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Date:Friday August 29 2008
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Redknapp downbeat on Motta chances
Seeing, or should I say hearing Harry Redknapp playing down a situation is not anything new to us is it, so his thoughts that Thiago Motta might not sign are nothing new...
The Spanish midfielder has been on trial with Pompey - with it thought that we want him to sign a deal but his wage demands could scupper this, along with our apparent desire to only offer him a short term contract?
Redknapp likes the former Barcelona star, but is concerned by his past injury problems and is not holding out much hope of doing a deal - telling The News: 'Motta's been training and I like him. Peter's made him an offer.
'I don't know where he's at with him, he deals with contracts. But I'm getting the feeling nothing's going to happen. The lad's had a bad knee injury.
'If his knee's okay he'll be a good player and he's looked good in training.
'I saw him play at Chelsea in the Champions League for Barcelona a few years ago. They were fantastic that night and they beat Chelsea.
'He played in the middle of the park. He's a good player. I don't think it will happen, though.'
Surely we would be able to have something written into a contract to protect us again injury returning? Although I do not think this is our main problem here, it seems to be the apparent wage demands of the Brazilian, which reports claim are £60,000 per week - which is something we would not pay.
We will soon find out what really will be the case here - this could be a typical HR bluff? If not so be it, that is the way it goes...
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First, we are a team going places in Europe and The Premier League with money to spend and reinforce an already strong squad.
Then, we announce plans to recruit Peter Crouch and two or three other Top Targets.
The Targets are believed to be players of the calibre of (that little git) Sean Wright Phillips and a host of top European names.
Then, we seem to be struggling to sign anyone other than the Tall One. Again money seems not to be the problem here. Just persuading players to come to Pompey, even though, that 'problem' seemed to resigned to the past, what with our New Found status as Cup Winner and Euro participants.
Then, suddenly we are told that in order to sign New Top Players, we must sell? eh?
So, we sell The Munter to some foreign team, which is really terrible news - But we now think the money is there to prise (that little git) Sean Wright Phillips away from Chelsea. 'Hooray, some service to Crouchy' we all think.
But, the only arrival is 'The Rock' look-a-like, Ernie Kaboul.
But we think, 'Hmmm, that must have been a 'done deal' and 'The Munter' sale proceeds are being kept in a shoe box under P Storrie's bed for The Big One, or in other words, (that little git) Sean Wright Phillips.
"We must sell again", Hal informs us.
Cuh! Ok, to get someone good (we all mentally scan the list of 'links' again to reasure us there is still someone good out there) fair enough.
Pedro is sold. Noooooooooooooo.
. . . . . . and still there is no money and no Top Player and now, no Sulley or Pedro and, to be frank, a weak midfield.
Of course, in the meantime, all of our 'competition' bar The Toffeemen have been buying like it's going out of fasion.
Great!
And so here we are: A lanky England striker who has done absolutely nothing in two Prem matches so far; a loan youth striker from Chelsea; a loan youth defender from The A*se; a Championship, right footed, left winger who has caused a bunch of problems over his short career; an injury prone right wing, free transfer; an expensive Frenchman who couldn't get into a rubbish Spurs defence; and that's about it.
So, how can Peter Storrie sleep at nights knowing the club in this situation?
Not being able to get players in is one thing but 'The Announcements' at the beginning of the Transfer Window now seem the kind of thing which would get you and me the sack, taken to court or stoned (the one with stones) at least.
All in all, a miserable time for most of us, and when an injury prone, over-paid Brazillian, with a name that makes you think of a recently retired, sheepskin coat wearing, midlands football commentator, is our only saviour, then God help us.
yep he has gone back to italy and is doing well, but italy is different to england so until the day comes - if it does - and he returns to england we will never really know if we did the right thing...
i still know who i would rather have sold given a choice between kranjcar, diarra and muntari - and from the looks of it 1 had to go!
lets face it we arent going to be spending big over the next 48-72 hours or so, if we were we would have stepped in and good SWP - but we will pull something out of the bag, and the next 4-5 games will give us a much better impression of what is instore for our season, the opening 2 games were as tough as it gets - but they are now gone, HR was almost certainly overly wary of the threat on offer but against most other sides he will be more attack minded and look to have men in wide areas, which we do have a few of...
im still convinced we are good enough to match, if not better what we did last season, the strikers need service as its not fair to lay the blame on them, especially crouchy - god help us if we dont get anything today at everton tho as we will be rooted to the foot of the table going into an international break which will see spirits in and around pompey at an all time low, even if i would not be in that same boat...