United thread 2020/21

[Manx Blue]

Surely just angling for more money

I was listening to Tim Vickery during the week. He hasn't settled in the UK. He's looking to go to Boca Juniors, as its only a 4 hour drive from where the family live apparently. Big pay cut.

 

[The Future is Blue]

5 minutes walk from where I live

Me too! We must be neighbours!

 

[Mike Cledford]

Pickmere lake, I used to go there a lot as a kid, fairground, club, it was great.

I am glad you mentioned the Fairground, nobody believes me it was a popular day out.
There was also a bank on the River Bollin near the end of the runway where people used to go for a paddle and a day out. There was even some sort of cafe.
I am looking forward to normality with a walk round the lake and replenishing lost fluids in the Cock o'Budworth.

 

[Mike Cledford]

His boyhood club is the Rags, like all their signings. He had posters of them on his bedroom wall as a kid.

A lot of homes in South America don't have walls to put posters on.

 

[Inter Me Nan]

I was listening to Tim Vickery during the week. He hasn't settled in the UK. He's looking to go to Boca Juniors, as its only a 4 hour drive from where the family live apparently. Big pay cut.

I'm pretty sure he won't go without.

 

[Vienna_70]

Any footballer has leverage by virtue of the fact they can just play without being arsed until the club comes to understand that upset players doesn’t earn their massive wages.
One obviously miserable player in the dressing room can upset a whole squad too.

And who can blame any player being miserable at the swamp?

 

[OccupiedPalestineBlues]

And who can blame any player being miserable at the swamp?

Well some of them are well chuffed because they’re paid ridiculous salaries that nobody else would give them.
eg. DeGea who’s on £350k pw - I bet he laughs all the way to work and all the way home again

 

[Vienna_70]

I am glad you mentioned the Fairground, nobody believes me it was a popular day out.
There was also a bank on the River Bollin near the end of the runway where people used to go for a paddle and a day out. There was even some sort of cafe.
I am looking forward to normality with a walk round the lake and replenishing lost fluids in the Cock o'Budworth.

Mrs Vienna remembers going there with her mum, dad and brother and can attest to the existence of the fairground and cafë.

It was one of their days out.

 

[Mike Cledford]

Mrs Vienna remembers going there with her mum, dad and brother and can attest to the existence of the fairground and cafë.

It was one of their days out.

That's the Bollin?

 

[pfazz]

I am glad you mentioned the Fairground, nobody believes me it was a popular day out.
There was also a bank on the River Bollin near the end of the runway where people used to go for a paddle and a day out. There was even some sort of cafe.
I am looking forward to normality with a walk round the lake and replenishing lost fluids in the Cock o'Budworth.

I remember the swimming area just next to a wier on the Bollin. Unfortunately a friend of mine drowned there when a group of us were there for a day during the hols around 1956/7. Just further up was a big White House with a swimming pool open in summer for a small fee. The owner of the house came up and pulled his poor body out It was a very sad day and hard to take in as we were only about 9/10 years old.