The DEFINITIVE English football banter thread

[Shaz11]

I put RVP as captain.

[Tommy Thunder]

No Julio Cesar why??

He's still waiting for international clearance.

Could someone summarize the big moves from deadline day that I missed?

[Destruction]

He's still waiting for international clearance.

Could someone summarize the big moves from deadline day that I missed?

Man City sign midfielder Javi Garcia for £16m
Hugo Lloris & Clint Dempsey join Tottenham
Chelsea's Essien joins Real Madrid on loan
Berbatov moves from Man Utd to Fulham
Van der Vaart moves to Hamburg from Spurs
Southampton sign Ramirez from Bologna
Stoke seal Adam signing from Liverpool
Swansea sign Valencia winger Hernandez

[Tommy Thunder]

Man City sign midfielder Javi Garcia for £16m

Good signing, at a decent price too.

Hugo Lloris & Clint Dempsey join Tottenham

2 god signings. Spurs need a younger keeper, and Lloris is as good as they come at that age.
Dempsey will be a good striking option for them.

Chelsea's Essien joins Real Madrid on loan

Can't believe that more weren't interested in Essien given that he wasn't getting game time at Chelsea. Wouldn't have minded having him at United personally. Good signing for Real though.

Berbatov moves from Man Utd to Fulham

Good luck to Berbs. Hope he gets regular playing time there.

Van der Vaart moves to Hamburg from Spurs

Flabbergasted by this. Just don't get why Spurs would sell him.

Southampton sign Ramirez from Bologna

Decent signing. Some much needed quality to the Southampton team.

Stoke seal Adam signing from Liverpool

Adam fits in at Stoke.

Swansea sign Valencia winger Hernandez

Great signing for the Swans.

[CGBigMan]

City also signed
Maicon
Scott Sinclair
Nastasic
and
Richard Wright

[akbar]

What's wrong with Caroll? He's a good player.Sure, took him ages to get in the swing of Liverpools style of play but for teams that specialise in different attacking play Caroll is good. Proved it at Newcastle and doing okay for West Ham currently.His first touch is amazing (Although his second lets him down sometimes) and he's the best aerial player today behind Darren Mattocks.Only thing that keeps you going as an Arsenal fan is your undying love for them. It's easy being an Arsenal fan compared to other teams.

Totally missed my point man, Lol 'tearing it up' means he's doing good for West Ham... The 'LoL' was at Liverpool, at least Wade got it

[Tommy Thunder]

City also signed
Maicon
Scott Sinclair
Nastasic
and
Richard Wright

I'm still LOL'ing at that one!

[Destruction]

Flabbergasted by this. Just don't get why Spurs would sell him.

His wife's a celebrity in Germany, so he wants to be closer with her and their son

Edit: Here's more about Sylvie Van Der Vaart

Since 2008, she has been a judge on Das Supertalent, the German version of Simon Cowell's Got Talent series. She is currently taking part in the third season of the German equivalent of Strictly Come Dancing, called Let's Dance. On 17 April 2010, van der Vaart replaced the usual Deutschland sucht den Superstar judgeNina Eichinger for the final of the 7th season, after the latter was stuck in Los Angeles following flight restrictions as a result of the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull.^[2][3] In March 2011 van der Vaart is going to host the show Let's Dance together with Daniel Hartwich.
Following in the footsteps of famous entertainers such as Johannes Heesters and Rudi Carell, van der Vaart is one of the most successful Dutch personalities active in Germany.^[4]

[Tommy Thunder]

His wife's a celebrity in Germany, so he wants to be closer with her and their son

Ahh that's fair enough then. A shame that Spurs lost him though.

[Destruction]

Ahh that's fair enough then. A shame that Spurs lost him though.

Yeah, she's like their version of Alesha Dixon. Just she isn't a bitch