The failure not to sign Suarez really has cost us in so many ways

[Dorset Gooner]

1. We could have well won the league
2. Liverpool would not have finished second & now be a challenger in the transfer market in our price bracket.
3. We would not have bought Ozil (Not that I am saying he is a bad signing but see 4,5 & 6).
4. We would have re-signed Cesc
5. Cesc would not be strengthening a direct competitor.
6. He could well sign for Chelsea
What a mess that saga last summer was. :-(

[Monty91]

It's only this season that he's entered that kind of bracket.

[Luis Anaconda]

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Luis Anaconda]

Thou shall not punish All Blacks for blatant yellow card offences

[Classic Jorge]

[Ashberto]

so can you stop fùcking moaning about it?

[Peter]

[Peter]

We were actually very successful on that :-)

[redgunamo]

[Ben.]

but I don't understand why the club is getting so much grief over this.
We were given details of a clause in his contract, which turned out to be accurate and which we met.
The bid was rejected at which point it needed Suarez and his agent to tell Liverpool that they have to accept the bid and make their feelings known, they didn't, they accepted it.
Also all this about bidding £40,000,001, I'm certain the same people would moan if it transpired we bid £5m over the price of a release clause.
I remember when Lee Hughes (I know) had a release of £5m and WBA bid £1 over, it's just common sense.
Another thing is people with absolutely no inside knowledge saying if we had come back with £50m they definitely would have accepted that, why?
They had to accept £40m and they didn't.

[Classic Jorge]

[Billy Goat Sverige]

Got some big decisions to make now. They were saying on the TV that he will probably pick the team that started the last six nations game, but I think you have to leave Tuilagi in.

[redgunamo]

[pjlincs]

[pjlincs]

[Mc Gooner]

They frequently nearly sign players.

We didn't get as far as nearly signing him as I don't think there was a realistic chance of it going through

[Ben.]

Also I really like Eastmond, the closest thing around to Jason Robinson, albeit not that level yet.
The problem with the game of rugby is the influence a bad/bent ref can have on a game, puts Howard Webb to shame.

[Snin]

them, dag and others were awful, it was the chance to beat them and england played pretty bloody average and didnt even score a try..neither team deserved to win a pretty crap shoddy game of rugby so stop bloody moaning imo

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Luis Anaconda]

I would stick with Burns as well but can't see that happening

[Peter]

[Snin]

rugby all round..but bloody moaning and blamng ref etc is soooo gay..just play better rugby and win game or shut the f**k up imo

[Snin]

at least the captain and rest of team were man enough to admit they were close but lost..end of

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Snin]

do you actually know the rules of rugby ? ever played it ? jeezus moaning cnuts

[Luis Anaconda]

We don't need that sort of shoddy analysis from supporters of "secod" tier nations thank you very much

[Snin]

lity..piss porr game of rugby..now go and watch some decent rugby, learn the rules, try playing , man up, admit your errors then come back and you can talk rugby to me..until then no point

[redgunamo]

[Snin]

were for the taking if it had been a decent team..it really was a VERY piss poor game..try watching it again sober :-) was crap

[Monty91]

[Billy Goat Sverige]

Elbow when it comes to rugby.

[Classic Jorge]

[Pokster]

everyone knows that :lightsfuseandwalksaway:

[Luis Anaconda]

Think the All Blacks felt all they had to do was turn up to win. Like to see what other "decent" sides would with a third choice front row, fifth choice fly half and reserves in the second row, back row, centre and scrum half

[Snin]

any other analysis is bollox both those teams would have lost by over 14 points to Toulouse or even saracens etc ..when you see Dag , Nono etc being substituted for having a stinker you know the quality is poor..any other assessment is wrong

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

[Billy Goat Sverige]

http://m.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&ob jectid=11270093 (http://m.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11270093)

[Classic Jorge]

In retrospect, perhaps I should have quite while I was ahead

[Snin]

they really need a good kicking imo and that was a good chance to do it..they are overrated cnuts and seeing them turn out looking like they'd walk it..grrrr bloody england, with some decent quick passing, better movement and some better players it would have been great

[Snin]

played for England did you billy ? his assessment is correct in terms that all blacks were there for the taing but englands painfully slow, laboured and obvious running and ball movements meant they never even got a try..Australia would have stuffed nz..its so annoying that England were so poor and labored..chance missed

[Snin]

than the drivel offered up on sat morning

[Luis Anaconda]

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

That joke isn't funny any more...

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Classic Jorge]

[Snin]

you not me

[Snin]

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/jun/07/england-ne w-zealand-off-the-hook-first-test (http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/jun/07/england-new-zealand-off-the-hook-first-test)

so you still think it was a great game of really good rugby ? bloody hell chum

"Perhaps England should take a leaf from their opponents’ book and stress that this was not a surprisingly good performance but a wretched example of one that got away, and will not happen again."

[redgunamo]

[Luis Anaconda]

but anyway quoting Eddie Butler :hehe: Yeah because he isn't completely biaised

[Snin]

no doubt quite exciting if supporting one of them but rugby was not the winner imo

[Yesterday Once More]

Another £10 million and he would have been ours, for sure.

[Luis Anaconda]

[The Tony]

[Nicosia Gooner]