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Viking Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: philsky on May 21, 2024, 09:15:56 pm
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Wycombe in for him apparently.
Why to them ?
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If so good luck to him Grant will get a replacement
Not even worried anymore when players leave about who we will get, I know grant and the staff will get a suitable replacement
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Any substance to this or just one of them Twitter accounts that guesses things?
Iv seen the tweet and I don’t think it’s a reliable account.
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Wycombe in for him apparently.
Why to them ?
Money. Haven't they been bought by a billionaire.
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I wasn’t sure on the account but Wycombe have currently got 37 year old Gareth McCleary in that position and don’t have any left footed forwards or wingers…
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Wycombe in for him apparently.
Why to them ?
Because they are in a better league and will pay him more. If it’s true, of course
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If this is even true, it’s a long way from the North East…
Guess the A League is even further but that’s a different story entirely.
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It's a big decision for him, I think I'd like him to stay but if he gets a move to a higher league on more money that's fair enough.
Our big selling point is that he's got a chance of winning a promotion and being settled in a higher league as a big player. It's a strong option still despite being league 2.
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As we've speculated before I would imagine there's a number of clubs who've been aware of his contract situation and have tracked his end of season form. His stats will be quite impressive even before they have him watched.
His agent, as with all players Inc' Haks will try to provide their man with as many realistic options as possible, and Wycombe are likely just one of those. A new owner trying to make an impression by casting their eye over the best available in the leagues around them. They maybe in a position to pay above average for League One but I imagine there will still be stiff competition.
Where LM ends up, I don't really care but good luck to him.
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They have their deadline from GM, if they can't make up their minds (or rather if their managers can't make up their minds for them) then they go and are forgotten. GM is too busy to mess about with people not committed, go away.
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When do we think the deadline is or was?
A week after the Crewe 2nd leg?
End of May?
Just before the Euros kicks off?
End of June?
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I don’t think it’s unreasonable for players to have a couple of weeks holiday immediately after the season finishes. Switch off from football completely. Let the agents do their bidding/negotiating, then after their hols the players/agents have a short while to commit. To me that’s a 3 week period.
Pure conjecture of course.
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I don’t think it’s unreasonable for players to have a couple of weeks holiday immediately after the season finishes. Switch off from football completely. Let the agents do their bidding/negotiating, then after their hols the players/agents have a short while to commit. To me that’s a 3 week period.
Pure conjecture of course.
31 May then. Sounds reasonable.
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The advantage we have with Grant McCann is his experience of situations with players at end of contract. He also knows the broader market of alternative players available should Mols decide to move and he has a lot of good things to offer and promise to newcomers such as Sbarra !
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What's the date when contracts usually expire, is it 1st June?
If so that, or what ever the cortect date is, will be the deadline date IMHO
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LM ‘s contract runs to 30 June as does that of HB.
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As the transfer window officially opens on 14 June I would have thought contracts end then but either way you would think McCann will want decisions before 14th if not sooner.
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I'm pretty sure although contracts end 30th June we still have to pay them their July salaries.
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If this is even true, it’s a long way from the North East…
Guess the A League is even further but that’s a different story entirely.
It used to be one of the most expensive places in the London commuter belt to live. On the train from Paddington you encounter lots of obviously wealthy (posh) people. So it would have to be a really good deal to make it worthwhile.
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LM ‘s contract runs to 30 June as does that of HB.
Didn't know Harry Belafonte was playing for us...
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If this is even true, it’s a long way from the North East…
Guess the A League is even further but that’s a different story entirely.
It used to be one of the most expensive places in the London commuter belt to live. On the train from Paddington you encounter lots of obviously wealthy (posh) people. So it would have to be a really good deal to make it worthwhile.
Marylebone isn’t it.?
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Who ???
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I'm pretty sure although contracts end 30th June we still have to pay them their July salaries.
Yep, footballers have a 13 month year.
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If this is even true, it’s a long way from the North East…
Guess the A League is even further but that’s a different story entirely.
It used to be one of the most expensive places in the London commuter belt to live. On the train from Paddington you encounter lots of obviously wealthy (posh) people. So it would have to be a really good deal to make it worthwhile.
Marylebone isn’t it.?
Yes - sorry!
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LM ‘s contract runs to 30 June as does that of HB.
Didn't know Harry Belafonte was playing for us...
One for the kids there Pieman. (Kids aged 60+ that is)
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Got it in 1, mugnapper :thumbsup:
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If Molyneux doesn't sign a new contract I'll be disappointed, however he's replaceable. I'd be more disappointed if we can't sign Adelakun, he's just got that X factor for me where he can make things happen and the front 3 as a whole improved & benefited from him being in the side from January.
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If Molyneux doesn't sign a new contract I'll be disappointed, however he's replaceable. I'd be more disappointed if we can't sign Adelakun, he's just got that X factor for me where he can make things happen and the front 3 as a whole improved & benefited from him being in the side from January.
Other way round for me. Molyneux better of the two but we do need someone with similar qualities to Adelakun.
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If you just looking at wide play Moly is better but Haks made brilliant runs in behind and was really the only one who was doing that. He also had that bit of entertainment factor to his skills which the fans value
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If Molyneux doesn't sign a new contract I'll be disappointed, however he's replaceable. I'd be more disappointed if we can't sign Adelakun, he's just got that X factor for me where he can make things happen and the front 3 as a whole improved & benefited from him being in the side from January.
Other way round for me. Molyneux better of the two but we do need someone with similar qualities to Adelakun.
I can see both your opinions,Although I feel Mols will be easier to replace,Haks beats him man more consistantly and links midfield to the danger area more often for us,my only concern is whether Haks will still play his best has consistantly once he has sorted a long term contract out for himself wherever he ends up.
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Pete O'Rourke journalist is reporting on twitter this morning that we've convinced him to stay.
Doncaster Rovers have seen off competition from MK Dons and Gillingham to convince Luke Molyenux to sign a new deal at the club. #drfc #mkdons #gills
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If Molyneux doesn't sign a new contract I'll be disappointed, however he's replaceable. I'd be more disappointed if we can't sign Adelakun, he's just got that X factor for me where he can make things happen and the front 3 as a whole improved & benefited from him being in the side from January.
Other way round for me. Molyneux better of the two but we do need someone with similar qualities to Adelakun.
I can see both your opinions,Although I feel Mols will be easier to replace,Haks beats him man more consistantly and links midfield to the danger area more often for us,my only concern is whether Haks will still play his best has consistantly once he has sorted a long term contract out for himself wherever he ends up.
I think Molyneux’s robustness, work rate and left-footedness make him harder to replace.
It now looks like we don’t need to. O’Rourke usually gets it right.
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MK Dons and Gills? Really? If they’re the competition he should sign.
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Hoping this is true.
My Moly shirt has also agreed to stay.
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Pete O'Rourke journalist is reporting on twitter this morning that we've convinced him to stay.
Doncaster Rovers have seen off competition from MK Dons and Gillingham to convince Luke Molyenux to sign a new deal at the club. #drfc #mkdons #gills
Crikey, being threatened with those two is like a prison sentence. Moly can do better than that and if true, I would sack his agent!
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Announcement photo in front of The Sal incoming.
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Thats great news if it comes to pass. We need to be hanging on to players of his quality to make as serious push and the squad immediately looks stronger with him back in it.
He was the one I would have picked out of the 'pondering three'
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Pete O'Rourke journalist is reporting on twitter this morning that we've convinced him to stay.
Doncaster Rovers have seen off competition from MK Dons and Gillingham to convince Luke Molyenux to sign a new deal at the club. #drfc #mkdons #gills
That’s now reported in the DFP. Am I alone in thinking this speculation should be kept out of the media until the deal is done? Premature reporting could throw a spanner in the works, or alert other clubs??
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Where are all the L1 and Champ clubs that were after him?
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Where are all the L1 and Champ clubs that were after him?
Possibly keeping their powder dry - see my above - if they see he’s only got offers from L2 clubs then they may be able to offer less than they would have had to?
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Pete O'Rourke journalist is reporting on twitter this morning that we've convinced him to stay.
Doncaster Rovers have seen off competition from MK Dons and Gillingham to convince Luke Molyenux to sign a new deal at the club. #drfc #mkdons #gills
That’s now reported in the DFP. Am I alone in thinking this speculation should be kept out of the media until the deal is done? Premature reporting could throw a spanner in the works, or alert other clubs??
Clubs and agents aren't looking at Donny free press to find out the availability of players :lol: :lol:
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Pete O'Rourke journalist is reporting on twitter this morning that we've convinced him to stay.
Doncaster Rovers have seen off competition from MK Dons and Gillingham to convince Luke Molyenux to sign a new deal at the club. #drfc #mkdons #gills
That’s now reported in the DFP. Am I alone in thinking this speculation should be kept out of the media until the deal is done? Premature reporting could throw a spanner in the works, or alert other clubs??
DFP haven't reported anything, only joined in the speculation by repeating what O'Rourke said.
Genuine talks between clubs, players and agents are rarely played out in the media. Most signings come out of the blue so the same would apply with Moly if he were to be announced at another club. I doubt the links to MK and Gills were genuine.
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Offical signed for two years
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Offical signed for two years
Officially where?
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Not there now
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Someone jokingly retweeted his initial signing tweet.
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Pete O'Rourke journalist is reporting on twitter this morning that we've convinced him to stay.
Doncaster Rovers have seen off competition from MK Dons and Gillingham to convince Luke Molyenux to sign a new deal at the club. #drfc #mkdons #gills
That’s now reported in the DFP. Am I alone in thinking this speculation should be kept out of the media until the deal is done? Premature reporting could throw a spanner in the works, or alert other clubs??
DFP haven't reported anything, only joined in the speculation by repeating what O'Rourke said.
Genuine talks between clubs, players and agents are rarely played out in the media. Most signings come out of the blue so the same would apply with Moly if he were to be announced at another club. I doubt the links to MK and Gills were genuine.
That’s what I meant, the DFP reporting the tweet..
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Real intent shown by the club if we've convinced him to stay.
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Someone jokingly retweeted his initial signing tweet.
Unbelievable :chair:
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People have counted the chickens before on here, and recently, I will believe it when I see it. But I do hope it does turn out correct
COYR
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Real intent shown by the club if we've convinced him to stay.
Real intent is trying to convince him to stay.
Actually happening is another matter.
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Hope we sign him, to me the reason Championship and top end League 1 sides appear not to be in for him is that for the majority of the last 2 years he’s been average (with signs of potential) and with a poor scoring record.
Had he played like he has in the last 2/3 months over a 2 year period he’d be gone to one of the above.
So what’s his huge improvement down to?
Suddenly clicked/ playing in right position/playing in a better side/coached and managed properly… or his contract was up?
If he plays like he has recently and we have him contracted to us then he’ll be leaving on a nice fee, to a club much higher than league 2.
so I really do hope we sign him and he then continues playing like the real Luke Molyneux
= Win Win
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Hope we sign him, to me the reason Championship and top end League 1 sides appear not to be in for him is that for the majority of the last 2 years he’s been average (with signs of potential) and with a poor scoring record.
Had he played like he has in the last 2/3 months over a 2 year period he’d be gone to one of the above.
So what’s his huge improvement down to?
Suddenly clicked/ playing in right position/playing in a better side/coached and managed properly… or his contract was up?
If he plays like he has recently and we have him contracted to us then he’ll be leaving on a nice fee, to a club much higher than league 2.
so I really do hope we sign him and he then continues playing like the real Luke Molyneux
= Win Win
Thought he reverted to type in the 2nd leg against Crewe , the full back had him in his pocket 1st half, he grew into the game 2nd half & got in some dangerous positions but his decision making was awful.
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Clubs showing interest and offering something are miles apart!
Form-wise, LM certainly improved after Adelakun joined in January. When Hans’ form dipped in the last 2/3 games, so did a few others; which leads me to believe HA is the catalyst to Grant’s system going really well.
Ideally, we need both to sign.
Biggins we most definitely missed in the Crewe home game, as the penny was dropping with where and how to play him. Now we have competition for his slot, but it would be nice if he signed too.
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Hope we sign him, to me the reason Championship and top end League 1 sides appear not to be in for him is that for the majority of the last 2 years he’s been average (with signs of potential) and with a poor scoring record.
Had he played like he has in the last 2/3 months over a 2 year period he’d be gone to one of the above.
So what’s his huge improvement down to?
Suddenly clicked/ playing in right position/playing in a better side/coached and managed properly… or his contract was up?
If he plays like he has recently and we have him contracted to us then he’ll be leaving on a nice fee, to a club much higher than league 2.
so I really do hope we sign him and he then continues playing like the real Luke Molyneux
= Win Win
Thought he reverted to type in the 2nd leg against Crewe , the full back had him in his pocket 1st half, he grew into the game 2nd half & got in some dangerous positions but his decision making was awful.
Bit harsh
He hit the post, and also created an excellent chance for himself but scuffed the shot.
He was our best player that night I thought
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Clubs showing interest and offering something are miles apart!
Form-wise, LM certainly improved after Adelakun joined in January. When Hans’ form dipped in the last 2/3 games, so did a few others; which leads me to believe HA is the catalyst to Grant’s system going really well.
Ideally, we need both to sign.
Biggins we most definitely missed in the Crewe home game, as the penny was dropping with where and how to play him. Now we have competition for his slot, but it would be nice if he signed too.
Agree with this, Haks & Molly didn't get going 1st half which made us look really static & one dimensional playing up to Ironside, this is where Biggins comes into his own picking up pockets of space and running past Ironside
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Hope we sign him, to me the reason Championship and top end League 1 sides appear not to be in for him is that for the majority of the last 2 years he’s been average (with signs of potential) and with a poor scoring record.
Had he played like he has in the last 2/3 months over a 2 year period he’d be gone to one of the above.
So what’s his huge improvement down to?
Suddenly clicked/ playing in right position/playing in a better side/coached and managed properly… or his contract was up?
If he plays like he has recently and we have him contracted to us then he’ll be leaving on a nice fee, to a club much higher than league 2.
so I really do hope we sign him and he then continues playing like the real Luke Molyneux
= Win Win
Thought he reverted to type in the 2nd leg against Crewe , the full back had him in his pocket 1st half, he grew into the game 2nd half & got in some dangerous positions but his decision making was awful.
Bit harsh
He hit the post, and also created an excellent chance for himself but scuffed the shot.
He was our best player that night I thought
Maybe is a bit harsh but there was at least 2 times or more where he'd cut inside and had the chance to pull the trigger and was caught in 2 minds whether to pass or shoot
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Pete O'Rourke journalist is reporting on twitter this morning that we've convinced him to stay.
Doncaster Rovers have seen off competition from MK Dons and Gillingham to convince Luke Molyenux to sign a new deal at the club. #drfc #mkdons #gills
That’s now reported in the DFP. Am I alone in thinking this speculation should be kept out of the media until the deal is done? Premature reporting could throw a spanner in the works, or alert other clubs??
Yeah, just hope it’s not agents trying to get a Better offer from Wycombe/Dons.
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Hope we sign him, to me the reason Championship and top end League 1 sides appear not to be in for him is that for the majority of the last 2 years he’s been average (with signs of potential) and with a poor scoring record.
Had he played like he has in the last 2/3 months over a 2 year period he’d be gone to one of the above.
So what’s his huge improvement down to?
Suddenly clicked/ playing in right position/playing in a better side/coached and managed properly… or his contract was up?
If he plays like he has recently and we have him contracted to us then he’ll be leaving on a nice fee, to a club much higher than league 2.
so I really do hope we sign him and he then continues playing like the real Luke Molyneux
= Win Win
Thought he reverted to type in the 2nd leg against Crewe , the full back had him in his pocket 1st half, he grew into the game 2nd half & got in some dangerous positions but his decision making was awful.
Bit harsh
He hit the post, and also created an excellent chance for himself but scuffed the shot.
He was our best player that night I thought
Also should have got a penalty for us, terrible refereeing.
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Pete O'Rourke journalist is reporting on twitter this morning that we've convinced him to stay.
Doncaster Rovers have seen off competition from MK Dons and Gillingham to convince Luke Molyenux to sign a new deal at the club. #drfc #mkdons #gills
O Rourke is a very respected journo & is generally pretty accurate with his tweets!!
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Moly is currently in Bucharest so until he is back and has signed I won't hold my breath. There is no doubt his agent is actively looking for a better deal for him as we speak.
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Moly is currently in Bucharest so until he is back and has signed I won't hold my breath. There is no doubt his agent is actively looking for a better deal for him as we speak.
When is he back?!
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Moly is currently in Bucharest so until he is back and has signed I won't hold my breath. There is no doubt his agent is actively looking for a better deal for him as we speak.
You can electronically sign a legal document :)
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Maybe he’s renewed and jetted off and is happy here
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We'll just have to romain(ia) a little patient.
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He’s signing for Dinamo Bucharest lol!
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Moly is currently in Bucharest so until he is back and has signed I won't hold my breath. There is no doubt his agent is actively looking for a better deal for him as we speak.
Sat outside Roxana Erotic Massage. :laugh:
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He’s signing for Dinamo Bucharest lol!
I hope not for his sake - went there earlier this year and I wouldn't recommend the place.
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That’s a random place to go for a footballer as a closed season holiday.
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That’s a random place to go for a footballer as a closed season holiday.
City break?
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That’s a random place to go for a footballer as a closed season holiday.
City break?
Meant to be very nice - Mrs Philsky and me have it on our list
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That’s a random place to go for a footballer as a closed season holiday.
City break?
Meant to be very nice - Mrs Philsky and me have it on our list
Don't...... go Budapest, Barcelona or Berlin instead.....
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He might be a mate of Gaby Tamas.
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Had some great nights in the English Bar, Athenee Palace Hilton, Bucharest, back in my working life.
City, overall, not as good as Budapest, though.
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Had some great nights in the English Bar, Athenee Palace Hilton, Bucharest, back in my working life.
City, overall, not as good as Budapest, though.
Dare I ask what you did in your working times Alan...?
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Where are all the L1 and Champ clubs that were after him?
Yeah, he’s League 2 eh Gaz?
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That’s a random place to go for a footballer as a closed season holiday.
City break?
Meant to be very nice - Mrs Philsky and me have it on our list
Hope it's low down - because it isn't. One of the two places in the world I have been shot at (the other was Israel). I would recommened the Romanian countryside tho, especially the Carpathian mountains - that is nice.
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That’s a random place to go for a footballer as a closed season holiday.
City break?
Meant to be very nice - Mrs Philsky and me have it on our list
Hope it's low down - because it isn't. One of the two places in the world I have been shot at (the other was Israel). I would recommened the Romanian countryside tho, especially the Carpathian mountains - that is nice.
I’ve been and it’s not great. Concur that the mountains are ok, I went in February and there was plenty of snow.
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That’s a random place to go for a footballer as a closed season holiday.
City break?
Meant to be very nice - Mrs Philsky and me have it on our list
Hope it's low down - because it isn't. One of the two places in the world I have been shot at (the other was Israel). I would recommened the Romanian countryside tho, especially the Carpathian mountains - that is nice.
I’ve been and it’s not great. Concur that the mountains are ok, I went in February and there was plenty of snow.
And Bran Castle, home of Dracula
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That’s a random place to go for a footballer as a closed season holiday.
City break?
Meant to be very nice - Mrs Philsky and me have it on our list
Hope it's low down - because it isn't. One of the two places in the world I have been shot at (the other was Israel). I would recommened the Romanian countryside tho, especially the Carpathian mountains - that is nice.
I’ve been and it’s not great. Concur that the mountains are ok, I went in February and there was plenty of snow.
And Bran Castle, home of Dracula
Bran Castle was rubbish....commercial pap
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Hope we sign him, to me the reason Championship and top end League 1 sides appear not to be in for him is that for the majority of the last 2 years he’s been average (with signs of potential) and with a poor scoring record.
Had he played like he has in the last 2/3 months over a 2 year period he’d be gone to one of the above.
So what’s his huge improvement down to?
Suddenly clicked/ playing in right position/playing in a better side/coached and managed properly… or his contract was up?
If he plays like he has recently and we have him contracted to us then he’ll be leaving on a nice fee, to a club much higher than league 2.
so I really do hope we sign him and he then continues playing like the real Luke Molyneux
= Win Win
I have said on here previously that much of Moly’s improvement has been down to him not having to be the the one attacking creative player.
Haks has been a massive help to him as has Craig and Biggins and not least, Sterry being behind him.
As I said before, a player can improve a team but a team can also improve a player.
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MM:
Dare I ask what you did in your working times Alan...?
At that time, I was a tendering engineer, pricing major projects in the UK and overseas. We had quite a few trips over to Bucharest, worked in a great team. The travelling was a ball ache, but the work was interesting.
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He’s signing for Dinamo Bucharest lol!
I hope not for his sake - went there earlier this year and I wouldn't recommend the place.
Really MM? I like the place. Bucuresti is one of the better cities in the world in my eyes. Travelled a fair bit in Romania generally. I like it. Mind you, I got properly badly sunburnt on a beach in Constanta once!
BobG
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That’s a random place to go for a footballer as a closed season holiday.
City break?
f**k me. Have you ever been there?
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Went to Transylvania on a weekend break but never again. Once bitten……
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He’s signing for Dinamo Bucharest lol!
Neil Lennon just got the Rapid job
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That’s a random place to go for a footballer as a closed season holiday.
City break?
Meant to be very nice - Mrs Philsky and me have it on our list
Don't...... go Budapest, Barcelona or Berlin instead.....
Was in Budapest a few of weeks ago so had to watch the Colchester match online :-(
Barcelona is fab.
Never done Berlin - thanks for the tip.
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That’s a random place to go for a footballer as a closed season holiday.
City break?
Meant to be very nice - Mrs Philsky and me have it on our list
Don't...... go Budapest, Barcelona or Berlin instead.....
Was in Budapest a few of weeks ago so had to watch the Colchester match online :-(
Barcelona is fab.
Never done Berlin - thanks for the tip.
Berlin is ok. Lisbon is great.
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Went Lisbon in October, caught Sporting v Atalanta in Europa league.
Unbelievable city.
Back on topic, is today the day??
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That’s a random place to go for a footballer as a closed season holiday.
City break?
Meant to be very nice - Mrs Philsky and me have it on our list
Don't...... go Budapest, Barcelona or Berlin instead.....
Was in Budapest a few of weeks ago so had to watch the Colchester match online :-(
Barcelona is fab.
Never done Berlin - thanks for the tip.
Berlin is ok. Lisbon is great.
I really enjoyed Berlin - although I have memories from being there when the city was divided..... love the history about the place.
Went to Lisbon last year - enjoyed it and did some great trips out to Sintra and Arabida. We did find the cobbles a bit wearing on our feet after a while though.
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Take some shoes maybe next time?
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As this thread has been completely diverted, does anyone have any comments on either Marseille or Dubrovnik as city break destinations?
Oh, and fingers crossed Luke Molyneux signs today!
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Does anyone know how to get grass stains out of white trainer soles?
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As this thread has been completely diverted, does anyone have any comments on either Marseille or Dubrovnik as city break destinations?
Oh, and fingers crossed Luke Molyneux signs today!
Just come back from Split last week was really nice. Speaking to brits out there who have been to Dubrovnik also. It compares quite favourably and is not as expensive.
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As this thread has been completely diverted, does anyone have any comments on either Marseille or Dubrovnik as city break destinations?
Oh, and fingers crossed Luke Molyneux signs today!
If you like Hexthorpe you will love Marseille
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That’s a random place to go for a footballer as a closed season holiday.
City break?
f**k me. Have you ever been there?
I have as it goes. Do a few city breaks in Eastern Europe, including to Lviv in Ukraine (pre war). All very decent generally speaking, and much better value than the rip off west.
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Best - Budapest
Worst - Dublin. Awful
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Best - Budapest
Worst - Dublin. Awful
Would recommend Belfast
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Best - Budapest
Worst - Dublin. Awful
Dublin I found boring and expensive.
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Corsica is beautiful this time of year, sunny around 20-25 not too busy as the main season doesn't start till July, very french in Bastia atm with tourists mainly from Paris and Nice.
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Reykjavik is my favourite getaway - been a few times and so many amazing places to visit in Iceland.
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My rankings, let’s go #7 in honour of LM;
Lisbon
Rome
Madrid
Krakow
Barcelona
GDansk
Dublin
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My rankings, let’s go #7 in honour of LM;
Lisbon
Rome
Madrid
Krakow
Barcelona
GDansk
Dublin
Got to agree with Lisbon, it has everything, trams, good ww2 resistance museum, great restaurants off the main track full of locals, a castle, nice day trips, the best.
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Budapest
Berlin
Edinburgh (during Festival)
Porto
Copenhagen
Barcelona
Split
Doing Krakow in September.... any suggestions mush - apart from the obvious salt mines and Auschwitz
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Valkenburg and Vienna are both worth a trip
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My rankings, let’s go #7 in honour of LM;
Lisbon
Rome
Madrid
Krakow
Barcelona
GDansk
Dublin
Mine, top 7:
Rome
Bucharest
Krakow
Barcelona
Dublin
Moscow
Frankfurt
Didnt enjoy Paris tbh
In two weeks we're off to Venice and then later in the year Prague (both for the first time)
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i just don't understand the fascination with Dublin, its no better than any other city except everything costs twice the price.You need a mortgage for a proper day sesh.
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Valkenburg and Vienna are both worth a trip
Valkenburg near Maastricht I presume (there is also one near the Hague). It is a great place if you have a car - Maastricht is great, Aachen pretty good, and Liege - well it is different.
I lived in that area for 7 years and absolutely loved it. The Dutch part is definitely my favourite part of the Netherlands where I lived for 36 years in total. Here is an extract from memoirs I am writing:
Imagine in prehistoric times an early man standing on a hill surveying the view about him. He sees smaller hills, valleys and woods, and no rivers or obvious boundaries in sight. He concludes he is at the centre of his world.
Fast forward to the 1970’s and that unremarkable hill has become altogether more edgy. Centuries of man’s civilisation have produced ebbing and flowing cultures, buildings, agriculture, industry, wars, and has transformed this central looking place into a fault line on the edge of everything around it.
A simple stone pillar on the top of that hill now marks the three-country border point called Dreiländereck in Germany, Drielandenpunt in the Netherlands, and Trois Frontières in Belgium. It is where those countries meet, and at 323 metres (1059 feet) high it is also the highest point in the Netherlands. The small area in the very south of the Netherlands is not flat like the rest of the country and is often ironically referred to as ‘The Dutch Alps’. The Tour de France cycle race regularly passes through here.
It is a place where borders often moved as cultures and histories clashed. Between the three very differing cities of Aachen in Germany, Maastricht in the Netherlands, and Liège in Belgium lie many smaller places, some straddling an international border like Vaals, or more dramatically the town that was cut in half and is now two towns – Kerkrade in the Netherlands and Herzogenrath in Germany. Here the national border runs along varying points in the middle of a long urban road. Interestingly the appendix ‘rath’ or ‘rade’ means land cleared for cultivation in middle low German. Herzog means Duke in German and Kerk means Church in Dutch giving some hint maybe to German hierarchical and Dutch religious historical priorities in this area.
The amazing thing for me about living in that area is how the world changes so abruptly at the three countries’ borders, which were not open when I started to live there. Within a few metres not just the language and the pre-Euro currency changed, but also the road markings and architecture. The countries immediately look different, the German houses all with eye-catching large modern shutters, the Dutch houses with distinctive small bricks and often whitewashed and with coloured awnings, and the less regimented and more sprawling roads of irregular Belgian houses. Like a giant grotesque groyne against the shifting borders in time, the concrete World War II tank traps of the Siegfried line are still clearly visible to remind people of hard times past. Until 1978 even the timezone was different between Germany and the other two. Indeed, I celebrated one new year twice, starting on the Dutch side in Vaals and then walking over the border to the German Vaalserquartier to repeat the celebrations one hour later.
Edit: Well worth trip, and btw Vienna is fabulous as well
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Seville’s not been mentioned yet, awesome place.
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Look no further than Liverpool for a day sesh for me. Live music down Matthew Street can't beat it.
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Can this not be move to off topic, bit of a joke now ??
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New York..
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Valkenburg and Vienna are both worth a trip
I also used to live and work near Valkenburg - a lovely town in the Limburg region....and Maastricht is certainly worth a visit also.
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Budapest
Berlin
Edinburgh (during Festival)
Porto
Copenhagen
Barcelona
Split
Doing Krakow in September.... any suggestions mush - apart from the obvious salt mines and Auschwitz
Nice zoo
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So, Luke hasn’t signed, then!
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So, Luke hasn’t signed, then!
God this time of year is painfully boring isn't it.
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Groningen is a good place to visit. Nice little town. Went to college there for six months on some EU thing.
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Groningen is a good place to visit. Nice little town. Went to college there for six months on some EU thing.
Got some naughty football hooligans as well.
Sofia is the worst city in Europe.
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Best Berlin
Most boring Copenhagen
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Has he signed yet.?
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They’ve lost the pen again.
Top 7 pens:
Bic biro (black, transparent barrel)
Sharpie
Crayola 12 pack of felt tips (excellent value and quality)
Fountain (Quink ink)
Cartridge
Quill
Sean
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Sean lol
Other popular pens:
Sylvania
Insula
Ultimate
Tonville
Pig
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Munich is class
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Has he signed yet.?
Has who signed - keep on topic man...
Wrocław is also worth a visit...
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Has any of the three signed, spoken, been seen ???
In the meantime....
Did a six day trip to Las Vegas in March.
Absolutely worth a visit but jeez its insanely expensive.
Gand Canyon was amazing and one tip is to get show tickets at the box office. Mrs R wanted to see Carrie Underwood and the tickets were £300 the pair in UK. Over there is was £25 each for same theatre seats.
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Has any of the three signed, spoken, been seen ???
In the meantime....
Did a six day trip to Las Vegas in March.
Absolutely worth a visit but jeez its insanely expensive.
Gand Canyon was amazing and one tip is to get show tickets at the box office. Mrs R wanted to see Carrie Underwood and the tickets were £300 the pair in UK. Over there is was £25 each for same theatre seats.
Love Vegas, we spent hours just walking and looking around, covered 16 miles one day.
Had a good drive out to Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, although the heat was a bit much for the kids.
I want to go again without the kids though so I can party hard in Fremont street
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Reighton Gap.
Now, off topic please, mods.
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Has any of the three signed, spoken, been seen ???
In the meantime....
Did a six day trip to Las Vegas in March.
Absolutely worth a visit but jeez its insanely expensive.
Gand Canyon was amazing and one tip is to get show tickets at the box office. Mrs R wanted to see Carrie Underwood and the tickets were £300 the pair in UK. Over there is was £25 each for same theatre seats.
Love Vegas, we spent hours just walking and looking around, covered 16 miles one day.
Had a good drive out to Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, although the heat was a bit much for the kids.
I want to go again without the kids though so I can party hard in Fremont street
Many moons ago I did many periods of time in Vegas 'working' - I spent 3 months there one year. It never gets boring, but can be a bit samey if you are not filling your day with stuff..... the last time I was there I was filling my day with a cocktail waitress called Cynthia Nelson...
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Florence is gorgeous.
Has anyone seen LM down The Sal?
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Florence is gorgeous.
Which casino did she work in.....?
Reports are that the pen is lost again......
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Surely McCann’s deadline was today.
There been some movement in League 2 today with players with contracts to due to expire.
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That reminds me of a story.
Me & some mates when we were in our early teens, were on our way from the offy (having had a few bottles of Magnet Pale Ale as we wended our way) when I spotted that one of our neighbours down the road (who I didn’t know particularly well but still no excuse) was having some fencing replaces.
I saw there were three 3ft panels of fencing leant against one another waiting obviously to be erected the next day. It was near bonfire night so I thought ‘one of those would go nicely on our bonie’ so I got one of my cohorts to hold my beer while I stepped into the neighbours unfenced garden, picked up one of the 3 fence panels & away to hide it behind me dad’s garage.
Me mum came dashing into my bedroom next morning livid saying a ‘Bobby’ was downstairs wanting to speak to me.
Like a fool I said nowt & soon found myself down the station in an interview room. Another neighbour had seen me from her bedroom window & take one of the 3 fence panels & had identified me.
It got worse because unbeknown to me the bloke whose fence panel I had nicked was a local magistrate.
Seems a bit ‘Dickensian’ given what’s allowed to ‘pass for crime’ these days but before I knew what was happening I found myself in a juvenile court charged with ‘theft & criminal damage’ (unwittingly I’d walked across his wife’s vegetable plot causing ‘irreparable damage’).
I had my head well down but the magistrate told me to “Lift your eyes & look at the bench”.
He told me that my actions were those of a hoodlum but on this occasion was willing to let me off with a caution given that I had not been in trouble before & that my solicitor had asked for two further fences to be taken into consideration.
Lesson learnt.
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You are Ronnie Corbett, sitting in his big chair.!!
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You are Ronnie Corbett, sitting in his big chair.!!
Very kind IDM.
For what it’s worth, the brilliant ‘four candles’ Corbett & Barker sketch had an ending where Ronnie Corbett calls upon an assistant to complete Ronnie Barkers order out of exasperation only for the assistant to reveal a cupboard bearing the sign ‘Billhooks’…….cut.
I often thought an alternative ending might have been if Corbett were to have called for a female assistant to finish Barker’s list of items by calling upon a female assistant, (who would be showing an ample bosom, of course frowned upon today) handing her the list & having looked at it asked “And what sort of knockers would sir be after?”.
Thank goodness for alternative comedy.
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Very good, CC. That would've been right up their street too.