Whilst Sir C is correct in that Vardy

[Dorset Gooner]

does not have the correct formal eating manners required. I am more alarmed that he has the audacity to want time to think about joining The Arsenal! As for his wife, good God.
We should withdraw from this silliness immediately.

[The Jorge]

does not have the correct formal eating manners required. I am more alarmed that he has the audacity to want time to think about joining The Arsenal! As for his wife, good God.
We should withdraw from this silliness immediately.

Seeing as we put a bid in on friday night, he agreed terms on saturday and had his medical yesterday I'm not sure that's really fair

[Luis Anaconda]

Seeing as we put a bid in on friday night, he agreed terms on saturday and had his medical yesterday I'm not sure that's really fair

:hehe: fsafasfasfasfcas

[Sir C]

Seeing as we put a bid in on friday night, he agreed terms on saturday and had his medical yesterday I'm not sure that's really fair

Whence hails this information, j? :-(

[Billy Goat Sverige]

Seeing as we put a bid in on friday night, he agreed terms on saturday and had his medical yesterday I'm not sure that's really fair

I'm not buying this talk of him making his mind up. I find it hard to believe we'd trigger his release clause without knowing for certain he was willing to come.

[Luis Anaconda]

I'm not buying this talk of him making his mind up. I find it hard to believe we'd trigger his release clause without knowing for certain he was willing to come.

:nod: Only way we know for certain that there is a release clause is because his agent told us

[The Jorge]

Whence hails this information, j? :-(

Pretty much every newspaper, radio station and TV sports section.

[The Jorge]

I'm not buying this talk of him making his mind up. I find it hard to believe we'd trigger his release clause without knowing for certain he was willing to come.

Quite, I think he's just spinning it out for the sake of the Lester fans

[Dorset Gooner]

Does he have the same agent as Luis Suarez?

[Sir C]

Pretty much every newspaper, radio station and TV sports section.

Well, I've heard nothing on Radio 3.

[The Jorge]

Well, I've heard nothing on Radio 3.

I thought they stopped broadcasting in 2004, which might explain it

[PSRB]

Quite, I think he's just spinning it out for the sake of the Lester fans

That's my read on the situation

[redgunamo]

I'm not buying this talk of him making his mind up. I find it hard to believe we'd trigger his release clause without knowing for certain he was willing to come.

England FC were at our training ground for most of the last week too, I think. Hopefully Flanners & Co. were still on holiday :-\

[The Jorge]

That's my read on the situation

He doesnt want to look too hasty, but then again he does have to go to the euros tomorrow so...

[Sir C]

I thought they stopped broadcasting in 2004, which might explain it

I thought it was a bit quiet.

[Luis Anaconda]

I thought it was a bit quiet.

You might just be going deaf

[Sir C]

You might just be going deaf

Pardon? Sorry, I think I'm going a bit deaf.

[Luis Anaconda]

Does he have the same agent as Luis Suarez?

:hehe: Hopefully this one can read properly

[The Jorge]

Pardon? Sorry, I think I'm going a bit deaf.

DEAF, dear, little bit mutton 'e said!

[Sir C]

DEAF, dear, little bit mutton 'e said!

THERE'S NO NEED TO SHOUT! I'm not deaf, you know.

Pardon?

[The Jorge]

there's no need to shout! I'm not deaf, you know.

Pardon?

about quarter past!

[Luis Anaconda]

about quarter past!

It's a bit windy out

[Just Trent]

:nod: Although, what the agent wants isn't always exactly how the player feels. Well, not until he's had a load of cash waved under his nose. Getting turned down by Vardy at this point, would be like a rejection from a 5 pint munter, when you're the only chap left in the bar. :-(

[Ash]

:nod: Although, what the agent wants isn't always exactly how the player feels. Well, not until he's had a load of cash waved under his nose. Getting turned down by Vardy at this point, would be like a rejection from a 5 pint munter, when you're the only chap left in the bar. :-(

This assumes that the lady in question you describe so disparagingly is out in search of rumpy pumpy, and not just out for a drink.

[Mo Britain less Europe]

:nod: Although, what the agent wants isn't always exactly how the player feels. Well, not until he's had a load of cash waved under his nose. Getting turned down by Vardy at this point, would be like a rejection from a 5 pint munter, when you're the only chap left in the bar. :-(

One of the first dances I went to I spent all evening getting drunk trying to muster up courage to ask the ugliest girl in the disco to dance with me.

[Alberto Balsam Rodriguez]

:hehe: Hopefully this one can read properly

I thought the Suarez release clause was anything over £40M. I thought I heard whatshisface from the Boston Red Socks say that they were worried as the we had activated the release clause?

Did we somehow get this wrong?

[Ash]

I thought the Suarez release clause was anything over £40M. I thought I heard whatshisface from the Boston Red Socks say that they were worried as the we had activated the release clause?

Did we somehow get this wrong?

Arsenal did nothing wrong, as the release clause was anything over £40m. The Liverpool owner lied about it to make Arsenal look stupid and then bragged about lying about it but never got widely called out on it, it seems, as many people still don't seem to know what happened.

Crucially, the player could have asserted the buyout clause if he'd wanted to but didn't as he wanted to go to Barcelona instead. So it was just Suarez's decision really, not Arsenal's mistake.

[SWv2]

Arsenal did nothing wrong, as the release clause was anything over £40m. The Liverpool owner lied about it to make Arsenal look stupid and then bragged about lying about it but never got widely called out on it, it seems, as many people still don't seem to know what happened.

Crucially, the player could have asserted the buyout clause if he'd wanted to but didn't as he wanted to go to Barcelona instead. So it was just Suarez's decision really, not Arsenal's mistake.

An excellent summation of events. The Suarez incident failed simply because the player did not want the move.

[Mo Britain less Europe]

Suarez wanted out. They probably lied to him too.

[SWv2]

Suarez wanted out. They probably lied to him too.

Yes, he wanted out, but he did not want to join Arsenal (or perhaps any other club in England).

[The Jorge]

Yes, he wanted out, but he did not want to join Arsenal (or perhaps any other club in England).

It was common knowledge he wanted to join Barca, it's where his wife was from for starters.

Also, Barcelona is a pretty nice place to live.

[Mo Britain less Europe]

http://cache1.asset-cache.net/gc/495003171-man-walks-past-a-burning-barricade-during-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=X7WJLa88Cweo9HktRLaNXntTIW2%2Fv4HZgt3JYVqKQ8jwjv gQaBi%2BhF5K1N3NqM7TonWmkVXq7MXiMSCEBe%2F%2Bog%3D% 3D

Yes, you are always guaranteed a nice, warm reception in Barcelona.

[The Jorge]

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Yes, you are always guaranteed a nice, warm reception in Barcelona.

People in glass houses and all that, Mo.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/07/article-2023254-0D54EE5100000578-693_964x573.jpg

[Mo Britain less Europe]

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I wasn't talking about ancient history.

[Ash]

People in glass houses and all that, Mo.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/07/article-2023254-0D54EE5100000578-693_964x573.jpg

I was there yesterday :hehe: . It's a giant Sports Direct now.

[The Jorge]

184

I wasn't talking about ancient history.

It's not even five years ago, hardly ancient history

[The Jorge]

I was there yesterday :hehe: . It's a giant Sports Direct now.

Presumably that lovely old building wasnt salvagable then?

[Mo Britain less Europe]

It's not even five years ago, hardly ancient history

You're right. Bloody immigrants.

[The Jorge]

You're right. Bloody immigrants.

Oh dear, you doing that whole 'if a dog was born in t' stable...' joke again?

[Mo Britain less Europe]

Oh dear, you doing that whole 'if a dog was born in t' stable...' joke again?

Nah we all know it was Tories from the home counties wot came and torched Ealing.

[Ash]

Presumably that lovely old building wasnt salvagable then?

This is what surprised me. It was restored to it's old form.

[The Jorge]

This is what surprised me. It was restored to it's old form.

And then, just when it all seemed positive, they fill it with gym wear for people who dont exercise. :-(