ciggiesnbeer Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 1 hour ago, The Fun Factory said: It's a half-remembered childhood birthday party, a creak on the stair, a spluttering match held to a frosted pane, the warm wet, trusting touch of a leaking nappy, the hulk of a charred Panzer, the underside of a granite boulder, the first downy growth on the upper lip of a Mediterranean girl, cobwebs long since overrun by an old Wellington boot. My absolute favourite comedy sketch of all time. Salute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pas5898 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 (edited) 36 minutes ago, OLDVILLAIN said: I just cant see arsenal selling him to us..as much as i would love him to develop at villa No smoke without fire. Most likely we are interested and the agent is using us as a bargaining chip in contract negotiations. Leaking to the media adds pressure to Arsenal However, he still hasnt signed a new contract despite in discussions since March. If they don't pay him what he wants, then he's ours. Edited June 23, 2021 by pas5898 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 23, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 23, 2021 33 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: I have to own up and the words are from Stephen Fry not myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denaldinho Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 17 minutes ago, pas5898 said: No smoke without fire. Most likely we are interested and the agent is using us as a bargaining chip in contract negotiations. Leaking to the media adds pressure to Arsenal However, he still hasnt signed a new contract despite in discussions since March. If they don't pay him what he wants, then he's ours. Look at the offer we have made? You really think kroenke will not say no? 2 years left on his contract and been offered upwards 35 mill - I think we have a good chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Keyblade said: Jack at 20 couldn't even get into either Remi Garde or Steve Bruce's sides and was busy sorting out his behaviour off the pitch. It looked like his career was about to fizzle out. Smith-Rowe is arguably Arsenal's 2nd best player and was performing well on the European stage last season. Jack always had the higher ceiling, but at this point in their careers, ESR is clear. Now, of course I seriously doubt he will be as good as Jack currently is at 25 but you never know. I'd like to find out at Villa! At 18 Jack was taking the piss out of Liverpool in a semi final if the FA Cup. Yes, some tumultuous times followed, but the club was in a mess. He had a terrible injury when Bruce was there but played consistently after. I agree ESR looks very promising, I don't agree he looks better than Jack at 20. But he's had not much more than a handful of games at Arsenal. 20 odd? Let's see how he goes. Yes, I would like to see him at Villa and fulfill his promise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 2 hours ago, QldVilla said: Would of thought that there would need to be some form of corporate governance around how individual clubs make bids for auditing purposes, the days of a phone call/fax would be long gone. I’d imagine they do most of it by WhatsApp tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 If our bid for him isn't succesful, that is if Arsenal turn it down and he stays with them, then there must be a strong chance that we will try and sign someone else instead, not just any player, but a player we feel has a similar skillset and can do a similar job to Smith Rowe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phil Silvers Posted June 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2021 Mate just said Kroenke wants this to go trough to p|ss his own fans off for giving him a hard time. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 I wonder what the stalling with his contract is all about? I assume he wants 70-100k a week perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: I wonder what the stalling with his contract is all about? I assume he wants 70-100k a week perhaps? There's no chance he's getting that at his age. On 12-20k atm depending on which wages site is right and Saka new 4 year contract last year went from 7k to 33k reported. Arsenal don't pay massive wages for young players I view this as potential bargaining chip in our favour. We could offer him higher than Arsenal want to without really upsetting our relative wage structure Edited June 23, 2021 by Kiwivillan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 (edited) 52 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: I wonder what the stalling with his contract is all about? I assume he wants 70-100k a week perhaps? Well If he didn’t before he surely will do now after our approaches. If they value him as highly as reported then they will need to pay him accordingly or look to sell. Knock on effect for them if they do offer him a massive contract is that Saka will expect parity or higher. Martinelli would then expect similar etc etc … Interesting how this one will play out, I just cannot see them selling this summer under any circumstance sadly… Edited June 23, 2021 by thabucks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 55 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: I wonder what the stalling with his contract is all about? I assume he wants 70-100k a week perhaps? They ain’t got the readies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 6 hours ago, grobs said: I think this is the most excited about a signing I’ve been since Darren Bent so I hope we are not just winding them up Welcome back grobs. Hope you're enjoying the international coverage Grealish is getting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Arsenal finances really are quite dire unless Kroneke puts his hands deep into his pockets. Quote Arsenal have recorded a loss after taxation of £47.8 million — a rise of more than £20 million on the previous year. To do that in a year when they were supposed to feel the benefit of new commercial deals with Emirates and Adidas shows the tremendous impact the pandemic had. What is most concerning is that these results only take us up until June — there have been another nine months of empty stadiums since then. Next year’s financial results are likely to be all the more unpleasant. Back in November 2020, the Arsenal Supporters Trust predicted that 2020-21 could see Arsenal report losses of a further £158 million. This is likely to get worse before it gets better. Arsenal have, however, taken a number of steps since this results period to adapt to the crisis. The owners have helped refinance the stadium bonds and undertaken a range of cost-cutting measures, including redundancies. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/theathletic.com/news/arsenal-financial-results-coronavirus/xK7Gi61zXdcf%3famp=1 Thank you Fulham ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GarethRDR Posted June 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2021 5 hours ago, pas5898 said: No smoke without fire. What about smoke machines? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, GarethRDR said: What about smoke machines? I’m pretty sure fire is used somewhere along the process to make smoking machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Arsenal supporters are legitimately pooing bricks over this which I find hilarious. I have an Arsenal supporting workmate and I told him he should be proud that a kid from little old Arsenal is going to get his chance at a big club like the Villa, and his face went grey. I think beating them to Buendia has really spooked them, especially mixed in with their poor season and owners they hate. Couldn't happen to a more deserving supporter base tbh. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 7 hours ago, ciggiesnbeer said: My absolute favourite comedy sketch of all time. Salute! Cape a bull 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icouldtelltheworld Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Thug said: I’m pretty sure fire is used somewhere along the process to make smoking machines. No smoke machines without fire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Arsenal were mostly banking on the ESL to balance the books. Oops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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