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Post by aldershotstoke on Jul 23, 2017 16:36:59 GMT
Has Arnie been quoted as saying any parting comments to the club/fans? Might have missed it! Not a word mate Cheers. No acknowledgement for helping resurrect his career, fans loved him etc. Coupled with barely any comment from club or team mates. Must be more to this than meets the eye. What's done is done though. Onwards and upwards!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 16:38:33 GMT
Has Arnie been quoted as saying any parting comments to the club/fans? Might have missed it! Not a word mate I dunna blame him reading this thread some of the stuff on here is hysterical.
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Post by mozzer on Jul 23, 2017 16:41:58 GMT
Hardly engineering a move away by putting in a transfer request is he, he is showing a statement of dissatisfaction and wants to move on, he did not go on strike as Poyet did or act a complete dick like Poyet did over a protracted period. So you would not class that as building to win something, buying our best player or any of the players they currently have bought so far.... That is interesting...... so what exactly are Stoke doing at the mo then with all the transfer inactivity and talk of our youngsters chances which is nothing short of a footballing gamble, have you just ruined my season before it has even kicked off because if WHU are not building to win something we certainly are not building, last years achievement was nothing short of a football horror show with our chances of winning anything, regular 4-0 hammering's, Hull or Wolves anyone...plenty of time for us to pull 4 or 5 signings out of the bag of course, but the current line up and squad makes next season look nothing but well..............bleak! How do you know we're inactive in the transfer market ? Please share your knowledge ? Are you just trolling, read it again and try to think really hard..... Has it become clear now Good!!! Just in case you missed it again I will try put it simpler I said the current squad is in for a jolly hard season unless we start to add more quality to it rather than selling our most influential player, even though as yet we have not signed anyone there is still time with the transfer window still being open
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Post by oslostokie1 on Jul 23, 2017 16:42:02 GMT
Has Arnie been quoted as saying any parting comments to the club/fans? Might have missed it! Not a word mate Did Walters say anything other than some snidey comment about his face not fitting?
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Post by britvic72 on Jul 23, 2017 16:43:02 GMT
Has Arnie been quoted as saying any parting comments to the club/fans? Might have missed it! No just the instagram up yours to us. Said it all for me
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Post by stantheman on Jul 23, 2017 16:51:26 GMT
Did Walters say anything other than some snidey comment about his face not fitting? Owners, team and fans thank you for everything! A class act stokecity ...It's been emotional... @jwalters 11:10 am - 8 Jul 2017 - Twitter Jon has more class, respect, desire and determination in his left little toe than that Austrian twat has in his entire body.
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Post by trickydicky73 on Jul 23, 2017 17:00:08 GMT
I dunna blame him reading this thread some of the stuff on here is hysterical. I understand people being pissed off, but I can also see why he would go for the money. How many people would turn down a massive increase in pay at a new firm if offered one?
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Post by warringtonstokie on Jul 23, 2017 17:01:38 GMT
Cheers. No acknowledgement for helping resurrect his career, fans loved him etc. Coupled with barely any comment from club or team mates. Must be more to this than meets the eye. What's done is done though. Onwards and upwards! Well there's a rumour about what's gone on but can't post it as the last guy to post about it had to remove the posts
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Post by warringtonstokie on Jul 23, 2017 17:02:34 GMT
I dunna blame him reading this thread some of the stuff on here is hysterical. I understand people being pissed off, but I can also see why he would go for the money. How many people would turn down a massive increase in pay at a new firm if offered one? It's more the lack of respect he's shown towards the club and the fans for me, can't blame him for getting a huge pay rise.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 17:05:09 GMT
I dunna blame him reading this thread some of the stuff on here is hysterical. I understand people being pissed off, but I can also see why he would go for the money. How many people would turn down a massive increase in pay at a new firm if offered one? I wouldn't 😉
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Post by harryburrows on Jul 23, 2017 17:06:24 GMT
I understand people being pissed off, but I can also see why he would go for the money. How many people would turn down a massive increase in pay at a new firm if offered one? It's more the lack of respect he's shown towards the club and the fans for me, can't blame him for getting a huge pay rise. What's he said?
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Post by The battheader chronicles on Jul 23, 2017 17:07:07 GMT
Did Walters say anything other than some snidey comment about his face not fitting? Owners, team and fans thank you for everything! A class act stokecity ...It's been emotional... @jwalters 11:10 am - 8 Jul 2017 - Twitter Jon has more class, respect, desire and determination in his left little toe than that Austrian twat has in his entire body. Jon will go down as Stoke legend of the modern era who epitomises everything I love about this club. Really hope he gets a standing ovation when's he's back next season, he deserves it, same in whelan ever comes back with villa
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 17:09:18 GMT
I understand people being pissed off, but I can also see why he would go for the money. How many people would turn down a massive increase in pay at a new firm if offered one? I wouldn't 😉 I think if I had made enough money to set me up for life, I would play football for pleasure mainly. If there was no pleasure I would retire. I would play for the club that gave me the most pleasure, not the most money. I don't think that I'm alone in thinking this way. Not everyone is money motivated.
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Post by bigvern on Jul 23, 2017 17:10:31 GMT
It's more the lack of respect he's shown towards the club and the fans for me, can't blame him for getting a huge pay rise. What's he said? I'm with you. He asked for a transfer stating the club's lack of ambition and has moved for more money. 99.9% of this board are complaining about exactly the same thing. Where's the lack of respect?.
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Post by warringtonstokie on Jul 23, 2017 17:11:30 GMT
It's more the lack of respect he's shown towards the club and the fans for me, can't blame him for getting a huge pay rise. What's he said? Absolutely nothing about Stoke
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Post by oslostokie1 on Jul 23, 2017 17:12:57 GMT
Did Walters say anything other than some snidey comment about his face not fitting? Owners, team and fans thank you for everything! A class act stokecity ...It's been emotional... @jwalters 11:10 am - 8 Jul 2017 - Twitter Jon has more class, respect, desire and determination in his left little toe than that Austrian twat has in his entire body. Ok missed that although not sure if Arnie is a regular tweeter, a bit like Whelan
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 17:19:37 GMT
I think if I had made enough money to set me up for life, I would play football for pleasure mainly. Â If there was no pleasure I would retire. Â I would play for the club that gave me the most pleasure, not the most money. I don't think that I'm alone in thinking this way. Â Not everyone is money motivated. You're so noble I'm a greedy barsteward.
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Post by Cartman on Jul 23, 2017 17:23:06 GMT
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Post by mrcoke on Jul 23, 2017 17:24:26 GMT
Jon Walters showed respect to the fans and the club. He wanted regular first team football and the club has respected that and let him go at a reasonable fee. Arni has shown that their is only one thing in his life, Arni. He is going to have to step up his game an awful lot , if he is going to impress the London stadium; they will be expecting a lot. There are doubters already sowing seeds: tbrfootball.com/have-west-ham-united-massively-overpaid-for-marko-arnautovic/
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Post by luke45 on Jul 23, 2017 17:28:10 GMT
Sensible move on his part, probably been advised to do so. I still expect him to get a hostile reception but that might have taken the edge off it a bit.
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Jul 23, 2017 17:28:24 GMT
Fucking snake.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 17:28:35 GMT
Time to move on from this thread now I would suggest. Nowt else to be said until the business of the season starts in August, will keep half an eye on how he gets on and can't wait to give him serious pelters when he comes back to the Bet365. That's football......
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 17:28:38 GMT
I think if I had made enough money to set me up for life, I would play football for pleasure mainly. If there was no pleasure I would retire. I would play for the club that gave me the most pleasure, not the most money. I don't think that I'm alone in thinking this way. Not everyone is money motivated. You're so noble I'm a greedy barsteward. Nothing noble about it at all. If your set for life, why do anything that you don't enjoy?
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Post by oslostokie1 on Jul 23, 2017 17:28:57 GMT
Jon Walters showed respect to the fans and the club. He wanted regular first team football and the club has respected that and let him go at a reasonable fee. Arni has shown that their is only one thing in his life, Arni. He is going to have to step up his game an awful lot , if he is going to impress the London stadium; they will be expecting a lot. There are doubters already sowing seeds: tbrfootball.com/have-west-ham-united-massively-overpaid-for-marko-arnautovic/There's hardly any difference. Walters got plenty of first team football, arguably more than he should have, and has left for the security of a longer term deal, ie. money, with a club who has less chance of winning something than us
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Post by stokiesteve on Jul 23, 2017 17:30:31 GMT
For me, I would like to see the end to this saga now and hope the thread drops off very quickly.
Arnie is a great player and I have enjoyed seeing him play. Unfortunately however he is typical of the modern game and typifies the lack of any loyalty anywhere in football. The only reason I have heard anywhere as to why he has gone is 'he want's to protect his family' which I think was said by a team mate and appeared in 90 minutes recently or something similar. If that is true, I can only laugh out loud. I think a four year contract with Stoke on however much a week is sufficient to take care of his family.
Anyway, what's done is done now. And my ethos on this is thanks Arnie for all the brilliant memories, now F**k off you selfish t**t.
There may be another way of looking at this anyway. We have all seen Arnie when he has thrown his teddies out and I think he is a heavy burden on the rest of the players when he is in that frame of mind. It might have a positive effect him going on the other players? Twisted logic I know, but its a thought.
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Post by nonameface on Jul 23, 2017 17:34:08 GMT
Jon Walters showed respect to the fans and the club. He wanted regular first team football and the club has respected that and let him go at a reasonable fee. Arni has shown that their is only one thing in his life, Arni. He is going to have to step up his game an awful lot , if he is going to impress the London stadium; they will be expecting a lot. There are doubters already sowing seeds: Â tbrfootball.com/have-west-ham-united-massively-overpaid-for-marko-arnautovic/If they are benchmarking Arnie as a striker then there will be doubts. He's a decent wide forward but that's it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 17:34:18 GMT
For me, I would like to see the end to this saga now and hope the thread drops off very quickly. Arnie is a great player and I have enjoyed seeing him play. Unfortunately however he is typical of the modern game and typifies the lack of any loyalty anywhere in football. The only reason I have heard anywhere as to why he has gone is 'he want's to protect his family' which I think was said by a team mate and appeared in 90 minutes recently or something similar. If that is true, I can only laugh out loud. I think a four year contract with Stoke on however much a week is sufficient to take care of his family. Anyway, what's done is done now. And my ethos on this is thanks Arnie for all the brilliant memories, now F**k off you selfish t**t. There may be another way of looking at this anyway. We have all seen Arnie when he has thrown his teddies out and I think he is a heavy burden on the rest of the players when he is in that frame of mind. It might have a positive effect him going on the other players? Twisted logic I know, but its a thought. I concur. Make no mistake the pressure to perform consistently will be on Arnautovic, he's their go to man in the same way that Payet was as their highest earning "star" player and it will be fascinating to see if it will be the making or breaking of him. I've got a feeling it could be a car crash time will tell I guess.......
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Post by essexstokey on Jul 23, 2017 17:36:21 GMT
Can we now report them for tapping up now we have the money
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Post by Cartman on Jul 23, 2017 17:37:59 GMT
😂😂😂
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Post by neddy on Jul 23, 2017 17:42:30 GMT
I'm not happy with Arnie going but how would you feel if you were a Monaco fan??????!!!! Ned
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