Morpheus Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 30 mill for a player who will have very little resale value Makes no sense We paid 24m for Bent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 We paid 24m for Bent. Who kept us up, we would ahve gone down had we not signed bent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 (edited) We paid 24m for Bent. Who kept us up, we would ahve gone down had we not signed bent Exactly Soldado better secure them CL football or he will prove to be a waste of money Edited July 29, 2013 by AshVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 29, 2013 Moderator Share Posted July 29, 2013 I can't believe they'd allow themselves to go into the season; or certainly beyond the transfer window; without a significant striker coming in. Assuming they keep Bale (I still think all the articles are crap based on the one eroneous Marca article) it just remains to be seen how the establishment above them cope. Unfortunately for Spurs, the club currently closest to them, Arsenal, are the one club above them not to have some kind of re-shuffle this close-season. Having said that, they were good enough for most of last season to be above Arsenal so they're not a million miles away already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 It says on the BBC site today though that monkey-features IS interested in a move to Real (no, really?!) Karma, she really is an utter, utter bitch! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartarugaJones Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 * Similar to the old conundrum where the quiz master tells you of the three closed doors arranged in front of you behind one is a Ferrari and behind the other two a goat. He asks you to chose a door, you do so, and he promptly opens one of the other doors to reveal a goat. Now there are two doors left, and he asks if you want to stick with your decision or chose the other door. What should you do? Answer: Always switch, only by switching to you turn a 33.33% chance of winning the Ferrari into a 50% chance. Most people can't see the difference and think that whatever you do it's a 50% chance and so often they'll stick to their original choice! Sorry for the belated pedantry here, but in this conundrum you turn your chance of winning the Ferrari into a 66.67% chance by switching, not a 50% chance (obviously the probabilities have to add up to 1). You should also have stated that it is agreed in advance that the quiz master will open one of the other doors to reveal a goat after your initial choice, and then give you the chance to "stick or switch", otherwise the situation is not clear. It's a nice example though. Perhaps anyone who is going to make decisions on transfer dealings should be tested with this problem. You need someone who can at least answer it correctly if you're hoping to bring in the football equivalents of Ferraris rather than a bunch of goats. Yes you're right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 seen some spurs fans now giving out some media claims that madrid are offering them coentrao instead of the rest of the modric cash which has lead them to suggest madrid have no cash who'd be a journalist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AValon Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 seen some spurs fans now giving out some media claims that madrid are offering them coentrao instead of the rest of the modric cash which has lead them to suggest madrid have no cash who'd be a journalist? Some Spurs fans are going to need counselling after this summers window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 If it's true Madrid are offering Di Maria and Contreo in part exchange then they should take that as both would certainly improve their team (Contreo is certainly better than Danny Rose!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstonMartyn88 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Limited edition FIFA 14 covers coming soon... first and last appearance of Bale in a Tottenham shirt this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 30 mill for a player who will have very little resale value Makes no sense We paid 24m for Bent. We paid £18 million as I guess that very little of the add ons were paid. Also Bent was 2 years younger with years of Premier League experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heid3ster Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Limited edition FIFA 14 covers coming soon... first and last appearance of Bale in a Tottenham shirt this season Aside from this gigantic one in Times Square (NBC's going to be so peeved if he goes to Real!): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 For that reason alone I hope he goes. I know money makes the world go round, but when sponsors get to call the shots about who goes where then it will be a sad day indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 that goes the other way too though, no doubt adidas will be pleased if he goes to madrid (maybe even contribute a bit or increase his deal?) madrid's "global partners" will probably be very interested in how marketable he is too spurs might live to regret that they've really pushed him this year, makes the huge fee a bit more justifiable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Yeah, I guess I should clarify my point a bit. It's that people seem to be worried about what sponsors might think. Over the past few days I have seen people saying "oh, NBC will be pissed off about this because of some big poster in New York City they paid for" at least half a dozen times over a couple of forums. I think it has been mentioned twice in this very thread. It is certainly an irrational thing to be annoyed about on my part but for some reason it does annoy me. Maybe it's because I like to pretend to myself that football is still a sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeps Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Losing bale is going to really hurt them IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Yeah, I guess I should clarify my point a bit. It's that people seem to be worried about what sponsors might think. Over the past few days I have seen people saying "oh, NBC will be pissed off about this because of some big poster in New York City they paid for" at least half a dozen times over a couple of forums. I think it has been mentioned twice in this very thread. It is certainly an irrational thing to be annoyed about on my part but for some reason it does annoy me. Maybe it's because I like to pretend to myself that football is still a sport. The "Things that piss you off that shouldn't" thread is this way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Limited edition FIFA 14 covers coming soon... first and last appearance of Bale in a Tottenham shirt this season Aside from this gigantic one in Times Square (NBC's going to be so peeved if he goes to Real!): I imagine NBC will be okay about it, they can change the poster. I think HP would be a bit more annoyed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 It says on the BBC site today though that monkey-features IS interested in a move to Real (no, really?!) Karma, she really is an utter, utter bitch!and the bs about levy being such a savvy operator being exposed for me 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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