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Post by Pugsley on Jul 10, 2017 18:06:06 GMT
Mate I respect your consistency when we sell our best players - you were the same with N'Zonzi - slagging him off and doubting his ability. Guess what, we're still missing him now and with these clowns running the show we'll be missing Arnie in 3 seasons time as well. I will always want a player to fuck off if he doesn't want to play for Stoke. It's not as if he's Ronaldo. He's too hot and cold to ever get down about. I actually feel similar but I have no faith in the muppets whose job it is to find a replacement.
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Post by kustokie on Jul 10, 2017 18:06:12 GMT
Muni doesn't look happy either? None of them look very happy. Looks to me like he just told them he's handed in a transfer request and recommend they do likewise.
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Post by RAF on Jul 10, 2017 18:06:15 GMT
One's a leg-end, and one's a bell-end. Shows what kind of player you like. He's a massive Pulis fan what do you expect? H
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Post by s7oke on Jul 10, 2017 18:06:35 GMT
Is it bollocks.. Arnie was fine defensively. Certainly way better than Walters. The history 're writing is starting before the ink is dry ! Arnie was fine defensively when he could be arsed or when he fucked up sometimes
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Post by milky on Jul 10, 2017 18:06:36 GMT
With respect.. Utter horseshit !!!! Which bit The words !
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Post by sportsman on Jul 10, 2017 18:07:17 GMT
I will always want a player to fuck off if he doesn't want to play for Stoke. It's not as if he's Ronaldo. He's too hot and cold to ever get down about. I actually feel similar but I have no faith in the muppets whose job it is to find a replacement. I really hope Coates pushes the boat out when Arnie is gone. I want him sulking even more come the end of the season.
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Post by Pugsley on Jul 10, 2017 18:07:55 GMT
I actually feel similar but I have no faith in the muppets whose job it is to find a replacement. I really hope Coates pushes the boat out when Arnie is gone. I want him sulking even more come the end of the season. Me too but he won't.
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Post by s7oke on Jul 10, 2017 18:08:05 GMT
The bit about him offering Pieters no protection, which is a crock of the purest manure. Well he didn't To busy rolling around or questioning the ref or linesman or slapping both hands on the ground
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Post by s7oke on Jul 10, 2017 18:09:31 GMT
Since been in the Premier League I can think of only two players who have moved to better clubs after Stoke which was Bego to Chelsea and Nzonzi to Sevilla. Nearly everyone else has gone to lesser clubs or retired. So as supporters we are not used to clubs any where near us actually been interested never mind buying our players. A while back the philosophy of the club was supposed to promote youngsters and buy cheap who would then be sold onto bigger clubs like Southampton have done. Which never happened or look like happening. As far as Arnie is concerned he has been inconsistent most of the time which is why he ended up at Stoke with no interest from the top clubs.. I remember thinking after the league cup semi Final at Anfield that it was a chance for the club to kick off and go after 6th spot. Instead the players decided to get ready for the beach. Players and supporters tend to be totally different concerning loyalty is concerned. Kissing the badge for a supporter is different than a player is kissing a badge. This
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Post by sportsman on Jul 10, 2017 18:09:56 GMT
Shows what kind of player you like. He's a massive Pulis fan what do you expect? H Massive pulis fan? Where have you been since he left us? Can't believe people are defending an over hyped, over rated, sulking, deserter. Stoke first, egos second in my book.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jul 10, 2017 18:10:34 GMT
No me neither but his agent would know what price the clause was if he had one? Keep it in the family I think his brother is his agent? Yes apparently he's a right prick
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2017 18:10:46 GMT
Because they care more about the numbers rather than doing something special? I don't know, the whole fucking shit show is pissing me off, 6 weeks before a ball has been kicked in anger!!! Pugs, I don't know why but when you get angry I laugh - a lot. You do angry better than anyone on here. KUTGW!
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Post by kustokie on Jul 10, 2017 18:18:10 GMT
These contracts are essentially illusionary contracts because all they guarantee is the salary of a player for fixed period of time. The contract does not mean the player will stay with the club until the end of the contract, it simply defines the minimum the player will be paid if they are sold to another team. The team can include a loyalty clause which pays a bonus if the player stays till the end of the contract but that can be paid off as part of a signing bonus by the new club. The club can try to put in a penalty clause if the players asks for a transfer but again that can easily be paid off by the new club.
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Post by RAF on Jul 10, 2017 18:20:29 GMT
He's a massive Pulis fan what do you expect? H Massive pulis fan? Where have you been since he left us? Can't believe people are defending an over hyped, over rated, sulking, deserter. Stoke first, egos second in my book. You've changed your tune. I remember you welcoming Higgy back with open arms. No surprise you call Walters a Legend. H
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Post by boskampsflaps on Jul 10, 2017 18:22:01 GMT
Fuck, I was saying 25mil was fair the other day but going about it like this, sod him 40mil or he rots in the reserves.
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Post by sheikhmomo on Jul 10, 2017 18:25:21 GMT
I'm sure the usual defenders of the idiocy, incompetence and downright chaos we've had at the club the past 18 months will be along shortly to tell us everything is just swell. Well said. I don't blame Arnie one bit for going. We piss about in the transfer market and track players forever. We hold on to grandads too long and Do lack ambition. Thankfully Ramadan is going to be a great player. That's the only saving grace. Regardless of the whys and wherefores, he'll be getting dogs abuse from me if rocks up in a West Ham shirt.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jul 10, 2017 18:27:18 GMT
Well said. I don't blame Arnie one bit for going. We piss about in the transfer market and track players forever. We hold on to grandads too long and Do lack ambition. Thankfully Ramadan is going to be a great player. That's the only saving grace. Regardless of the whys and wherefores, he'll be getting dogs abuse from me if rocks up in a West Ham shirt. Ansolutely momo just like Commons,Kavanagh and Sheron did
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Post by PenkPonther on Jul 10, 2017 18:27:25 GMT
"we spunked our transfer budget on a completely unknown" Our transfer budget? He cost us a £1m. Re: the Shawcross pre-season purchase, £1million is loose change nowadays, I'll grant you, but back then it was Stoke's all time record transfer fee paid, so yes it was a big splurge! And for a complete unknown who'd made zero appearances for Man Utd; so there was a lot of doom and gloom about our prospects that year. (A similar analogy for today would be Hughes being given £20 million for a player, and spending it on Man Utd reserve RoShaun Williams... Can you imagine the wrist-slashing that that would generate online?!?) Anyway, thankfully our (old) management knew better than us eternally pessimistic fans back then, and our pre-season gloom was all for nowt. So even if the lovable daft apeth that is Arnie does leave, I'll be assuming that our current management has confidence in our kiddies' abilities to replace him. I won't be binge-guzzling car exhaust fumes in my garage just yet.
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Post by baltipiesmuggler on Jul 10, 2017 18:28:19 GMT
No pressure, Ramadan.
Sent from my SM-G928F using proboards
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Post by henry on Jul 10, 2017 18:29:10 GMT
Tainting the club with a "lack of ambition" tag after they've just been paying you 70 odd grand a week, ungreatful, cunt.
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Post by sportsman on Jul 10, 2017 18:30:14 GMT
Massive pulis fan? Where have you been since he left us? Can't believe people are defending an over hyped, over rated, sulking, deserter. Stoke first, egos second in my book. You've changed your tune. I remember you welcoming Higgy back with open arms. No surprise you call Walters a Legend. H As I did with Arnie last season. When they pull the shirt on I back any of them, Arnie, nzonzi whoever. Off the pitch or when they leave they'll have a round of it, and deservedly so in most cases.
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Jul 10, 2017 18:31:38 GMT
Said before the end of last season, it wouldn't surprise me if Arnie handed in a transfer request during during the summer.....
The only thing that has surprised me is how he's left it til now!!!
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Post by Northy on Jul 10, 2017 18:43:10 GMT
Here Today, gone tomorrow, that's players for you; I can't let it ruin my day, as another one will be along soon saying how he's going to love playing for Stoke, when he's thinking how much can I get elsewhere in a couple of years.
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Post by RAF on Jul 10, 2017 18:44:22 GMT
Tainting the club with a "lack of ambition" tag after they've just been paying you 70 odd grand a week, ungreatful, cunt. Like a large proportion of our so called fans you mean? H
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Post by Caerwrangonpotter on Jul 10, 2017 18:46:42 GMT
Oh Arnie...careful what you wish for
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Post by GeneralFaye on Jul 10, 2017 18:47:28 GMT
News in that West Ham have dropped their interest, not sure why at this stage..
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Jul 10, 2017 18:47:53 GMT
The bit about him offering Pieters no protection, which is a crock of the purest manure. Well he didn't To busy rolling around or questioning the ref or linesman or slapping both hands on the ground He constantly dashes back to help him out and tracks his man when we don't have the ball.
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Post by mattador78 on Jul 10, 2017 18:47:56 GMT
Oh Arnie...careful what you wish for Out till October lol
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2017 18:48:18 GMT
He won't be going anywhere if that's as bad as it looks.
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Post by djduncanjames on Jul 10, 2017 18:49:19 GMT
Well he has just done his knee
Yoiu guys realise he has played the first half? bizarre
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