Maybe we didn't know where Baku was?Originally Posted by redgunamo
Presumably, we did all happily agree to it two years ago when the venue arrangements were made? I guess, either we never thought we'd make the final or we never thought we'd end up signing young Henrikh
Right. And we just didn't want to say anything, hurt anyone's feelings.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
This strikes me as the most likely explanation. We just assumed it was somewhere vaguely civilised, never imagining that UEFA would hold a European final in some tinpot dictatorship for which it's hard to obtain visas and which discriminates against Armenians (whatever tthey are). And, by the time we looked it up (ie at about half time in the second leg of the semi) it was too late.
No. I never wanted him sacked. I wanted him to leave and be happy - like when you release an animal into the wild. I wanted to see him gambol in the fields.
Sad, but very true.
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