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Jan Vertonghen Ajax Farewell ceremony ; pictures included.

SpursManChris

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THFCSPURS19 said:
He'd been here his whole career FFS
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Exactly, a club man, all the more reason why the fans could've expected him to stay and hated him for leaving. But it works both ways obviously. He was there for all that time so they chose to recognise it.
 
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SpursManChris said:
Well my point is, he would have gotten an "unbelievable reception" at a farewell ceremony
just like Vertonghen had at Ajax, so why wasn't there one?
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Because it's something Ajax regularly do, i'm not sure any British club does it. Certainly not on a regular basis. And because we'd look like complete numpties rushing around copying every other tom, dick and harry copying every single thing your fucking rampant, persistent and bone idle curiousity throws up :D

Next thing you'd have us roasting seal meat on barbecues made out of sawn in half oil drums on the terraces because Alaska Wanderers fans do it before a game. Then, one day, one by one, first BrentfordManChris asks about it, then StockportManChris follows suit and pretty soon every club is doing it. Just accept it, we're ungrateful ****s.

But I tell you what, come the glorious day, you get your arse over to the UK and arrange it all, banners, speeches, the whole nine yards and you can sign me up right now for Levy's leaving ceremony. I'll even MC that fucker.
 
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Archibald&Crooks said:
Because it's something Ajax regularly do, i'm not sure any British club does it. Certainly not on a regular basis.
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I actually had no idea it was quite so 'unBritish.' And obviously British clubs DO do it. Man U for Giggs, us for King and they are obvious ones to have, but like I asked earlier, where is the line drawn. It's interesting to consider, when a player is worthy enough to get a farewell. One club man? Is that the criteria. We probably wouldn't have a farewell for
Soldado (I think it's safe to say) if he left next summer, but we had one for King. What lies in the middle?
 
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SpursManChris

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Luka Van der Bale said:
Ledley King as you know fine rightly.
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No I didn't know "fine rightly." When I said:
why? I'm sure you wouldn't have said that about Ledley's farewell. So where do you draw the line?
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and you replied:
He'd been here his whole career FFS
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I read it as "he'd been there his whole career" as in Vertonghen at Ajax and saw it as you justifying his farewell there.
As it turned out, your response was totally unnecessary and I'm not sure why you needed to say it, as I was certainly not questioning why we had a farewell for Ledley, I was merely using him as an example of a farewell which you wouldn't be against and then I posed the question "where do you draw the line" as in, we had one for Ledley but it's safe to say that we probably wouldn't have one for Soldado if he left in the summer. What lies in the middle? Anyway...
 
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SpursManChris said:
I actually had no idea it was quite so 'unBritish.' And obviously British clubs DO do it. Man U for Giggs, us for King and they are obvious ones to have, but like I asked earlier, where is the line drawn. It's interesting to consider, when a player is worthy enough to get a farewell. One club man? Is that the criteria. We probably wouldn't have a farewell for
Soldado (I think it's safe to say) if he left next summer, but we had one for King. What lies in the middle?
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Who? Which British clubs regularly have these ceremonies? Regularly?

You're giving examples which are extreme to say the least and nothing like what happens at Ajax, where players leave at a relatively early age (Eriksen got one at what? 21 yrs old?)

Ahhhh forget it, i'm kicking myself for biting and giving oxygen to your boredom :D
 
Luka Van der Bale

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SpursManChris said:
No I didn't know "fine rightly." When I said:

and you replied:

I read it as "he'd been there his whole career" as in Vertonghen at Ajax and saw it as you justifying his farewell there.
As it turned out, your response was totally unnecessary and I'm not sure why you needed to say it, as I was certainly not questioning why we had a farewell for Ledley, I was merely using him as an example of a farewell which you wouldn't be against and then I posed the question "where do you draw the line" as in, we had one for Ledley but it's safe to say that we probably wouldn't have one for Soldado if he left in the summer. What lies in the middle? Anyway...
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The original reply to your post was not mine. As someone looking in from the outside it was quite obvious what he meant. Unnecessary maybe, but some of your questions and the way you deliver your points can be very vexing.
 
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SpursManChris said:
I actually had no idea it was quite so 'unBritish.' And obviously British clubs DO do it. Man U for Giggs, us for King and they are obvious ones to have, but like I asked earlier, where is the line drawn.
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They got testimonial matches, which are traditionally held for players who've spent at least 10 years at a club.
 
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