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Discussion in 'Watford' started by North North Watford, May 1, 2012.

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  1. Bolton's Boots

    Bolton's Boots Well-Known Member

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    A couple of pleasing results in the Championship this afternoon - Bournemouth held at home, and I'll let everyone guess the other... <laugh>
     
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  2. Mexican Hornet

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    Anything to do with 5 stars?
     
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  3. Markthehorn

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    What is the betting Kane plays next week , scores then leaves!
     
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  4. Bolton's Boots

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    Sky Sports are going over the top in their Transfer Show - they should probably rename it the Ronaldo Signs For ManUre Again Show.

    Come on Sky - there are other transfers to talk about...
     
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  5. Bolton's Boots

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    Watching the Wrexham v Notts County game on BT Sport - quite an enjoyable one really, end to end stuff with none of the crab football of the higher divisions. Currently 1-1 with Wrexham having had a suspiciously onside, cracking goal disallowed for offside.
     
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  6. andytoprankin

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    Matej unhappy about that offside call.
     
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    There have been some great crowds at today's National League games.
     
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  8. Bolton's Boots

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    What a mockery the Mbappe transfer saga has turned out to be.

    PSG knock back a £189 million bid from Real Madrid for him - and Mbappe can now join them for nothing next season. Beyond ludicrous...
     
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  9. Markthehorn

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    PSG probably the only club who can do that !

    Madness .
     
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  10. Mexican Hornet

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    Totally, stupid. They can have thier cake and....stick it up where the sun don´t shine.
     
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  11. Flittonhorn

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    They probably took this stance as they know they can pick up his replacement (Andre Gray) on a free transfer next summer. :emoticon-0102-bigsm
     
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  12. andytoprankin

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    Yeah, but how can Real offer £189m for a single season’s contract? Plus wages!
     
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  13. duggie2000

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    It is Monopoly money, it doesn't really exist and if there is a minor hiccup the whole facade collapses, hence the Super League

    Personally I would not be unhappy if the so called big clubs who tried to form the Super League all crashed and burned into bankruptcy and left the major leagues in Europe to the teams like us and West Ham and Southampton and even Everton

    Good riddance
     
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  14. Markthehorn

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    Another record for Ronaldo .

    Ireland unlucky though .

    Beaten by 2 late goals .
     
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  15. andytoprankin

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    Yeah, I understand, but even those big clubs have some real fans (OK, along with quite a few ‘plastics’, something the Hammers, Saints and even the Toffees have few of) so it’s their owners I would love to see fall through the floor financially and be forced to give up important parts of our country’s heritage. I’m no ‘flag waver’ by any means in terms of my comment on heritage, I would feel the same about PSG or any club whose history and importance to their country’s history, is ignored so the club can serve as ‘cashcow’ / plaything / vanity project.

    If the superrich don’t understand the sport, then they should buy a ticket - not the club.
     
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  16. oldfrenchhorn

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    PSG are unique in being a football club owned by a state, and being outside that state. Qatar Sports Investments the nominal owner is an arm of the sovereign wealth fund of the state of Qatar. When we appear amazed at what is the normal expenditure for a football club, it doesn't apply here. There is a bottomless pit.
    Just how strong their fan base is I am not sure. Certainly within the last 15 years the club were almost giving tickets away to create some atmosphere in the ground, but that was before Qatar took over, and the club struggled. It is a surreal situation, but maybe Man. City are the closest with their ties and wealth centred in Abu Dhabi.
     
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  17. Toby

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    It's worth it from the marketing side, they'll make it all back in no time. Same as ManU with Ronaldo.
     
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  18. Bolton's Boots

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    Amazing - what were the odds of this happening?

     
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  19. Markthehorn

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    Tommy Lawrence was a big name at the time !

    I believe he has sadly passed away - not particularly old either (mid 70s)
     
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  20. Bolton's Boots

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    He did - three years ago.
     
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