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Post by theallseeingeye on Jul 2, 2024 14:39:31 GMT
But.... how great is the Indian cricket team....in fact cricket has so many brilliant names... Bums, Pants, Kocks and Poos all over the place The names of the South Korea players in the Mexico 86 Panini sticker album were a source of great amusement to me back when I was 7. I can’t remember any of them now except Lee Bum Suk. I think there was a lot of Bum action though. I remember Bum Suk!
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Post by saintsfan73 on Jul 2, 2024 14:48:08 GMT
But.... how great is the Indian cricket team....in fact cricket has so many brilliant names... Bums, Pants, Kocks and Poos all over the place The names of the South Korea players in the Mexico 86 Panini sticker album were a source of great amusement to me back when I was 7. I can’t remember any of them now except Lee Bum Suk. I think there was a lot of Bum action though. Roberto Ufarte played for Spain in the '82 World Cup and his name was a great source of amusement for Terry Wogan on his breakfast show if my memories of getting ready for school at the time are correct.
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Post by threehundred on Jul 2, 2024 14:48:50 GMT
IM™ has wood about having Wood and Big Willy Smallbone in the same team.. ..speaking of, the Euros have been pretty disappointing for entertaining names, even the Germans, who can normally be relied on, have only got 1 Koch But.... how great is the Indian cricket team....in fact cricket has so many brilliant names... Bums, Pants, Kocks and Poos all over the place The Twelfth Man (Billy Birmingham)’s work is a bit, shall I say “of its time”, but cracks me up. For the uninitiated, he parodies Richie Benaud and the Aussie Channel 9 cricket commentary team… several of whom (eg Tony Greig) will be familiar. His run through of the Pakistani team, with some wild names, is borderline racist. I shouldn’t find it funny, but I can’t help it…
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Post by choixkoix on Jul 2, 2024 15:13:45 GMT
If we're signing two CBs, I think we can presume the club expect Jan B to go in this window. That or we expect to be 3 at the back week-in, week-out.
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Post by earlscourtsaint on Jul 2, 2024 15:36:59 GMT
If we're signing two CBs, I think we can presume the club expect Jan B to go in this window. That or we expect to be 3 at the back week-in, week-out. I really hope we learn from the likes of Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia etc etc and have a solid bank of 8 or 9 against anyone in the top 10 - we cannot go toe to toe with the likes of City, Liverpool, Spurs, Arsenal etc etc and should park the bus - I know it goes against our principles, but survival is all about beating teams around us, and picking up the odd unexpected win and few draws, 10 wins and 6 draws would probably be enough, so that has to be the 1st target. Therefore, investment in proven Premiership quality mature defenders is absolutely fine by me!!
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Jul 2, 2024 16:23:40 GMT
IM™ has wood about having Wood and Big Willy Smallbone in the same team.. ..speaking of, the Euros have been pretty disappointing for entertaining names, even the Germans, who can normally be relied on, have only got 1 Koch But.... how great is the Indian cricket team....in fact cricket has so many brilliant names... Bums, Pants, Kocks and Poos all over the place Absolutely... and don't forget Hardik!
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Post by threehundred on Jul 2, 2024 16:37:19 GMT
But.... how great is the Indian cricket team....in fact cricket has so many brilliant names... Bums, Pants, Kocks and Poos all over the place Absolutely... and don't forget Hardik! See them all at the Wankhede Stadium
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Jul 2, 2024 17:33:27 GMT
If we're signing two CBs, I think we can presume the club expect Jan B to go in this window. That or we expect to be 3 at the back week-in, week-out. I think it's more likely it shows we're going to play the 3 at the back that's been successful for us in the run in/play offs
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Post by stsaint on Jul 2, 2024 17:53:07 GMT
If we're signing two CBs, I think we can presume the club expect Jan B to go in this window. That or we expect to be 3 at the back week-in, week-out. I would think they will move on Jan B as he only has a year left. Makes no sense not to trade him in and seems we have already replaced him, which is good business.
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Post by threehundred on Jul 2, 2024 18:35:58 GMT
If we're signing two CBs, I think we can presume the club expect Jan B to go in this window. That or we expect to be 3 at the back week-in, week-out. I would think they will move on Jan B as he only has a year left. Makes no sense not to trade him in and seems we have already replaced him, which is good business. I suspect you are right. I think Wood and Edwards (blimey… Ronnie, Wood and Ross Stewart - we’re trying to sign the Faces) could be great signings and, if the rumoured prices are true, terrific business too. But they are young and so is THB, for all his quality. Now I’ve not been Bedders’ greatest fan, but by golly he pulled his socks up in the 2nd half of last season and was magnificent. Letting him go would be sheer folly, especially without buying someone with experience and leadership quality to replace him. The ABK / Salisu experiment showed what bad things can happen when you play two gifted young CBs together. I fear we will see a lot of Captain Jack next season and, as we all know, he simply isn’t good enough.
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Jul 2, 2024 19:57:09 GMT
I would think they will move on Jan B as he only has a year left. Makes no sense not to trade him in and seems we have already replaced him, which is good business. I suspect you are right. I think Wood and Edwards (blimey… Ronnie, Wood and Ross Stewart - we’re trying to sign the Faces) could be great signings and, if the rumoured prices are true, terrific business too. But they are young and so is THB, for all his quality. Now I’ve not been Bedders’ greatest fan, but by golly he pulled his socks up in the 2nd half of last season and was magnificent. Letting him go would be sheer folly, especially without buying someone with experience and leadership quality to replace him. The ABK / Salisu experiment showed what bad things can happen when you play two gifted young CBs together. I fear we will see a lot of Captain Jack next season and, as we all know, he simply isn’t good enough. Yup, they might be good prospects and reasonable value, but if we're losing KWP, it seems a huge unnecessary gamble to sell Jan too. Hopefully it's just the case that we want 5 CBs to cover 3 at the back and there's no Jan news as he's been at the Euros
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Post by theallseeingeye on Jul 3, 2024 11:59:00 GMT
Absolutely... and don't forget Hardik! See them all at the Wankhede Stadium How sad, suddenly this is becoming my favourite ever thread
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Post by earlscourtsaint on Jul 3, 2024 12:17:52 GMT
Lot's of speculation about who comes in, not so much about who might be going out, other than the two young lads that are being poached by City & Brighton. Will be interesting to see who did, and who didn't, show up for pre season training today. We are not flush with cash so need to either sell to buy, or get these few back into Staplewood and competing for a shirt;
Alcaraz, Sully, ABK, Onuachu (never gonna happen), DCC, Mara, Aribo, Charles etc
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Jul 3, 2024 12:21:54 GMT
See them all at the Wankhede Stadium How sad, suddenly this is becoming my favourite ever thread Not IM worthy, but I quite enjoyed the Turkish (& WBA) fella Okay... he's not one of the greats, but he's happy with that.
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Post by Frankfurt Saint on Jul 3, 2024 13:07:18 GMT
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