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by **Toffeehater** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:49 pm

He'll be on that plane

To madrid

by **roberto green** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:52 pm

I can't make head and tail of it and that's the translation part

by **Kukilon** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:16 pm

Wesley Sneijder plus money yes please.

by **ElNino9** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:33 pm

Wesley Sneijder is a great player and expect him to take some set-peices, he takes a great free-kick.

by **Oakesy8** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:34 pm

Looks like Wesley Sneijder is on his way then in a make weight plus cash.

Now if we do bag Silva with that money plus what ever funds Rafa has been given for THIS SEASON (Johnson was basically last years Keane money), then suddenly loosing Alonso doesn’t look so bad at all.

In fact its great business! (For once)
Swap one good player for two!

by **Dundalk** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:41 pm

Okay

Alonso will be on the plane tomorrow going to the far east, he has decided to give us another year

Wait and see :;):

by **bigmick** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:16 pm

Lando_Griffin wrote:
bigmick wrote:Suicide watch I shouldn't worry too much, people make odd statements as they try and reconcile some of the previous stuff they've come out with against the current reality. It's a bit like when Alonso's form hadn't dipped by even 1% and then he came out last season and played out of his skin, looking like a completely different player. Lines in the sand were swiftly rubbed out and re-drawn as reality replaced fantasy. Now we have no chance of winning the league next season if Xabi is sold, none whatsoever. If we sold Gerrard or Torres I might go along with that, but top player though he is, selling Xabi isn't as much of a body blow.

As for Xabi's mates statements to Sabes about his relationship with Rafa, I wouldn't blame either man for that. They've been at Liverpool together for five seasons, and as I've said before anyone can get on anyones nerves over that period of time, it's just one of them things. In that time period, Xabi has got married and had kids, so whether or not he realises it he will have changed a huge amount as a person, both in his maturity and his outlook. He might well look back in ten years time and conclude that the breakup was actually more of his doing than Rafa's, but no matter these things happen.

The key obviously is what we do to replace him. I've seen the Scott Parker rumours, but feel sure that he is more in the mould of the "one out of four" midfielders than he is a direct replacement. As it is, if Xabi goes then we only have two credible midfielders unless we move Gerrard back, so we do need more cover there anyway.

Ultimately though, the most telling thing which has come out of the last couple of weeks is that for the manager, Alonso "didn't feature in his plans". Obviously we can only guess why that actually is, but mine would be that he wants a midfielder who gets forward more effectively, scores more goals and makes more goals. I haven't off the top of my head got any stand out suggestions for who is that player, but it seems fairly obvious that this is the way the manager sees things developing.

As for Xabi, i wish him all the best. He's been a wonderful professional, and in his last season showed just what a top player he has become.

Wake me up when you do, eh?

A strange response to a general point and one of your better football posts. Forgive me though if I don't run with the whole waking up beside you fantasy thing, no offence and all that :talktothehand

by **NANNY RED** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:19 am

He will be on the plane going to the far east :nod

by **Dundalk** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:23 am

Your an hour and a half to late Nanny

See above

by **roberto green** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:23 am

NANNY RED wrote:He will be on the plane going to the far east

Who Jacky Chan?

by **bigmick** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:34 am

Well it's great news for the club and for the fans. Call off the suicide watch :laugh:

and presumeably there is now a possibility that we can win the title again

.

On a more serious note, hopefully Xabi's form this coming season is as good as it was in the previous one. I honestly think that if he stays, and with Johnson coming, provided we remain sensible selection wise we have a huge chance of winning the league barring crippling injuries. Can't wait for the season to start now.

by **tubby** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:38 am

Dundalk wrote:Okay

Alonso will be on the plane tomorrow going to the far east, he has decided to give us another year

Wait and see

Give us another year? So presuably if things go wrong for him and he want's to go next year we probably won't be able to fetch as much as he will have only a year left right? or does he have 3 years now?

by **roberto green** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:39 am

Dundalk wrote:Okay

Alonso will be on the plane tomorrow going to the far east, he has decided to give us another year

Wait and see

I hope you haven't made up this statement

For your own sake

by **Dundalk** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:39 am

He signed a 5 year deal in 2007

by **JoeTerp** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:49 am

bigmick wrote:Well it's great news for the club and for the fans. Call off the suicide watch and presumeably there is now a possibility that we can win the title again .

On a more serious note, hopefully Xabi's form this coming season is as good as it was in the previous one. I honestly think that if he stays, and with Johnson coming, provided we remain sensible selection wise we have a huge chance of winning the league barring crippling injuries. Can't wait for the season to start now.

the football irony gods will be looking to take away from Xabi's form this season.

We should probably sacrifice a virgin (or a Degen) to appease them

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