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Gus offered for £6 million ? (36 Viewers)

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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Today at 11:07 AM
  • #176
Ccfcisparks said:
I know but your argument was look at his belly!

Yet in that condition, which was last season, he ran us ragged in the games he played us and won championship POTS.
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And IMO this season he looks even bigger round the middle.

A lot of people find that up to mid twenties they can get away with a relatively unhealthy diet without putting on too much weight as long as they're reasonably active. Hamer being very active can probably get away with it for a bit longer. But get to about thirty and even if you're still active you put on weight with the same unhealthy diet. Hamer is getting to that age.

So if we're looking at Hamer for the next six months, fine. But I imagine he'd want a 3+ year contract and given he's been showing a less than ideal physique for a pro footballer for at least the last two years I reckon he's not going to be at the fitness standard required if we go up, even if he is technically good enough. Fact is PL is as much about athleticism as it is football ability. 20-30 mins at that intensity Gus will be blowing out of his arse and getting bypassed almost at will.

I genuinely think he's got about two more years max at a good standard before he has to start dropping down divisions due to his fitness not being good enough. And when he retires he's going to be massive.
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Today at 11:08 AM
  • #177
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
And IMO this season he looks even bigger round the middle.

A lot of people find that up to mid twenties they can get away with a relatively unhealthy diet without putting on too much weight as long as they're reasonably active. Hamer being very active can probably get away with it for a bit longer. But get to about thirty and even if you're still active you put on weight with the same unhealthy diet. Hamer is getting to that age.

So if we're looking at Hamer for the next six months, fine. But I imagine he'd want a 3+ year contract and given he's been showing a less than ideal physique for a pro footballer for at least the last two years I reckon he's not going to be at the fitness standard required if we go up, even if he is technically good enough. Fact is PL is as much about athleticism as it is football ability. 20-30 mins at that intensity Gus will be blowing out of his arse and getting bypassed almost at will.

I genuinely think he's got about two more years max at a good standard before he has to start dropping down divisions due to his fitness not being good enough. And when he retires he's going to be massive.
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If we signed him for £6m, he helped us get to the prem and then we flogged him to Turkey for £3m in the summer it would still be a good deal.
 

Grendel

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  • Today at 11:09 AM
  • #178
Ccfcisparks said:
If we signed him for £6m, he helped us get to the prem and then we flogged him to Turkey for £3m in the summer it would still be a good deal.
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What about also the small matter of his wage demands?
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Today at 11:12 AM
  • #179
Grendel said:
What about also the small matter of his wage demands?
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Pay them. Apparently hes on around 30k at Sheff U. We will be going through that ceiling should we get promoted.
 
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PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Today at 11:19 AM
  • #180
He’s always been stocky for sure but he definitely looks a little bit more so at Sheff Utd. I’d back our elite level fitness coach to get him into shape… you know someone who’s worked at Chelsea under Mourinho and Ancellotti
 

ajsccfc

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  • Today at 11:22 AM
  • #181
Credit to any player who absolutely lets themselves go when they no longer have to count ever grain of rice they eat. Andy Reid was always a stocky lad so I thought he'd balloon but he's kept himself quite trim
 

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torchomatic

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  • Today at 11:40 AM
  • #182
And Neville Southall on the other hand...

 
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clint van damme

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  • Today at 11:45 AM
  • #183
torchomatic said:
And Neville Southall on the other hand...

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Remember drawing 0-0 with Everton once at HR.
It was an end to end game with loads of chances but him and Oggy were on fire.
 
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torchomatic

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  • Today at 11:49 AM
  • #184
clint van damme said:
Remember drawing 0-0 with Everton once at HR.
It was an end to end game with loads of chances but him and Oggy were on fire.
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Yeah, he was a great keeper in his day. They both were.
 
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David O'Day

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  • Today at 11:53 AM
  • #185
shmmeee said:
Right that’s why no one ever called him fat frank
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You actually take the mockery started by a players old team as fact?

This is up there with your greatest hits.
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Today at 11:55 AM
  • #186
David O'Day said:
You actually take the mockery started by a players old team as fact?

This is up there with your greatest hits.
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Why did they call him Fat Frank and not Judas c**t Frank if there wasnt an element of truth behind it.

Mockery is based in the truth
 
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clint van damme

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  • Today at 11:56 AM
  • #187
David O'Day said:
You actually take the mockery started by a players old team as fact?

This is up there with your greatest hits.
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Just found out that O'Hare isn't the Solihull equivalent of Messi, absolutely fuming.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Today at 11:58 AM
  • #188
Comments about Hamer having clearly put on some weight shifting into bogus comments about Lampard's weight because...someone on Twitter says Hamer can be bought for £6 million.

There is no comparison to be made between them let's be honest.
 

Grendel

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  • Today at 11:58 AM
  • #189
clint van damme said:
Just found out that O'Hare isn't the Solihull equivalent of Messi, absolutely fuming.
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Bobby Thomas also does not have a massive head
 
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skyblueeyesrevisited

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  • Today at 12:00 PM
  • #190
clint van damme said:
Just found out that O'Hare isn't the Solihull equivalent of Messi, absolutely fuming.
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Sorry to break it to you but Ben Sheaf wasn’t here there and everywhere either
 
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rob9872

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  • Today at 12:02 PM
  • #191
A lot of the fat frank stuff never even started out about him actually being fat but was in relation to his 'fat' wallet. West Ham fans said it was greed he went to Chelsea. They were a bit weird to him yet a love in remained with Joe Cole, I guess a bit like us with O'Hare and Hamer.
 

skyblueeyesrevisited

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  • Today at 12:04 PM
  • #192
And another thing. Who has actually woken up with Doug King on their mind?
 
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SkyBlueCharlie9

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  • Today at 12:05 PM
  • #193
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
And IMO this season he looks even bigger round the middle.

A lot of people find that up to mid twenties they can get away with a relatively unhealthy diet without putting on too much weight as long as they're reasonably active. Hamer being very active can probably get away with it for a bit longer. But get to about thirty and even if you're still active you put on weight with the same unhealthy diet. Hamer is getting to that age.

So if we're looking at Hamer for the next six months, fine. But I imagine he'd want a 3+ year contract and given he's been showing a less than ideal physique for a pro footballer for at least the last two years I reckon he's not going to be at the fitness standard required if we go up, even if he is technically good enough. Fact is PL is as much about athleticism as it is football ability. 20-30 mins at that intensity Gus will be blowing out of his arse and getting bypassed almost at will.

I genuinely think he's got about two more years max at a good standard before he has to start dropping down divisions due to his fitness not being good enough. And when he retires he's going to be massive.
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He can have an extra wide lifelong cushioned seat in directors box at CBS when he retires, for fans to drool over, but question is can he do a job for us now until early May?
 
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skybluecam

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  • Today at 12:09 PM
  • #194
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
And IMO this season he looks even bigger round the middle.

A lot of people find that up to mid twenties they can get away with a relatively unhealthy diet without putting on too much weight as long as they're reasonably active. Hamer being very active can probably get away with it for a bit longer. But get to about thirty and even if you're still active you put on weight with the same unhealthy diet. Hamer is getting to that age.

So if we're looking at Hamer for the next six months, fine. But I imagine he'd want a 3+ year contract and given he's been showing a less than ideal physique for a pro footballer for at least the last two years I reckon he's not going to be at the fitness standard required if we go up, even if he is technically good enough. Fact is PL is as much about athleticism as it is football ability. 20-30 mins at that intensity Gus will be blowing out of his arse and getting bypassed almost at will.

I genuinely think he's got about two more years max at a good standard before he has to start dropping down divisions due to his fitness not being good enough. And when he retires he's going to be massive.
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I think he probably can’t be that arsed to stay in shape given the situation he and Sheff Utd are in. If he was with us in the Prem it would be a different story.
 

Sky Blue Goblin

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  • Today at 12:10 PM
  • #195
 

Shannerz

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  • Today at 12:25 PM
  • #196
clint van damme said:
Remember drawing 0-0 with Everton once at HR.
It was an end to end game with loads of chances but him and Oggy were on fire.
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First game of the season in the late 80s against Everton; we absolutely battered them but he saved everything we threw at him and we lost 1-0.

He was probably as good as anyone in the world at that stage of his career.

Now he comes across as a top bloke.
 
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torchomatic

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  • Today at 12:50 PM
  • #197
Shannerz said:
First game of the season in the late 80s against Everton; we absolutely battered them but he saved everything we threw at him and we lost 1-0.

He was probably as good as anyone in the world at that stage of his career.

Now he comes across as a top bloke.
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He absolutely does. Seems a great bloke.
 
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lordy_87

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  • Today at 1:04 PM
  • #198
It's happening !

 
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Grendel

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  • Today at 1:11 PM
  • #199
lordy_87 said:
It's happening !

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They could at least have put him in front of an actual kebab shop
 

itsabuzzard

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  • Today at 1:19 PM
  • #200
shmmeee said:
Right that’s why no one ever called him fat frank
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I blame alliteration. Seriously.
 

David O'Day

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  • Today at 1:21 PM
  • #201
Grendel said:
They could at least have put him in front of an actual kebab shop
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The BMC will do you a middling Elephant Leg to be fair to them.
 
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long way home

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  • Today at 1:31 PM
  • #202
I would love to see him back with us, reality is nothing to suggest we or he is considering it.

The only cert right now is 50 pages will be spent creating a story and then 50 pages of anger as to why it didn't happen.

We lack imagination lads and lasses and unfortunately we will create our own misery.
 
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Mcbean

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  • Today at 1:31 PM
  • #203
Some say they haven’t paid us for him yet ?
 

skybluecam

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  • Today at 1:33 PM
  • #204
Mcbean said:
Some say they haven’t paid us for him yet ?
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Whether the money has changed hands yet or not is largely irrelevant.
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Today at 1:35 PM
  • #205
skybluecam said:
Whether the money has changed hands yet or not is largely irrelevant.
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Is it?

And what if for whatever reason Sheffield United are unable to pay us the remaining cash?
 
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wingy

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  • Today at 1:37 PM
  • #206
David O'Day said:
The BMC will do you a middling Elephant Leg to be fair to them.
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BMC,is he related?
 

clint van damme

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  • Today at 1:38 PM
  • #207
Ccfcisparks said:
Is it?

And what if for whatever reason Sheffield United are unable to pay us the remaining cash?
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Send them in to administration!
 
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rob9872

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  • Today at 1:39 PM
  • #208
Ccfcisparks said:
Is it?

And what if for whatever reason Sheffield United are unable to pay us the remaining cash?
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If they want to sell him, the rules are that they must pay the full balance on transfer to allow it to go through, whatever the original terms were.
 
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wingy

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  • Today at 1:50 PM
  • #209
Ccfcisparks said:
Is it?

And what if for whatever reason Sheffield United are unable to pay us the remaining cash?Wilder was trolling us when1Wi
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We can take a free player of ou choice,entr but not from there, of course there's the knock on Effect
I'm wondering if Wilder was just trolling us when he Said Coventry are going for it big style in January.
 

skybluecam

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  • Today at 1:51 PM
  • #210
Ccfcisparks said:
Is it?

And what if for whatever reason Sheffield United are unable to pay us the remaining cash?
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Yes because the cash flows are already accounted for- we’ve probably got outstanding amounts for our own purchases. And you could quite easily go and get someone to lend you the money owed for a small amount of interest.

Theres basically no chance of them defaulting on the payment.
 
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