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Tony_Munky_Canary said:
He was Norwich City captain for a few seasons in my Football Manager game a few years back before I sold him for mega-bucks to someone like Real Madrid, absolutely brilliant he was, turned out to be one of the very best players in the game - sign him up Hoots!!
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Did you have him partnering Doherty?
 
Why do people still think the Shola Ameobi thing and players being seen in supermarket car parks etc etc is still funny?

It was mildly amusing for about 3 posts after first being mentioned.
 
carrabuh said:
Why do people still think the Shola Ameobi thing and players being seen in supermarket car parks etc etc is still funny?

It was mildly amusing for about 3 posts after first being mentioned.
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Err... Carrabuh.

That's the point - it's not funny. It is a modern part of English culture that we have repetitive jokes that simply aren't funny.

You're normally quicker off the mark on this sort of thing.
 
Canary Rob said:
Err... Carrabuh.

That's the point - it's not funny. It is a modern part of English culture that we have repetitive jokes that simply aren't funny.

You're normally quicker off the mark on this sort of thing.
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Rob, there are people on here who really do think they are being funny.

And even in the context you say, it has to be so bad its funny.
 
carrabuh said:
Rob, there are people on here who really do think they are being funny.

And even in the context you say, it has to be so bad its funny.
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On your first point, fair enough, but I don't think you flagging it is necessarily going to change their opinion of their own jokes <laugh>

As for the second, I disagree. There are plenty of repetitive jokes that are god-awful-but-not-so-awful-that-they-are-awfully-funny.

Take (topically) Christmas cracker jokes. Most of those are not so bad they're funny, that's not the point. They're just bad.
 
Canary Rob said:
On your first point, fair enough, but I don't think you flagging it is necessarily going to change their opinion of their own jokes <laugh>

As for the second, I disagree. There are plenty of repetitive jokes that are god-awful-but-not-so-awful-that-they-are-awfully-funny.

Take (topically) Christmas cracker jokes. Most of those are not so bad they're funny, that's not the point. They're just bad.
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I disagree, Christmas jokes are groans with grin.
 
carrabuh said:
I disagree, Christmas jokes are groans with grin.
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Well that's more or less how I feel about the Shola jokes! Maybe you're just lagging way behind on the rest of us and haven't yet made it to the "oh, not that old chestnut again" stage.
 
Canary Rob said:
Well that's more or less how I feel about the Shola jokes! Maybe you're just lagging way behind on the rest of us and haven't yet made it to the "oh, not that old chestnut again" stage.
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I don't think I'll ever reach that level of enjoyment.
 
carrabuh said:
Did you have him partnering Doherty?
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Nah, I had The Doc playing on the left side of a forward three with Eric Clapton on the right and Nora Batty through the middle.

I had Ruth Madoc alongside Nordtveit at the back, lovely player she was, real lovely mover <ok>
 
Tony_Munky_Canary said:
Nah, I had The Doc playing on the left side of a forward three with Eric Clapton on the right and Nora Batty through the middle.

I had Ruth Madoc alongside Nordtveit at the back, lovely player she was, real lovely mover <ok>
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Did you run this joke past Carrabuh for approval before posting?
 
He had a nightmare against Liverpool in Spurs 0-5 loss and was taken off at half time. So he should fit it at NCFC brilliantly :laugh:.

Also, he scored one of the best own goals I've ever seen for Sheffield Utd in the FA Cup.

That said, I still rate him and think RB is a position we should be looking to strengthen in the summer but wouldn't say it was a priority.
 
toughmeanyellowandgreen said:
Would Joe Ledley be worth looking at? Only six months left on his Celtic contract and could enable one of, or both, of the Murphy brothers to go out on loan.
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I thought he played more as a central midfielder now though, so wouldn't necessarily be competition for the wing positions?

Having said that, I think he's definitely worth looking at. That wiki page reckons:
Ledley has been described as having a terrific engine. This is because of his high fitness level and work rate. He works equally hard in defence as attack and always looks to win the ball off the opposition, while he is also able to contribute goals to his team going forward. He is comfortable on the ball and is a decent passer. He is also a very physical player. Ledley has been criticised for not being a very quick player, some critics have suggested that several Premier League clubs who were interested in him may have been put off by his lack of pace
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So powerful, box-to-box midfielder with a decent pass on him? In my ideal 4-3-3 he'd then be competition for Fer against decent sides, or could be played instead of Johnson/Tettey when we're looking to take control of games, and in a 4-4-2 he'd offer more than Johnson too. Valued at £3.1m, but with 6 months on his contract we'd never have to pay more than that. Certainly someone I'd be interested in.
 
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