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Post by StokeAz on Jul 19, 2017 9:58:45 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 by daveo on Fri Jul 14, 2017 8:06 pm
Wildy wrote:
I've had some fun with Stoke fans about Arnautovic from p58 onwards - quite amusing
****ing tragic. You make us out like Spurs fans (a reply to it on the West Ham KUMB forum) not popular among your own fans either it seems...
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Post by chigstoke on Jul 19, 2017 9:58:58 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. I'm still struggling to see what the stadium has to do with it... You throw money at a player, he joins a club, and that's how most players are nowadays. D'you think Arnie is joining because he wants to play infront of 60k adoring West Ham fans? No, it's because you're chucking obscene wages at the cunt. Shaqiri has played at the San Siro and the Allianz arena. Now he's at our 30k stadium. Stadium means fuck all if you pay the player enough money.
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Post by stokiemarc on Jul 19, 2017 10:01:40 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 Not for a sideways move, no chance.
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Post by VolvicStokie on Jul 19, 2017 10:03:26 GMT
Good luck to him? Fuck that right off.
The cunt is a snake and he deserves a royal Stoke welcome when he returns, similar to that of Quitters, Commons, Rose, Ramsey.
Fuck him, he's gone for the money, he's shat on us all, for the sake of a few extra Thousand pounds per week.
No matter what these bell ends from London think, West Ham IS a sideways move, it's completely pointless, and Arnie is going for the money. Simple!
Roll on your return Arnie!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2017 10:11:02 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. You have the added benefit of being in London and all the trappings that go with it. Geography alone is nothing to be proud of though. Let's see you put these extra seats and funds to good use then, cause considering the size of your club you're possibly the biggest underachievers of the modern era along with Newcastle. I look forward to seeing how it pans out, and predict that both of our clubs will be within a few points from each other all season.....
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2017 10:12:03 GMT
Not for a sideways move, no chance. Spoke to my mate the Spurs fan last night.
He was surprised we let our best player go and thought West Ham was at best a sideways move at the moment but was in no doubt that they have more potential than Stoke.
I suspect this is the view of most neutrals.
Arni is a young man and probably even younger in his head. Are you surprised he wants to play in London ahead of Stoke?
Remember we're born here , he isn't.
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Post by sheikhmomo on Jul 19, 2017 10:13:58 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. Why do you support West Ham?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2017 10:15:30 GMT
So 100 pages and still nothing !
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Post by Clayton Wood on Jul 19, 2017 10:18:27 GMT
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. Why do you support West Ham? He's a reverse gloryhunter?
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Post by sheikhmomo on Jul 19, 2017 10:25:28 GMT
Why do you support West Ham? He's a reverse gloryhunter? Well he certainly didn't seem to fancy Bury did he ? He seems a very confused chap.
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Post by Biblical on Jul 19, 2017 10:27:49 GMT
Good luck to him? Fuck that right off. The cunt is a snake and he deserves a royal Stoke welcome when he returns, similar to that of Quitters, Commons, Rose, Ramsey. Fuck him, he's gone for the money, he's shat on us all, for the sake of a few extra Thousand pounds per week. No matter what these bell ends from London think, West Ham IS a sideways move, it's completely pointless, and Arnie is going for the money. Simple! Roll on your return Arnie!!!!! Making a sidewards move for more money isn't completely pointless though is it. He'll probably get a nice signing on fee as well.
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Post by drfishy on Jul 19, 2017 10:30:17 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 VolvicStokie on Jul 19, 2017 10:30:52 GMT
Good luck to him? Fuck that right off. The cunt is a snake and he deserves a royal Stoke welcome when he returns, similar to that of Quitters, Commons, Rose, Ramsey. Fuck him, he's gone for the money, he's shat on us all, for the sake of a few extra Thousand pounds per week. No matter what these bell ends from London think, West Ham IS a sideways move, it's completely pointless, and Arnie is going for the money. Simple! Roll on your return Arnie!!!!! Making a sidewards move for more money isn't completely pointless though is it. He'll probably get a nice signing on fee as well. Yeah cause 80k per week / 4 million per year is really tough to get by on
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Post by stokeramblers on Jul 19, 2017 10:33:57 GMT
It should act as a good motivation for the rest of the team to prove him wrong and show him how ambitious this club is.. I won't wish him luck, I hope he fails spectacularly, not because I dislike him or anything. Just because he plays for a team that's in and around us in the league.
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Post by biglad180 on Jul 19, 2017 10:35:42 GMT
let him fuck off and lets move on. we should be more bothered about players coming in than loosing a bigheaded lazy fucker who thinks he is better than he really is.ramadan will take is place easily
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Post by Edward Tattsyrup on Jul 19, 2017 10:37:36 GMT
These sky sources seem to have a worse hit rate than Dave this summer
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Post by drfishy on Jul 19, 2017 10:39:08 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. Agree with this. Much as we may not like his "ambition" quote he is entitled to look for more money and IF WHam are willing to give him , say £30k per week extra then why shouldn't he. I would. Also, if he had not signed a new contract and walked away and took a move much like Nzonzi did and left for peanuts we would have been moaning again. We can not complain about nobody wanting our players because they are not good enough and they complain when somebody comes in with a big offer (even though it is WHam) We have to accept we are not going to match top 6(though we all dream of doing a Leicester), and enjoy the rollercoaster that is Stoke. Thanks for the memories Arnie - hope that we don't regret it - and bring on our next hero- Sobhi.
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Post by bertiestan on Jul 19, 2017 10:39:28 GMT
These sky sources seem to have a worse hit rate than Dave this summer Or than Arnie in his pre match warm up
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Post by sufolkstokie on Jul 19, 2017 10:41:07 GMT
Footballers,managers and owners come and go - the club remains.
Announce it and lets all move on
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Post by Edward Tattsyrup on Jul 19, 2017 10:41:58 GMT
These sky sources seem to have a worse hit rate than Dave this summer Or than Arnie in his pre match warm up No I'm not having that mate. I sit at the back of the Boothen and regularly have to duck
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Post by Biblical on Jul 19, 2017 10:41:58 GMT
Making a sidewards move for more money isn't completely pointless though is it. He'll probably get a nice signing on fee as well. Yeah cause 80k per week / 4 million per year is really tough to get by on It's not tough to get by on, but clearly it's better for him to get more money. How many people can honestly say they wouldn't change their employers if they can get paid more money for doing the same job?
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Post by bertiestan on Jul 19, 2017 10:43:00 GMT
Or than Arnie in his pre match warm up No I'm not having that mate. I sit at the back of the Boothen and regularly have to duck That's what I mean hahaha
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Post by riproaring on Jul 19, 2017 10:45:45 GMT
The question you would have to ask yourself as stoke fan who's had benefit of seening Anrie play week in week out is , if you were paying upwards of £24million would you sign him now
Answers on the the back of a postage stamp please
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Post by chayzenbacon on Jul 19, 2017 10:46:24 GMT
Come on Arnie, hurry up and go please, most Stoke fans seem to agree now that we wouldn't want you to stay after this episode.
I hope this spells the end of the oh so predictable inverted wingers strategy that every Premier League club that we play against finds so easy to defend against. That's not your fault, it's the gaffer's strategy but he bought you to help make it happen, it doesn't work but Hughes has made the club a tidy profit despite the legions saying the fee isn't high enough.
The real test of the fee will be how you get on at your new club. If you turn it on more weeks than not, if you get that final ball right, if you learn to find the back of the net, if you stop falling over when you don't need to and if you keep a positive attitude rather than the woe is me attitude that you adopted too readily at Stoke when things went against you then West Ham have a bargain.
However I very much doubt that any of those things will happen, never mind all of them.
One thing I predict in your favour is that the referees will treat you more kindly than they did at Stoke. You will get more of those free kicks that you play for and you won't get booked for dissent as often, because you no longer play for "dirty old Stoke".
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Post by essexstokey on Jul 19, 2017 10:46:35 GMT
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. Why do you support West Ham? because he didn't have the intelligence or was ard enough to support millwall and he's as deluded as f@@@
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Post by geoff321 on Jul 19, 2017 10:47:07 GMT
He's gone for a better deal and a fresh challenge, that does not make him a villain, and Stoke always had the option to refuse the offer and try to keep him at the club.
There are several other Stoke players, on the basis they perform well, who could become targets for other clubs and hopefully the Stoke Board will not become a soft touch when it comes to negotiations.
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Post by s7oke on Jul 19, 2017 10:48:08 GMT
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. Why do you support West Ham? Yea why do you support West Ham ?
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Post by Northy on Jul 19, 2017 10:54:26 GMT
Why do you support West Ham? Yea why do you support West Ham ? He's a glory hunter
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Post by philb on Jul 19, 2017 10:56:18 GMT
He's gone for a better deal and a fresh challenge, that does not make him a villain, and Stoke always had the option to refuse the offer and try to keep him at the club. There are several other Stoke players, on the basis they perform well, who could become targets for other clubs and hopefully the Stoke Board will not become a soft touch when it comes to negotiations. 1. We all know it's pointless trying to keep a player at a club when he doesn't want to be there after being tapped up. 2. I can understand players wanting to 'better themselves' when they become a target for other clubs but as has been stated a million times on here it's a sidewards step not a step up. Purely money motivated NOT ambition.
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Post by Northy on Jul 19, 2017 10:59:09 GMT
Good luck to him? Fuck that right off. The cunt is a snake and he deserves a royal Stoke welcome when he returns, similar to that of Quitters, Commons, Rose, Ramsey. Fuck him, he's gone for the money, he's shat on us all, for the sake of a few extra Thousand pounds per week. No matter what these bell ends from London think, West Ham IS a sideways move, it's completely pointless, and Arnie is going for the money. Simple! Roll on your return Arnie!!!!! Making a sidewards move for more money isn't completely pointless though is it. He'll probably get a nice signing on fee as well. well lets hope we make him pay up his contract, as I'm sure if Stoke sold him against his wishes he'd want his contract paying up.
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