Badger 2,405 Posted June 5, 2011 Quite possibly nonsense but if you are interested...http://www.nsno.co.uk/everton-news/2011/06/norwich-in-laughable-osman-bid/? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badger 2,405 Posted June 5, 2011 Reaction.http://www.nsno.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,12334.0.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SnakepitCanary 0 Posted June 5, 2011 At least we are looking at slightly higher calibre players, but he has been at Everton all his career I think and I doubt he would join us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cantiaci Canary 556 Posted June 5, 2011 Very unlikely I think. He seems to be a key player for them ... unless Moyes is looking for cash to bring in fresh faces. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mahogany 0 Posted June 5, 2011 Loved this comment coming from a guy who presumably lives in or around Liverpool:"Plus I doubt he''d want to move to Norwich East Anglia is a shit hole isn''t it?"Oh the irony. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badger 2,405 Posted June 5, 2011 Mahogony - I like the one saying that they should take 3.5million + Vaughan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BW 0 Posted June 5, 2011 Load of rubbish, we are going for whittingham, snodgrass, Bennett and Johnson for the mid. No Osman and we wouldnt get him anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smudger 0 Posted June 5, 2011 Everton fans can think what they like.Good player, but I would say that £3.5 million would be about the going rate for him.Personally can''t see where he would fit in to our team and think that we could buy better. He could well end up no better than a squad player if he moved here. I also expect us to be able to compete with the likes of Everton by the time the season kicks off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I am a Banana 0 Posted June 5, 2011 Well if steven pienaar was worth £3.5 then osmas will be worth about the same....never going to happen though! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CRAZY LEGS 0 Posted June 5, 2011 evertons best player along with baines and cahill, this is mental stop it now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badger 2,405 Posted June 5, 2011 Better Wizard - you may well be right about Osman, I have no idea. It crossed my mind briefly that it may be a sign that the Snodgrass offer may have been more firmly rebuffed than we have thought? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McNamees attitude 0 Posted June 5, 2011 [quote user="Smudger"]Everton fans can think what they like.Good player, but I would say that £3.5 million would be about the going rate for him.Personally can''t see where he would fit in to our team and think that we could buy better. He could well end up no better than a squad player if he moved here. I also expect us to be able to compete with the likes of Everton by the time the season kicks off.[/quote]Can''t say I agree with any of this, Osman is a quality player with good prem experience. Not sure how long is left on his contract but I''d reckon him to be worth around £5-6 million. As for competing with Everton,either they''re are going to drop down the table like a sack of the brown stuff or we''re going to have an absolute stormer of a season to finish anywhere near them. Consistent finishes around the top 8 for several years seasons now, so even the most optimistic fans would have to disagree with you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BW 0 Posted June 5, 2011 Not being funny but why the hell would osman want to come here? He is often in the picture for Everton. Always near the top end of the table. Secondly Lambert as we have all bveen saying wants hungry players. Osman is not what i consider a hungry player. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McNamees attitude 0 Posted June 5, 2011 Oh and before I get shot- sorry for the typo, grammar police! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BW 0 Posted June 5, 2011 Don''t worry attitude. There won''t be no more of that grammar police rubbish here. We all make spelling a grammatical errors when we type. Usually due to laziness and the fact a message board is a place where you offer quick replies this will undoubtedly result in errors. I make them, most people do apart from TIlly. Which is surprising as coppers often get things wrong... he must be an exception. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smudger 0 Posted June 5, 2011 [quote user="McNamees attitude"][quote user="Smudger"]Everton fans can think what they like.Good player, but I would say that £3.5 million would be about the going rate for him.Personally can''t see where he would fit in to our team and think that we could buy better. He could well end up no better than a squad player if he moved here. I also expect us to be able to compete with the likes of Everton by the time the season kicks off.[/quote]Can''t say I agree with any of this, Osman is a quality player with good prem experience. Not sure how long is left on his contract but I''d reckon him to be worth around £5-6 million. As for competing with Everton,either they''re are going to drop down the table like a sack of the brown stuff or we''re going to have an absolute stormer of a season to finish anywhere near them. Consistent finishes around the top 8 for several years seasons now, so even the most optimistic fans would have to disagree with you.[/quote]Couldn''t give a monkeys what you think. I''m confident of a top 10 finish easy and reckon we can push for top 6. If you would pay £5 million to £6 million of our budget on a 30 year old that wouldn''t even definitely make our starting 11 then I am glad you aren''t Paul Lambert.Look at Everton player for player and I would say that unless they sign a few then they are quite likely to drop a few places this coming season. They have a lot of players like Cahill, Distin, Saha, Neville who are clearly past their best and Beckford is now as good as anything else they have upfront (he has done pretty well for them to the surprise of many). I think that they only have one stand-out player in Arteta.Moyes is a good manager though and he is the ace up Everton''s sleeve. It seems like he may have realised that they could be moving backwards unless he offloads a few of the players he has on his books and reinvests in some younger talent and gambling on some of the cream from the Championship (as he has done in the past). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smudger 0 Posted June 5, 2011 [quote user="CRAZY LEGS"]evertons best player along with baines and cahill, this is mental stop it now[/quote]I think that Arteta would have something to say about that??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bjg123 0 Posted June 5, 2011 Such rubbish Smudger.One stand out player? Arteta''s not even their best. What about Fellaini and Baines? 2 of the best players in the league last season.We won''t finish anywhere near them. Other than deficencies up top their a real quality Premier League team with one of the best managers out there. Lambert might be up their with Moyes but his squad isn''t. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smudger 0 Posted June 5, 2011 [quote user="bjg123"]Such rubbish Smudger.One stand out player? Arteta''s not even their best. What about Fellaini and Baines? 2 of the best players in the league last season.We won''t finish anywhere near them. Other than deficencies up top their a real quality Premier League team with one of the best managers out there. Lambert might be up their with Moyes but his squad isn''t.[/quote]We will see, I think that we are more than a match for Everton at the moment and Baines is nothing but an average full back who has somehow found himself in the England squad. Not difficult to see why England are incapabale of compteing really is it???I expect with the transfer activity that is going on here at the moment, that we will have a good go at mixing it with all but the very top teams in the Premiership this coming season.As for Fellaini, he is nothing but a Grant Holt or Steve Morison with fluffy hair. Beckfor was Everton''s best striker for the amount of minutes he spent on the pitch last season to his goal ratio in return and Arteta is by far Everton''s best player, along with Cahill who I have always been a big fan of but who I consider to be beyond his best. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BW 0 Posted June 5, 2011 Smudger your last post i 100% agree with. No surprise how poor England are. Havent been anything since before 96. Over hyped average players. For christ sake Parker won the best player in the premiership last year. He getting relegated says it all. You would never have the best player in the spanish leagues getting relegated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bjg123 0 Posted June 5, 2011 What are you on about? Why are you comparing Fellaini, a holding midfielder, to Holt, Morison and Beckford?You haven''t watched Baines play - so I won''t bother arguing with you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BW 0 Posted June 5, 2011 feallani is often played as a striker since his move to everton. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smudger 0 Posted June 5, 2011 [quote user="Better Wizard"]feallani is often played as a striker since his move to everton.[/quote]Exactly!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BW 0 Posted June 5, 2011 smudger don''t rise to these morons. They pretend to know it all yet they don''t actually even know the basics of what goes on in football. Their views are as good as my mums who reckons beckham should still be playing for England as he''s better looking then the others. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bjg123 0 Posted June 5, 2011 No he isn''t.He played there over 2 years ago because of an injury crisis. He isn''t a striker, he doesn''t play as a striker. He''s a defensive midfielder, he''s played there all season. He''s much, much better than anyone we have. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BW 0 Posted June 5, 2011 Been injured the majority of this season actually. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lappinitup 629 Posted June 5, 2011 [quote user="Smudger"]We will see, I think that we are more than a match for Everton at the moment and Baines is nothing but an average full back who has somehow found himself in the England squad. Not difficult to see why England are incapabale of compteing really is it???I expect with the transfer activity that is going on here at the moment, that we will have a good go at mixing it with all but the very top teams in the Premiership this coming season.As for Fellaini, he is nothing but a Grant Holt or Steve Morison with fluffy hair. Beckfor was Everton''s best striker for the amount of minutes he spent on the pitch last season to his goal ratio in return and Arteta is by far Everton''s best player, along with Cahill who I have always been a big fan of but who I consider to be beyond his best. [/quote]Smudger. Your detailed knowledge of every single footballer in the football league (and abroad for that matter) never ceases to amaze me. Add to that, your tactical nous and your eye for a bargain, I''m amazed Villa or Chelsea aren''t courting you. Just to think, If Lambert had taken your advice and sold Hoolahan and made MacNamee captain, Norwich City would probably have won the World Cup by now.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smudger 0 Posted June 5, 2011 [quote user="Better Wizard"]Been injured the majority of this season actually.[/quote]haha - it''s similar to those who are banging on about McGugan not being able to play on the right wing when being compared with Snodgrass. The fact that he has been playing there recently McKenna and Moussi have been playing centre midfield for Forest appears to be lost on some people. He has also looked far better there than Snodgrass ever has and gave Tierney a realy difficult time when he played at Carrow Road recently. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BW 0 Posted June 5, 2011 lappinitup your name should really be....needingtogrowup Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TruthHurts 0 Posted June 5, 2011 I don''t normally sign up for other forums just to question peoples opinions, but yours is one of such an absurd nature that i can''t let it go without reply.How much have you seen of Everton? Given that they''ve been on TV a handful of times live this season, i''d imagine less than 5 full 90min matches? I''d imagine you watch MoTD?, which is less than a 5min highlights real usually. By all means you can form an opinion based on these very short viewings of Everton, but it appears you''ve formed an opinion of such incomprehensible nature that it''s set off my nonsense radar.Now, i don''t wish to knock Norwich in anyway shape or form since there will be posters in here who have a brain. I admire their football, i admire Paul Lambert and i''m looking forward to the trip to East Anglia next season, but to suggest that Norwich will finish there-or-thereabouts with Everton might suggest 2 things to me: that Everton have underperformed this coming season, or, Norwich have overachieved. Make no mistake, this is a tough league where determination, spirit and work-man-like nature sees you through, the mental capacity to see the season out is paramount, which is why Everton haven''t finished outside the top 8 of the Premier League in 5 seasons and only finished outside the top 8 once in 7 seasons. I admire your confidence in Norwichs abilities for the forthcoming season, but it appears to be confidence based on little. Last season was one of the toughest i can remember from recent years where teams dropped points all over the league, so if you expect Norwich to buck the trend of recent promoted teams and fly up the League then i think you''ll be disappointed.Now, onto the players. Fellaini was in outstanding form before he injured his ankle, one of the finest midfield players i''ve seen at Everton in a long time. He raises his game for the big occasions and whilst he does have his flaws, his game is progressing and few Everton fans will be surprised if he doesn''t move on to a regular Champions League team before long. I''m afraid you''ll just have to accept my valid and informed opinion of him; ie. someone who watches him every game he plays in and not the MoTD highlights, afterall, i''d accept your opinion of a Norwich player, since you''re better informed to form an opinion. For the record, he played as an attacking midfielder off the forward when he arrived in English football a few YEARS ago now, primarily to settle him into English football because i would summise it''s difficult to play a holding role in a better league with no experience. He has played up front on the RARE OCCASION since and by rare i mean less than 5 times, when we''ve had Strikers out and Cahill and Fellaini have played up top.Tim Cahill is beyond his best now and he shouldn''t be guarenteed a place in the 11 every week, but he''ll still be better than most Forward/Attacking mids that Norwich have faced in recent years so you''ll do well to be wary of him. Baines the average fullback is up there with the most assists in the Premier League and most assists from a defender in Europe, although hopefully Lambert is as ignorant as you and Baines gets a few more against Norwich this season.All in all, it appears that your post count resembles quantity over quality. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites