trousers Posted 9 August, 2011 Share Posted 9 August, 2011 (edited) WHich bright spark updated NC's Wikipedia page?! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Cortese Owning Arsene Wenger During Negotiations for the transfer of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain £12m up front and a further £3m in add-ons for a 17 year old kid who hasn't played outside of League One says it all. Nice. (p.s. it was Nicola's birthday on Monday I notice. A belated "Happy Birthday" sir) :-) Edited 9 August, 2011 by trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Mockles Posted 9 August, 2011 Share Posted 9 August, 2011 I think NC is being portrayed as a hero because he has stood up to a big club and made them pay through the nose, over-the-odds, baring their arse down a back alley. The club tried a damn lot harder to keep Oxo (managed with Lallana which the past regime would NOT have done!) than that t*sser from the Cotswolds did with any player hitting form. I remember Bale's Dad talking about how the club tried to persuade Gareth to stay..."Gareth, we'll REALLY look after you" and offered him a pitiful contract. An absolute joke for someone of his undoubted ability. Still, if he turns it down which any self-respecting footballer would have done, the club can use the "but we offered him a contract" mantra and sell him to the first reasonable bid. Even better, we'll cut off any future payments to sign a nobody keeper than no-one wants but he must be able to turn good and rise in value because he's young. I'm so glad our current board are polar opposites to the "dark days" of the egotist board of self-serving tossers who almost killed our beloved club. We actually have confidence decisions made are sensible. Under Lowe you could bet 99% of your life savings that every decision relating to the sport - football was a bad one although he was blinded by arrogance and thought he really did know best. A scary combo. Scarier morons on here actually defended him. Still, those days are past history, consigned to the history books on the top (or bottom) shelf. OWTSGMI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jam Posted 9 August, 2011 Share Posted 9 August, 2011 The club tried a damn lot harder to keep Oxo (managed with Lallana which the past regime would NOT have done!) than that t*sser from the Cotswolds did with any player hitting form. I remember Bale's Dad talking about how the club tried to persuade Gareth to stay..."Gareth, we'll REALLY look after you" and offered him a pitiful contract. An absolute joke for someone of his undoubted ability. Still, if he turns it down which any self-respecting footballer would have done, the club can use the "but we offered him a contract" mantra and sell him to the first reasonable bid. Even better, we'll cut off any future payments to sign a nobody keeper than no-one wants but he must be able to turn good and rise in value because he's young. I'm so glad our current board are polar opposites to the "dark days" of the egotist board of self-serving tossers who almost killed our beloved club. We actually have confidence decisions made are sensible. Under Lowe you could bet 99% of your life savings that every decision relating to the sport - football was a bad one although he was blinded by arrogance and thought he really did know best. A scary combo. Scarier morons on here actually defended him. Still, those days are past history, consigned to the history books on the top (or bottom) shelf. OWTSGMI Interesting that you blame Lowe for the club not keeping hold of Bale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Jazzbo Posted 9 August, 2011 Share Posted 9 August, 2011 Interesting that you blame Lowe for the club not keeping hold of Bale. Yes, I thought Wilde was the Chairman when Bale left for Spurs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 9 August, 2011 Share Posted 9 August, 2011 WHich bright spark updated NC's Wikipedia page?! hehehehe. Priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 9 August, 2011 Share Posted 9 August, 2011 Why would Cortese deal with Wenger? Doesnt make sense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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