meireles

[Irish_Red]

If he handed in a transfer request doesn't that mean he would lose all bonuses and the club would owe him fuck all. The club will get every penny off the deal.

The only reason players don't hand in transfer requests is down to money. Parker had to do the same to get his move to Spurs.

Fuck him if he didn't wanna be here let him sit on the bench with Torres.

 

[Oncy]

I just dont get it. I hate the fact we have done this and even more so that its this late, we havnt replaced him and hes gone to a direct rival.

And for those that say he isnt all that, grow up ffs. He pulled out of tackles but hes a fucking AM who won us big games (including against Arsenal with Suarez this season) and now hes gone.

Lets say he plays 40 games for Chelsea (Thats Chelsea just next to us in the table there) and scores 7 goals and makes another 7. Thats 14 individual impacts for Chelsea (Thats Chelsea just next to us in the table there) which will win them games.

How many will he score or assist for us this year?

 

[Fabio]

 

[Dylan]

[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=46664.msg1392260#msg1392260 date=1314830524]
I dont understand the ease of acceptance of this lads.
In two weeks we have gone from having
Spearing
Shelvey
Lucas
Adam
Henderson
Gerrard
Meireles
Cole
Aquilani

to

Spearing
Shelvey
Adam
Lucas
Gerrard

and we see that Henderson is a RM.

For 12m cash. Not a 12m player. 12m CASH.
Thats our midfield lads. Look at it. Its MEH.
[/quote]

It isn't our midfield mate, it's our centre midfield so actually I'd say its very strong.

 

[Gary25]

[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=46664.msg1392306#msg1392306 date=1314831528]
I just dont get it. I hate the fact we have done this and even more so that its this late, we havnt replaced him and hes gone to a direct rival.

And for those that say he isnt all that, grow up ffs. He pulled out of tackles but hes a fucking AM who won us big games (including against Arsenal with Suarez this season) and now hes gone.

Lets say he plays 40 games for Chelsea (Thats Chelsea just next to us in the table there) and scores 7 goals and makes another 7. Thats 14 individual impacts for Chelsea (Thats Chelsea just next to us in the table there) which will win them games.

How many will he score or assist for us this year?
[/quote]

I'm more pissed off that we've sold him to Chelsea than anything else. I rated Meireles, well to an extent...but we're doing business with Chelsea FC again - the chavvy plastic cunts and that leaves a bad taste.

 

[Dylan]

I doubt he'll start more than 15-20 PL games this season.

 

[KopKing]

[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=46664.msg1392306#msg1392306 date=1314831528]
I just dont get it. I hate the fact we have done this and even more so that its this late, we havnt replaced him and hes gone to a direct rival.

And for those that say he isnt all that, grow up ffs. He pulled out of tackles but hes a fucking AM who won us big games (including against Arsenal with Suarez this season) and now hes gone.

Lets say he plays 40 games for Chelsea (Thats Chelsea just next to us in the table there) and scores 7 goals and makes another 7. Thats 14 individual impacts for Chelsea (Thats Chelsea just next to us in the table there) which will win them games.

How many will he score or assist for us this year?
[/quote]

Real talk. I hate it but I trust KK more .

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

[quote author=Dylan link=topic=46664.msg1392314#msg1392314 date=1314831921]
I doubt he'll start more than 15-20 PL games this season.
[/quote]

And I doubt he'll score more than 3 goals either.

 

[Mistadobalina]

It is still strong. gerrards back soon, Lucas has improved immeasurably, Adam is well underrated on here - I think he's going to be great, Downing is bossing the wing, even Henderson is showing us what they saw in him. It's not too shabby. Bellamy is a Great option too...we are stronger overall. Plus Kenny has a real Mack of bringing to kids in.

 

[Fabio]

He'll do well for them and he'll be a good signing

*dreads introducing the mrs at FFFs soiree on sat*

 

[moron]

[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=46664.msg1392306#msg1392306 date=1314831528]
I just dont get it. I hate the fact we have done this and even more so that its this late, we havnt replaced him and hes gone to a direct rival.

And for those that say he isnt all that, grow up ffs. He pulled out of tackles but hes a fucking AM who won us big games (including against Arsenal with Suarez this season) and now hes gone.

Lets say he plays 40 games for Chelsea (Thats Chelsea just next to us in the table there) and scores 7 goals and makes another 7. Thats 14 individual impacts for Chelsea (Thats Chelsea just next to us in the table there) which will win them games.

How many will he score or assist for us this year?
[/quote]

I think the problem with all of us on this thread who are upset by this move is not really about the player leaving us but more so who he has gone to. Pointing to the Arsenal game is not really fair as I think we would have one that with just Suarez on the pitch. If I think back to last season - yes he scored some goals - and yes especially against Chelsea but the one quality you always look for in a midfield thats got to play in the PL is the ability to tackle when its necessary and if we are really honest - I don't think he was that special as I rarely noticed him in the games I watched last season unless he scored. In my view he is a little silly for leaving us and going to a team that is predominately built on physical strength and fast movement. I think he may struggle a little despite his good qualities and Chelsea fans will not have the patience that we have shown him. On the plus side - look at it like this - they wanted Modric and ended up with RM !!!! - no that is a serious put down if ever there was one.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

What he does or doesn't do for Chelsea isn't really the point though.

 

[IanTheRed]

Our 'current' team is this:


-------------Reina-------------
-Kelly---Carra--Agger--Enrique-
Henderson--Adam--Lucas--Downing
-------Caroll----Suarez--------

and the other 10 are these (probably forgotten a few, but these are the ones I would 'trust' in the first team):
Gerrard
Skrtel
Coates
Johnson
Flanaghan
Aurelio
Maxi
Spearing
Bellamy
Kuyt

Thats a fucking brilliant squad, and a lot of those players can play in different positions and different formations. Whilst it's a bummer to see Merieles go, especially to the chavs, Kenny has built a quad there, and we are able to beat more teams.

 

[Niall K]

Spurs managed to tell Chelsea to piss off despite a whole summer spent pursuing Modric and a massive offer . We let Meireles go to them at the last minute.

Great. We have basically replaced Meireles with Charlie Adam.

 

[Fabio]

[quote author=Sheik Yerbouti link=topic=46664.msg1392322#msg1392322 date=1314832175]
What he does or doesn't do for Chelsea isn't really the point though.
[/quote]

Very true. I know you're not as confident as me, but i think between henderson and jonjo we should be ok

 

[juniormember]

 

[Dylan]

[quote author=IanTheRed link=topic=46664.msg1392324#msg1392324 date=1314832194]
Our 'current' team is this:


-------------Reina-------------
-Kelly---Carra--Agger--Enrique-
Henderson--Adam--Lucas--Downing
-------Caroll----Suarez--------

and the other 10 are these (probably forgotten a few, but these are the ones I would 'trust' in the first team):
Gerrard
Skrtel
Coates
Johnson
Flanaghan
Aurelio
Maxi
Spearing
Bellamy
Kuyt

Thats a fucking brilliant squad, and a lot of those players can play in different positions and different formations. Whilst it's a bummer to see Merieles go, especially to the chavs, Kenny has built a quad there, and we are able to beat more teams.
[/quote]

Yip.

 

[LadyRed]

I think everyone should go and cheer themselves up by watching Owen Hargreaves' fitness video, comedy gold that.

 

[ILD]

Im with Oncy on this. Fucking devastated. It's bullshit, we've lost both Raul and Aqualani now. Wait fuck Alberto this is all about RAUL. A huge loss to the team.

Does anyone have any inside info as to why he was sold etc. Was their a row over wages? Henderson walks into the club takes his place in the team and earns twice as much money at the same time. I guess he really was giving the finger to the bench, which im not justifying if it was. It was a prick move.

Gutted. Best hair cut at the club too.

 

[Dylan]

[quote author=Sheik Yerbouti link=topic=46664.msg1392322#msg1392322 date=1314832175]
What he does or doesn't do for Chelsea isn't really the point though.
[/quote]

I don't think he would have had the chance to do much for us either though.

 

[SaintGeorge67]

He didn't want to be here, hence I didn't want him to be here.


Fuck off.

 

[FoxForceFive]

[quote author=Fabio link=topic=46664.msg1392319#msg1392319 date=1314832127]
He'll do well for them and he'll be a good signing

*dreads introducing the mrs at FFFs soiree on sat*
[/quote]

Hahahaha.

I'd forgotten about that actually.

 

[Oncy]

[quote author=Dylan link=topic=46664.msg1392334#msg1392334 date=1314832379]
[quote author=Sheik Yerbouti link=topic=46664.msg1392322#msg1392322 date=1314832175]
What he does or doesn't do for Chelsea isn't really the point though.
[/quote]

I don't think he would have had the chance to do much for us either though.
[/quote]Just the two assists in ONE sub appearance then hey ho.

 

[Fabio]

[quote author=ILD link=topic=46664.msg1392332#msg1392332 date=1314832364]
Im with Oncy on this. Fucking devastated. It's bullshit, we've lost both Raul and Aqualani now. Wait fuck Alberto this is all about RAUL. A huge loss to the team.

Does anyone have any inside info as to why he was sold etc. Was their a row over wages? Henderson walks into the club takes his place in the team and earns twice as much money at the same time. I guess he really was giving the finger to the bench, which im not justifying if it was. It was a prick move.

Gutted. Best hair cut at the club too.
[/quote]


melodramatic bitch

 

[Dylan]

[quote author=SaintGeorge67 link=topic=46664.msg1392335#msg1392335 date=1314832397]
He didn't want to be here, hence I didn't want him to be here.


Fuck off.
[/quote]

 

[Ryan]

Andy, re your 'list': The two managers Meireles worked under for us didn't judge him or play him as a central midfielder, so I don't get your point. And including Aquilani in there is drawing a long bow too mate. Continually selecting Jay Spearing in CM ahead of him tells you all you need to know.

Anyway, I'm not "gutted" in the slightest. As most would have noticed, I never thought he was great anyway. Good, but not great. Good players are replaceable.

He clearly wasn't in Kenny's immediate plans. He was never going to figure as a central midfielder for plenty of reasons, and wide right and left we have more options now than we did at the start of the summer. We've now got Downing, Kuyt, Bellamy and Henderson as wide options. All better than Meireles too.

Actually, Hendo probably isn't, but he's young - has plenty of upside, and is quite clearly in Kenny's plans.

12M for a player who isn't in our plans, and who won't improve our opposition (given that he'll not even start half their games) is fine by me. If I was a Chelsea fan I wouldn't be that ecstatic about adding another ageing player to their already decrepit squad.

And I wouldn't be that thrilled if I was Meireles either. Quite clearly second choice to Modric, he's Barca's pursuit of Mascherano when they couldn't get Fabregas. Second choice, he'll be a bench player, and he had to go through the ignominy of handing in a transfer request for it.

I've moved on already.

 

[LadyRed]

He freakes me out with his new haircut cos he looks just like this guy I know, who's a bit of a psycho.

 

[Home and A Gay]

[quote author=LadyRed link=topic=46664.msg1392344#msg1392344 date=1314832594]
He freakes me out with his new haircut cos he looks just like this guy I know, who's a bit of a psycho.
[/quote]
You know the drummer from Blink 182?

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

[quote author=Dylan link=topic=46664.msg1392334#msg1392334 date=1314832379]
[quote author=Sheik Yerbouti link=topic=46664.msg1392322#msg1392322 date=1314832175]
What he does or doesn't do for Chelsea isn't really the point though.
[/quote]

I don't think he would have had the chance to do much for us either though.
[/quote] Again, it's about having quality in depth.

 

[LadyRed]

He will feature plenty for Chelsea, he's played under Villas Boas before, they obviously know each other well enough to know what to expect from each other