City in for Lescott
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
£24 million for Lescott 
Moyes can do a lot with £24m. Wish he had more time to do it, the window closes very soon. January is rarely a good time to sign players, perhaps he will have to wait until next summer to restock. Hope they cope well in the meantime.
Nothing on SSN.
SSN breaking news now, fee agreed at £24m bloody madness!
bloody madness!£24m
i wonder what he will say
"its not about the money, City are going places"
he's probably on £150k a week
i wonder what he will say
"its not about the money, City are going places"
he's probably on £150k a week
Moyes will be laughing all the way to the bank.SSN breaking news now, fee agreed at £24m
£24 million for bloody Lescott !!
Madness, absolute madness !
Everton must be laughing there asses off.
Madness, absolute madness !
Everton must be laughing there asses off.
Good deal for Everton. If they can get a decent centre-half to replace him, and spend the rest of a player or two they'll be doing fine.
They should have asked for Dunne as part of the deal, as finding a good CB nowadays is very hard. They've got Toure and Lescott and they think they're as good as us? Rio and Vidic must be shaking!
Mental. Still struggling to get my head round it.
No doubt,this sort of money for a player of his calibre is madness
To be fair, if I was someone like Lescott I would join City regardless of the contract offer, if you ask me they are going places and in a few years could well be the next Chelsea.£24m
i wonder what he will say
"its not about the money, City are going places"
he's probably on £150k a week
£24m.. The world has gone mad.
Everton will be laughing all the way to the bank. He's a good centre back but easily replaceable for a fraction of the price.
Its the silly season for sure. Lescott has been vastly over priced and Everton have got a great deal for him. They better invest that money quick though, because their current position in the table is not a good one.
They always start badly, plus they're missing Jagielka + Arteta. If Moyes is given all that money to spend on the squad though you can bet your life he'll bring in about 3 or 4 good players.
24 Million for an average centre half?
Insane.
Insane.
I'd say he's better than average Sults. He's a good defender and proven in this league which is common among all Sparky's signings.
24 million is insane though.
I wonder who Everton will buy to replace him? Surely now Dunne is available, Hangeland maybe? Turner from Hull? All of them are as good as Lescott imo.
You're right, he is better than average. Don't let City fans hear that mind.
I suppose that he ll be getting a much better pay now...... let s hope that he invest some of it in a decent haircut
To be fair the shit haircut at least takes some attention away from his face
£24M that's almost a Rio Ferdinand
that's almost a Rio FerdinandTo be fair the shit haircut at least takes some attention away from his face
Hughes seems to be looking into making City the ugliest side in the PL...
In that regards Lescott will be making it tough for Carlos...
if he replaces him with Senderos then thats a bad move
Senderos only looked so shit at Arsenal because he was so often exposed. He always looks solid playing for his country and if he does go to Everton he'll do well i reckon.
Better than Yobo anyway!
I wonder how much Jagielka's worth if Lescott's worth 24 million...
Let's say they buy him with a big fee.Where would he play ? Would he start for them ? Would he be good enough to earn a starting place ?
£24 million for Lescott is insanity. He's not even a young centre back who you know will improve, he's 27. They could've imported someone just as good from abroad for a third of that amount, and younger.
£8m on Stuart Taylor and they're straight, then get some much needed creativity.
Moyes seemed in danger of letting the principle of selling to City, and appearing at the mercy of his players, get in the way of what would be some very good business for Everton, but it looks now as if the transfer might well be going through. Lescott's a good defender, and fits well into Everton's defensive style, as well as being a decent distributor and a good ariel threat, but £24m is an extortionate price for a centre-back, and City are only paying it because they can, really.
Taylor's decent, and if the price of £8m kanchelskis14 posted is confirmed, then that's not a bad deal (especially considering it's just 1/3 of the price), but I don't personally think he's of the same defensive aptitude as Lescott, and is also less of a potential goal threat. £24m is great business for an impressive, but by no means world-class defender though.
Taylor's decent, and if the price of £8m kanchelskis14 posted is confirmed, then that's not a bad deal (especially considering it's just 1/3 of the price), but I don't personally think he's of the same defensive aptitude as Lescott, and is also less of a potential goal threat. £24m is great business for an impressive, but by no means world-class defender though.
I'm going to come out and say something most will dismiss. Dunne > Lescott
Dunne a few seasons back was about as good as Lescott is now, but he's become prone to more errors in the last few seasons, has lost a bit of pace, and most of his finishing tends to be done into the back of his own net. Lescott certainly isn't worth the money that's being touted to replace Dunne, who's still a reasonably capable defender, but Lescott currently is the more promising of the two, and would (at least in theory) appear to have more years of good football ahead of him.
It'll be interesting to see how he'll fit into City's defence though, if he goes.
Richards - Toure - Lescott - Bridge
Bosingwa - Carvalho - Terry - Cole
Brown - Rio - Vidic - Evra
Johnson - Skrtel - Carragher - ?
Sagna - Vermaelen - Gallas - Clichy....
Still think Chelsea and United have the strongest back 4's
Bosingwa - Carvalho - Terry - Cole
Brown - Rio - Vidic - Evra
Johnson - Skrtel - Carragher - ?
Sagna - Vermaelen - Gallas - Clichy....
Still think Chelsea and United have the strongest back 4's
Star Trek memorabilia have always been rather expensive.
i think for City as money seems to be of no hinderance they have done alright. If they were ever going to compete this year they needed to replace Dunne and get in a decent centre back. I don't see why Lescott can't do well for them.
I still think City need another solid defender, that can play can be flexible where he plays.
I still think City need another solid defender, that can play can be flexible where he plays.