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Sanderson bid after talks with Wolves

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  1. rooch 3

    rooch 3 Well-Known Member

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    It shows how people are different, I found it very easy I had probably made 4 or 5 big decisions by the time I was 21<ok>
     
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    Me too.

    But with the benefit of hindsight, I must admit that most of them proved to be wrong.:emoticon-0104-surpr
     
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  3. rooch 3

    rooch 3 Well-Known Member

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    All mine were spot on<ok>
     
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    Mine were way off <laugh>
    My dad had 2 kids and another on the way at 21. He wouldn’t change that. (Except when we argue about football of course!!!)

    think footballers are so far removed from real life! They don’t seem to mature in the same way as they are kept from doing most of the stuff we did (even at 14. My friends son was on Newcastle books and his diet and exercise regime was intense but he wasn’t allowed to “be a kid”)
     
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  5. Disco down under

    Disco down under Well-Known Member

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    Took me about a week to decide to move to Australia in perpetuity.

    I agree we should be giving the lad time and patience but let's not make too much of the upheaval of moving elsewhere within a small country, when he's already lived there the last 12 months.

    It's not like he's deciding whether to move to Iraq or not.
     
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    If Wolves are prepared to let him go I don't think he would be bothered about what part of the country he moved to (as you say he has been up here and seemed to love it so that may be an advantage) but more a case of what level he wants to play. If we can convince him to give it a year, so that we would be in the same league as the others currently interested, with a promise that if we don't gain promotion we wouldn't stand in his way.
     
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  7. Wolfy

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    Must be very difficult to decide what part of the country to buy your new mansion in.
     
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    The Sea fret and 1.5° cooler temperatures may have some bearing though...
     
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    Hope this isn't going to drag on all summer.
     
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    Does being sent to borstal really count as deciding to leave home??! :emoticon-0102-bigsm:emoticon-0102-bigsm:emoticon-0102-bigsm
     
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  11. rooch 3

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    Sssshhhh!
     
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    I’m not just talking location though. Its the level of the club too. I moved to London for a “couple of years” in my late 20s after my divorce. Lasted 3 months as I hated it! I couldn’t settle down there!
     
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  13. rooch 3

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    By you devil you!<laugh>
     
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  14. Smug in Boots

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    What state is that in mate?
     
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    But that’s exactly it. You settled easily and never looked back. I couldn’t settle and hated being in London! It’s not even 300 miles from my home town but I couldn’t settle. We all assume it’s easy because he makes enough money etc. We don’t know the lad.
     
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    That's just it mate.

    I left home at 18 for the RAF and never looked back, loved every minute of it until I got out.

    I now work offshore and it's a good job too and generally, I haven't regretted going offshore. However, by far and away the best paid job I've ever had was also by far and away the worst job I've ever had. I was miserable at home the week leading up to going back offshore and I was even worse on the rig. Management were ****ers and the majority of lads would stick one in your back to get an inch in front of you. When I left that place and went to my next, the relief and weight off my shoulders was massive! I was 10 times happier, on a lower wage but you can't buy happiness.
     
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    To be quite honest I don't think his concerns will be moving and living here and think it will be more career wise.
    He's obviously had an insight in to KLDs plans and I think he'll be weighing up whether its better to come to a team where he'll probably start every game when fit and hopefully take the team forward.
    I think if he knew that if he came he, in 4 years times we were back in the Premier and he was still a major part of the first team he would sign tomorrow.
    However he could sign and in 4 years time we could be in the same place we are now.
    I may be wrong but I don't think his decision will be where he's going to live it will be where is best to benefit his career
     
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  18. Ozzymac

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    As it should be. As we know, fans are fickle. If he chooses to play for someone else our fans will have forgotten him in a couple of years
     
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  19. rooch 3

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    I can imagine it has to be one of the hardest places to settle I would of lasted about 15 min all it means is you picked the wrong place I don’t think that’s anything to do with age?
     
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  20. Chip

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    Exactly, hes been here before, knows a lot of the players and I am sure he can make it back home now and again to go see mates and family after all its only a few hundred miles at the most. To attract players we have all mod cons in the NE now like dial up internet and crappers at the bottom of the garden. I hear rumours that some folk in the big cities have hot running water indoors!

    In my opinion he will consider any offer from us until such a time as a championship club comes in for him (with more money). We need to identify other targets and make sure we are ready to jump elsewhere when the inevitable happens.
     
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