The Johnny 'Colossus' Heitinga Appreciation Thread

[ChicagoToffee]

Is he really woth all this effort. Moyes must really rate him.

Is it Moyes really rates him or he's desperately afraid of having the window close without another defender coming in? Inclined to say more of the latter....

Guess we'll all find out tomorrow.

 

[Neiler]

Is it Moyes really rates him or he's desperately afraid of having the window close without another defender coming in? Inclined to say more of the latter....

Guess we'll all find out tomorrow.

Has to rate him more then Senderos anyway.

*Remember him.

 

[manxtoffee]

I don't think Senderos is that bad. Maybe the valuations were too far apart?

 

[wolf277]

Has to rate him more then Senderos anyway.

hope we get him aswell, would be good as cover and moyes will get 200% out of him and he's young enought to have resale value unlike distin

 

[fozzy]

would defo take tayler before senderos me!

 

[manxtoffee]

hope we get him aswell, would be good as cover and moyes will get 200% out of him and he's young enought to have resale value unlike distin

Distin is a proven defender, they cost decent money regardless of age, almost.. Besides, the market is a little inflated atm, we have to pay the going rates.

 

[manxtoffee]

would defo take tayler before senderos me!

Taylor has already spoken of his desire to stay the barcodes, regardless..

 

[wolf277]

would defo take tayler before senderos me!

apparently wants to stay at ncfc (why????), i would rather see him in royal blue in prem than black and white in champ, but those linking him to us fell silent a week ago

 

[manxtoffee]

apparently wants to stay at ncfc (why????), i would rather see him in royal blue in prem than black and white in champ, but those linking him to us fell silent a week ago

Kudos for anyone wanting to knuckle down with a demoted team, even it is the barcodes.

 

[NeoNaoNeo]

I think Heitinga will sign.

Hope so.

Can't see it atm though.

 

[wolf277]

Distin is a proven defender, they cost decent money regardless of age, almost.. Besides, the market is a little inflated atm, we have to pay the going rates.

never said anything against him as a player, he is a good signing and will do well for us, my point is that while we haven't got a billioniare owner, we have to play smart with the market and do our best to recycle money,
if we buy a player for $5 million we need to try and sell that player for at least that much and more.

 

[tsubaki]

I don't think Senderos is that bad. Maybe the valuations were too far apart?

That was likely the problem - back when he was likely to sign for us, the press suggested that someone else (iirc Hamburg) had come in with a bid of £5 million for him which was why we didnt get him (for £2.5 million), though that doesnt seem to have actually translated into him moving from Arsenal since we lost interest in him.

£5 million for a player that Wenger blatantly wants to get rid of and who has less than 12 months on their contract is excessive, maybe he will join for free next summer. In any case, he is better than Taylor.

 

[fozzy]

Taylor has already spoken of his desire to stay the barcodes, regardless..

i know but just dont like senderos!

whats life with out hope?

 

[wolf277]

Tottenham boss has made a shock £3m last-ditch bid for Portsmouth’s unsettled Niko Kranjcar.

Croatian midfielder Kranjcar, 25, had a medical at Tottenham on Monday night as Harry Redknapp looks to strengthen his midfield after Luka Modric was ruled out with a broken leg in Saturday's 2-1 win over Birmingham.

Kranjcar was also a target for Everton boss David Moyes who was priced out of the running for Tottenham’s David Bentley, but the Goodison boss look likely to miss out again with Kranjcar keen to join his former Pompey boss Redknapp at Spurs.

The midfielder wants to join the exodus from Portsmouth after Peter Crouch, Glen Johnson and Sol Campbell all quit the club this summer.


Harry does it again

 

[SuperToffee]

I read somewhere it was a done deal for 6 mil euros , what happened ? I hope it's just paper work because Heitinga would be an awesome addition to the team ,he's very strong and will adapt perfectly here.