seems like its frequent - but he doesn't tell you how much he has lost.

I assume you are the same.

i very rarely lose, but yeah when i do lose i lose big.