[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=35593.msg936784#msg936784 date=1251829622]
[quote author=Squiggles link=topic=35593.msg936774#msg936774 date=1251829337]
Great post
Some of the doom mongering going on in the transfer thread is insane. Boohoohoo, so fucking what? We didn't get a shite freebee clogging up the wage bill for another 5 years. The less Degen's and Voronin's the better, IMO.
I've seen him on 10ish occasions 'cos I used to sometime stream Roma games ever since Riise went, and IMO Aquilani has the potential to more directly effective than Xabi ever did in terms of goals and assists. And when you've got a CM partner as defensive as Mascherano, it's arguable that you can't have many players who don't directly contribute. I know it sounds like I'm underselling Xabi, I'm not; he's an amazing player but I think the point I'm making is fair.
I also think we've paid a good fee for him too, especially in the market we were operating in.
When fit he's a £25M-30M+ player. We should be excited.
[/quote]If we'd got him and Johnson today the forum would be doing cartwheels. We've signed 2 x 20m(ish) players. We really should be excited.
I am in fact.
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I won't believe he's actually here until I see him walk out on the pitch. I think it's all a wind up and a major conspiracy.
At least that's how it feels. It's like he's not really here, not really.