Modric On His Way To Us

[Esky]

Gervinho was the one Ivory Coast player who really impressed at WC in South Africa, plus he plays on the right. We'd have the Tourex2 link as well.

Seems a crazy amount of money given that he's only got a year left on his contract though. Still, it's probably bollocks.

[Wonderwall]

What happened to the tip toeing through the tulips we won the FA Cup, Champs League here we come, I love you you love me bullshit, now its lock this lock that. If Mancini, does not sign someone anyone, this week he can go for me.

YOU STUPID STUPID FUCK!!!!!!!!

He was being sarcastic

[Ruthless]

What happened to the tip toeing through the tulips we won the FA Cup, Champs League here we come, I love you you love me bullshit, now its lock this lock that. If Mancini, does not sign someone anyone, this week he can go for me.

YOU STUPID STUPID FUCK!!!!!!!!

He was being sarcastic

Oh ok ........ sorry bout that ;oS


Anyway back to the original post..... Ade the fag+ £20mil = Modric ..... works for me

[colonel_muck]

That would have to go down as the most unnecessary signing of the summer. Just like David Silva, though (in my opinion) not quite as good.

Nothing personal, but I don't believe you anyway.

could not agree more mate.

[s1ty m]

Shit, its spilling over into God's own site... was always going to happen because its like a pressure cooker over on Bluemong at the min.

Every fucker is trying to impress the kids by saying they know someone on the coaching staff or medical staff. Each thread of "I know something" quickly runs to 12 pages of kids going "this is great news"... then somebody posts a tribal football link that disproves the OP... my head hurts.

Anyway, the OP in this thread has said his neck is on the line, so I take it he didn't just nab this rumour from that silly thread on Bluemoon?

All of the above aside, I'll have Modric in a hearbeat.

Damn right Dub, he is a superb footballer. I thought he was the best player on the pitch when we beat Spuds near the end of the season, total class.

[Dubciteh]

That would have to go down as the most unnecessary signing of the summer. Just like David Silva, though (in my opinion) not quite as good.

Nothing personal, but I don't believe you anyway.

could not agree more mate.

couldnt disagree more!

Modric is nothing like silva, modric is exactly what we need, i dread if the rags sign him as he is one of the best cm around. A midfield of him yaya and de jong would be best in the league, his signing would have no effect on silva who plays out wide. Its apples and oranges for me im afraid when comparing the two...

[walmai]

And so it all begins .........

I fucking hate the close season.

Must be such a drag to be linked to world class players.

[Dingus McDouchey]

i agree with your disagreement, but disagree that it's apples and oranges.
last season we were all shitting it at the thought of Silva going out through injury.
having another player like Silva around (i think they are similar) would calm my fears if one was to miss any games.

[Alioune DVToure]

That would have to go down as the most unnecessary signing of the summer. Just like David Silva, though (in my opinion) not quite as good.

Nothing personal, but I don't believe you anyway.

could not agree more mate.

couldnt disagree more!

Modric is nothing like silva, modric is exactly what we need, i dread if the rags sign him as he is one of the best cm around. A midfield of him yaya and de jong would be best in the league, his signing would have no effect on [highlight]silva[/highlight]who [highlight]plays out wide[/highlight]. Its apples and oranges for me im afraid when comparing the two...

Errrrrrr...... no he doesn't.

[Dubciteh]

That would have to go down as the most unnecessary signing of the summer. Just like David Silva, though (in my opinion) not quite as good.

Nothing personal, but I don't believe you anyway.

could not agree more mate.

couldnt disagree more!

Modric is nothing like silva, modric is exactly what we need, i dread if the rags sign him as he is one of the best cm around. A midfield of him yaya and de jong would be best in the league, his signing would have no effect on [highlight]silva[/highlight]who [highlight]plays out wide[/highlight]. Its apples and oranges for me im afraid when comparing the two...

Errrrrrr...... no he doesn't.

He usually starts on the left and drifts in slightly, then switches to the right, where are u suggesting he plays? centre midfield??

[Alioune DVToure]

That would have to go down as the most unnecessary signing of the summer. Just like David Silva, though (in my opinion) not quite as good.

Nothing personal, but I don't believe you anyway.

could not agree more mate.

couldnt disagree more!

Modric is nothing like silva, modric is exactly what we need, i dread if the rags sign him as he is one of the best cm around. A midfield of him yaya and de jong would be best in the league, his signing would have no effect on [highlight]silva[/highlight]who [highlight]plays out wide[/highlight]. Its apples and oranges for me im afraid when comparing the two...

Errrrrrr...... no he doesn't.

He usually starts on the left and drifts in slightly, then switches to the right, where are u suggesting he plays? centre midfield??

A fairly free role between the lines, wherever space appears.

A bit like that little fella from Spurs whose name escapes me.

[Crossie]

No more midgets please.

Absolute perfect back up for Silva, but he wouldnt be coming to us as back up.

[Dubciteh]

A fairly free role between the lines, wherever space appears.

A bit like that little fella from Spurs whose name escapes me.

I honestly disagree, i dont think silva had as much a free role as you make out while modric certainly didnt have a free role at spurs, he played centre midfield, a little withdrawn from the from the front(funnily check out the rumours thread where two others point this out). The only person who had a free role for spurs was VDV when playing up front with Crouch/Another. Have you watched much of spurs?

In my opinion our formation was something like this(midfield trio were more compact than my shit diagram shows but you get the picture):

-----------JH------

MR-----VK----JL---Ak
----------NDJ---------
--------------GB------
----------YYT---------
--AJ---------------DS--
----------CT----------

With Modric, id replace GB with him and mix it up between LM and YYT, it would have no effect on DS position, hence my apple and oranges analogy, Modric doesnt play the same position as Silva. Our line up be somethin like this:

-----------JH------

MR-----VK----JL---Ak
----------NDJ---------
--------------YYT/LM------
----------YYT/LM---------
--AJ---------------DS--
----------CT----------

Get what im saying now?

[Dubciteh]

No more midgets please.

Absolute perfect back up for Silva, but he wouldnt be coming to us as back up.

why not alongside silva as i point out above? Midgets did barca no harm ;)

[CityGer]

That would have to go down as the most unnecessary signing of the summer. Just like David Silva, though (in my opinion) not quite as good.

Nothing personal, but I don't believe you anyway.

could not agree more mate.

couldnt disagree more!

Modric is nothing like silva, modric is exactly what we need, i dread if the rags sign him as he is one of the best cm around. A midfield of him yaya and de jong would be best in the league, his signing would have no effect on [highlight]silva[/highlight]who [highlight]plays out wide[/highlight]. Its apples and oranges for me im afraid when comparing the two...

Errrrrrr...... no he doesn't.

Yes he does. Who have you been watching?

I can count on one hand the number of times Silva has started as one of our midfield 3. He has played almost exclusively as part of three man attack on the inside left or inside right position.

You're falling for the football stereotype of a short, technically blessed player being the same as the next short, technically blessed player. They are very different players. Modric looks to dictate games and pull the strings in the middle of the park, Silva uses his guile, quality on the ball and positional awareness to hurt teams from the flanks.

They are the same in stature and ability but very different in the roles they deliver their best results in.

I should add that I feel Modric should do more to dominate games but technically he's top drawer and I'd be happy with the signing. All hypothetical as this is most likely bollox.

[Alioune DVToure]

That would have to go down as the most unnecessary signing of the summer. Just like David Silva, though (in my opinion) not quite as good.

Nothing personal, but I don't believe you anyway.

could not agree more mate.

couldnt disagree more!

Modric is nothing like silva, modric is exactly what we need, i dread if the rags sign him as he is one of the best cm around. A midfield of him yaya and de jong would be best in the league, his signing would have no effect on [highlight]silva[/highlight]who [highlight]plays out wide[/highlight]. Its apples and oranges for me im afraid when comparing the two...

Errrrrrr...... no he doesn't.

Yes he does. Who have you been watching?

I can count on one hand the number of times Silva has started as one of our midfield 3. He has played almost exclusively as part of three man attack on the inside left or inside right position.

You're falling for the football stereotype of a short, technically blessed player being the same as the next short, technically blessed player. They are very different players. Modric looks to dictate games and pull the strings in the middle of the park, Silva uses his guile, quality on the ball and positional awareness to hurt teams from the flanks.

They are the same in stature and ability but very different in the roles they deliver their best results in.

I should add that I feel Modric should do more to dominate games but technically he's top drawer and I'd be happy with the signing. All hypothetical as this is most likely bollox.

I'm not "falling for" anything. I'm a season ticket holder who goes to every game and I trust my own eyes.

Modric is someone who lines up in the middle, especially when Bale and Lennon play, but he doesn't stay central. He drifts about and gets into whatever space he can. He plays a bit deeper than Silva when Spurs play two up, but ordinarily he plays at the top of a diamond. That's also Silva's preferred position, and where we play him when Tevez is the one up.

Regardless of any rigid classifications about CM/RM/LM/free role/whatever, they serve the same function for their respective sides: setting the tempo, controlling possession, dictating play.

We don't need anyone else to come in and do that job.

[CityGer]

So, are you saying that Silva plays through the middle for us or are you acknowledging that he plays inside left or inside right for us, more often than not.

I can't remember seeing him at the head of a diamond for us very often.

[Nigels Tackle]

So, are you saying that Silva plays through the middle for us or are you acknowledging that he plays inside left or inside right for us, more often than not.

I can't remember seeing him at the head of a diamond for us very often.

silva is a defensive midfielder... duh!

[ruralblue]

Geronimo
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Looks like Ade on Crystal Meth

[ruralblue]

Oh that didnt work did it, frig knows how to do it.