Friday, 27 May 2011

Three way tug of war for Parker?

It looks as if Wenger has decided Parker isn't right for Arsenal. There's no surprise there for me as the guy is a pretty shrewd judge of a player. I've heard Gooners saying that Parker is just the sort of player that they need but that's cobblers because Parker can't play either in goal or centre half. I know Wenger has blind spots about both positions but surely even he has to accept now that, to win anything, he has to strengthen his defensive unit.

So it looks like it is coming down to Tottenham, Liverpool and Villa. But if there is any truth in the 'Arry to Chelsea rumours, I reckon Tottenham will drop out of the running too. Levy likes to invest his money in players much younger than Parker and I suspect he sees him as a depreciating asset. Buy for £10m this summer, worth at most £6m next summer. Bad business.

So then it would be Liverpool or Villa. It would be ironic if Parker ended up playing next season in a different Claret and Blue. Villa are not the big club he would be hoping to join as Player of the Year. And Liverpool? Clarke likes him so perhaps the Reds will stump up the cash and lend us a couple of their promising kids as part of the deal.

Meanwhile, we are paying Parker £80k a week whilst he prepares to play 90 minutes for England, something he hasn't managed for West Ham for some little time. Brilliant.

5 comments:

  1. Scotty maybe on 80k a week but in fairness to him, he was about the only one who pulled on the shirt that seemed to give a sh*tm
    If we do sell him for 10million it might mean we keep other younger players next season, rather than our normal sell off of up a coming talent!
    Best of luick to Scott for the future, wherever it might be.

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  2. Fat Sam is NOT West Ham, I can't bear the thought of week after week of boring football just like it was under Curbishley....

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  3. I told you he wouldn't go to a top 4 side. You were saying even Fergy would have a look at one point.

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  4. Hey Ho HF.

    Expect you’ve noticed the bookies have suspended the betting on the next manger. Anyway the clever money went down in time. Cheers for throwing in the red herring about Dowie. It kept the book open a bit longer and I expect a smart a*** like yourself will have added a few 0’s to your Betfair account balance.

    Anyway there was a bit of a delay as I had to check Two Benni’s had left the area. There would not be enough pies in the area for the both of us. Sulli. assured me that was the case (he called it the problem not related to the club), so we did a deal.

    There’s a lot of cr*p to clean up but I’m looking forward to it. I know all about the West Ham culture:

    What do you call it – “Pass and move”. Let’s face it, there’s no point passing the ball around in your own half 50 times until you lose it, when one punt can get the ball in the danger area, Greenwood had Hurst, Moore and Peters and even then WH generally finish nearer bottom than top of the division.. No you need a whole team of superstars for that nonsense and we’re only going to have one of those – me.

    The Academy? – give the boys a chance? Do me a favour, this is a man’s game.

    Hey, there’s a big bonus for me if we get promoted so it’s about winning, even if it may not be pretty at times. I’ll do a good job, don’t worry about that. It will just be a bit of a culture shock. Think Wimbledon – football and tennis.

    Anyway. Must go for now. Brady needs to be told to put her newspaper article where the Sun don’t shine.

    One last thing HF – Don’t f**k with me.

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  5. FatSamAin'tWestHam28 May 2011 at 09:36

    fuck

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