Your right about that man. There comes a time where your hobby needs to be put aside unfortunately. But that's life we live in.
But dont think i will abandon you guys just yet.
Im as excited to know what happens next as you. hehe.
So for a special start to the 2012/2013, here is a double update post. First up is August followed by September...maybe even an October post to follow later today if nothing comes up. It is Saturday, plenty of football to watch later in the day and a Beach Soccer Intercontinental Finals to attend (maybe) later tonight.
Should be a great day ahead.
August Updates:
First significant news of the month came from the Nottingham Forest camp when they announced the re-signing of their young prospect, Andrew Page, to a new 2-year deal. Page made 38 appearances first-team last year scoring 2 goals.
It was Leicester City's turn to feel the wrath of Tottenham Spurs who have been linked with everyone and anyone. This time, Spurs were after Leicester's Gem, James Beadle. Talks in the team say that Leicester will ask a minimum fee of $5,000,000 to even become interested with talks. As the new started gathering heat, Tottenham have now announced that they withdrew their bid for the young player. No explanation was given.
After 1 year of signing Danny, Portuguese Attacking Midfielder, from Zenit for $30,000,000, Manchester City decided to offload Danny to Aston Villa for $22,000,000. Reason are unclear and it seems that the deal was made in the final minutes of the Transfer Window. Whats even more stagering is the fact they have loaned out 7 of their players. Some names were a surprise to some of us...but thats what happens when you got cash to throw teams and no place to play them. Here are the list of players on loan away of Manchester City:
Stefan Savic: Signed 1 year ago from Partizan. Still 21 years of age and now playing Galatasaray.
Luca Scapuzzi: 21 year old striker. Honing his skills at Motherwell.
Michael Dawson: Sent to Cardiff with a loan fee of $2.5m.
Pablo Zabaleta: Loan to Fulham with a fee of $2.3m.
Adam Johnson: $1.9m loan fee to West Ham United.
Gareth Barry: Move to West Ham with a loan fee of $750k.
Joleon Lescott: Loan to Valencia for a fee of $1.2m.
As for Benji and Joe Williams...they haven't made any appearances as of yet.
With 9 games left in the MLS Season, mathematically, Sporting KS are still in the hunt for the playoffs. But so is everyone else. I dont see Sporting doing any better than the bottom 4 this year. And now they are on track to maybe secure a second 1st Pick in the upcoming Draft for the second year running. As for the 16 year olf Jose Gainza, he has been making a steady progress through out the season. Making 21 appearances, scoring 1 goal and assisting 2 others. All the while maintaining an average of 7.10 rating.
Only three games into the season, Bottomtoucher suffered a Groin Strain that will see him out of action until mid-September. Chivas, starting the season with 4 unbeaten matches, have suffered since the loss of Bottomtoucher. Chivas have lost 2 games and drawn 1 since his loss and now sit in 8th position. They will surely like to have back their ambitious and, as the Mexican pundits have described him lately, flamboyant midfielder.
September update in next post. As usual, the attributes and stats will be posted at the end/start of the calender year of 2012/2013.
