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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 19, 2017 7:30:15 GMT
If it's 28m (it won't be), I'll buy Scholes a pizza with his choice of topping on!
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Post by nott1 on Jul 19, 2017 7:30:48 GMT
£28m?
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Post by sheikhmomo on Jul 19, 2017 7:40:07 GMT
I've obviously touched a nerve with you guys. I'm really sorry about that that. I've not used abuse and wished you good luck for the season ahead. The fact that most of you started this topic being gutted that your best (or certainly one of your top 2 or 3) players was leaving for a relatively reasonable sum by modern standards and most of you are now ending the thread calling him a "lazy fat pr*ck" who we've vastly overpaid for and who you're well rid of speaks volumes..... I'm not a young kid who's trolling, just someone interested in getting views from another set of fans about a player we're buying. It's been very interesting I think deep down most of you realise he's moving to a club with better long term prospects. Stoke will only ever be a mid table Prem club at best which is about your level in a medium sized stadium in a medium sized town. We now have bigger long term ambitions with a much bigger stadium, fanbase, profile, marketability, revenue etc Nothing to do with your passion for your club which is admirable, these are cold hard facts. Anyway it's been fun crossing swords with you guys - all the best ! Hi dave, just thought I'd let you know that the good people at betvictor still think we've got a better chance of finishing top 6 than you. www.betvictor.com/en-gb/sports/football-specials/premier-league-specials/coupons/982100/125950598/835721900/0/0/PE/0/0/0/0/0It is West Ham you support isn't it, it's just some of your comments are a bit confusing and you seem to think you're Arsenal!
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Post by scfc75 on Jul 19, 2017 7:46:31 GMT
I've obviously touched a nerve with you guys. I'm really sorry about that that. I've not used abuse and wished you good luck for the season ahead. The fact that most of you started this topic being gutted that your best (or certainly one of your top 2 or 3) players was leaving for a relatively reasonable sum by modern standards and most of you are now ending the thread calling him a "lazy fat pr*ck" who we've vastly overpaid for and who you're well rid of speaks volumes..... I'm not a young kid who's trolling, just someone interested in getting views from another set of fans about a player we're buying. It's been very interesting I think deep down most of you realise he's moving to a club with better long term prospects. Stoke will only ever be a mid table Prem club at best which is about your level in a medium sized stadium in a medium sized town. We now have bigger long term ambitions with a much bigger stadium, fanbase, profile, marketability, revenue etc Nothing to do with your passion for your club which is admirable, these are cold hard facts. Anyway it's been fun crossing swords with you guys - all the best ! Hi dave, just thought I'd let you know that the good people at betvictor still think we've got a better chance of finishing top 6 than you. www.betvictor.com/en-gb/sports/football-specials/premier-league-specials/coupons/982100/125950598/835721900/0/0/PE/0/0/0/0/0It is West Ham you support isn't it, it's just some of your comments are a bit confusing and you seem to think you're Arsenal! Those odds make no sense... They've got a bigger stadium!
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Post by stokiemarc on Jul 19, 2017 7:55:18 GMT
I imagine the £28m is actually €28m.
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Post by stokiejoe on Jul 19, 2017 8:02:32 GMT
Just cant get my head around him leaving us for a club like West Ham, hardly going to fulfil ambitions there
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Post by Ryan_Shawjosh on Jul 19, 2017 8:08:14 GMT
Those odds make no sense... They've got a bigger stadium! It's a shame really. I really can't believe we built a stadium without the required expandable capacity to reach the top of the prem. We have no choice but to build a new one.
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Post by rawli on Jul 19, 2017 8:13:39 GMT
One of the saddest things about it all is that we all genuinely thought he signed that new contract 12 months ago due to him wanting to stay......turned out no other fucker wanted him at more money than we were offering and it was purely financial...... then a club like West Ham offer him a little bit more and off he goes..... modern football for You I guess...... although it does make you wonder after a while surely to thick as fuck footballers their wealth must just be lots of numbers on a page after a while as they can afford anything they desire really. I didn't. It was obvious he wanted to move but noone came in for him. We gave him a pay rise if he signed for 4 years probably with the agreement he could fuck off at the end of the season. Meant he got big bucks last year and we got a big fee this year.
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Post by kustokie on Jul 19, 2017 8:23:58 GMT
As Phil Thompson famously said "I am sick as a parrot". I've not been this disappointed in Stoke since John Ritchie was sold to Sheffield Wednesday.There is nothing good that can come out of this. We had a gem of a player and we have no history of using that kind of money to buy a player of Arni's ability. This is about the equivalent of 1.5 x what we pissed away on Imbula. (1.5 x nothing = nothing). I am not not well pleased. I wonder if Arni pissed someone off at Stoke and he had to leave. Nothing else makes much sence. It is the same as selling Robert Huth and replacing him with Wollscheidt.
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Post by philb on Jul 19, 2017 8:28:12 GMT
I've obviously touched a nerve with you guys. I'm really sorry about that that. I've not used abuse and wished you good luck for the season ahead. The fact that most of you started this topic being gutted that your best (or certainly one of your top 2 or 3) players was leaving for a relatively reasonable sum by modern standards and most of you are now ending the thread calling him a "lazy fat pr*ck" who we've vastly overpaid for and who you're well rid of speaks volumes..... I'm not a young kid who's trolling, just someone interested in getting views from another set of fans about a player we're buying. It's been very interesting I think deep down most of you realise he's moving to a club with better long term prospects. Stoke will only ever be a mid table Prem club at best which is about your level in a medium sized stadium in a medium sized town. We now have bigger long term ambitions with a much bigger stadium, fanbase, profile, marketability, revenue etc Nothing to do with your passion for your club which is admirable, these are cold hard facts. Anyway it's been fun crossing swords with you guys - all the best ! You mention he's moving to and I quote "I think deep down most of you realise he's moving to a club with better long term prospects. Stoke will only ever be a mid table Prem club at best which is about your level in a medium sized stadium in a medium sized town. We now have bigger long term ambitions with a much bigger stadium, fanbase, profile, marketability, revenue etc" The guy is 28 coming to the end of his career. Even if you get your shit sorted (which I very much doubt-you'll always be a mid table team) it'll take 3-4 seasons to get anywhere near the top 6 ambitions you seem to think you'll get. Arnautovic will be retired/back in Austria by then so the ambition side of it from his point of view is bullshit.
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Post by NassauDave on Jul 19, 2017 8:36:41 GMT
I've obviously touched a nerve with you guys. I'm really sorry about that that. I've not used abuse and wished you good luck for the season ahead. The fact that most of you started this topic being gutted that your best (or certainly one of your top 2 or 3) players was leaving for a relatively reasonable sum by modern standards and most of you are now ending the thread calling him a "lazy fat pr*ck" who we've vastly overpaid for and who you're well rid of speaks volumes..... I'm not a young kid who's trolling, just someone interested in getting views from another set of fans about a player we're buying. It's been very interesting I think deep down most of you realise he's moving to a club with better long term prospects. Stoke will only ever be a mid table Prem club at best which is about your level in a medium sized stadium in a medium sized town. We now have bigger long term ambitions with a much bigger stadium, fanbase, profile, marketability, revenue etc Nothing to do with your passion for your club which is admirable, these are cold hard facts. Anyway it's been fun crossing swords with you guys - all the best ! Delusional doesn't even come close. There's nothing cold or hard or even fact about what you state. It's purely conjecture. I fully expect you'll remain a mid table premier league club for a long time to come. As will Stoke. He couldn't have found a more sideways move to make. As for what you're getting. There's no doubt about his talent. He's capable of being up there with the most exciting players to watch in the league from time to time. But hes also incredibly frustrating, has games where hes totally uninterested, has a clear petulant streak and is often rightly accused of shirking the hard defensive graft needed. He was good value for us at the bargain price we paid. If we'd forked out 20m+ for the guy... then I doubt many would have put up with some of his bullshit. I'm disappointed hes going, but mainly because it's clear it's nothing more than a pay day for him and his bellend of a brother. Sent from my SM-G928F using proboards Arnies brother, 'the Fresh Prince Of Bell End'.....
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Post by samba :) on Jul 19, 2017 8:36:56 GMT
So he did know what he was doing when he booked Xmas off against Southampton
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Post by Clayton Wood on Jul 19, 2017 8:40:20 GMT
It's a US site quoting the Evening Standard's £23m. They've converted the 23 to 28 but forgot to change the £ to $. Saying that the current rate gives nearer to $30m.
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Post by NassauDave on Jul 19, 2017 9:05:36 GMT
Didn't realise Arnie was leaving.......oh, hang on, just seen there's 97 pages about it. Talking about 97 pages, at least when Arnie's having one of his numerous idle off days, those loveable sugar borrowing, chirpy barrow boys will have something to read as he strolls around waving his arms in fake frustration.
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Post by scfc25 on Jul 19, 2017 9:08:59 GMT
I've obviously touched a nerve with you guys. I'm really sorry about that that. I've not used abuse and wished you good luck for the season ahead. The fact that most of you started this topic being gutted that your best (or certainly one of your top 2 or 3) players was leaving for a relatively reasonable sum by modern standards and most of you are now ending the thread calling him a "lazy fat pr*ck" who we've vastly overpaid for and who you're well rid of speaks volumes..... I'm not a young kid who's trolling, just someone interested in getting views from another set of fans about a player we're buying. It's been very interesting I think deep down most of you realise he's moving to a club with better long term prospects. Stoke will only ever be a mid table Prem club at best which is about your level in a medium sized stadium in a medium sized town. We now have bigger long term ambitions with a much bigger stadium, fanbase, profile, marketability, revenue etc Nothing to do with your passion for your club which is admirable, these are cold hard facts. Anyway it's been fun crossing swords with you guys - all the best ! Err... i believe S-O-T is infact a city not a town, bigger prospects at west ham? Really? Hope your having fun at the athletics stadium
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Post by wrighter on Jul 19, 2017 9:20:56 GMT
No more sulking tantrums out on the wing. Sorry, im not an Arni lover, brilliant on his day i agree, but no sadness from me
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Post by Ex-term-oat-cake on Jul 19, 2017 9:24:14 GMT
So he did know what he was doing when he booked Xmas off against Southampton Yeah. Cynical cnut
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2017 9:25:00 GMT
I've obviously touched a nerve with you guys. I'm really sorry about that that. I've not used abuse and wished you good luck for the season ahead. The fact that most of you started this topic being gutted that your best (or certainly one of your top 2 or 3) players was leaving for a relatively reasonable sum by modern standards and most of you are now ending the thread calling him a "lazy fat pr*ck" who we've vastly overpaid for and who you're well rid of speaks volumes..... I'm not a young kid who's trolling, just someone interested in getting views from another set of fans about a player we're buying. It's been very interesting I think deep down most of you realise he's moving to a club with better long term prospects. Stoke will only ever be a mid table Prem club at best which is about your level in a medium sized stadium in a medium sized town. We now have bigger long term ambitions with a much bigger stadium, fanbase, profile, marketability, revenue etc Nothing to do with your passion for your club which is admirable, these are cold hard facts. Anyway it's been fun crossing swords with you guys - all the best ! Err... i believe S-O-T is infact a city not a town, bigger prospects at west ham? Really? Hope your having fun at the athletics stadium Probably lives in Barking, lecturing us Northeners on how good the big smoke is when actually going into Central London twice a year. How would he know that Stoke on Trent is a city when the world ends at Ripple Road on the A13.....?
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Post by mrred on Jul 19, 2017 9:32:29 GMT
I think deep down most of you realise he's moving to a club with better long term prospects. Stoke will only ever be a mid table Prem club at best which is about your level in a medium sized stadium in a medium sized town. We now have bigger long term ambitions with a much bigger stadium, fanbase, profile, marketability, revenue etc news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9484432.stmwww.express.co.uk/sport/football/788935/Slaven-Bilic-West-Ham-Premier-League-Relegation-News-Rumours-GossipYou also seem to like flirting with relegation fairly often. I don't know where these delusions of grandeur come from. You're fucking West Ham. In the 9 years we've been in the league you've finished above us a whopping 4 times, 3 of which were in single digit points. Then there's that awkward relegation business, in which you finished stone dead last. Don't offer well wishes behind snide remarks, it doesn't wash. Arnie has a one track mind and is highly predictable in his play. Beat his man, cut inside, launch a cross too far. There's a reason we only paid 3m for him. I won't argue that he's a more well rounded player now but at 24-8 million, you've been done by the wettest lettuce of a CEO in football. Some may argue that he was often our most creative player but that speaks volumes of the situation we've found ourselves in over the last 2 years more than it does about Arnie. Then there's the way he's gone about it. The blokes clearly a coward, hiding behind his brother to leverage a (sideways) move for more money. He won't move on futher than 'a mid table Premiership club' now, this move completely stumps any chances of him going to a bigger club in the future.
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Post by liamo on Jul 19, 2017 9:41:18 GMT
Don't even bother talking to Dave, he was called a tit by other West Ham fans on KUMB when he tried to brag about "trolling" on here
Ignore him, most decent West Ham fans can sympathise because of Payet
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Post by StokieNath on Jul 19, 2017 9:43:56 GMT
1. West Ham are not a 'big' club. 2. It's the ultimate sideways move. 3. Earning an extra 30K a week, well played Arnie. 4. He will never play for a top 4 side. 5. A Europa league player but not a champions league one. 6. Too inconsistent, hot and cold every week.
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Post by daveo67 on Jul 19, 2017 9:44:55 GMT
Err... i believe S-O-T is infact a city not a town, bigger prospects at west ham? Really? Hope your having fun at the athletics stadium Probably lives in Barking, lecturing us Northeners on how good the big smoke is when actually going into Central London twice a year. How would he know that Stoke on Trent is a city when the world ends at Ripple Road on the A13.....? Ha ha I'm from Manchester born and bred and from close to Prestwich actually. Been to Stoke plenty of times. Seems your assumption was miles off... Would never want to live in London but the fact remains that London, Mcr and Liverpool are the football hubs in the U.K. and long term we aspire to compete for top 6. It will take time I've always admitted that but it's a realistic ambition now we have a 60K stadium, the second highest number of season ticket holders in England and are the 7th richest club in England in terms of revenue even before the stadium is factored in.
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Post by Alvechurch Assassin on Jul 19, 2017 9:46:07 GMT
All this talk from the West Ham fan and not once has he given us any credit for our new corner.
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Post by GeneralFaye on Jul 19, 2017 9:47:01 GMT
Oh he's back, the joy.
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Post by philb on Jul 19, 2017 9:47:06 GMT
Probably lives in Barking, lecturing us Northeners on how good the big smoke is when actually going into Central London twice a year. How would he know that Stoke on Trent is a city when the world ends at Ripple Road on the A13.....? Ha ha I'm from Manchester born and bred and from close to Prestwich actually. Been to Stoke plenty of times. Seems your assumption was miles off... Would never want to live in London but the fact remains that London, Mcr and Liverpool are the football hubs in the U.K. and long term we aspire to compete for top 6. It will take time I've always admitted that but it's a realistic ambition now we have a 60K stadium, the second highest number of season ticket holders in England and are the 7th richest club in England in terms of revenue even before the stadium is factored in. Yes well keep 'aspiring' because that's as close to the top six as you'll probably get.
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Post by daveo67 on Jul 19, 2017 9:48:15 GMT
Don't even bother talking to Dave, he was called a tit by other West Hame fans on KUMB when he tried to brag about "trolling" on here Ignore him, most decent West Ham fans can sympathise because of Payet That's nonsense. I've never ever said I was "trolling" on here Please quote where I said that on KUMB or have the good grace to apologise A couple of people critcised me, others said I was fine. They're entitled to their opinion as am I Cheers
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Post by Ex-term-oat-cake on Jul 19, 2017 9:50:35 GMT
West Ham. Signed Joe Hart. Past his best. Butland better. West Ham. Signed Arnautovic. Past his best. Sobhi better. Stoke will finish above West Ham. Again.
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Post by scfc75 on Jul 19, 2017 9:51:40 GMT
Probably lives in Barking, lecturing us Northeners on how good the big smoke is when actually going into Central London twice a year. How would he know that Stoke on Trent is a city when the world ends at Ripple Road on the A13.....? Ha ha I'm from Manchester born and bred and from close to Prestwich actually. Been to Stoke plenty of times. Seems your assumption was miles off... Would never want to live in London but the fact remains that London, Mcr and Liverpool are the football hubs in the U.K. and long term we aspire to compete for top 6. It will take time I've always admitted that but it's a realistic ambition now we have a 60K stadium, the second highest number of season ticket holders in England and are the 7th richest club in England in terms of revenue even before the stadium is factored in. Yeah, well... We've got 17,000 newer plastic seats than you.... Better disabled bays (with shiny glass fronts)... and the best Media Centre in North Staffordshire. So fuck you!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2017 9:53:26 GMT
Well, I wish Arnie all the best. I have really enjoyed his time here, and I will never, ever forget that goal he scored against the shit. Good luck to him. It has been a pleasure watching him.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2017 9:56:16 GMT
Well, I wish Arnie all the best. I have really enjoyed his time here, and I will never, ever forget that goal he scored against the shit. Good luck to him. It has been a pleasure watching him. 100% this
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