http://cpfc.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25305&highlight=Berhalter From a BBC interview. Time to play where in the world can Gregg go!
And this little bit: http://cpfc.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=520555&highlight=Berhalter#post520555 TF being Francis, Deano being Dean Austin, another listed defender at Palace.
interesting. lots of team are interested yet there has not been a bleep on the radar screen from any clubs since his travels to greece that never materialized. perhaps there is one team seriously interested but they (CP) want a little more than that team may have offered and hence, they wanna up the ante a bit by saying many clubs are after him...
Palace is also looking to sign Brentford defender Darren Powell for £750,000. The clubs have agreed on the fee and they look to finalize the deal within 24 hrs.
Re: Re: Berhalter to.... Except for Old Firm (and it's not great there, either),no one in the SPL has any money to speak of. The league has no TV deal (last I heard) and is financial straits. Germany? Back to Holland?
GB is being held for ransom like a piece of meat. The football gods have to come up with a better system.
Re: Re: Re: Berhalter to.... No, they signed a television deal with the BBC last Wednesday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/2159152.stm
Berhalter Update Trevor Francis speaking on Gregg Berhalter at yesterday's per-season forum for supporters at Selhurst Park: "Gregg Berhalter is slightly different. He played in the last two World Cup games for the USA, and played very well, and since then there's been quite a few enquiries. He's actually been across to Greece, talked to a Greek team, but nothing materialised there. There was an offer to go to Turkey, and now I believe there's another foreign club that are showing keen interest in him. So there is the possibility that Gregg may be leaving, but for any player it's always their decision. And because of the uncertainty, with two players on the transfer list, any moment they could be gone. That's the reason why I feel that it's important that I move to try and bring in another defender. " (For those, obviously, who care. Anyone who wants a fuller text of what Francis said about life at San Selhust can send me a private message with their e-mail address).
Any speculation as to which club(s) it could be that are looking at Berhalter? I think Germany would be the most logical choice. I see him moving to a low end Bundesliga team or a 2nd bundesliga team. I dont see him going back to Holland. I have no reason to support this theory.
The only reason I don't think it's Holland is that the clubs there are relatively worse off money wise than other European leagues.
Selhurst field recon... Just got back from Selhurst Park after watching the Palace-Charlton first team friendly and there was no sign of Berhalter whatsoever. By my reckoning, he wasn't on the pitch, nor on the subs bench, nor behind the bench with the rest of the reserve/non-matchday squad. So perhaps this helps confirm (not that it was in doubt from TF's comments) that he's talking to some club. Obviously, either he and/or TF thought he didn't need to make an appearance with the team tonight.
Turkey would be a good fit for a defender of Berhalters attributes, its a direct style league so a defender that can win high balls is useful. Scotland would also be a perfect fit. Holland would be bad as the Dutch league is a speed over size league. Germany if he can get an offer in BL.1. I think Scotland would be best as the language barrier is not there. Also on an interesting note I played as Crystal Palace on the CMdemo and one of the first moves I made was adding Darren Powell of Brentford. That makes me feel really dumb that I would share a common idea with TF.
Point one: Seeing as Gregg plays like a Turkey, you probably have a point. Point two: Bollocks. Clevor Trevor will sign Powell and play him as a creative midfielder, making room for him by dropping Doogie. I bet you didn't come up with that.
Bollocks again. If he's hurt they'll have a stronger defensive forward than they would have if he was fit. Clever Trevor's great contribution to the tactical evolution of the game will be the 4-4-1 formation: "Well, what we set out to do was confuse the opposition, and as they were expecting eleven men on the pitch..."
Syd, I have to commend you on your ability to retain your sense of humour in a situation that must be incredibly frustrating for Palace fans...
When you've been going to San Selhurst since 1967, you learn to look at life through fairly warped spectacles. The best coach we ever had was a toe rag (Venables), the most successful and an absolute God to us (Coppell) got us where he did by playing football that would have bored the pants off a saint, we've lived through Alan Mullery (scum beyond comment), Dave "Passing Game" Bassett, and even a manager who couldn't speak a word of English (Lombardo), which was probably to his advantage as most of our players can't understand much English, anyway. We've spent millions on a teletubby to play in midfield (was it Dipsy, LaLa, Tinky Winky, or Po? No, it was Thomas Brolin, stupid), we used the Ian Wright money to buy someone who was not only fat, slow, and useless but also injured before we bought him (Gabbiadini), and we've had a chairman who who was so full of s h i t his best use would have been as fertiliser for the pitch. Yet for all that, we've done something even Manchester United have never achieved. We won the Zenith Cup, so up yours Old Trafford. We are clearly the greatest team the world has ever seen which is why, a few years ago, we thought it would be quite funny to wear yellow shirts and light blue shorts as an away strip. How many other clubs have that sort of sense of humour? We also take a lot of mob with us when we're away. So all you lot can have the Arse, Man Ure, or otherwise as your teams in England but none of you can hold a candle to the warped and wacky world of Palace. We're s h i t, and furthermore, we know we are. You may not like Clevor Trevor, but he sure as hell belongs!
MLS is an option down the road...January. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/05/sports/soccer/06SOCCER.html
It occurs to me that the BBC refers to an unnamed foreign club that is currently interested in Gregg. The NE Revolution are a foreign club as far as the BBC is concerned. Just a thought.
I'd doubt that Gregg wants to take that sort of pay cut. Oh, and Syd- after your last post, I'm convinced- I'm yours!