Alex 30237 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 2 hours ago, TheGingerQuiff said: He's the short of player Rafa would take up a level I reckon. Think he'd feed off playing in front of our crowd as well. No brainer if he's cheap enough given the likely alternatives Alreet, Sean Connery 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 10 hours ago, Howmanheyman said: Pigeon chest and a lazy cunt. Mitrovic looked handy too but we can't accommodate him with our personnel and pigeon chest is no different either. Aye, the Irish pundits put together a reel of Shaqiri and referred to his defensive work rate as borderline disgraceful; there was nothing borderline about it. They were balanced about and said with his attacking talent he'd be at a top club if he wasn't such a cunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrossthepond 699 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 If Mitro's work rate isn't good enough for Rafa, Shaqiri's certainly isn't. That's before you add on what a shit-stirring piece of work he is (he was trying to provoke the Serbs last night by making an Albanian eagle at them with his hands after he scored the winner.) But then, all that aside, if the price was right I'd take him. Shelvey apart, quality on the ball is in short supply in this side and he chips in with a fair few goals from midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12736 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Xhaka did the same celebration so maybe everything on the planet isn’t some kind of obtuse tie-in to Algeria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 9 minutes ago, Ayatollah Hermione said: Xhaka did the same celebration so maybe everything on the planet isn’t some kind of obtuse tie-in to Algeria Yeah its an albania thing, both have albanian roots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12447 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 (edited) Tbh I’d love us to get him, he’s got a lot of quality when on the ball and we’ve seen the work rate Rafa can pull out of players who have traditionally lacked in that area. He is a little cunt, but he’s the sort of cunt where you’d appreciate it if he was playing for your team imo. With all that said aren’t Liverpool in for him? If that’s the case there’s fuck all chance he’d take Ashley’s offer of a tenner a week. Edited June 23, 2018 by Howay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12736 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 9 minutes ago, Ant said: think it was blatant enough his usual celebration is arms out then stands there arms folded which he's done at internationals/Munich/stoke etc Maybe scoring a last minute winner in a World Cup overrid his brand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrossthepond 699 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Ayatollah Hermione said: Xhaka did the same celebration so maybe everything on the planet isn’t some kind of obtuse tie-in to Algeria That was supposed to be a dig but you only showed yourself up. Xhaka and Shaqiri are both ethnic Albanians and in the Balkans fucking everything is about ethnicity. The gesture was 100% intended to stir shit. Here is some history: Incidents as a result of the game[edit] Incidents followed the game outside of Belgrade, not only in Serbia, but also in other countries: In Serbia[edit] In Serbia, after the match, several bakeries and snack bars owned by ethnic Albanians were set on fire in Sombor and Stara Pazova, and a bomb was used in one case.[46] In Montenegro[edit] The Albanian embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro, was pelted with stones, which broke windows, and a note of protest was sent to the Ambassador of Montenegro in Tirana in regards.[47] Albanians in Montenegro celebrated in Ulcinj, Plav and Tuzi. Incidents of brawls among Montenegrin Albanians near Podgorica were recorded and four students had checked in the hospital as a result of bruises because of fights among them.[48] In southern Albania[edit] Within Albania, as soon as the match and the subsequent events in the stadium were over, a group of 100 Albanian nationalists carrying flags and nationalist banners attacked local ethnic Greeks, attacked houses, smashed car windows in the Greek-inhabited village of Derviçan, south of Gjirokastër. At the same time the same group launched profanities against local ethnic Greeks and slogans against Serbia and Greece. Their activity was stopped after police intervention.[49][50] The incident triggered diplomatic intervention from Greece with the Greek foreign ministry sending a démarche to the foreign ministry of Albania and demanded the trial of those responsible for the attacks.[51] The Albanian foreign minister stated that "quick and efficient reaction of the state police, identified the responsible people".[49] In Austria[edit] After the match, about 50 Albanians threw bottles at a Serbian coffeehouse in Vienna. Several cars, including police cars, were damaged.[52] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatty 24 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5881 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Shaqiri is wanted by Spurs and Liverpool so we can forget about signing him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 That's rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatty 24 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Agree about Shaqiri. He's the sort who wouldn't get stuck in when times were tough. He'll be a squad player in a 4th/5th place team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 9163 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 11 hours ago, beatty said: He'll be a squad player in a 4th/5th place team ... ... earning about 90k per week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerosum 234 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 I’m hoping the deathly silence on transfer news is a prelude to a crazy week where we sign 3 players. Shame I just got deja vu when typing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5881 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Aye, all the talk is of players leaving ATM. If we've got £30mil ish off Ashley. £8mil Mbemba to Porto £12mil Merino to Sociedad £20mil+ Mitro to Fulham £15mil Gayle to Stoke That's £85mil to replace them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2188 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 20 minutes ago, Kid Dynamite said: Aye, all the talk is of players leaving ATM. If we've got £30mil ish off Ashley. £8mil Mbemba to Porto £12mil Merino to Sociedad £20mil+ Mitro to Fulham £15mil Gayle to Stoke That's £85mil to replace them After you’ve knocked off agents fees and wages over the entire contract period, what’s left over is what’s available for transfer fees. I believe that’s what Ashley & co call the club “wiping its nose” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2188 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 I suspect Charnley will more readily sanction transfers if some of the squad duffers like colback leave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12447 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 11 minutes ago, Kitman said: After you’ve knocked off agents fees and wages over the entire contract period, what’s left over is what’s available for transfer fees. I believe that’s what Ashley & co call the club “wiping its nose” Spot on, that’s why selling someone like Merino is pointless. Once you factor in those things Ashley’s formula would have us with about £4M of the £12M quoted to spend to replace him at break even. Of course his little formula won’t take into account the fact we wouldn’t be paying the outgoing players wages anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 I can see Merino going onto big things in the future, disappointing to see us lose him to a release clause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 I think the penny must have dropped with Merino he's realised Rafa's a crackling manager. But the owner has no ambition for the club & 10th place in the PL is probably as good as its going to get here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14525 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Merino is a Basque, linked with Bilbao last season and Sociedad this season.....it could equally be driven by some desire to play in his homeland by the player rather than any desire to sell him from Rafa or Ashley... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4949 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Apparently Ings is leaving Liverpool. Would he be worth bringing in if Mitro goes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 3 minutes ago, Rayvin said: Apparently Ings is leaving Liverpool. Would he be worth bringing in if Mitro goes? He's barely played for three years, for someone who used his pace a lot thats a killer, no idea if he still has it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1115 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Merino seems to want to go because he's not been getting a game. And you can't really blame him for that, but whilst I don't think you could argue Shelvey and Diame deserved to stay in the team in the second half of the season, I do wonder if there was a bit more too it with Merino not even getting on the bench for quite a few games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 I thought it was that he was suffering from a back injury for a lot of the season. Real-y hope he stays for another season anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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