Ross Barkley joins Chelsea, er, Villa on loan

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

And a paycut.....

I imagine Chelsea would be covering a chunk of the wages if we loaned him in January

 

[Blue Sky]

Unfortunately he is very injury prone so even if he did come back we probably wouldn't see much of him .

 

[mahermi1]

I imagine Chelsea would be covering a chunk of the wages if we loaned him in January

Get the feeling just lately that our fat cat top six have got a bit of a thing for us atm, possibly due to us being the most vocal about their super league ambitions. Sergio Romero, comes to mind, Man United's third choice keeper, just would not well him to us even though he had no future there.

 

[barneygumble]

Get the feeling just lately that our fat cat top six have got a bit of a thing for us atm, possibly due to us being the most vocal about their super league ambitions. Sergio Romero, comes to mind, Man United's third choice keeper, just would not well him to us even though he had no future there.

That, or they've got their own inferiority complex.

Back in the day United were streets ahead, loans, cheap deals, whatever. Now? We could easily be a rival. But it's a double edged sword, which is what gets me most. Those 36-games the player doesn't play against his parent side, will include 10 against your Top 6 rivals, and could be the difference between you winning or not winning the league.

 

[Drico]

Would never happen but I would have him on loan in January - better than any of Gomes/Davies/Delph/Gbamin

That's a bit like saying you'd sleep with Bet Lynch because she's more attractive than Nora Batty/Vera Duckworth/Dot Cotton/Hilda Ogden.

I mean, all the attractive options in the world and you hop into the sack with Ross Barkley.

 

[Drico]

The boy has talent. Needs the right manager. He can still have a great end to his career.

Needs a brain transplant, sadly.

Even Senor Benitez would be wasting his time trying to resuscitate the career of Barkley, a man with a footballing IQ lower than his body fat count - Barkley's body fat count, by the way. The Senor's is a little too generous for even overstretched bad analogies to hold.

 

[davek]

Needs a brain transplant, sadly.

Even Senor Benitez would be wasting his time trying to resuscitate the career of Barkley, a man with a footballing IQ lower than his body fat count - Barkley's body fat count, by the way. The Senor's is a little too generous for even overstretched bad analogies to hold.

No, I didn't mean back here...not under this manager anyway. Benitez wouldn't have much room for a player like Barkley.

 

[mahermi1]

That, or they've got their own inferiority complex.

Back in the day United were streets ahead, loans, cheap deals, whatever. Now? We could easily be a rival. But it's a double edged sword, which is what gets me most. Those 36-games the player doesn't play against his parent side, will include 10 against your Top 6 rivals, and could be the difference between you winning or not winning the league.

I'm sure there are another couple of the top six we tried to buy/ loan from but we're all met with negative replies.

 

[Dad watched Dixie]

That's a bit like saying you'd sleep with Bet Lynch because she's more attractive than Nora Batty/Vera Duckworth/Dot Cotton/Hilda Ogden.

I mean, all the attractive options in the world and you hop into the sack with Ross Barkley.

Bet Lynch,Nora Batty, Vera Duckworth, Dot Cotton and Hilda Ogden are all improvements on my personal situation .

 

[deipnosophist]

Until or unless the gangsta fatwa imposed on him is abrogated, all talk of Roscoe's return to Merseyside is, in my opinion, considerably moot.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Until or unless the gangsta fatwa imposed on him is abrogated, all talk of Roscoe's return to Merseyside is, in my opinion, considerably moot.

We have more chance of signing Ross Kemp

 

[mahermi1]

That's a bit like saying you'd sleep with Bet Lynch because she's more attractive than Nora Batty/Vera Duckworth/Dot Cotton/Hilda Ogden.

I mean, all the attractive options in the world and you hop into the sack with Ross Barkley.

In case you haven't heard mate, Forever Blue has never really been choosy you might say, erm, anything with a pulse apparently.

 

[deipnosophist]

We have more chance of signing Ross Kemp

...those brothers in Spandau Ballet have similar unlikelihood of joining us as the relative* you mention.

*same surname at least.

 

[deipnosophist]

In case you haven't heard mate, Forever Blue has never really been choosy you might say, erm, anything with a pulse apparently.

Well that last qualification, excludes his making love to Nora, Vera and Hilda...

 

[ClausThomsen]

...those brothers in Spandau Ballet have similar unlikelihood of joining us as the relative* you mention.

*same surname at least.

I dunno - Martin Kemp has form for that kind of thing....