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Post by byronpotter on Jul 18, 2017 17:37:10 GMT
I've watched Arnie a lot over the last few years. Always massively flattered by MOTD highlights.
Yes, at times, mercurial, but inconsistent, moody, childish and ultimately not a team player.
I honestly think we'll be a better team without him.
Great profit realised. Good business.
Move on
Up the Potters
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Post by JimmyisGod on Jul 18, 2017 17:38:41 GMT
BBC reporting fee agreed at £24m
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Post by Kjones9 on Jul 18, 2017 17:40:28 GMT
BBC reporting fee agreed at £24m Fucking shit stoke I want £25m.
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Post by jezzascfc on Jul 18, 2017 17:42:09 GMT
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jul 18, 2017 17:43:51 GMT
Didn't think Matty was a fan of him! I didn't know either way Dave
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Post by stokiejoe on Jul 18, 2017 17:44:09 GMT
Been supporting Stoke since I was 11 (1958) seen lots of talented and untalented players come and go. That is the nature of football, particularly in recent times. Never altered my my support for Stoke and it never will. (admit to a wobble when Greenhoff was sold)
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Post by Clem Fandango on Jul 18, 2017 17:44:28 GMT
BBC reporting fee agreed at £24m We'd have got 30 had the prick not put a transfer request in.
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Post by ChrisKamarasPerm on Jul 18, 2017 17:45:38 GMT
19.2 million to stoke is good business. Mark and his team will be given a good pot to build the team.
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Post by scfc75 on Jul 18, 2017 17:47:04 GMT
BBC reporting fee agreed at £24m We'd have got 30 had the prick not put a transfer request in. West Ham: "Go public, when we save on the fee we can pay you a bigger signing on fee / agent fee Arnie's brother: "Deal"
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Post by jezzascfc on Jul 18, 2017 17:47:06 GMT
BBC reporting fee agreed at £24m We'd have got 30 had the prick not put a transfer request in. He may have been entitled to what is nonsensically called a loyalty bonus if that was the case, which may well have made up the difference.
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Post by Clem Fandango on Jul 18, 2017 17:48:54 GMT
We'd have got 30 had the prick not put a transfer request in. He may have been entitled to what is nonsensically called a loyalty bonus if that was the case, which may well have made up the difference. Oh I know but it would have made me feel better which is the only thing Im concerned with
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Post by FullerMagic on Jul 18, 2017 17:49:42 GMT
19.2 million to stoke is good business. Mark and his team will be given a good pot to build the team. I very much doubt this story of a 20% sell-on, Chris. Bremen local paper, Bild and the Sentinel all say it's bull.
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Post by PolPotter on Jul 18, 2017 17:51:23 GMT
Make no bones about it, this is a blessing in disguise for this team.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2017 17:52:10 GMT
19.2 million to stoke is good business. Mark and his team will be given a good pot to build the team. I very much doubt this story of a 20% sell-on, Chris. Bremen local paper, Bild and the Sentinel all say it's bull. I may be wrong (and very likely am), but I read it as Chris fishing to see if he'd get any bites
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jul 18, 2017 17:52:12 GMT
We'd have got 30 had the prick not put a transfer request in. He may have been entitled to what is nonsensically called a loyalty bonus if that was the case, which may well have made up the difference. Yes, that is probably the case. Either way I suspect the player and his agent will not lose whether they ask for a transfer or not. Personally, I'd rather a player puts in a request than try to give the impression that he is gutted to leave when, in most cases, he isn't.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2017 17:53:58 GMT
It's sad because, despite legitimate arguments regarding inconsistency, he is one of those rare players who always has a moment of magic in him.
The way it's gone down is even sadder. West Ham are a bigger club, but their potential for honours is, at best, marginally better than ours. In the grand scheme of such matters it can only be viewed as a sideways move, transparently made with nothing but a payday in mind. A payday that he would've already received a year ago when he signed with us, and a payday that has undoubtedly cost us dearly on his true value in the modern market. It's hard to take.
This is a real fuck you to the club that paid him, to the management that took a chance on him despite his reputation and helped him develop into the player he has become, and of course an extra huge fuck you to the supporters that adored him despite his shortcomings, myself included.
There's a big silver-lining in that I believe Ramadan has the potential to become a better player than Arnautovic, although that is tempered by the reality that, should he make good progress in realising his potential, he won't be at Stoke City for very long.
I can only hope that when Sobhi does leave, he'll go with our blessings to a club with genuinely higher potential to challenge for major honours.
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Jul 18, 2017 17:54:36 GMT
19.2 million to stoke is good business. Mark and his team will be given a good pot to build the team. £7m to Chelsea for a 12 month loan so 12 left what do you think represents a good pot ? we currently stand at +26m in the window but 2 goal scorers Gone from a team with a massive scoring issue . id say it will cost a minimum of £50milliom from here so net £25m give or take any view on how much that pot will be .? lets assume the pot is available what Confidemce should we have in "Give away " Tony and his team to deliver 5 first team players by 1st September since they haven't delivered one fee costing player since the middle of May persoanlly i I can live without Arnie if we were to invest but my sense this is the Greenhoff moment asset sold , token reinvestment and spiral commenced
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Post by werrington on Jul 18, 2017 17:56:38 GMT
£24m fee agreed ....ssn breaking
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Post by heworksardtho on Jul 18, 2017 17:57:19 GMT
24 million that's a great price for arnie
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Post by WhyDelilah on Jul 18, 2017 17:57:30 GMT
I wanted 25.
Looks like we're taking pretty much that amount so reasonably happy.
Fuck him off. We move on. He gets dogs abuse when he comes back.
I hope West Ham have a fucking miserable season and his brother suffers from an absolutely horrendous dose of haemorrhoids. The complete and utter gobshite, shithouse.
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Post by stokiekris on Jul 18, 2017 17:58:19 GMT
19.2 million to stoke is good business. Mark and his team will be given a good pot to build the team. £7m to Chelsea for a 12 month loan so 12 left what do you think represents a good pot ? we currently stand at +26m in the window but 2 goal scorers Gone from a team with a massive scoring issue . id say it will cost a minimum of £50milliom from here so net £25m give or take any view on how much that pot will be .? lets assume the pot is available what Confidemce should we have in "Give away " Tony and his team to deliver 5 first team players by 1st September since they haven't delivered one fee costing player since the middle of May persoanlly i I can live without Arnie if we were to invest but my sense this is the Greenhoff moment asset sold , token reinvestment and spiral commenced If All you ever do is slag the team off then why dont you do us all a favour and fuck off you miserable cunt!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2017 17:59:38 GMT
Leave his belongings in a Club Shop carrier bag on the Car Park.
Fuck him.
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Post by sportsman on Jul 18, 2017 18:01:16 GMT
Can I just say.........piss off Arnie.
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Post by chayzenbacon on Jul 18, 2017 18:01:23 GMT
I don't understand why people have to be so unpleasant to each other on here, whatever happened to the concept of a civilised exchange of opinions such as people tended to have before the advent of social media?
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Post by heworksardtho on Jul 18, 2017 18:02:00 GMT
Leave his belongings in a Club Shop carrier bag on the Car Park. Fuck him. Don't forget the 5p for the carrier bag 😀
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2017 18:03:29 GMT
BBC reporting fee agreed at £24m We'd have got 30 had the prick not put a transfer request in. No doubt there would have been some "loyalty" payment going his way had he not put a transfer request in. £24m for a player that cost us £2m and wants to leave isn't a bad deal, better to get him off the books than force him to stay and end up like Berahino at West Brom. Arnie can be a class act on his day, but for all his strength and pace he is very inconsistent, and he's still a liability when it comes to finishing. We will miss him, but not as much as we missed NZonzi. If he wants out then I don't want him playing for Stoke again anyway. Thanks for the good times Arnie, now fuck off, and expect the full bear pit treatment when you return.
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Post by TexasPotter on Jul 18, 2017 18:03:47 GMT
Over £22.5mil at £24! Not bad!!! Thank god that snake bastard is gone! 🐍🐍🐍
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Post by PolPotter on Jul 18, 2017 18:05:41 GMT
Says a lot about him when you think of how many players have left the club on bad terms since we won promotion. I can't think of any. In fact, I can go as far back as John Halls or possibly Kris Commons?
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Post by robstokie on Jul 18, 2017 18:06:18 GMT
Looks like he is going now, I'm disappointed, but we can't have him moping around the club. We need to use this money wisely though ie. Get Delph and Zouma in, and, more importantly, get the feelers out for a new quality winger (we are losing arguably our most potent attacking threat to a club we are competing with in the table), Not spunk the money up the wall by bringing in championship standard or aging old pros in on big contracts.
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Post by aldershotstoke on Jul 18, 2017 18:06:22 GMT
Farewell Arnie. It's been fun, some great moments but a lot of frustration too.
The fact he's making a sideways move to West Ham, rather than a move to a really big club at this stage of his career tells it's own story. A decent player but not a great player and I feel he has never reached his full potential.
A shame all round but we'll come out of it a better team I'm sure of it. Plus it'll be even sweeter when we finish above West Ham next season!
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