Liverpool bid £35 million+ for Carroll

[Gemmill 42787]

So it turns out you all do know your place.

[Christmas Tree 4460]

The one thing I'll say is if the FCB was bold enough to lift this pathetic media blackout and actually say himself what is going on, maybe we wouldn't all be calling eachother mongs and what have ye. Pardew, and I'll give him respect for it has come out and said he won't be leaving but that means nothing to the reality of the situation.

 

This is how I'd simplify the situation;

 

Carroll's class, Spurs have plenty money to spend and are in a better and more willing state to offer players what they want i.e lowie and high standard football. This is at the moment btw, I know they've normally had their end of season party by now but they do have a very very good squad. I don't particularly like Spurs but I like how they've grown as a club on and off the pitch in recent years. Players see this aswell, I'd assume. We're a massive club, amazing fans, the works but we aren't in a position to challenge the top4, which I personally think Spurs can. Sad, but it's true at the moment.

 

What helps us in comparison to say Bent leaving them bamps is that he's got the club in his heart and seems a down to earth lad who knows he's at a club he dreamed of playing for. I doubt it'd be a massive lure to want to play for spurs which would drive him to leave, and more the will to achieve. He will be Englands long term number9 and in this day and age these types of player will always generate massive interest worldwide.

 

Maybe he will stay, maybe he'll leave but I'd guarantee if it's not spurs coming in now, it'll be a bigger club in the summer or next summer .. This will test Ashleys resolve and give an indication of our future if it's shown we accept or reject said 'bid'.

Good post in some respects but the bit in bold, if FMA was looking at it from a business perspective and he's the country's number 9 for years, surely it would be better to wait 3 or 4 years to cash in. £25m isn't that much in modern football, when you look at Kaka who's been finished 3 years went for £57m.

That's what I mean though mate, it'll test the resolve of Ashley and I think he's the type who knows how to work a deal and take risks but when that money's dangled in front of his dish he mightn't want to risk it never coming again.

 

Surely it would be better to wait I agree, everyone would agree, but I just don't trust him and don't believe what people are saying about he wouldn't do it because of the potential 'backlash from the fans' cos we aal naa he couldn't give a monkeys what we think. This rumour'll run forever tbh, cos he's so good and we can't trust the owner given his previous.

 

Great for us fans, eh!

 

I'll say it again though, this media blackout's fucking ridiculous for the transparancy of what their plans are etc. Whilst we just sit and pray.

 

Thing is though Mac, most posters on here have been shouting for the last 2 years for them to shut the fuck up as they kept dropping major clangers. They did.

 

Whether you believe them or not, I think they have previously stated the plans and havent really veered off them.

 

This year is about survival which will dramatically improve the clubs finances

We are going to steadily build the team by buying / developing young talent that can grow with the club.

Trophy signings on silly money are a thing of the past.

Our best players wont be sold.

Andy Carroll wont be sold.

 

Im not sure what else you would like to hear.

What the long term target is? Is it getting back into the top four and challenging for honours, or is it paying back FMA’s loans and the selling up.

 

Think most would be happy with either.

 

In the last 50 years we have had a brief spell of flirtation with the top four. Most of those 50 years we have been outside it.

 

I am realistic to know that going from 6th 7th or 8th to the top four is a massive ask. Im just happy to be progressing in the right direction after all we have been through over the last few years.

 

Long term targets are bollocks anyway as they can be influenced by so many other things.

 

Do you really think we can compete realistically on a financial point of view with Man City? Of course we cant.

 

Will more arabs enter the prem? Probably.

 

The 90's were a very special time and we made the most of them. Unfortunately Shepherd didnt have the nouse to build on them and secure our position in the top 4.

 

Forget targets, enjoy our resurgence and lets just see where we end up.

[Christmas Tree 4460]

They've made enquiries and we've told them no. Im sure we'll do the same again.

 

We'll see. We'd be rejecting offers now anyway, whether we intend on keeping him or not. The time to get smug about rejected offers is 1st Feb, cos then we'll know that we weren't just holding out for a bigger offer on the last day of the window.

 

Is that the same time the humble pie gets eaten......I doubt it.

 

Humble pie about what? Nobody wants him sold, but people are rightly concerned. Why do you have to try and lord it over people and insist they eat humble pie?

 

When I say that the time to be smug is on Feb 1, that's not strictly true. What I should say is that while the rest of us choose to be relieved that we kept our best player, knowing what you're like, you won't be able to stop crowing about how you predicted it all and acting the smug prick. And a better time for THAT would be Feb 1st. Although tbh there's never a good time for that sort of shit.

 

 

So Im smug for being pleased we've YET AGAIN, turned down an offer, but others in this thread who claim the deals being done all along shouldnt eat humble pie on 1st Feb..

 

What utter fucking TOSH.

 

ASM is right, come 1st Feb, the usual nay sayers will be spouting about how the clubs just waiting til the summer to get more money.....and so it goes on.

 

TIT

Why should people eat humble pie for being concerned about what our unpredictable owner will do next. You have such a weird outlook. You're like the bloke who likes to point out to his neighbor that your car is the model up from his.

 

Claiming the deals already done, not concern.

 

And ASM's right, your jokes are shit.

 

You missed "So ner ner!" off the end of that one, you cretin.

 

Even the laughing smiley cant save you.

[Park Life 71]

Think the first sensible target is stabalising in the PL. I would have been happy with 12th which was my prediction at the start of the season. Quite honestly as the finances slowly come under control and we start to 'push on', most people will expect us to challenge for top 6, that will be the next step and I think we are on course for that if we keep Carroll and add one or two good players in the summer. The PL is pretty shit outside the top 6 right now.

[manc-mag 1]

How is Gemmill threatening to "batter" everyone with alpha male posturing btw? I must have missed that one. I know I'll just be accused of Trentpossecliquetastic but seriously, wtf? Get a grip.

 

Gemmill IS the gatekeeper on here and don't pretent otherwise. Nice try.

 

 

Eh? Whatchutalkinboutwillis?

[Christmas Tree 4460]

They've made enquiries and we've told them no. Im sure we'll do the same again.

 

We'll see. We'd be rejecting offers now anyway, whether we intend on keeping him or not. The time to get smug about rejected offers is 1st Feb, cos then we'll know that we weren't just holding out for a bigger offer on the last day of the window.

 

 

So the Fat Man can't win at all just yet then, basically. Even if he rejects he's just holding out for more money.

 

No, if he accepts one on the last day, he was holding out for more money. Get it?

 

I think you've overdosed on the arsehole pills btw. Your patter in this thread has been fucking lifting.

 

Oh sorry, let's all turn into you and try and make every post a joke. Of course I 'get it' and I wasn't even having a dig at your post specifically before you went into alphamale defence tell-a-joke mode and tried to 'batter' me, I just don't see the point in people crying like fuck on here about being a selling club when we haven't accepted anything yet, and are unlikely to. We're having a good season, on a decent unbeaten run and within touching distance of our preseason hopes/expectations. What's the fucking point in reams and reams of posts slagging the club and it's ambitions off. We came into the season to stay up, we will. It's like whatever the club do there'll always something to slag off and whine about, all because Mike Ashley made the mistake of appointing a director of football a few years ago, the nasty bastard.

 

I wasn't joking. Your patter's shit and you come across as an arsehole. If you want to discuss things sensibly then don't make every post an attempt to get under people's skin.

 

 

Ok then, abuse aside (you're the top dog, I'm not attempting to overthrow your reign, don't alpha me) What part of my first reply to you was intended to get under your skin like? It was a genuine point for discussion, he can't really win can he. Irrespective of what he does, he's getting abuse for the entire transfer window, which is a little bit unfair imo. The fact that that post did get under your skin probably means that you know I have a point and you're being an arsehole tbh.

 

You claim you weren't having a go at my post, but you've already admitted you intentionally "misunderstood" my post so that you could make a point about other people in the thread. Or something. I'm not even sure what you were trying to do.

 

As to whether Ashley can't win or not. To be honest, the shit he's done since he came here, if he is in a "no win" situation with some fans, then it's a) entirely understandable and b ) entirely of his own making. If we don't sell Carroll in the summer, will I still be concerned that we'll sell him in the summer? Yes, but I'm not gonna harp on about it. The point is though, I give Ashley no credit if we don't sell Carroll, cos we shouldn't be selling our best player. He'll just be doing his job.

 

 

His job is to run the club however the fuck he wants, he owns it and has spent his own money on it. If he wants to recoup some of that, he's perfectly entitled to. If he does decide to keep him, then it is surely a positive that he's seeing the bigger picture. Surely he would then deserve some credit? I might have overdosed on the arsehole pills, but you my friend have blended them down into a liquid and injected them straight into the veins.

 

See Gemmil, thats how you do it

[Park Life 71]

How is Gemmill threatening to "batter" everyone with alpha male posturing btw? I must have missed that one. I know I'll just be accused of Trentpossecliquetastic but seriously, wtf? Get a grip.

 

Gemmill IS the gatekeeper on here and don't pretent otherwise. Nice try.

 

 

Eh? Whatchutalkinboutwillis?

 

[Park Life 71]

From NO

 

We'll sell him Monday, everyone will moan like fuck for a few days talking about burning the ground down etc, then we'll beat Fulham and everyone will forget about it and start saying "he's not stupid, he's never sold our better players without them wanting to leave, he doesn't want to get relegated you know, Best scored a hat trick and is starting to look better, give Xisco a go he'll clearly do well, shouting at the nasty man will just affect the players etc". Then repeat in six months time when Pardew is sacked, replaced by Peter Beardsley and all the players are forced to get Sports Direct tattooed on their cocks and flash it at the female lino everytime they score a goal.

 

[Gemmill 42787]

No bother CT, I'll keep an eye out for comedy tips from you and ASM.

 

 

Sammy, I'm as confused as you re the alpha craic. I think people are intimidated by my new gym-going.

[Guest]

No bother CT, I'll keep an eye out for comedy tips from you and ASM.

 

 

Sammy, I'm as confused as you re the alpha craic. I think people are intimidated by my new gym-going.

 

 

That's sarcasm that, CT. He doesn't really think we're funny, and that's his way of letting us, and everybody else, know it

[LeazesMag 0]

It won't happen, this thread is just for doom-mongers like peasepud to go "wahhhhhh, wahhhhhhh, we're a selling club" despite us not selling a first team player since the relegation summer.

 

[Gemmill 42787]

No bother CT, I'll keep an eye out for comedy tips from you and ASM.

 

 

Sammy, I'm as confused as you re the alpha craic. I think people are intimidated by my new gym-going.

 

 

That's sarcasm that, CT. He doesn't really think we're funny, and that's his way of letting us, and everybody else, know it

 

Fucking hell, I'm being tag-teamed by Hale and Pace. You tag in now CT, I'm on the ropes.

[Guest Your Name Here]

The one thing I'll say is if the FCB was bold enough to lift this pathetic media blackout and actually say himself what is going on, maybe we wouldn't all be calling eachother mongs and what have ye. Pardew, and I'll give him respect for it has come out and said he won't be leaving but that means nothing to the reality of the situation.

 

This is how I'd simplify the situation;

 

Carroll's class, Spurs have plenty money to spend and are in a better and more willing state to offer players what they want i.e lowie and high standard football. This is at the moment btw, I know they've normally had their end of season party by now but they do have a very very good squad. I don't particularly like Spurs but I like how they've grown as a club on and off the pitch in recent years. Players see this aswell, I'd assume. We're a massive club, amazing fans, the works but we aren't in a position to challenge the top4, which I personally think Spurs can. Sad, but it's true at the moment.

 

What helps us in comparison to say Bent leaving them bamps is that he's got the club in his heart and seems a down to earth lad who knows he's at a club he dreamed of playing for. I doubt it'd be a massive lure to want to play for spurs which would drive him to leave, and more the will to achieve. He will be Englands long term number9 and in this day and age these types of player will always generate massive interest worldwide.

 

Maybe he will stay, maybe he'll leave but I'd guarantee if it's not spurs coming in now, it'll be a bigger club in the summer or next summer .. This will test Ashleys resolve and give an indication of our future if it's shown we accept or reject said 'bid'.

Good post in some respects but the bit in bold, if FMA was looking at it from a business perspective and he's the country's number 9 for years, surely it would be better to wait 3 or 4 years to cash in. £25m isn't that much in modern football, when you look at Kaka who's been finished 3 years went for £57m.

That's what I mean though mate, it'll test the resolve of Ashley and I think he's the type who knows how to work a deal and take risks but when that money's dangled in front of his dish he mightn't want to risk it never coming again.

 

Surely it would be better to wait I agree, everyone would agree, but I just don't trust him and don't believe what people are saying about he wouldn't do it because of the potential 'backlash from the fans' cos we aal naa he couldn't give a monkeys what we think. This rumour'll run forever tbh, cos he's so good and we can't trust the owner given his previous.

 

Great for us fans, eh!

 

I'll say it again though, this media blackout's fucking ridiculous for the transparancy of what their plans are etc. Whilst we just sit and pray.

 

Thing is though Mac, most posters on here have been shouting for the last 2 years for them to shut the fuck up as they kept dropping major clangers. They did.

 

Whether you believe them or not, I think they have previously stated the plans and havent really veered off them.

 

This year is about survival which will dramatically improve the clubs finances

We are going to steadily build the team by buying / developing young talent that can grow with the club.

Trophy signings on silly money are a thing of the past.

Our best players wont be sold.

Andy Carroll wont be sold.

 

Im not sure what else you would like to hear.

What the long term target is? Is it getting back into the top four and challenging for honours, or is it paying back FMA’s loans and the selling up.

 

Think most would be happy with either.

 

In the last 50 years we have had a brief spell of flirtation with the top four. Most of those 50 years we have been outside it.

 

I am realistic to know that going from 6th 7th or 8th to the top four is a massive ask. Im just happy to be progressing in the right direction after all we have been through over the last few years.

 

Long term targets are bollocks anyway as they can be influenced by so many other things.

 

Do you really think we can compete realistically on a financial point of view with Man City? Of course we cant.

 

Will more arabs enter the prem? Probably.

 

The 90's were a very special time and we made the most of them. Unfortunately Shepherd didnt have the nouse to build on them and secure our position in the top 4.

 

Forget targets, enjoy our resurgence and lets just see where we end up.

It’s taken the best part of three years for FMA to get the club a couple of places of higher in league than when he took over, in which time our debts have rocketed. It’s a bit premature to talk about the club making progress.

 

I’d agree that targets are subject to changing circumstances but to have no long term objective equates to being a rudderless ship.

[Guest]

No bother CT, I'll keep an eye out for comedy tips from you and ASM.

 

 

Sammy, I'm as confused as you re the alpha craic. I think people are intimidated by my new gym-going.

 

 

That's sarcasm that, CT. He doesn't really think we're funny, and that's his way of letting us, and everybody else, know it

 

Fucking hell, I'm being tag-teamed by Hale and Pace. You tag in now CT, I'm on the ropes.

 

It continues, howay, pins, give us a rest, I've already conceded, you're top dog !

[Guest]

The one thing I'll say is if the FCB was bold enough to lift this pathetic media blackout and actually say himself what is going on, maybe we wouldn't all be calling eachother mongs and what have ye. Pardew, and I'll give him respect for it has come out and said he won't be leaving but that means nothing to the reality of the situation.

 

This is how I'd simplify the situation;

 

Carroll's class, Spurs have plenty money to spend and are in a better and more willing state to offer players what they want i.e lowie and high standard football. This is at the moment btw, I know they've normally had their end of season party by now but they do have a very very good squad. I don't particularly like Spurs but I like how they've grown as a club on and off the pitch in recent years. Players see this aswell, I'd assume. We're a massive club, amazing fans, the works but we aren't in a position to challenge the top4, which I personally think Spurs can. Sad, but it's true at the moment.

 

What helps us in comparison to say Bent leaving them bamps is that he's got the club in his heart and seems a down to earth lad who knows he's at a club he dreamed of playing for. I doubt it'd be a massive lure to want to play for spurs which would drive him to leave, and more the will to achieve. He will be Englands long term number9 and in this day and age these types of player will always generate massive interest worldwide.

 

Maybe he will stay, maybe he'll leave but I'd guarantee if it's not spurs coming in now, it'll be a bigger club in the summer or next summer .. This will test Ashleys resolve and give an indication of our future if it's shown we accept or reject said 'bid'.

Good post in some respects but the bit in bold, if FMA was looking at it from a business perspective and he's the country's number 9 for years, surely it would be better to wait 3 or 4 years to cash in. £25m isn't that much in modern football, when you look at Kaka who's been finished 3 years went for £57m.

That's what I mean though mate, it'll test the resolve of Ashley and I think he's the type who knows how to work a deal and take risks but when that money's dangled in front of his dish he mightn't want to risk it never coming again.

 

Surely it would be better to wait I agree, everyone would agree, but I just don't trust him and don't believe what people are saying about he wouldn't do it because of the potential 'backlash from the fans' cos we aal naa he couldn't give a monkeys what we think. This rumour'll run forever tbh, cos he's so good and we can't trust the owner given his previous.

 

Great for us fans, eh!

 

I'll say it again though, this media blackout's fucking ridiculous for the transparancy of what their plans are etc. Whilst we just sit and pray.

 

Thing is though Mac, most posters on here have been shouting for the last 2 years for them to shut the fuck up as they kept dropping major clangers. They did.

 

Whether you believe them or not, I think they have previously stated the plans and havent really veered off them.

 

This year is about survival which will dramatically improve the clubs finances

We are going to steadily build the team by buying / developing young talent that can grow with the club.

Trophy signings on silly money are a thing of the past.

Our best players wont be sold.

Andy Carroll wont be sold.

 

Im not sure what else you would like to hear.

What the long term target is? Is it getting back into the top four and challenging for honours, or is it paying back FMA’s loans and the selling up.

 

Think most would be happy with either.

 

In the last 50 years we have had a brief spell of flirtation with the top four. Most of those 50 years we have been outside it.

 

I am realistic to know that going from 6th 7th or 8th to the top four is a massive ask. Im just happy to be progressing in the right direction after all we have been through over the last few years.

 

Long term targets are bollocks anyway as they can be influenced by so many other things.

 

Do you really think we can compete realistically on a financial point of view with Man City? Of course we cant.

 

Will more arabs enter the prem? Probably.

 

The 90's were a very special time and we made the most of them. Unfortunately Shepherd didnt have the nouse to build on them and secure our position in the top 4.

 

Forget targets, enjoy our resurgence and lets just see where we end up.

It’s taken the best part of three years for FMA to get the club a couple of places of higher in league than when he took over, in which time our debts have rocketed. It’s a bit premature to talk about the club making progress.

 

I’d agree that targets are subject to changing circumstances but to have no long term objective equates to being a rudderless ship.

 

 

Nah, they haven't.

[Gemmill 42787]

No bother CT, I'll keep an eye out for comedy tips from you and ASM.

 

 

Sammy, I'm as confused as you re the alpha craic. I think people are intimidated by my new gym-going.

 

 

That's sarcasm that, CT. He doesn't really think we're funny, and that's his way of letting us, and everybody else, know it

 

Fucking hell, I'm being tag-teamed by Hale and Pace. You tag in now CT, I'm on the ropes.

 

It continues, howay, pins, give us a rest, I've already conceded, you're top dog !

 

Good lad, you and your new ally had me worried for a minute. Nowt embarrassing about having to align yourself with CT for a bit of moral support btw, so don't worry about that.

[Christmas Tree 4460]

No bother CT, I'll keep an eye out for comedy tips from you and ASM.

 

 

Sammy, I'm as confused as you re the alpha craic. I think people are intimidated by my new gym-going.

 

 

That's sarcasm that, CT. He doesn't really think we're funny, and that's his way of letting us, and everybody else, know it

 

 

It WAS funny though.

[Guest]

No bother CT, I'll keep an eye out for comedy tips from you and ASM.

 

 

Sammy, I'm as confused as you re the alpha craic. I think people are intimidated by my new gym-going.

 

 

That's sarcasm that, CT. He doesn't really think we're funny, and that's his way of letting us, and everybody else, know it

 

Fucking hell, I'm being tag-teamed by Hale and Pace. You tag in now CT, I'm on the ropes.

 

It continues, howay, pins, give us a rest, I've already conceded, you're top dog !

 

Good lad, you and your new ally had me worried for a minute. Nowt embarrassing about having to align yourself with CT for a bit of moral support btw, so don't worry about that.

 

 

You're starting to sound like Leazes Where's your mate to back you up?

[LeazesMag 0]

They've made enquiries and we've told them no. Im sure we'll do the same again.

 

We'll see. We'd be rejecting offers now anyway, whether we intend on keeping him or not. The time to get smug about rejected offers is 1st Feb, cos then we'll know that we weren't just holding out for a bigger offer on the last day of the window.

 

Is that the same time the humble pie gets eaten......I doubt it.

 

Humble pie about what? Nobody wants him sold, but people are rightly concerned. Why do you have to try and lord it over people and insist they eat humble pie?

 

When I say that the time to be smug is on Feb 1, that's not strictly true. What I should say is that while the rest of us choose to be relieved that we kept our best player, knowing what you're like, you won't be able to stop crowing about how you predicted it all and acting the smug prick. And a better time for THAT would be Feb 1st. Although tbh there's never a good time for that sort of shit.

 

 

So Im smug for being pleased we've YET AGAIN, turned down an offer, but others in this thread who claim the deals being done all along shouldnt eat humble pie on 1st Feb..

 

What utter fucking TOSH.

 

ASM is right, come 1st Feb, the usual nay sayers will be spouting about how the clubs just waiting til the summer to get more money.....and so it goes on.

 

TIT

 

CT, you're a fuckin pleb man, not so much as Skidders like, but you are talking about selling Carroll in January/August etc, you are talking about WHEN Carroll will be sold.

 

Mate, nothing is as sure as this club will, eventually, lose Carroll and Enrique to one of the top clubs attempting to win the trophies and play in europe, and they will be happy to leave when the penny drops when they realise they have to make this move for their career ambitions.

 

Do you want to know what will help convince them to stay, and build on this "platform he has started" ? Its quite simple man, all Mike Ashley has to do is buy a couple of quality players like Carroll and Enrique to show them that THIS club is trying to go places, this will also correctly bring about a u-turn in attitudes among supporters of the club towards him and his ambitions for the club.

 

It's THAT simple man.

[Monkeys Fist 41372]

No bother CT, I'll keep an eye out for comedy tips from you and ASM.

 

 

Sammy, I'm as confused as you re the alpha craic. I think people are intimidated by my new gym-going.

 

 

That's sarcasm that, CT. He doesn't really think we're funny, and that's his way of letting us, and everybody else, know it

 

Fucking hell, I'm being tag-teamed by Hale and Pace. You tag in now CT, I'm on the ropes.

 

It continues, howay, pins, give us a rest, I've already conceded, you're top dog !

 

Good lad, you and your new ally had me worried for a minute. Nowt embarrassing about having to align yourself with CT for a bit of moral support btw, so don't worry about that.

 

 

You're starting to sound like Leazes Where's your mate to back you up?

Da da daaaa!

 

Monkey crew!

[DesperateDannyB 0]

Some spurs ITD saying weve made a bid for Enrique.

 

No mention amongst those ITK of the Carroll bid.

 

So that says to me the Carroll one is real and the enrique one is not.

[Christmas Tree 4460]

They've made enquiries and we've told them no. Im sure we'll do the same again.

 

We'll see. We'd be rejecting offers now anyway, whether we intend on keeping him or not. The time to get smug about rejected offers is 1st Feb, cos then we'll know that we weren't just holding out for a bigger offer on the last day of the window.

 

Is that the same time the humble pie gets eaten......I doubt it.

 

Humble pie about what? Nobody wants him sold, but people are rightly concerned. Why do you have to try and lord it over people and insist they eat humble pie?

 

When I say that the time to be smug is on Feb 1, that's not strictly true. What I should say is that while the rest of us choose to be relieved that we kept our best player, knowing what you're like, you won't be able to stop crowing about how you predicted it all and acting the smug prick. And a better time for THAT would be Feb 1st. Although tbh there's never a good time for that sort of shit.

 

 

So Im smug for being pleased we've YET AGAIN, turned down an offer, but others in this thread who claim the deals being done all along shouldnt eat humble pie on 1st Feb..

 

What utter fucking TOSH.

 

ASM is right, come 1st Feb, the usual nay sayers will be spouting about how the clubs just waiting til the summer to get more money.....and so it goes on.

 

TIT

 

CT, you're a fuckin pleb man, not so much as Skidders like, but you are talking about selling Carroll in January/August etc, you are talking about WHEN Carroll will be sold.

 

Mate, nothing is as sure as this club will, eventually, lose Carroll and Enrique to one of the top clubs attempting to win the trophies and play in europe, and they will be happy to leave when the penny drops when they realise they have to make this move for their career ambitions.

 

Do you want to know what will help convince them to stay, and build on this "platform he has started" ? Its quite simple man, all Mike Ashley has to do is buy a couple of quality players like Carroll and Enrique to show them that THIS club is trying to go places, this will also correctly bring about a u-turn in attitudes among supporters of the club towards him and his ambitions for the club.

 

It's THAT simple man.

 

 

Tiote? Ben Arfa?

[Guest]

They've made enquiries and we've told them no. Im sure we'll do the same again.

 

We'll see. We'd be rejecting offers now anyway, whether we intend on keeping him or not. The time to get smug about rejected offers is 1st Feb, cos then we'll know that we weren't just holding out for a bigger offer on the last day of the window.

 

Is that the same time the humble pie gets eaten......I doubt it.

 

Humble pie about what? Nobody wants him sold, but people are rightly concerned. Why do you have to try and lord it over people and insist they eat humble pie?

 

When I say that the time to be smug is on Feb 1, that's not strictly true. What I should say is that while the rest of us choose to be relieved that we kept our best player, knowing what you're like, you won't be able to stop crowing about how you predicted it all and acting the smug prick. And a better time for THAT would be Feb 1st. Although tbh there's never a good time for that sort of shit.

 

 

So Im smug for being pleased we've YET AGAIN, turned down an offer, but others in this thread who claim the deals being done all along shouldnt eat humble pie on 1st Feb..

 

What utter fucking TOSH.

 

ASM is right, come 1st Feb, the usual nay sayers will be spouting about how the clubs just waiting til the summer to get more money.....and so it goes on.

 

TIT

 

CT, you're a fuckin pleb man, not so much as Skidders like, but you are talking about selling Carroll in January/August etc, you are talking about WHEN Carroll will be sold.

 

Mate, nothing is as sure as this club will, eventually, lose Carroll and Enrique to one of the top clubs attempting to win the trophies and play in europe, and they will be happy to leave when the penny drops when they realise they have to make this move for their career ambitions.

 

Do you want to know what will help convince them to stay, and build on this "platform he has started" ? Its quite simple man, all Mike Ashley has to do is buy a couple of quality players like Carroll and Enrique to show them that THIS club is trying to go places, this will also correctly bring about a u-turn in attitudes among supporters of the club towards him and his ambitions for the club.

 

It's THAT simple man.

 

 

Tiote. Ben Arfa? Or does he have to go on a big spree and sign them all at once and risk losing the close-knit dressing room and risk the team not gelling in the process.

Edited January 29, 2011 by AshleysSkidMark

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Trust me I am as pissed off as you.

 

January madness at its absolute finest.

We are a bigger club than you, you nonce of a man. Why would he go there? Please tell me.

 

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Edited January 29, 2011 by AshleysSkidMark