Nasty's Ankle

[london blue 2]

Currently watching Sevilla make the scum look stupid.

Gollum looks out of his depth, I do hope this continues through the season.

[Sister of fu]

Looked ok to me.....

[ant london]

Looked ok to me.....

Did he make tha moist wozza?

[Dameerto]

There's not much to him is there? Vinnie needs to get him to bulk up a bit.

[Sister of fu]

Looked ok to me.....

Did he make tha moist wozza?

Haha no. He shouted at us for not hurrying up.

[Duckman]

from his FB account:
Matija Nastasic
Dobar dan svima!
Dugo sam čekao ovaj trenutak. Posle povrede, kraće pauze, koja je za mene trajala jako dugo, kao večnost, vraćam se treniranju, vraćam se onoj stvari koja mi je sve u životu-FUDBALU! Zaista, osećaj je fenomenalan, posle napornog treninga, jako se dobro osećam i drago mi je što sam se vratio i pre nego što je to trebalo. Radim naporno, radiću i dalje, želim što pre da se vratim da pomognem ekipi i reprezentaciji. Hvala vam još jednom na podršci, divni ste!
Prijatno popodne svima!

Good day to all!
I've waited long for this moment. After injury, a short break, which for me lasted a long time, like forever, I'll be training, I'll be doing the one thing that is all in life to me-FOOTBALL! Indeed, it feels fantastic after a hard workout, so I feel good and I'm glad to be back before I was supposed to. I work hard, and I will work on, as soon as I get back to help my team and the national team. Thank you again for your support, you're wonderful!
Good afternoon all!

[Dwaring]

Anyone else think if these Pepe rumors are true that were wasting our money. Nasti won't be out that long and if we buy that will probably place him second choice thus hampering his development. I just think we have enough cover at this point with lescott and Richards (and others but those are the two I trust). I just worry if we buy nasti will lose out on time when he comes back.

[Ted Hughes]

Anyone else think if these Pepe rumors are true that were wasting our money. Nasti won't be out that long and if we buy that will probably place him second choice thus hampering his development. I just think we have enough cover at this point with lescott and Richards (and others but those are the two I trust). I just worry if we buy nasti will lose out on time when he comes back.

At 20 years old, Nasti has no right to expect to be an automatic 1st choice. Neither does Kompany just because he is captain or Lescott just because he wants to play for England.

There are enough games for all of them to play a decent amount, & those who perform best should get the big ones. Pepe could also play in front of the back 4.

[Douglas Higginbottom]

Anyone else think if these Pepe rumors are true that were wasting our money. Nasti won't be out that long and if we buy that will probably place him second choice thus hampering his development. I just think we have enough cover at this point with lescott and Richards (and others but those are the two I trust). I just worry if we buy nasti will lose out on time when he comes back.

At 20 years old, Nasti has no right to expect to be an automatic 1st choice. Neither does Kompany just because he is captain or Lescott just because he wants to play for England.

There are enough games for all of them to play a decent amount, & those who perform best should get the big ones. Pepe could also play in front of the back 4.

I do think the sort of money currently being talked about is a joke for a 30 year old.Whilst I sort of agree nobody has a divine right to play I have no doubt Vinnie will automatically if fit and unless literally rested. IMO we shouldn't get another center back as between Joleon and Micah we have enough cover.

Pepe might be experienced and with plenty of qualities but I see one of them as being a violent and I wouldn't be at all surprised if he came to the prem that he would be sent off in his first 15 games or so.

[Ted Hughes]

Anyone else think if these Pepe rumors are true that were wasting our money. Nasti won't be out that long and if we buy that will probably place him second choice thus hampering his development. I just think we have enough cover at this point with lescott and Richards (and others but those are the two I trust). I just worry if we buy nasti will lose out on time when he comes back.

At 20 years old, Nasti has no right to expect to be an automatic 1st choice. Neither does Kompany just because he is captain or Lescott just because he wants to play for England.

There are enough games for all of them to play a decent amount, & those who perform best should get the big ones. Pepe could also play in front of the back 4.

[littlebig]

I think the perception is that our CB's are poor in Europe, I would hope that this could be proven to be untrue.

I hope we don't sign another CB as we've 3 around the same high level (Vinny being slightly above JL & NM) and Micah as back up. Especially not 20+ million for a 30 year old, massive risk.

[aaron bond]

Anyone else think if these Pepe rumors are true that were wasting our money. Nasti won't be out that long and if we buy that will probably place him second choice thus hampering his development. I just think we have enough cover at this point with lescott and Richards (and others but those are the two I trust). I just worry if we buy nasti will lose out on time when he comes back.

At 20 years old, Nasti has no right to expect to be an automatic 1st choice. Neither does Kompany just because he is captain or Lescott just because he wants to play for England.

There are enough games for all of them to play a decent amount, & those who perform best should get the big ones. Pepe could also play in front of the back 4.

I do think the sort of money currently being talked about is a joke for a 30 year old.Whilst I sort of agree nobody has a divine right to play I have no doubt Vinnie will automatically if fit and unless literally rested. IMO we shouldn't get another center back as between Joleon and Micah we have enough cover.

Pepe might be experienced and with plenty of qualities but I see one of them as being a violent and I wouldn't be at all surprised if he came to the prem that he would be sent off in his first 15 games or so.

I agree. The money being talked about Pepe is far too much. We should be fine with Kompany, Lescott, Nastasic and Richards as our 4 possible centre backs.

We have Boyata too who Pellegrini may see as the 4th CB, with Richards focusing on RB with Zab.

There is also Garcia. Whilst he looked pretty poor in pre-season, I felt he did ok last season when he played at the back so he is another option too.

If we were to buy one more player, it'd be a left-sided midfielder for me.

[carl_feedthegoat]

I bet Lescotts gutted.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foot ... 70848.html

[Ted Hughes]

Anyone else think if these Pepe rumors are true that were wasting our money. Nasti won't be out that long and if we buy that will probably place him second choice thus hampering his development. I just think we have enough cover at this point with lescott and Richards (and others but those are the two I trust). I just worry if we buy nasti will lose out on time when he comes back.

At 20 years old, Nasti has no right to expect to be an automatic 1st choice. Neither does Kompany just because he is captain or Lescott just because he wants to play for England.

There are enough games for all of them to play a decent amount, & those who perform best should get the big ones. Pepe could also play in front of the back 4.

I do think the sort of money currently being talked about is a joke for a 30 year old.Whilst I sort of agree nobody has a divine right to play I have no doubt Vinnie will automatically if fit and unless literally rested. IMO we shouldn't get another center back as between Joleon and Micah we have enough cover.

Pepe might be experienced and with plenty of qualities but I see one of them as being a violent and I wouldn't be at all surprised if he came to the prem that he would be sent off in his first 15 games or so.

I agree. The money being talked about Pepe is far too much. We should be fine with Kompany, Lescott, Nastasic and Richards as our 4 possible centre backs.

We have Boyata too who Pellegrini may see as the 4th CB, with Richards focusing on RB with Zab.

There is also Garcia. Whilst he looked pretty poor in pre-season, I felt he did ok last season when he played at the back so he is another option too.

If we were to buy one more player, it'd be a left-sided midfielder for me.

Garcia did not do alright mate, & that's coming from someone who foolishly thought he could do. If you remember, Mancini put him there for a spell v Wigan & he was so bad that he had to move him back out again; even Mancini was forced to admit to himself he had made a mistake, which is as rare as rocking horse shit.

[CTID Hants]

Well it looks like we wont have to worry for too much longer, The count said in his presser this morning that Nasti is back training and although not in the squad against the Toon he expects him back after that.

He has also indicated that we have done in the transfer window unless "something happens" which I took to mean a very special player becomes available at a decent price.

Lescott has been quoted as saying (in the last 24 hours or so) that he wants impress and earn himself a new contract.

Garcia, I think is only ever going to be MF cover at best from now on, can't see the Count ever trying him at CB ever again. In fact, if things pan out how The Count wants I can see Garcia going in January.

[aaron bond]

Anyone else think if these Pepe rumors are true that were wasting our money. Nasti won't be out that long and if we buy that will probably place him second choice thus hampering his development. I just think we have enough cover at this point with lescott and Richards (and others but those are the two I trust). I just worry if we buy nasti will lose out on time when he comes back.

At 20 years old, Nasti has no right to expect to be an automatic 1st choice. Neither does Kompany just because he is captain or Lescott just because he wants to play for England.

There are enough games for all of them to play a decent amount, & those who perform best should get the big ones. Pepe could also play in front of the back 4.

I do think the sort of money currently being talked about is a joke for a 30 year old.Whilst I sort of agree nobody has a divine right to play I have no doubt Vinnie will automatically if fit and unless literally rested. IMO we shouldn't get another center back as between Joleon and Micah we have enough cover.

Pepe might be experienced and with plenty of qualities but I see one of them as being a violent and I wouldn't be at all surprised if he came to the prem that he would be sent off in his first 15 games or so.

I agree. The money being talked about Pepe is far too much. We should be fine with Kompany, Lescott, Nastasic and Richards as our 4 possible centre backs.

We have Boyata too who Pellegrini may see as the 4th CB, with Richards focusing on RB with Zab.

There is also Garcia. Whilst he looked pretty poor in pre-season, I felt he did ok last season when he played at the back so he is another option too.

If we were to buy one more player, it'd be a left-sided midfielder for me.

Garcia did not do alright mate, & that's coming from someone who foolishly thought he could do. If you remember, Mancini put him there for a spell v Wigan & he was so bad that he had to move him back out again; even Mancini was forced to admit to himself he had made a mistake, which is as rare as rocking horse shit.

He wasn't great there against Wigan, although didn't we go to 3 at the back which were shite at even with our normal defenders??? That wouldn't have been the first time we'd move to a back 3 and then changed it again a short while afterwards. I thought he did well when we played QPR away, admittedly not the strongest opponents.

Regardless of that, Garcia is still a last resort for centre-back - I'm not advocating anything else! If 2 of Kompany, Lescott and Nastasic were out then Richards and Boyata should be able to come in without too many issues. Boyata didn't do well on loan, but his performances for us have generally been pretty good, and were particularly good when he first broke into the side.

I don't think we need to go out and spend big money on another centre back. United managed for years with mediocre centre-backs playing for them (and still do) and still were able to get results. We should still be able to maintain a solid defence with Richards or Boyata dropping in if need be.

[Saul Goodman]

Sounds like he'll be back in training next week