Yanks Abroad - Page 54

dena · 06-08-2009, 04:53 PM

Definitely, because he is the Guus Hiddink of the West.

Ives' breaks down Jozy's work permit situation:

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So what are Altidore's chances of securing that work permit? Here's a closer look:

Altidore has played in 13 of 24 U.S. national team official matches (qualifiers and tournaments), but that total of 24 includes the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, which he missed after playing in the Confederations Cup.

Altidore's appeal is likely to be based on the fact that, at 19, he has played in 10 of 10 official matches in 2009, not including the Gold Cup (the argument is likely to be made that since Altidore played in the Confederations Cup he shouldn't be punished for missing the six matches in the Gold Cup). In fact, when you take out the Gold Cup, Altidore has played in 72 percent of U.S. matches over the past two years, just under the 75 percent required to automatically receive a UK work permit.

So why are Altidore's chances better than Guzan's? Altidore has established himself as a national team starter and is being brought in by Hull to start, two things Guzan didn't have going for him when his first bid for a work permit was rejected.

Scuba Steve · 06-08-2009, 04:54 PM

Yeah, I should think that Jozy won't have a problem getting a permit.

BMxJoga · 06-08-2009, 05:06 PM

I hope not, when does the EPL start BTW, anyone know?

dena · 06-08-2009, 05:08 PM

Next Saturday (Aug. 15th), Jozy has a big week ahead of him, fly to Mexico City... train... beat Mexico... fly to London... train... beat Chelsea.

RAB SAFC 1879 · 06-08-2009, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by dena

Next Saturday (Aug. 15th), Jozy has a big week ahead of him, fly to Mexico City... train... beat Mexico... fly to London... train... beat Chelsea.

And pigs are flying right across your window as u type

dena · 06-08-2009, 05:16 PM

Twas' a trap set to acquire more bacon, for free.

BMxJoga · 06-08-2009, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by RAB SAFC 1879

And pigs are flying right across your window as u type

I can see them from here.

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Originally Posted by dena

Twas' a trap set to acquire more bacon, for free.

Cheapo......

dena · 06-08-2009, 05:22 PM

As long as it doesn't have swine, it's divine!

BMxJoga · 06-08-2009, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by dena

As long as it doesn't have swine, it's divine!

Is that a grill?

dena · 06-08-2009, 05:29 PM

The details do not matter when bacon is involved.

Scuba Steve · 06-08-2009, 09:54 PM

Guess with the start of the Europa Leauge and Champions League, and some league matches, we will start to have to do updates on playing time for our boys.

Dempsey started today in Fulham's Europa League game. I will have to find out more details a bit later.

Update: He went the full 90 minutes. Eddie Johnson came on in the 82nd minute. Neither scored, and I am trying to find out if either figured in any of the 3 goals.

Also, St. Patricks moved on, despite a 3-2 loss. Trying to find out if Ryan Guy played, although, he definitely did not score.

Valerenga (Troy Perkins) beat PAOK Salonika away from home today, 1-0, but appear to have gone out on away goals.

I think thats all for today. Somebody should double check though.

Scuba Steve · 06-08-2009, 11:29 PM

So Eddie and Clint both picked up assists today.

Garcia5 · 06-08-2009, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by hokiegooner

Valerenga (Troy Perkins) beat PAOK Salonika away from home today, 1-0, but appear to have gone out on away goals.

Perkins is a good player. his team played ok today but they were dominated by PAOK. i was quite angry because we were hitting any bar you could imagine. im glad there is a yank in the norsk league. i like vaalrenga. but i am very angry they drew with us on agg and beat us at home.

fluffy_kittens · 07-08-2009, 12:44 AM

Altidore!!!!

Scuba Steve · 07-08-2009, 01:08 AM

We will have to update the first post to acknowledge Jozy's move.

HCFC Clark · 07-08-2009, 01:16 AM

Just so you guys know, we have the option to sign Altidore any time we want. We have agreed a £6m fee and if we ever want to sign him all we have to do is agree personal terms. Basically we are trying before we buy

BMxJoga · 07-08-2009, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by clark123

Just so you guys know, we have the option to sign Altidore any time we want. We have agreed a £6m fee and if we ever want to sign him all we have to do is agree personal terms. Basically we are trying before we buy

Is it in the contract, or if Altidore scores 20 can Villareal suddenly inflate the price?

Scuba Steve · 07-08-2009, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Soccernet

And five minutes later, substitute Eddie Lewis escaped his man and picked out Johnson for another close-range finish as Fulham sealed a 6-0 aggregate victory.

This was from the writeup of the game from Soccernet. Right first name, right nationality, wrong last name, age, race, position, etc.

Good for a laugh though.

dena · 07-08-2009, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by clark123

Just so you guys know, we have the option to sign Altidore any time we want. We have agreed a £6m fee and if we ever want to sign him all we have to do is agree personal terms. Basically we are trying before we buy

Wouldn't that mean he would be your record signing, didn't Bullard come for £5m?

Scuba Steve · 07-08-2009, 03:50 PM

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I AGREE

Goals from the Fulham win yesterday. If that were MLS stats counting, Dempsey would have had two assists, for the first pass on the second Johnson goal.

dena · 07-08-2009, 03:54 PM

I'm tellin' ya, big things await Clint this season.

HCFC Clark · 07-08-2009, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by BMxJoga

Is it in the contract, or if Altidore scores 20 can Villareal suddenly inflate the price?

They can't. We have agreed a fee, and if we agree personal terms he's ours whenever we want. Think of it like Fortune. WBA had the option to buy him for 1.5m when other teams were offering 3m but Nancy had to accept as they had agreed it.

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Wouldn't that mean he would be your record signing, didn't Bullard come for £5m?

Thats true, but I think we will sign someone before then over 6m.

Scuba Steve · 07-08-2009, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by dena

I'm tellin' ya, big things await Clint this season.

Maybe he will spare us the free styles though?

USAChrisKY · 07-08-2009, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by clark123

They can't. We have agreed a fee, and if we agree personal terms he's ours whenever we want. Think of it like Fortune. WBA had the option to buy him for 1.5m when other teams were offering 3m but Nancy had to accept as they had agreed it.

Thats true, but I think we will sign someone before then over 6m.

I hope Hull does end up buying him. I would acutally love go to to England sometime and watch him play given if he actually gets in the start 11 regulary and plays all the time.

dena · 07-08-2009, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by hokiegooner

Maybe he will spare us the free styles though?

Maybe...

Hopefully.

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Scuba Steve EA Veteran Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Manassas, VA Favorite Teams: DC United, United States Age: 22 Gender: Male Posts: 17,264	Guess with the start of the Europa Leauge and Champions League, and some league matches, we will start to have to do updates on playing time for our boys. Dempsey started today in Fulham's Europa League game. I will have to find out more details a bit later. Update: He went the full 90 minutes. Eddie Johnson came on in the 82nd minute. Neither scored, and I am trying to find out if either figured in any of the 3 goals. Also, St. Patricks moved on, despite a 3-2 loss. Trying to find out if Ryan Guy played, although, he definitely did not score. Valerenga (Troy Perkins) beat PAOK Salonika away from home today, 1-0, but appear to have gone out on away goals. I think thats all for today. Somebody should double check though. __________________ We love you Benny! Last edited by Scuba Steve; 06-08-2009 at 09:59 PM..

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