[InTheHood]

[i]Originally posted by Dan_

Sharp's gone back to Sheffield United, they let him leave for £100,000 and buy him back for £2M .

Where is Jussi off to if they are getting Dodgy Dudek? I reckon Bolton will struggle this season.

Torres looks pretty much certain to joining now with Luis Garcia going to other way.I wonder how much more money Rafa has to spend as just Torres will not be enough to challenge for the title but it's a step forward.

Eduardo is a bit pricey if that's true, good player though.

Mido's still around, he'll probably be on the left wing against us on saturday, the tosser.Defoe's likely to be off now I'd imagine, maybe a return to West Ham lol.I read that Spurs were after another central midfielder, Oruma from Troyes or something like that.

0-0 draws for half the season with Sven .

Who's Waterman playing for these days?

I see Exeter has signed Basham from Oxford,not an overly convincing signing, he's always injured.Fixtures came out today, Exeter away to Altrincham first game of the season, we have Crawley away.

I'd imagine we will have a few trialists for the Spurs game, some keeper just released by Arsenal is meant to be one of them.

1.9m loss, very good

Dudek probably a reserve or something. Bolton are gonna struggle more than they have done. New signings leave a lot to be desired

Well Torres has signed. £27m is a bit of a gamble, but we'll see if pays off. They won't have much to spend now and they need some players still.

Defoe will never go back to Hammers Tottenham have signed another CB today in Kaboul Left Wing debut on Saturday Oruma is 30+ and a former Nigerian international - complete waste if they buy him.

Waterman is now at AZ. They must have seen something in him. They have also signed a young Argie keeper, Romero, for next season.

We signed Roy Beerens from PSV today. He was part of the winning U-21 side, albeit a used sub most games. Promising, but we have yet to sign anyone exciting.

Is Basham always injured? Great! Away to Altrincham and Boxing Day/New Years Day, derbies v Torquay!

Is the Arsenal keeper, Mannone?

[Dan_]

Originally posted by InTheHood

1.9m loss, very good

Dudek probably a reserve or something. Bolton are going to struggle more than they have done. New signings leave a lot to be desired

Well Torres has signed. £27m is a bit of a gamble, but we'll see if pays off. They won't have much to spend now and they need some players still.

Defoe will never go back to Hammers Tottenham have signed another CB today in Kaboul Left Wing debut on Saturday Oruma is 30+ and a former Nigerian international - complete waste if they buy him.

Waterman is now at AZ. They must have seen something in him. They have also signed a young Argie keeper, Romero, for next season.

We signed Roy Beerens from PSV today. He was part of the winning U-21 side, albeit a used sub most games. Promising, but we have yet to sign anyone exciting.

Is Basham always injured? Great! Away to Altrincham and Boxing Day/New Years Day, derbies v Torquay!

Is the Arsenal keeper, Mannone?

At least they can say it was a different manager who got rid of Sharp lol.Good old Warnock!

I thought Dudek wanted to be a first choice keeper, seeing as that's why he left Liverpool in the first place.I see that Bolton are in for Xabi Alonso's younger and less talented brother-Mikel, he'd be an improvement on Idan Tal.

I've heard that he was £20m in the end, still a gamble but at least he's a top young player.Benitez still wants wingers.Benayoun's likely to be signing as part of a swap deal involving Craig Bellamy.

Pompey and Villa seem most interested in Defoe, I cannot see how he can stay as he'll only be 4th choice.How many centre backs is that for Spurs now? Oruma will probably replace Ghaly or Murphy in being 10th choice central midfielder for them, get the odd game at left wing too.

AZ always seem to have about 8 strikers whenever I play as them on pro-evo.Beerens is a pretty decent signing for you, is he the first summer signing? Any news on Afonso Alves?

Basham played about 10 games last season and didn't play from January onwards .We have Rushden over xmas.

I don't know who the keeper is.Mannone would be pretty decent but he'd only be back up.Two of our players miss the game as they are best men at weddings! More trialists then

[Dan_]

I really enjoyed the game, first half was probably the best I've ever seen during a pre-season friendly, some very encouraging displays against a strong Spurs team.

First half lineups-
Spurs:
Cerny
Ifill,Gardner,Rocha,Daniels
Malbranque,Murphy,Taarbat,O'Hara
Bent,Keane

Boro:
Julian
Fuller,Henry,Gaia,Nutter
Lawson,Lewis,Miller,Cole
Hakim,Allen.

2nd half-Boro
Kettridge
Batt,Oliver,Arber,Bradshaw
Eames,Molelsey,McMahon,Cruise(?)
Dobson,Sealey

Both sides just set about playing the ball on the floor and Stevenage kept the ball so well in the opening periods and some lovely passing moves started by Miller almost led to chances for Hakim and Allen but they were just blocked off in time.Spurs came into more as the half went on and Julian was forced into some smart saves.Spurs got a rather soft penalty when Bent was barged over by Fuller and Keane easily dispatched the penalty.At the end of the first half we equalised through trialist Oliver Allen, a good team goal with Mitchell Cole making Ifill look silly before putting in a low cross which Allen controlled first time and with his back to goal he turned and shot straight into the bottom corner, top drawer effort and that was pretty much it for the first half.

Boro swapped the whole team around 2nd half but Spurs kept the same team so it was always going to be a tough task for a mainly reserve Boro side.Bent got on the end of a good pass not long after the start of the 2nd half and just sent it over young keeper Kettridge.Boro continued to play their passing game but with a lack of firepower upfront it was starting to get more difficult to threaten the Spurs goal but a curling free kick from Eames drew a good save out of Cerny.Spurs got a 3rd when sub Barcham found Taarbat and his shot from distance slipped through the keepers grasp.Boro were denied a penalty when youth teamer, Tyrone Sealey was found by McMahon and he turnt Garnder inside out before getting tripped inside the box but only a free kick was given.Both sides faded as it drew to a close and that was about it for an entertaining first pre-season game.

Very impressed with Borough in the first half and the two trialists looked very good players.

[Dan_]

Goals from the game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TzjcYMEBwQ

[BigSister]

Glad you enjoyed it Dan ^_^

[InTheHood]

Originally posted by Dan_

At least they can say it was a different manager who got rid of Sharp lol.Good old Warnock!

I thought Dudek wanted to be a first choice keeper, seeing as that's why he left Liverpool in the first place.I see that Bolton are in for Xabi Alonso's younger and less talented brother-Mikel, he'd be an improvement on Idan Tal.

I've heard that he was £20m in the end, still a gamble but at least he's a top young player.Benitez still wants wingers.Benayoun's likely to be signing as part of a swap deal involving Craig Bellamy.

Pompey and Villa seem most interested in Defoe, I cannot see how he can stay as he'll only be 4th choice.How many centre backs is that for Spurs now? Oruma will probably replace Ghaly or Murphy in being 10th choice central midfielder for them, get the odd game at left wing too.

AZ always seem to have about 8 strikers whenever I play as them on pro-evo.Beerens is a pretty decent signing for you, is he the first summer signing? Any news on Afonso Alves?

Basham played about 10 games last season and didn't play from January onwards .We have Rushden over xmas.

I don't know who the keeper is.Mannone would be pretty decent but he'd only be back up.Two of our players miss the game as they are best men at weddings! More trialists then

Never rated Warnock, didn't he take 7 years to get Sheff U up anyway?

Dudek will never be 1st choice, he's too dodgy Sammy Lee, is doing a Sammy Allardyce, buying dodgy players

£20m is still alot, could be a bargain, or could be a flop! Benayoun won't fix the winger problem, unless they do a Spurs!

Defoe won't want to be 4th choice and Jol doesn't seem to rate him. He'll be a good buy for Man U or Liverpool.

Danny Murphy, oh dear, he'll surely end up at Wigan! In the centre not the left!

Beerens is the 3rd signing. Loohuis, a young midfielder from Veendam and some Danish guy Bak Nielsen or someone. Nothing major yet, even buy Heerenveen standards! Afonso Alves is with Brazil in Copa America, so nothing happening yet.

Oh well, hopefully Basham comes good....or maybe Defoe needs some games, so a season long loan

at weddings. Good old lower league football

Sounds like a decent game against Spurs, with all those CB's and CM's

[Dan_]

Originally posted by InTheHood

Never rated Warnock, didn't he take 7 years to get Sheff U up anyway?

Dudek will never be 1st choice, he's too dodgy Sammy Lee, is doing a Sammy Allardyce, buying dodgy players

£20m is still alot, could be a bargain, or could be a flop! Benayoun won't fix the winger problem, unless they do a Spurs!

Defoe won't want to be 4th choice and Jol doesn't seem to rate him. He'll be a good buy for Man U or Liverpool.

Danny Murphy, oh dear, he'll surely end up at Wigan! In the centre not the left!

Beerens is the 3rd signing. Loohuis, a young midfielder from Veendam and some Danish guy Bak Nielsen or someone. Nothing major yet, even buy Heerenveen standards! Afonso Alves is with Brazil in Copa America, so nothing happening yet.

Oh well, hopefully Basham comes good....or maybe Defoe needs some games, so a season long loan

at weddings. Good old lower league football

Sounds like a decent game against Spurs, with all those CB's and CM's

It was something like 7 years, yes.They always seemed to lose in the play-offs lol.

Sammy Lee wants to play passing football with mainly average players, that's going to end up going wrong.

I reckon Torres will be a success, with his pace and skill I cannot see him being anything else.Benayoun will probably end up being a replacement for Garcia.Ricardo Quaresma is the main target, he'd be a pretty good signing.

Defoe weren't even at the game on Saturday, unlike Chimbonda,Kaboul, Bale and a couple of others who were sat the row behind me.Murphy was terrible against us,our first half central midfielders tackled him every time he got the ball.Weymouth would be more his level than Wigan on that showing.

Has Afonso played much for Brazil in the Copa America?

It really was a decent game in the first half.I think Spurs thought they were in for an easy afternoon but we were the better side in the first half and Jol was getting pissed off and so were their fans, especially when we equalised .Taarabt was on the whole awful

[InTheHood]

Originally posted by Dan_
It was something like 7 years, yes.They always seemed to lose in the play-offs lol.

Sammy Lee wants to play passing football with mainly average players, that's going to end up going wrong.

I reckon Torres will be a success, with his pace and skill I cannot see him being anything else.Benayoun will probably end up being a replacement for Garcia.Ricardo Quaresma is the main target, he'd be a pretty good signing.

Defoe weren't even at the game on Saturday, unlike Chimbonda,Kaboul, Bale and a couple of others who were sat the row behind me.Murphy was terrible against us,our first half central midfielders tackled him every time he got the ball.Weymouth would be more his level than Wigan on that showing.

Has Afonso played much for Brazil in the Copa America?

It really was a decent game in the first half.I think Spurs thought they were in for an easy afternoon but we were the better side in the first half and Jol was getting p****d off and so were their fans, especially when we equalised .Taarabt was on the whole awful

I'll start with a bad joke.

Sol Campbell wants to return to Spurs after hearing there strikeforce is Bent and Keane.

Never really liked Sheff Utd, but they were conned by The Premier League

Bolton.....passing.....

Torres will be interesting. He has to better than Bellamy Benayoun is not that good. Quaresma would be a good buy. A Barca reject, but good enough for Liverpool.

Kaboul and Bale wanting to make a good impression. Chimbonda probably moaning Murphy to Weymouth?

Afonso has had 1 (maybe 2) sub appearances for Brazil in Copa America. Still, every appearance adds a few £ onto his fee

Jol is funny when he gets mad. It might be his massive head and dodgy haircut, but I find him funny

[Dan_]

Originally posted by InTheHood

I'll start with a bad joke.

Sol Campbell wants to return to Spurs after hearing there strikeforce is Bent and Keane.

Never really liked Sheff Utd, but they were conned by The Premier League

Bolton.....passing.....

Torres will be interesting. He has to better than Bellamy Benayoun is not that good. Quaresma would be a good buy. A Barca reject, but good enough for Liverpool.

Kaboul and Bale wanting to make a good impression. Chimbonda probably moaning Murphy to Weymouth?

Afonso has had 1 (maybe 2) sub appearances for Brazil in Copa America. Still, every appearance adds a few £ onto his fee

Jol is funny when he gets mad. It might be his massive head and dodgy haircut, but I find him funny

oh dear.

I wonder when Sheffield United will give up on their legal battle to stay in the premiership?

Bellamy will probably do okay at West Ham but he's always going to have the same attitude problems.Benayoun can be good but he's inconsistent.Liverpool are after Ryan Babel now.

Chimbonda seemed in a good mood, joking around with Kaboul.

Every cap pushes that price tag up lol, just needs a goal for them now lol.

The players didn't seem to take much notice of him going mad on the touchline.Our manager started arguing with him over the penalty decision though

[BigSister]

heh Dan bet that was funny
We havent really gpt any top teams coming I think Man city are coming in august but apart from that its just really local teams. Playing Burnley on saturday though

[Dan_]

Originally posted by BigSister
heh Dan bet that was funny
We havent really gpt any top teams coming I think Man city are coming in august but apart from that its just really local teams. Playing Burnley on saturday though

I was at bit surprised that our manager was getting so worked up during a pre-season friendly, ah well at least it shows he is passionate.

Burnley and Man City are some decent games, are you mainly having away friendlies?

We have Luton,Peterboro and Ipswich at home and away we have Boreham Wood, Ware,Kettering,Harlow,Tadley Calleva, Thurrock and Hampton and Richmond Boro.

[BigSister]

Yep just after i looked at this thread i went to fixtures and there only Burnley and Man city at home before season starts and my aunty cat go to the burnley 1 because its her sons daughters birthday and they are having aparty. We have Leicester City in Carling cup which im going to try and go too because we are at home for that 1

[InTheHood]

Originally posted by Dan_

oh dear.

I wonder when Sheffield United will give up on their legal battle to stay in the premiership?

Bellamy will probably do okay at West Ham but he's always going to have the same attitude problems.Benayoun can be good but he's inconsistent.Liverpool are after Ryan Babel now.

Chimbonda seemed in a good mood, joking around with Kaboul.

Every cap pushes that price tag up lol, just needs a goal for them now lol.

The players didn't seem to take much notice of him going mad on the touchline.Our manager started arguing with him over the penalty decision though

Funny transfer of the day - Michael Chopra to Sunderland for £5m

Sheff Utd should give up on reinstatement, but they deserve more compensation. They've been done!

Never liked Bellamy, horrible little bloke. Benayoun £4m......compare that to Chopra Babel Hope he does well, cos that will mean he will get selected for Oranje!

Chimbonda is happy to have another Frenchman on board I expect

Afonso missed a penalty in the shootout last night Maybe he'll net the winner in the final That'll push the price up. We signed his replacement today - Gerald Sibon He scored 15 in 25 for us in 03/04, so he's kind of coming home

Arguing over a penalty in a friendly? Jol isn't up to it to be honest. He's not strong enough. He's the kind of bloke who will ignore you rather than listen to an opinion

[Dan_]

Originally posted by InTheHood

Funny transfer of the day - Michael Chopra to Sunderland for £5m

Sheff Utd should give up on reinstatement, but they deserve more compensation. They've been done!

Never liked Bellamy, horrible little bloke. Benayoun £4m......compare that to Chopra Babel Hope he does well, cos that will mean he will get selected for Oranje!

Chimbonda is happy to have another Frenchman on board I expect

Afonso missed a penalty in the shootout last night Maybe he'll net the winner in the final That'll push the price up. We signed his replacement today - Gerald Sibon He scored 15 in 25 for us in 03/04, so he's kind of coming home

Arguing over a penalty in a friendly? Jol isn't up to it to be honest. He's not strong enough. He's the kind of bloke who will ignore you rather than listen to an opinion

Must admit I was surprised at Chopra going there, what with being ex Newcastle.He was top scorer in the championship but £5m is overpriced.

They should have probably got half of the fee that West Ham were fined but their case keeps getting stronger as the Premier League are now saying that they need evidence of West Ham getting money from the Tevez transfer to Manchester United but they clearly don't own him lol.

Bellamy's had about 8 clubs in 9 years, says it all really.
Benayoun is quite a steal at that price, at least he's proven in the prem.Do you think Babel is good enough for Liverpool? He'll end up playing left wing but I heard he prefers being a striker.

Deary me, a striker missing a penalty, sounds well suited to England then! Didn't Sibon used to play for Sheffield Wednesday?

It was an awful penalty decision but he did get a bit worked up lol.To be fair to Jol, he has done better at Spurs than most managers in recent times, I just cannot take him seriously in interviews.

[Dan_]

We beat Borehamwood 4-0 .Morison scored with a header from a Mitchell Cole cross, Ollie Allen scored with a left footed shot from 15 yards, Jerome Anderson outpaced the defence before scoring with a neat finish to make it 3-0 and another trialist called Junior Dobson scored with a left footed volley after great work by Anderson who chipped the ball over the defence.

1st half team:

Julian
Fuller, Arber, Henry & Nutter
Molesley, McMahon & Lewis
Allen,Morison and Cole

Second half:

Gore
Bradshaw, Gaia, Oliver & ?
Lawson, Martin, Miller & Junior Dobson
Anderson & Hakim

Some of last week's trialists have already gone lol.I could tell Stimmo was not happy with some of them at the end of last weeks game.Nice to see a possible return for Shane Gore, he's a nice bloke and came and supported us in trophy final despite being released by our old manager.He's a capable enough keeper and wouldn't be on too much money.

[Dan_]

Stevenage Borough have today signed Tess Bramble from Stockport County. The 26 year old, 6' 2" striker, brother of Wigan's Titus Bramble, has made 200 appearances for Stockport and Southend, scoring 55 goals. He has been signed to add strength and experience to the squad and should make his debut against Ipswich Town on Tuesday evening.

Manager Mark Stimson said ''Tess is 2 weeks behind everyone else in fitness and will need to work hard to get to the same level as the other lads, but he's a strong player who could well cause teams a lot of problems when he's fully fit"

Not too sure about this one to be honest, thought the two lads we have on trial are better options than this big lump.

[BigSister]

Drew withBurnley 1-1 didnt know the scorer for us think hes another trialist but we were winning with half an hour to go so slightly disapointed but glad we got something out of the game so a bit of both really

[Dan_]

That's a pretty good result Becca.I notice a few of the championship sides have been getting beat or drawing with conf and league 2 sides.

[InTheHood]

Originally posted by Dan_

Must admit I was surprised at Chopra going there, what with being ex Newcastle.He was top scorer in the championship but £5m is overpriced.

They should have probably got half of the fee that West Ham were fined but their case keeps getting stronger as the Premier League are now saying that they need evidence of West Ham getting money from the Tevez transfer to Manchester United but they clearly don't own him lol.

Bellamy's had about 8 clubs in 9 years, says it all really.
Benayoun is quite a steal at that price, at least he's proven in the prem.Do you think Babel is good enough for Liverpool? He'll end up playing left wing but I heard he prefers being a striker.

Deary me, a striker missing a penalty, sounds well suited to England then! Didn't Sibon used to play for Sheffield Wednesday?

It was an awful penalty decision but he did get a bit worked up lol.To be fair to Jol, he has done better at Spurs than most managers in recent times, I just cannot take him seriously in interviews.

Firstly, I've changed my name, as now I live in Devon, i live nowhere near the hood Just alot of funny talkers

£5m Chopra is about £6m overpriced

Well, this Tevez thing will not lie down. Kia whatshisname is now wanted back in Brazil over money laundering.

Bellamy is average and brings more problems than solutions. Benayoun is decent, but he's not top 4 level. Babel will do okay, he may take a season to settle. I don't think he'll set the league alight though

Afonso may feature in the final tonight, a sub at best. Sibon did indeed once play for Sheff Weds.

In the U-20's WC, Bradley of Heerenveen scored against Uruguay the other day. USA now out to Austria though.

Jol is a very odd bloke. They've just signed another midfielder, who has played for youth levels at CB, Kevin Prince-Boateng. Just to add to the collection

[Dan_]

Originally posted by BigBrotherBritney

Firstly, I've changed my name, as now I live in Devon, i live nowhere near the hood Just alot of funny talkers

£5m Chopra is about £6m overpriced

Well, this Tevez thing will not lie down. Kia whatshisname is now wanted back in Brazil over money laundering.

Bellamy is average and brings more problems than solutions. Benayoun is decent, but he's not top 4 level. Babel will do okay, he may take a season to settle. I don't think he'll set the league alight though

Afonso may feature in the final tonight, a sub at best. Sibon did indeed once play for Sheff Weds.

In the U-20's WC, Bradley of Heerenveen scored against Uruguay the other day. USA now out to Austria though.

Jol is a very odd bloke. They've just signed another midfielder, who has played for youth levels at CB, Kevin Prince-Boateng. Just to add to the collection

Ooh ah combine harvester lol.

I reckon Chopra will do okay, he never really got much of a chance at Newcastle but did get a few goals.

No surprise that Kia is in trouble, afterall the Mascherano and Tevez deals are dodgy lol.

I suppose Babel needs time to develop but he's got the ability to adjust to the premier league, no problem with the pace of the game.Liverpool are still meant to be after Mancini from Roma, might allow one of the wingers to go to Spurs then lol.

Brazil seem to have stuck with Robinho and Vagner Love upfront, doubt they will win tonight.Sibon was always poor in England but has done well in the eredivisie.

The only thing I've heard about the u20's world cup was that a Rushden and Diamonds player started for Canada in their group games and some Portugal player went mad and smashed into someone, just as the ref was about to show him the red card, a team mate of his swiped it off the ref and ended up getting sent off himself, he then started crying!

Can this Boateng fella play on the left?

[BigSister]

Yeah i read on the website that it was robbie blake who scaored for Burnleu(Apparently hes back) and with 5 mins to go but my cousin went and he siad it was rubbish lol
Yeah i saw that Torquay beat plymouth bet solwasnt pleased though

[Dan_]

Blake rejoined them the other day for an initial £250,000.

I wonder if Plymouth had a good team out, speaking of Sol, where is he these days?

Exeter beat a full strength Norwich side 2-1.

[BigSister]

ooh i didnt know that good for them
I must have missed that about blake rejoining. i know sol had exams but apart from that im not really sure

[Dan_]

We beat a fairly decent Ipswich side 3-0 tonight.Goals from Nutter(pen),Paul Hakim and yet another goal from Ollie Allen, scored in every friendly so far! Sign him up Stimmo.

1st half team:

Julian
Fuller, Oliver, Arber (injured, replaced by Gaia), Nutter
Miller, Lewis, Martin, Cole
Morison, Anderson

Second half:

Gore
Bradshaw, Gaia, Henry,Luke Webster
Lawson, Molesley, McMahon, Dodson
Allen, Hakim

[BigSister]

Do you know if gary Roberts played for Ipswich dan he went to Ipswich from Stanley
Well done on winning as well