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Post by Village_Idiot2 » Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:50 pm

17 million for Roque Santa Cruz :lol:
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Post by Worthy4England » Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:30 pm

Village_Idiot2 wrote:17 million for Roque Santa Cruz :lol:
That would probably be really funny if City's benefactor didn't only have 499,999,999,983 million left to go at... :cry:
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Post by H. Pedersen » Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:42 pm

Worthy4England wrote:
Village_Idiot2 wrote:17 million for Roque Santa Cruz :lol:
That would probably be really funny if City's benefactor didn't only have 499,999,999,983 million left to go at... :cry:
Signing him, for that much money, so early in the window, is just dumb. Shouldn't they have waited to see what is going on with Eto'o?
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Post by Worthy4England » Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:51 pm

H. Pedersen wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:
Village_Idiot2 wrote:17 million for Roque Santa Cruz :lol:
That would probably be really funny if City's benefactor didn't only have 499,999,999,983 million left to go at... :cry:
Signing him, for that much money, so early in the window, is just dumb. Shouldn't they have waited to see what is going on with Eto'o?
:? They could sign Eto'o to'o...

Another £30/40m for him would only leave them with 499,999,999,943...See how most of the digits at the left of the number don't change much....
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Post by officer_dibble » Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:30 pm

Its an iffy signing, but like anything city do this summer it doesn't really matter!

All they need is 5 or so to be decent out of the 10 or so they sign, and even if they fail that they can try signing a new manager and giving him 10 goes at buying players...
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Post by William the White » Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:40 pm

but if Blackburrrnn really do want SKD they now have the money...
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Post by Verbal » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:04 pm

officer_dibble wrote:Its an iffy signing, but like anything city do this summer it doesn't really matter!

All they need is 5 or so to be decent out of the 10 or so they sign, and even if they fail that they can try signing a new manager and giving him 10 goes at buying players...
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15million should do it.
"Young people, nowadays, imagine money is everything."

"Yes, and when they grow older they know it."
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Post by hisroyalgingerness » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:01 pm

H. Pedersen wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:
Village_Idiot2 wrote:17 million for Roque Santa Cruz :lol:
That would probably be really funny if City's benefactor didn't only have 499,999,999,983 million left to go at... :cry:
Signing him, for that much money, so early in the window, is just dumb. Shouldn't they have waited to see what is going on with Eto'o?
Nah, this is the same story as Ronaldinho etc. Get themselves linked with one of the best strikers in the world. Then buy an average crock, but overpay so it looks like they're spending well
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Post by H. Pedersen » Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:30 am

Worthy4England wrote:
H. Pedersen wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:
Village_Idiot2 wrote:17 million for Roque Santa Cruz :lol:
That would probably be really funny if City's benefactor didn't only have 499,999,999,983 million left to go at... :cry:
Signing him, for that much money, so early in the window, is just dumb. Shouldn't they have waited to see what is going on with Eto'o?
:? They could sign Eto'o to'o...

Another £30/40m for him would only leave them with 499,999,999,943...See how most of the digits at the left of the number don't change much....
At some point though you do have to consider questions of squad unhappiness . . . oh wait anybody who would go to Man City is clearly happy to park their ass on the bench and collect a paycheck.
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Post by keveh » Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:13 am

I reckon Santa Cruz is probably worth around that much, think that he could be a good signing and they type of striker they need.
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Post by Bruno » Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:40 am

keveh wrote:I reckon Santa Cruz is probably worth around that much, think that he could be a good signing and they type of striker they need.
An expensive back-up to Tevez, Eto'o and Robinho
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Post by jaffka » Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:08 am

Phil Brown has declared his interest in signing Michael Owen.
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Post by H. Pedersen » Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:53 am

Iker Casillas denies he wants to move to Manchester United:

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 21,00.html

Personally I'd think he'd be thrilled to get a defense in front of him that would actually protect him. Last time Perez ushered in a "Galacticos" era Casillas was routinely the most shot-at keeper in Spain.
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Post by Hoboh » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:37 pm

officer_dibble wrote:Its an iffy signing, but like anything city do this summer it doesn't really matter!

All they need is 5 or so to be decent out of the 10 or so they sign, and even if they fail that they can try signing a new manager and giving him 10 goes at buying players...
Wenger is crapping himself thinking City may displace his infants from the top four, they are being taken seriously in other parts.
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Post by BWFC_Insane » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:51 pm

hoboh2o wrote:
officer_dibble wrote:Its an iffy signing, but like anything city do this summer it doesn't really matter!

All they need is 5 or so to be decent out of the 10 or so they sign, and even if they fail that they can try signing a new manager and giving him 10 goes at buying players...
Wenger is crapping himself thinking City may displace his infants from the top four, they are being taken seriously in other parts.
And you know this how?
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Post by Bruno » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:52 pm

This place is so tediously serious these days.

How do you know it isn't true?
Was right all along
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Post by BWFC_Insane » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:56 pm

Bruno wrote:This place is so tediously serious these days.

How do you know it isn't true?
Where the fook did I say it wasn't true?

I merely asked how anyone would know one way or t'other.
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Post by Bruno » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:57 pm

BWFC_Insane wrote:
Bruno wrote:This place is so tediously serious these days.

How do you know it isn't true?
Where the fook did I say it wasn't true?

I merely asked how anyone would know one way or t'other.
What does it matter? It's an opinion, no need to swoop so swoopingly and killing the conversation.
Was right all along
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Post by Hoboh » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:59 pm

Actually I think it was the Star I read it in, Napoleon was saying how he had not got £100 mill sat in the bank and that their place at the top table was under threat.
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Post by BWFC_Insane » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:59 pm

Bruno wrote:
BWFC_Insane wrote:
Bruno wrote:This place is so tediously serious these days.

How do you know it isn't true?
Where the fook did I say it wasn't true?

I merely asked how anyone would know one way or t'other.
What does it matter? It's an opinion, no need to swoop so swoopingly and killing the conversation.
It was an opinion phrased as fact. Hence the question.
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