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The Lamela Enigma . Spursed?

slartibartfast

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Oct 21, 2012
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Bale took a hell of a lot of shit and stick for quite a while from fickle fans and idiotic press knobheads.

Lamela would appear to be getting the same treatment.
We didn't pay 30m for Bale though did we.
Anyone with an ounce of sense expects the finished article for that price.
Thats why he's getting so much shit.
If we'd paid 10m he may not even be in the starting 11 to be honest but I'm fairly sure he wouldn't be getting as much grief.
No the fee's not his fault but I'm sorry, you cant just dismiss the ridiculous high fee we paid.
We were mugged proper imo.
Edit- You cant go paying 30m for prospects in the hope that they MAY turn out to be the next Bale. Even clubs owned by billionaires can't let alone us.
Seems anytime a young player is criticised these days some twat counters with 'well Bale blah blah blah' as if the Bale example is the norm as opposed to an exception.
 
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Jenko

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Mar 18, 2004
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We didn't pay 30m for Bale though did we.
Anyone with an ounce of sense expects the finished article for that price.
Thats why he's getting so much shit.
If we'd paid 10m he may not even be in the starting 11 to be honest but I'm fairly sure he wouldn't be getting as much grief.
No the fee's not his fault but I'm sorry, you cant just dismiss the ridiculous high fee we paid.
We were mugged proper imo.
Edit- You cant go paying 30m for prospects in the hope that they MAY turn out to be the next Bale. Even clubs owned by billionaires can't let alone us.
Seems anytime a young player is criticised these days some twat counters with 'well Bale blah blah blah' as if the Bale example is the norm as opposed to an exception.

You contradict yourself. The fee is not his fault but he should be the finished article because of it?

C'mon!

You may be sick if the Bale argument but that doesn't make it irrelevant. It's used because it's true and it won't go away. The young Bale we signed would be 30 mil today (see Shaw)

We invested a lot of Money and we need to play him to realise that investment. Welcome to modern day corporate moneyball football... It's here to stay I'm afraid so if you're going to support any premier league side with your eyes open you need to accept it. We invest more cynically than most of the others but at least Lamella gives 100% so he should be supported along the way.
 

slartibartfast

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Oct 21, 2012
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You contradict yourself. The fee is not his fault but he should be the finished article because of it?

C'mon!

You may be sick if the Bale argument but that doesn't make it irrelevant. It's used because it's true and it won't go away. The young Bale we signed would be 30 mil today (see Shaw)

We invested a lot of Money and we need to play him to realise that investment. Welcome to modern day corporate moneyball football... It's here to stay I'm afraid so if you're going to support any premier league side with your eyes open you need to accept it. We invest more cynically than most of the others but at least Lamella gives 100% so he should be supported along the way.
I haven't contradicted myself at all. The fact that we paid 30m is not his fault. Im saying if you're paying that figure, unless you're fu#kin stupid, you should be buying the real deal, not a prospect.
And a player of Bale's level, the level he was at when we got him, do not go for 30m mate.
The last paragraph of your post I agree with and is the point I was making.
 

THFCSPURS19

The Speaker of the Transfer Rumours Forum
Jan 6, 2013
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You would say that, as it completely went over your head. But then, that happens quite a lot with you I've noticed....
Calm your tits. No need to get personal.

There was not a single part of your post that seemed sarcastic/exaggeration, especially by SC's standards.
 

Hoddle&Waddle

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Nov 25, 2012
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Calm your tits. No need to get personal.

There was not a single part of your post that seemed sarcastic/exaggeration, especially by SC's standards.
Like I said "over your head", but anyway, time to exit convo when you need to start explaining every sentence you wrote, so....
 

Sweetsman

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Jan 30, 2011
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Whats more stupid is your inability to sense some slight exaggeration to add a little humour and to force home my point. D'OH
You can dress it up how you want, but your attempts at humour suggests that the careers officer was right. Never mind, when one fails with wit, fuckwittery remains a viable option.
 

Atarrier

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Aug 20, 2013
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Bale took a hell of a lot of shit and stick for quite a while from fickle fans and idiotic press knobheads.

Lamela would appear to be getting the same treatment.
I'm still getting stick for once uttering Gareth was "one dimensional" :(
 

Hoddle&Waddle

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Nov 25, 2012
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You can dress it up how you want, but your attempts at humour suggests that the careers officer was right. Never mind, when one fails with wit, fuckwittery remains a viable option.
And when that fails, resort to petty childish insults.
 
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