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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Jul 13, 2017 13:41:13 GMT
Say we keep him and we get a sulky Arnie , what use is that to us ? If that was the case, then the ball would be firmly in Arnie's court.... He's contracted to us for a further...erm...3 seasons is it????? 🤔 So he either realises that Stoke want as much as possible out of him and gets on with his game, giving a better show of himself for potential bidders....OR....he goes on a sulk and risks fucking it up altogether!!! £25M and not a penny less Stoke!!!
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Post by Paul Spencer on Jul 13, 2017 13:41:18 GMT
Very fair appraisal of the situation IMO.
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Post by StoneSCFC on Jul 13, 2017 14:00:09 GMT
Does anyone think The Spammers may cool on Arnie at £25m?
If they did and It was looking like Arnie may be staying I think we'd have MH doing a lot of time in front of the camera, playing it all down, blaming WH for unsettling Arnie and giving it loads of sound bites a'la 'he's knuckling down and is looking forward to the coming season etc. etc.
Is there anyone who'd not have him back? Has he completely nuked his bridges?
(I know I'm sounding a bit fucking delusional here but the thought that it might all be a bad dream is keeping me going through a shit afternoon at work).
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Post by rogerjonesisgod on Jul 13, 2017 15:41:54 GMT
15 mill ?........ no 25 mill ......... 20 mill ?...... meat feast or ham and pineapple :-)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2017 16:11:12 GMT
Does anyone think The Spammers may cool on Arnie at £25m? If they did and It was looking like Arnie may be staying I think we'd have MH doing a lot of time in front of the camera, playing it all down, blaming WH for unsettling Arnie and giving it loads of sound bites a'la 'he's knuckling down and is looking forward to the coming season etc. etc. Is there anyone who'd not have him back? Has he completely nuked his bridges? (I know I'm sounding a bit fucking delusional here but the thought that it might all be a bad dream is keeping me going through a shit afternoon at work). He could wear a West Ham top to the game and take a shit in my bed and I'd have him at this club still.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jul 13, 2017 17:08:11 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2017 17:10:03 GMT
And hopefully again we've told him unless West Ham meet our valuation they can kiss my swingers....
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Post by LDE76 on Jul 13, 2017 17:13:24 GMT
It's actually beginning to look like The Brothers Dim really do think that "we won't stand in your way" means "we'll accept the first insulting offer that comes our way".
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Jul 13, 2017 17:13:32 GMT
Does anyone think The Spammers may cool on Arnie at £25m? If they did and It was looking like Arnie may be staying I think we'd have MH doing a lot of time in front of the camera, playing it all down, blaming WH for unsettling Arnie and giving it loads of sound bites a'la 'he's knuckling down and is looking forward to the coming season etc. etc. Is there anyone who'd not have him back? Has he completely nuked his bridges? (I know I'm sounding a bit fucking delusional here but the thought that it might all be a bad dream is keeping me going through a shit afternoon at work). He could wear a West Ham top to the game and take a shit in my bed and I'd have him at this club still. I wouldn't, not after what his dickhead brother come out with and his behaviour since. He can't go soon enough for me, and I've always been one of his biggest fans.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2017 17:14:19 GMT
Keep on rejecting Stoke.
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Post by LDE76 on Jul 13, 2017 17:14:54 GMT
He could wear a West Ham top to the game and take a shit in my bed and I'd have him at this club still. I wouldn't, not after what his dickhead brother come out with and his behaviour since. He can't go soon enough for me, and I've always been one of his biggest fans. What, not even the shitting in your bed bit?
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Post by wagsastokie on Jul 13, 2017 17:14:57 GMT
Does anyone think The Spammers may cool on Arnie at £25m? If they did and It was looking like Arnie may be staying I think we'd have MH doing a lot of time in front of the camera, playing it all down, blaming WH for unsettling Arnie and giving it loads of sound bites a'la 'he's knuckling down and is looking forward to the coming season etc. etc. Is there anyone who'd not have him back? Has he completely nuked his bridges? (I know I'm sounding a bit fucking delusional here but the thought that it might all be a bad dream is keeping me going through a shit afternoon at work). Me I wouldn't have the money grabbing piss taking wanker any where near this club And he can take his arsehole of a brother with him
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Jul 13, 2017 17:17:47 GMT
I wouldn't, not after what his dickhead brother come out with and his behaviour since. He can't go soon enough for me, and I've always been one of his biggest fans. What, not even the shitting in your bed bit? It's not a deal breaker for me as it's a weekly occurrence.
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Post by GeneralFaye on Jul 13, 2017 17:17:53 GMT
All of this for West Ham
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Post by liamo on Jul 13, 2017 17:24:36 GMT
More to the point, who the fuck is leaking this much stuff to the press? I wonder if it's someone with a name that rhymes with blaniel carnautovic
Trying way too hard just to go to West Ham anyway, if we'd turned down a £20m offer from AC Milan fair enough but he's actively trying to fuck us over and weaken our resolve to force a move to a mid table rival
I hope to god he's boo'd out of the stadium crying on his return
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Post by Kjones9 on Jul 13, 2017 17:24:41 GMT
I for one have always stuck up for Arnie against his detractors, he's now dead to me and I hope he gets the worse reception he's ever heard when he returns.
All this for fucking West Ham?!? Boo the cunt!
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Jul 13, 2017 17:24:54 GMT
Hope Arnie goes. He's shite now. We've seen the best of him. His man of the season year will not be replicated for us or anyone I fear. Always been a pretty shit finisher, and hasn't improved on that. Terrible season last year. Got the wrong boots on for the first half of the season, slipping all over the show, spending more time on his arse than upright. And trying his hardest to get booked. Then he got suspended for the crucial xmas games. Had a good game against Sunderland but the rest of the campaign he was flouncing and faking and a petulant passenger ruining our attacks by going to ground, giving it away or trying to put so much effect on his shots it was laughable.
Maverick no doubt but better off without him. I've moved on, if he does I wish him no malice but ta ra Arnie.
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Post by retired1 on Jul 13, 2017 17:25:59 GMT
30 million or fuck off tell the sham
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Post by sheikhmomo on Jul 13, 2017 17:26:41 GMT
Does anyone think The Spammers may cool on Arnie at £25m? If they did and It was looking like Arnie may be staying I think we'd have MH doing a lot of time in front of the camera, playing it all down, blaming WH for unsettling Arnie and giving it loads of sound bites a'la 'he's knuckling down and is looking forward to the coming season etc. etc. Is there anyone who'd not have him back? Has he completely nuked his bridges? (I know I'm sounding a bit fucking delusional here but the thought that it might all be a bad dream is keeping me going through a shit afternoon at work). I think the answer to your question is in the posts below it. He is way too toxic to play for Stoke again. If the West Ham deal falls through fuck knows what will happen, no amount of bridge building can undo what he's done. He's done here.
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Post by GeneralFaye on Jul 13, 2017 17:28:37 GMT
We should be ringing up every club in China asking if they want him, he's obviously only bothered about the money so would jump at the chance.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2017 17:30:08 GMT
I hopes he fucks off, pronto. Never thought I'd ever be saying that. And if the fee doesn't reach a satisfactory level, then make him Sobhi's understudy until such time that we find an adequate replacement.
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Jul 13, 2017 17:33:31 GMT
I think his reception on his return will make Kris Commons' seem like a Mothers Union tea party.
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Post by Kjones9 on Jul 13, 2017 17:35:15 GMT
I think his reception on his return will make Kris Commons' seem like a Mothers Union tea party. Definatly a game for Adam and Bardsley that one.
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Post by GeneralFaye on Jul 13, 2017 17:38:16 GMT
Hope Arnie goes. He's shite now. We've seen the best of him. His man of the season year will not be replicated for us or anyone I fear. Always been a pretty shit finisher, and hasn't improved on that. Terrible season last year. Got the wrong boots on for the first half of the season, slipping all over the show, spending more time on his arse than upright. And trying his hardest to get booked. Then he got suspended for the crucial xmas games. Had a good game against Sunderland but the rest of the campaign he was flouncing and faking and a petulant passenger ruining our attacks by going to ground, giving it away or trying to put so much effect on his shots it was laughable. Maverick no doubt but better off without him. I've moved on, if he does I wish him no malice but ta ra Arnie. That sounds remarkably similar to being dumped by your fit gf and saying to your mates "yeah well, didn't fancy her anyway"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2017 17:39:42 GMT
Feel like the longer this drags on, the uglier it's getting. Even his most ardent fans are becoming more content to let him move on now.
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Post by jezzascfc on Jul 13, 2017 17:40:59 GMT
Is he really that desperate to live "darn sarf" and earn an extra 20k a week on top of his current huge salary?
Wow, Marko Arnautovic, if there was ever a player to disillusion us Stokies of the notion that the badge-kissing brigade really ever give two shits about our club, it is you.
Accept 25m quid from the first club to bid that much, even if it is Anzhi Makhachkala or Shanghai Shenhua, and get rid.
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Post by Caerwrangonpotter on Jul 13, 2017 17:42:36 GMT
£25 million & be gone...simple
Arnie, you really haven't a clue what vitriol will come you way at The 365. Sorry to say it as I am not the most controversial or provocative poster on The Oatcake, or even fan in the stands....Im just someone who has supported the club through thick & thin, and seen plenty of players come and go in similar circumstances. This though, really does sum up greed in football & and overall what is wrong with the beautiful game
Be off to London, where the streets are paved with Gold eh?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2017 17:42:42 GMT
He's a cheeky fucker, he can want to leave as much as he wants, he's going nowhere until we get the money we want.
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Post by GeneralFaye on Jul 13, 2017 17:44:57 GMT
The look on Charlie Adam's face as he decapitates Arnie on his return
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Jul 13, 2017 17:45:03 GMT
Hope Arnie goes. He's shite now. We've seen the best of him. His man of the season year will not be replicated for us or anyone I fear. Always been a pretty shit finisher, and hasn't improved on that. Terrible season last year. Got the wrong boots on for the first half of the season, slipping all over the show, spending more time on his arse than upright. And trying his hardest to get booked. Then he got suspended for the crucial xmas games. Had a good game against Sunderland but the rest of the campaign he was flouncing and faking and a petulant passenger ruining our attacks by going to ground, giving it away or trying to put so much effect on his shots it was laughable. Maverick no doubt but better off without him. I've moved on, if he does I wish him no malice but ta ra Arnie. That sounds remarkably similar to being dumped by your fit gf and saying to your mates "yeah well, didn't fancy her anyway" It's an emotional game. I was thinking of sacking her anyway. Just kept hoping her blowing technique would improve, it didn't and she started taking me for granted. All her other foibles began to irritate me. It's over. Shit happens.
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