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 europalace  Europe 07 Jan 16 5.36pm |
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Just heard a Pardew interview snippet where he said that none of the rumoured transfers linked with Palace in the media are real and none have been contacted at all by the club.
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Booted Eagle  Bristol 07 Jan 16 5.48pm |
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Quote Frickin Saweet at 07 Jan 2016 11.05am
Quote Dougiecito at 07 Jan 2016 10.55am
Quote Frickin Saweet at 07 Jan 2016 10.35am
If he came to us, how long do you think it would take for him to get match fit, bearing in mind that he hasn't played a competitive game for a long time and has not done any first-team training for a long time. Did he even have a pre-season? That puts him way off the pace. This is another concern of mine. It's going to be near the end of the season before we could expect him to be anywhere near top form. Assuming it's going to take 4-6 weeks at best to get him fit enough for the first team and then a run of matches to get sharpness and mojo back, that's April already.
I read that link. I don't believe that anyone is really naive enough to think that 'keeping himself fit' training one-on-one with a personal trainer and the odd charity football match is anything close to training with a PL first team squad and competitive football at the highest level. That just means he's not starting from 0, but he has a bloody long way to go to get to 100%. Look how long it's taken CW to even start looking Premier League class? And that's with training at PL level. And Adebayor is even further behind him. Don't get me wrong, I'd love a fit and in form Adebayor scoring goals for Palace, on his day he was unplayable, but I don't think he's going to do that based on everything that's been said. Spot on. This concerns me as well. Seem to remember a striker we got as a free agent in the Championship who had previously played for Pompey I think. Forgotten his name as I think he never played for us due to his fitness !! First sign of proper training and it was clear he was way of the mark.
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Mwncisee  Middlesbrough 07 Jan 16 5.50pm |
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Quote Booted Eagle at 07 Jan 2016 5.48pm
Quote Frickin Saweet at 07 Jan 2016 11.05am
Quote Dougiecito at 07 Jan 2016 10.55am
Quote Frickin Saweet at 07 Jan 2016 10.35am
If he came to us, how long do you think it would take for him to get match fit, bearing in mind that he hasn't played a competitive game for a long time and has not done any first-team training for a long time. Did he even have a pre-season? That puts him way off the pace. This is another concern of mine. It's going to be near the end of the season before we could expect him to be anywhere near top form. Assuming it's going to take 4-6 weeks at best to get him fit enough for the first team and then a run of matches to get sharpness and mojo back, that's April already.
I read that link. I don't believe that anyone is really naive enough to think that 'keeping himself fit' training one-on-one with a personal trainer and the odd charity football match is anything close to training with a PL first team squad and competitive football at the highest level. That just means he's not starting from 0, but he has a bloody long way to go to get to 100%. Look how long it's taken CW to even start looking Premier League class? And that's with training at PL level. And Adebayor is even further behind him. Don't get me wrong, I'd love a fit and in form Adebayor scoring goals for Palace, on his day he was unplayable, but I don't think he's going to do that based on everything that's been said. Spot on. This concerns me as well. Seem to remember a striker we got as a free agent in the Championship who had previously played for Pompey I think. Forgotten his name as I think he never played for us due to his fitness !! First sign of proper training and it was clear he was way of the mark. I've made exactly this point now several pages ago but only just found out that if you read some of the various links that have been posted you will see he has actually only hired a personal trainer in the last month.
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| Bullhorn76 Darlington 08 Jan 16 1.29pm |
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Another one bites the dust .....! DE DEAL DENIED Alan Pardew has denied Crystal Palace are interested in Emmanuel Adebayor, according to the Evening Standard. Adebayor, who is a free agent, has been linked with Palace and Watford but Pardew has ruled out a move. "There is no truth in it, he said.
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pstrutt  Busselton, WA 08 Jan 16 1.36pm |
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Quote Bullhorn76 at 08 Jan 2016 1.29pm
Another one bites the dust .....! DE DEAL DENIED Alan Pardew has denied Crystal Palace are interested in Emmanuel Adebayor, according to the Evening Standard. Adebayor, who is a free agent, has been linked with Palace and Watford but Pardew has ruled out a move. "There is no truth in it, he said. To put all your minds at rest!
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| eagles911 14 Jan 16 3.03pm |
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Something tells me we will be talking much more about this soon!!
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| Palace Passion Bromley, South London 14 Jan 16 3.06pm |
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Quote eagles911 at 14 Jan 2016 3.03pm
Something tells me we will be talking much more about this soon!!
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 14 Jan 16 3.09pm |
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Quote Bullhorn76 at 08 Jan 2016 1.29pm
Another one bites the dust .....! DE DEAL DENIED Alan Pardew has denied Crystal Palace are interested in Emmanuel Adebayor, according to the Evening Standard. Adebayor, who is a free agent, has been linked with Palace and Watford but Pardew has ruled out a move. "There is no truth in it, he said.
Edited by Willo (14 Jan 2016 3.13pm)
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black eagle.  south croydon. 14 Jan 16 3.10pm |
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Quote Palace Passion at 14 Jan 2016 3.06pm
Quote eagles911 at 14 Jan 2016 3.03pm
Something tells me we will be talking much more about this soon!!
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| georgey wood South London and Proud 14 Jan 16 3.12pm |
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I've heard done deal too. He's been seen getting a tour of the palace gym and bets suspended on him joining. Be a decent short term option a step up from current strikers despite his obvious lack of moral fibre.
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| DANGERCLOSE London 14 Jan 16 3.20pm |
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In time for City
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| Alexi_the_Eagle Newton-le-Willows 14 Jan 16 3.27pm |
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Quote pstrutt at 08 Jan 2016 1.36pm
Quote Bullhorn76 at 08 Jan 2016 1.29pm
Another one bites the dust .....! DE DEAL DENIED Alan Pardew has denied Crystal Palace are interested in Emmanuel Adebayor, according to the Evening Standard. Adebayor, who is a free agent, has been linked with Palace and Watford but Pardew has ruled out a move. "There is no truth in it, he said. To put all your minds at rest! Thank god! Don't want that bad apple in a Palace shirt anyway.
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