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Sunday 3 February 2013

Leeds, QPR and Liverpool in tussle to sign free agent Hubris


The January window may have slammed shut for contracted players, but Leeds, QPR and Liverpool are in a titanic struggle to lay claim to free agent Hubris. All three clubs are jockeying to be in the box seat for the highly gifted Greek, whose striking abilities are said to be awesome.

In ordinary circumstances, Liverpool would be considered clear favourites to lay claim to Hubris. They are, after all, a free spending club with a massive history and  a sense of their own importance and grievances beyond compare. With Benitez in charge, Hubris would surely be Anfield bound in a trice, but with the more modest Brendan Rodgers at the controls and Liverpool recently humbled at Oldham and struggling in the wake of hard up neighbours Everton, QPR and Leeds might just be in with a shout.

QPR are, of course, chucking money around in transfer fees and wages like there is no tomorrow. And after the capture of Remy and Samba, for a combined fee of over £20m, Hubris may well fancy joining 'Arry's bunch of mercenaries. If you listen to the QPR fans, Mittal will keep fuelling Tony's plaything until the Premiership title has been secured; and Hubris would almost certainly like a bite of that. Six points adrift of safety with just 13 games to be played after God knows how many millions have been spent? It's actually the sort of position Hubris might fancy; but then old QPR boss and reigning Big Gob Neil Warnock may have something to say about that.

Combine Warnock with the stature of Leeds and their unrivalled fans, and you surely have a tempting package for the Greek. True Leeds are in the Championship, adrift of the promotion chasing pack, don't own their own ground or training field and are owned by an Arab bank that appears to be built on sand, but the fans would welcome Hubris with open arms and make him feel like a king. Word on the ground suggests that GFH Capital kept their powder dry in January with a view to landing Hubris so don't be surprised if the Greek finally settles on Elland Road on a package that not even Liverpool and QPR were prepared to match.

One thing's for sure, Hubris would be a fitting addition to all three clubs and it will be fascinating to see who he eventually settles upon. To be honest, I have no preference, may the most deserving club win!

87 comments:

  1. very witty. I'd love to know the history behind your fascination with Leeds United though ?

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  2. My mate's sister works at the club and she said last week that we were in for this guy. Deal all but done. Hubris on his way to Leeds. Bigger club than Wet Spam!

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    1. Is she fit ??? Get some photos

      MOT

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    2. Ah, the stock answer from someone who doesn't have a clue, but wants other people to think he has the inside scoop!! lol

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    3. Pictures of her MOTT ....M.O.T.

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    4. When you have google only a webpage away, it only takes a seond to discover the wind up.
      The joke is well and truly on you my friend!!

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    5. Another Wet Spammer who is a latent Leeds Fan. But your still a Joke not even worthy of the ending ER

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  3. JOKER see you next season!

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  4. Post no 7 on Leeds United in the space of 4 days. You are seriously wound up by us.

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  5. Don't bite Leeds fans. Malaka!

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  6. Who is this Hubris?

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    1. Exactly! Who is Hubris? Just spent a few minutes trying to find out who he his! I reckon the writer has spelt his name wrong!

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    2. I reckon it is a wind up. Hubris means arrogant in Greek!

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  7. Is there a Greek player called Hubris? Is this a wind up?

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  8. Pointless artical if its strait choice will join Liverpool bigger club by far QPR r a joke Leeds r dead and buried.

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    1. BRILLIANT command of the language there bin dipper...

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    2. they may be the bigger club, but only a mid table bigger club mug!!

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  9. LEARNT A NEW WORD HAVE WE???DONT FALL FOR IT!HUBRIS -means extreme pride or arrogance along with a loss of reality YOU WONT PUT THIS ON WILL YOU ?????? GO NO MY OLD BUBBLE BLOWER GO ON !

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  10. Never heard of him - what's his full name?

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  11. Why can't you enjoy a Sunday like the rest of us? What goes through your mind when conceiving articles like this?

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  12. ha ha,liverpool are history pal,all you scouse dole spongers are just deluded,go support tranmere.

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  13. This is a joke and there is no such footballer!

    hu·bris means:

    Noun
    1.Excessive pride or self-confidence.
    2.(in Greek tragedy) Excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis.

    Synonyms
    arrogance - hauteur - haughtiness - pride - insolence

    from a Leeds fan

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  14. Hubris is a greek word for arrogance! I doubt there's a player at all. U need a better hobby mate.. mot

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  15. His full name is P. Take Hubris

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  16. Its a wind up google hubris

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  17. Hubris (pron.: /ˈhjuːbrɪs/), also hybris, from ancient Greek ὕβρις, means extreme pride or arrogance. Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one's own competence or capabilities, especially when the person exhibiting it is in a position of power.
    The adjectival form of hubris is "hubristic".

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  18. Well according to armchair hammer the Russian prostitute he visits, a Miss Onya Bakyabitch tells him west ham are trying to solve their goal drought by signing a Bulgarian striker called Popalotin, they have a good chance of getting him too as Leeds aren't in for him.

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  19. HF interesting you don't include fat Sam and his merry band of men in this as, if you are anything to go by, fit the definition perfectly.

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  20. guys check def of hubris you been had loll

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  21. Very funny - for those up to speed in Greek; Hubris means delusional. Nor sure where he stole this article but in fairness all football fans except Barca are delusional. This muppets thinks the Hammers are a good side do Hubris must already be there.

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  22. Hubris (pron.: /ˈhjuːbrɪs/), also hybris, from ancient Greek ὕβρις, means extreme pride or arrogance. Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one's own competence or capabilities, especially when the person exhibiting it is in a position of power.

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  23. People this is clearly a joke article, Hubris is a Greek word that means you think you're better than everyone else and can do better than everyone else. He's saying that Liverpool, QPR and Leeds fans all think we're better than everyone else and we compete to be the most Hubristic. That's why you cant find a top striker called Hubris. Well done HF very clever, unfortunately too clever for most people on here it seems.

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  24. We already had Hubris. it was a two headed beast - one a widdly diddly irishman who led us up the garden path and the other a gilt edged twat who near bankrup....oh never mind. I actually heard we were trying to sign Achilles ... from Napoli. Hang on - I thing we got him already too. King of the hoofballs.

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  25. When you look at the definition of the word you will come to the conclusion that the author of this article is taking the piss out of Liverpool, QPR and Leeds as being full of themselves. Here's the definition:

    Hubris (pron.: /ˈhjuːbrɪs/), also hybris, from ancient Greek ὕβρις, means extreme pride or arrogance. Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one's own competence or capabilities, especially when the person exhibiting it is in a position of power.

    So I guess you won't find anything on the "player" no matter how much you look.

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  26. Wow you do have a lot of spare time don't you... Hubris means arrogance in greek, this player does not exist

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  27. Are you thick? Hubris doesn't exist. He's taking the p!ss! It more or less means pride or arrogance, like in a Greek tragedy. "Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance"
    This guy is obsessed. Why he is interested in my club, a middle of the table Championship club at that, is beyond me. Seriously the majority of Leeds fans know we are rubbish with no ambition, hence the dwindling crowds at home. How he can call that arrogant? It's despair.
    Most realistic fans are aware that we are no longer a big club. How can we be, when we have been out of the Prem now for 8 years and clubs such as Naarrwich take your best players with barely a murmur from us and we replace them (excluding Morison) with nothing?
    However, we have a massive fan base still, and have the potential to be big again. If we played players in their correct positions that is, get rid of Warnock, and the clowns running the club. Or if they are to stay on, then invest in some decent players - it's not rocket science. If we ever do get back to the Prem though, one thing is clear -we will be bigger than West Ham. Oh go on then....we still are....

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  28. Wow, people actually think Hubris is a real person. Google the meaning of hubris people...

    Westhamfan, you are a very confused young man. I note you no longer have your email address or name on the site anymore. Good to see the abuse you've got has got to you.

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  29. HF is having a dig, there is no such player, it is a greek word, Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one's own competence or capabilities.

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  30. His mum called him U. Rine Extracte Hubris. Bit of a mouthful. Played for FAIK Olympus in the 90s.

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  31. Hes taking the pi** hubris is some old greek word wikipedia it. what a di**head

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  32. Hubris, is that the player or the blog, I think it's the blog. Please go visit a doctor.

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  33. Lol it isn't a player you tits, it means overbearing undeserved pride. He's basically calling us arrogant, so you can google hubris all you like you won't find a Greek footballer lol

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  34. Hubris (pron.: /ˈhjuːbrɪs/), also hybris, from ancient Greek ὕβρις, means extreme pride or arrogance. Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one's own competence or capabilities, especially when the person exhibiting it is in a position of power.

    It's a wind up. No such player.

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  35. Player pictured is Dimitris Salpingidis.

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  36. what an absolute boring article,i see straight through your bull hf.very clever. yawn

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  37. Hubris: extreme [pride or arrogance.
    Is this a wind-up methinks?

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  38. Please look up the definition of Greek for Hubris. very funny but don't get excited this isn't a footballer

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  39. Yea, turns out to be a misspelling, it turns out to be a Dyson the club want and not a Hoover after all, something about the Cyclonic action and no bags to buy, got to be a bargain

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  40. do you ever worry about the consequences of writing this blog hf? one day it WILL come back to haunt you.i promise.youre a marked man

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  41. Hubris...greek meaning pride or arrogance..lol some people are so gullible..have to say hats off to the sad spam blogger this time..at last something inventive and not copied and pasted from whichever website the guy usually trolls..mot

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  42. Obviously every club has a fair share of thickos who would fall for this, but come on dude!

    I have heard that the owners at wet spam are getting increasingly upset with Big Sams methods and have looked at former Greek boss
    Koalemos ;-)


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  43. WE ALL LOVE LEEDS!
    LEEDSLEEDSLEEDS

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  44. You are the one who's suffering from excessive hubris. Please desist from cluttering up news feeds with your pointless drivel - I'm sick to the back teeth of landing on your page whilst looking for decent comment and analysis.

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  45. I'm really excited about Habibou - Habib boo boo habib boo boo !!

    Any one for a game of tennis in Watford tomorrow ?

    MOT

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  46. why have you shown a picture of Georgios Fotakis?

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  47. hes taking the micky its some old greek word. meaning arrogant or something like that

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  48. I love this article....and it really shows the paucity of learning by those who have commented upon it so far.

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  49. I love this article......and the comments on it are the most amusing I've seen for a long time. Judging from them its clear that our education system is truly f***ed.

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  50. Seriously guys? No-one got this. 'Hubris' means extreme arrogance. There is a not a footballer called Hubris...the article is a thinly veiled wind-up.

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  51. Hubris pretty much means to lose grip of reality thinking youre better or more powerful that you are. Much like the editor of this blog as he thinks people actually care about his opinions. Yawn

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  52. I can understand someone posting this piss take from time to time but my question to you is to you why? Yes, contary to what you say, it does take you longer than what you make out it does to maintain this quantity of posts.You take time to do your homework even though its not always right,you come up with witty ingeniuos connections/links to LUFC,and other clubs.You must spend endless time digging up pictures off of the web yo use and thinking of 'funny' headings.Don't tell me you do it quickly because that is utter bollocks! A lot of time on your own, over that goat head soup to continually produce this stuff! It takes dedication energy effort and obsession for what? To get humiliated by my fellow LUFC fans. Why???

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    1. Honestly took 15 minutes this morning over breakfast. It might take you longer, but like every form of exercise, the more you do it, the easier it becomes. As for research, what research? I don't need to go to google to find out what hubris means!

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    2. Sorry, uou asked why do I do it? Because of some of the responses on here. How's your day been? I'm just in from a few beers in a bar in Titan Park followed by a two course meal and a bottle of wine in a local restaurant - all for the princely sum of £14. It's a tough life. By the way, 57 degrees F out here today, we drank the beer outside overlooking the lake.

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    3. Eating alphabet spagetti dont make you educated, and looking at google earth dont make you travelled.. Once a fuk wit allways a fuk wit Nf..

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  53. Hubris isn't a player people. It means arrogance and presumption. He thinks we're up ourselves, because our club is bigger than his. Write about your own club.

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  54. There is no such Greek player called Hubris...and Im Greek....Get ur facts right and stop wasting our time by making us read this crap for an article...We just need 2 get promoted,,but we re playing bad...starting to lose hope even 2 make the play offs and anyway can't see us competing the likes of leicester,,watford or hulll...

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  55. HUBRIS is a Greek word meaning "arrogant" or "thinking you're better than you are". Don't you Leeds fans realise that this "Hammers fan" is winding you all up, just as he does on a host of other clubs' sites, including QPR, Middlesbrough, Chelsea, Watford etc.

    Their fans also call him "knob, twat, wanker etc.", so we're not very creative.

    Another point. The one whose sister works at the club. Believe me, employees at LUFC are the last to know what's going on!

    BATES OUT!!! (And don't think he already is)

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  56. Come on people,get with the programme. Look at my comment at 11.28. It's not even armchair hammers own work either,it was lifted word for word from another site apparently. Bet this doesn't get posted,you know what he's like with his plagiarism?

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    1. LOL It hurts doesn't it? Share the link for where this is supposedly lifted from. We have here a confession of admiration. This took me 15 minutes, it would take you a lifetime and a half!

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    2. One wrong turn and your LIFETIME could be up...

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    3. Your a w&nker !!! This took 30 seconds

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  57. Tee her hee; keep it up.... but I am getting worried about the amount you seem to be drinking

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  58. Armchair hammer,16.55. Nah doesn't hurt me at all. The only one hurting is the injured party who put 7 posts up since wednesday. I mean what a monumental schoolboy error, reacting the way you did. Anyone with half a brain would've kept quiet and refused point blank to respond to Warnocks rejection of west ham,then came the petty responses yesterday after Diego Noble,Lionel jarvis and co manage a 1-0 v Mighty Swansea. You were wound up before we finished you off and the hubris thing,that's just whoopee cushion level. It smacks of someone desperately trying to catch up. The Warnock post was put up on both your sites in the hope you got some back up and i have to say that whoever did back you up shouldn't have bothered as they just dug you in deeper.

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    1. How many times do you visit my two sites in each day? You need therapy sir. You are trapped in The Game and you have Gone Crazy!

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    2. Yeah it's not you who's mad it's everyone else eh? I don't visit your sites that much really,nowhere near the amount of visits you make to Leeds sites. Infact even I don't visit Leeds sites as much as you do.

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    3. Yeah it's not you who's mad it's everyone else eh? I don't visit your sites that much really,nowhere near the amount of visits you make to Leeds sites. Infact even I don't visit Leeds sites as much as you do.

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  59. scandinavianwhite3 February 2013 at 18:37

    I found it very funny. But atleast we have pride. Glad i'm not supporting a nazi loving club.

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  60. One would have thought that armchair would be concentrating on the mess west ham are in rasther than the mess Leeds are in. Their manager is just as inept as warnock but paid a lot more for HIS incompetence,they've bought jarvis for 10m,they've got George Mccartney,Joe Cole has been put out to grass there,Diarra's got the runs and pissed off to france,they've got carlton cole.0 brien,tomkins and Nolan. Did i mention that they've got George Mccartney? Their chairman can't leave his toadstool cos an agent and player want to chin him. The last thing they won,queen victoria presented to them and finally they're west ham. What a pisser.

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  61. Apparently West Ham have been trying to sign his team mate Eminence for years but to no avail.

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  62. Southern pumpers

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  63. Heard West Ham are looking to sign Amathes Malakas at left back as he's all they can afford. The club have stated that they will need such big name players if hey are to have any hope of filling the Olympic Stadium.

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  64. Hubris - definition excessive pride or arrogance please Leeds fans show some class.

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  65. He'll be spreading a rumour that Liverpool have an offer in for Old Corinthian stalwart E.I.Addio next...

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