Summer Transfers 2014

Jordan Henderchip wrote:Fabio Borini will be like Henderson, he's willing to put in the hard work required to be the best.

He'll get at least 5 goals next season

Is 5 goals meant to be impressive for a striker?

Looks like Ferdinand is off to QPR.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jul/03/rio-ferdinand-qpr-free-transfer

Hate to see great players carry on at too high a level, he's only going to get embarrassed if he carries on in the Premier League.  He should either retire or go to a retirement home league in North America or the Middle East.

QPR are basically the retirement home of the Premier League.

Zzonked wrote:

Glen Miller wrote:
I don't know who you think you are, waltzing into this thread so you can make baseless predictions with the sole purpose of taking a cheap shot or two at Liverpool Football Club.  I swear, when Borini nets his fifteenth league goal of the season against City with a screamer from the edge of the area and dashes off to stick it to the gang of troublemakers City call supporters, I will be digging up this quote and mocking it so ruthlessly, so mercilessly that you will remember never, never, never to mock this football club, its players, or its fans again.

I almost got away with it too. I was paid by The Sun to go across the internet and slander the name Liverpool FC.

5 TIMES

ResurrectionRooney wrote:Hate to see great players carry on at too high a level, he's only going to get embarrassed if he carries on in the Premier League.  He should either retire or go to a retirement home league in North America or the Middle East.

I'm surprised he isn't coming over here to breathe new life into his new gangster clothing brand.

Scott_LFC wrote:

Jordan Henderchip wrote:Fabio Borini will be like Henderson, he's willing to put in the hard work required to be the best.

He'll get at least 5 goals next season

Is 5 goals meant to be impressive for a striker?

I don't think he'll be played at striker that much, he'll be 3rd choice striker (if Suarez leaves)

He'll probably spend more time on the wing, if he consistently played striker he'd make double figures.

You all doubt Borini, I was right about Henderson. I was kinda right with Carroll, he started to come good and then we sold him. I will be right about Borini, Chip can pick a player out.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:Hate to see great players carry on at too high a level, he's only going to get embarrassed if he carries on in the Premier League.  He should either retire or go to a retirement home league in North America or the Middle East.

SBSP wrote:QPR are basically the retirement home of the Premier League.

Or, as is evident, the BPL is just as much of a retirement league as MLS.

And before you dumbasses respond with nothing to back up your claims -- here are the average ages of MLS teams at the start of this season and the average ages of BPL teams at the start of the 2013/2014. Really no differences.

And I will say, some of those minimum ages of the players can be very misleading. For example, D.C. United striker Michael Seaton was 17 at the time of the beginning of the season, when the list was produced, but he is 18 now. So, those numbers are decimal points higher now that the list is a couple of months old.

Dem Americans getting all upset  

I just like it when people back up their claims with facts  

It's got nothing to do with average age though. It's got to do with players like Villa and Kaka moving to the MLS at the tail end of their careers.

Or Ferdinand or Eto'o, both older than Kaka and Villa when they moved to BPL teams  

Scuba Steve wrote:Or Ferdinand or Eto'o, both older than Kaka and Villa when they moved to BPL teams  

Because they wanted to continue playing at a high level.

Kaka are Villa are just looking for a well paid cake ride.

Or they wanted one last big pay day. But hey, whatever fits your agenda, right?

Eto'o was making plenty in Russia. I don't see what your point is.

What does what he was making in Russia have to do with his future earnings? Could have been that he wasn't going to get the same amount if he had stayed.

SBSP wrote:Eto'o was making plenty in Russia. I don't see what your point is.

This ^

SBSP got my back.

Scuba Steve wrote:What does what he was making in Russia have to do with his future earnings? Could have been that he wasn't going to get the same amount if he had stayed.

Eto'o has already said he's had better offers from the Middle East but wants to play in the CL.

Keyser Söze wrote:

SBSP wrote:Eto'o was making plenty in Russia. I don't see what your point is.

This ^

SBSP got my back.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2404952/Chelsea-sign-Samuel-Etoo-7million-year-deal.html

Eto'o wouldn't have made that in MLS.

The difference is that our crap teams rely on these old players to try and stay up, and occasionally our top teams use them as backup. MLS teams use them to win titles.  I've seen MLS Cup Finals where players like David Beckham (mid-late 30s) and Robbie Keane (historically bad flop with Liverpool)  play key roles.

Scuba Steve wrote:

Keyser Söze wrote:
This ^

SBSP got my back.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2404952/Chelsea-sign-Samuel-Etoo-7million-year-deal.html

Eto'o wouldn't have made that in MLS.

Because it was a one year deal with no transfer fee. You actually think Chelsea would have paid him £7million a year for a 3-4 year contract?

Robbie Keane gets $4.5 million on a multiyear contract. He'd never get that in the BPL.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:The difference is that our crap teams rely on these old players to try and stay up, and occasionally our top teams use them as backup. MLS teams use them to win titles.  I've seen MLS Cup Finals where players like David Beckham (mid-late 30s) and Robbie Keane (historically bad flop with Liverpool)  play key roles.

How many of these old players did Kansas City use last year to win MLS Cup?

Look at the top 8 earners in the MLS

1. Michael Bradley, Toronto FC: $6 million base, $6.5 million guaranteed compensation

2. Jermain Defoe, Toronto FC: $6 million, $6.18 million

3. Clint Dempsey, Seattle Sounders: $4.91 million, $6.69 million

4. Robbie Keane, Los Angeles Galaxy: $4.5 million, $4.5 million

5. Landon Donovan, Los Angeles Galaxy: $4.25 million, $4.58 million

6. Thierry Henry, New York Red Bulls: $3.75 million, $4.35 million

7. Tim Cahill, New York Red Bulls: $3.5 million, $3.63 million

8. Obafemi Martins, Seattle Sounders: $1.62 million, $1.75 million

All former BPL has-beens or flops that would never even dream of getting paid that much in the PL.

Scuba Steve wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:The difference is that our crap teams rely on these old players to try and stay up, and occasionally our top teams use them as backup. MLS teams use them to win titles.  I've seen MLS Cup Finals where players like David Beckham (mid-late 30s) and Robbie Keane (historically bad flop with Liverpool)  play key roles.

How many of these old players did Kansas City use last year to win MLS Cup?

Don't know, don't care.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

Scuba Steve wrote:

How many of these old players did Kansas City use last year to win MLS Cup?

Don't know, don't care.

Right, because if you did know, it wouldn't back up your claim.

Scuba Steve wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

Don't know, don't care.

Right, because if you did know, it wouldn't back up your claim.

Why'd you reply to this pointless comment but ignore my ones?

So much for

Scuba Steve wrote:I just like it when people back up their claims with facts  

 

What's your claim? That people went to get paid more in one league, herego, that makes it a retirement league? 

Woe is Michael Bradley. Went to retire at 26, yet still managed to make it to the World Cup this year.

Scuba Steve wrote:What's your claim? That people went to get paid more in one league, herego, that makes it a retirement league? 

Woe is Michael Bradley. Went to retire at 26, yet still managed to make it to the World Cup this year.

Wow, you're taking it as literally a "retirement league" as in only for old age players. Wow. Nice going on being deliberately obtuse.

You're right. I assumed when people said retirement league, they meant retirement league. Otherwise they wouldn't have called it a retirement league. I can see where the confusion is.

Scuba Steve wrote:You're right. I assumed when people said retirement league, they meant retirement league. Otherwise they wouldn't have called it a retirement league. I can see where the confusion is.

Hold on, you seriously thought it meant that all the players were old? You fucking idiot. It means that the best players only go there when they are approaching the age where they have to leave top level football. They can still have young players surrounding them, the same way as retirement homes have staff under 60.