The transfer forum script is more like a variation on the 5 stages of grief.
Hope - linked with a player, great (or shit) A trawling of youtube ensues. I've loved this player since he was ..... years old, come on txiki get it done
Tactics - claims of being better than such and such and offers more than blah de blah in said position. We integrate them into the team and speculate future playing styles.
Confusion - why are we paying so much for them? Why haven't we even made an offer for them? What's going on txiki?
Anger - fucking he'll txiki pull your finger out I thought it was a done deal already. Nailed on they said. We can't go into next season with only ..... players in that position. Ffs, they're staying put/going elsewhere well done txiki you wanker.
He was shit anyway - he was shit anyway (and he bottled it)(and his agent/father's a wanker)
Rinse and repeat