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Discussion in 'Watford' started by Leo, Apr 30, 2011.

  1. oldfrenchhorn

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    You might remember the strange tale of Mamadou Mbaye and FIFA ordering him to pay Watford £26,500. Well he has been speaking, and it becomes even more strange.

    *Mbaye has now had his say, insisting he never had a deal with Watford in
    the first place and claiming any documents saying otherwise are false.“The
    penalty that has been put on me and Cadiz is absolutely unfair and based on
    false documents provided by the Watford that unfortunately have served to
    fool FIFA,” Andalucía Información report him saying.“I fully trust the
    people who I was being advised by. I never signed a document or contract
    with Watford.“The signature that contains the documents that the Watford
    contributed before FIFA are false.“All this is credited by an independent
    calligraphic report that I provided to FIFA. I have never had contact or
    met the Watford representative or the president or coach.“I have never been
    to Watford, and it is something that is easily verifiable with my
    passport.“Watford never paid me a single amount of money, I’ve had the sole
    help of my representative to survive.” *

    He was among our under-21 players in the Premier League squad list at the
    end of the January window.
     
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  2. Markthehorn

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    Very serous allegations!

    Let's hope he is just trying to cover himself.

    We don't want to stay up then get a transfer ban ourselves although might save money on some duds!!
     
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    There is. Certainly last summer there were '000s waiting.
     
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    Re the stadium, I think we will weigh up the 2 options of growing the existing stadium to 30k or build a new one to 30k.
    strangely it may be cheaper to build new and have proper walkways and bars, restaurants, hospitality etc without having to squeeze it in.
     
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    Better transport links and parking will help - also on some better roads. Mayor Khan keboshing the LUL links from WJ to Rickmansworth has possibly forced the hand.
    Emotionally I'm attached to the stadium and it's a bit of a pilgrimage given some of my father's ashes are under the SEJ.
    A new complex, say 28k+ makes pragmatic sense, as does the siting.

    I did my dissertation on stadium design and a few of you took time out to do my survey! Ta muchly again! <ok>
     
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    Are they spending the future profit on Sarr already?
     
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    I don't suppose that moving out of Watford Borough to Hertsmere would put any pressure on a planning department if there were an application to go up at the Vic.
     
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    I think many people do not get tickets at the present as lack of seats makes it hard both for casual supporters and those who come from long distances and are not high on the ABCD categories....
     
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    Fair point - might get genuine Watford fans coming as apposed to fans of other teams just getting a ticket to see Premier league football and picking their games.

    Also guess you just take a risk on the Cooperate side of things.

    Ofcourse its years down the line and well the Pozzos are going to think positive aren't they?

    Be just our luck that we get a new ground and then get relegation down to League One god forbid!!
     
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    If we follow other countries... Sadly I think so...
     
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    Repeat for the first team would be nice!
     
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    The only thing I can do now ,
    because I have a foot fracture !

    GYM GYM GYM

    José Cholevas

    Found on his Facebook page with a photo I cannot reproduce, but the link might take you to it.
     
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    Just as I was surprised by Pereyra’s height (I guess he’s around 5’11”), I’m sure we walked past Jose Holebas before the Liverpool game. If was him, and I’m pretty sure it was, he’s only about 5’8” (definitely not the 6’ online stats have him as). Maybe it wasn’t him? Anyone else met him? I told my boys it was him.
    Adam Masina drove past us at the entrance to the Training Ground today, at the entrance. He gave a ‘peace V’ to the guy on the gate, but I just about managed to persuade the lads I was taking there that it was to me! :emoticon-0111-blush
     
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