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Post by Pugsley on Nov 6, 2015 7:56:34 GMT
According to Marcotti (who knows the player and his reps) on the Game Podcast on Monday said that the reason Traore chose Villa was down to the stadium and wanting to play in such a great arena. He said that Villa and Stoke offered exactly the same package but the stadium swung it. Time we filled in the corner  |
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Post by Olgrligm on Nov 6, 2015 7:58:23 GMT
I don't think it was a coincidence that he signed very shortly after we signed Shaqirin either.
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Post by chiefdelilah on Nov 6, 2015 7:58:26 GMT
Was that thing about him moving from 40 to 80 grand a week and the fact we couldn't guarantee him football bollocks then?
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Post by Pugsley on Nov 6, 2015 8:02:54 GMT
Was that thing about him moving from 40 to 80 grand a week and the fact we couldn't guarantee him football bollocks then? Just repeating what was said. I never buy this guaranteed first team football bollocks, what PL club would offer that? |
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Post by haway on Nov 6, 2015 8:17:34 GMT
Was that thing about him moving from 40 to 80 grand a week and the fact we couldn't guarantee him football bollocks then? Just repeating what was said. I never buy this guaranteed first team football bollocks, what PL club would offer that? Ahem. |
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Post by Pugsley on Nov 6, 2015 8:34:08 GMT
Just repeating what was said. I never buy this guaranteed first team football bollocks, what PL club would offer that? Ahem. I never buy this guaranteed first team football bollocks, what sensible PL club would offer that? |
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Post by Davef on Nov 6, 2015 8:39:59 GMT
Yeah, a great arena that could possibly be half full next season.
Perhaps he should've concentrated more on the last four seasons' league tables.
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Post by chiefdelilah on Nov 6, 2015 8:43:18 GMT
Was that thing about him moving from 40 to 80 grand a week and the fact we couldn't guarantee him football bollocks then? Just repeating what was said. I never buy this guaranteed first team football bollocks, what PL club would offer that? Maybe 'guarantee' is the wrong word but you can certainly let them know they're a huge part of their plans. Like we did with Shaqiri. |
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Post by scfcno1fan on Nov 6, 2015 8:43:51 GMT
We'll sign him next summer on a cut price deal.
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Post by rawli on Nov 6, 2015 9:21:03 GMT
Even with the corner filled in our ground will never be as impressive as Villa Park.
That said, seems a fucking stupid way to pick a club. He should have taken one look at the body warmer clad idiot who was talking to him and hot footed it up the M6.
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Post by liamo on Nov 6, 2015 9:43:31 GMT
Take it with a pinch of salt, he's not going to go around telling everyone he would have come to Stoke and Villa was his backup plan is he? He would have been a Stoke player had it not been for Shaqiri signing, they may have a better stadium but they're also going to end up in a very real relegation fight
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Post by ukcstokie on Nov 6, 2015 9:52:40 GMT
It's a good job Darlington didn't come in for him too.
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Post by mrcoke on Nov 6, 2015 10:39:28 GMT
Maybe he would be happier at Sheffield Wednesday?
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Post by FullerMagic on Nov 6, 2015 10:42:05 GMT
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Post by Pugsley on Nov 6, 2015 10:44:20 GMT
He said Stoke offered the exact same package. |
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Post by chiefdelilah on Nov 6, 2015 10:48:03 GMT
No way on this earth did we offer a kiddie we couldn't offer regular football to 80 grand a week.
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Post by FullerMagic on Nov 6, 2015 10:48:40 GMT
He said Stoke offered the exact same package. Who knows what was agreed at what stage of his trip to England - but you'd have to find it almost impossible to believe that we'd go near that kind of package. Can you imagine Tony Scholes' face if a 19 year-old with one senior appearance wanted to be the highest paid player in the club's history? |
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Post by Pugsley on Nov 6, 2015 10:50:11 GMT
I find it hard to believe but that's what he said and why would he lie.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Nov 6, 2015 10:53:33 GMT
I'm sure that the truth is close to the Telegraph article. The "alleged" Villa package was insane - £75k per week AND a buy back clause stacked in Barca's favour - I'd have assumed that Coates and Scholes had taken leave of their senses if we had offered anything close to that sort of deal. In his latest reported comments, given the position Villa find themselves in, Traore is hardly going to tell the world (via Marcotti) that he ended up at a relegation threatened club purely because they offered an insane wage package to a young and virtually unproven player who had never come close to playing in a physically demanding league like the Premier League. It may, of course, all work out for him - Villa may turn themselves round under their new manager, and Traore may go on to be their star player. If Villa don't turn things round then he won't be the first promising youngster to make the wrong move, for an overpriced contract with the wrong club too early in his career. |
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Post by chiefdelilah on Nov 6, 2015 11:13:21 GMT
I find it hard to believe but that's what he said and why would he lie. It's probably what he was told. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2015 11:34:07 GMT
Great stadium, he wants to try buying a fucking pint in the away end before passing judgement  . |
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Post by ashleyscfc on Nov 6, 2015 12:19:43 GMT
Saving face whilst villa sit in the bottom three, he's earning more money than he's worth and he's not even playing.
Justifying a shit decision. No more, no less
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2015 12:21:48 GMT
I never buy this guaranteed first team football bollocks, what sensible PL club would offer that? but you find the idea he'd move to a club simply because their stadium looks pretty more likely????? |
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Post by Clem Fandango on Nov 6, 2015 13:10:07 GMT
Has he done much since he went to Villa? Ive seen a couple of villa games and I haven't seen him on the pitch once.
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Post by chiefdelilah on Nov 6, 2015 13:12:26 GMT
Has he done much since he went to Villa? Ive seen a couple of villa games and I haven't seen him on the pitch once. Villa fan consensus at work seems to be that he's promising but raw and not ready to start every week. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2015 13:12:40 GMT
I thought he was injured or just recovered from an injury, in the short time I saw him on the pitch he looked a handful.
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Post by Binndy on Nov 6, 2015 13:14:59 GMT
The villa ground feels like a morgue to me.Everyone to their own thoughts.i think he was our second choice.
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Post by pyrus on Nov 6, 2015 13:17:27 GMT
How great will that stadium look when its half full, hosting Championship football?
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Post by uknorse on Nov 6, 2015 14:26:02 GMT
shows wot an utter fkn flake he is then doesnt it,
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Post by songthrush01 on Nov 6, 2015 14:45:42 GMT
hes good i would of prefered him over shaq,hes fast,skills,direct if everything goes right for him,he will be a top player.
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