I don't expect him to bend much either, but all contract talks are negotiations, I'm hoping we aren't stupid enough to offer Jose one figure then tell him to fuck off if he questions it.
But we didn't actually do it, so the perception of us as idiots turned out to be wrong.
Unless you mean we made up the story about the bids, in which case I agree!
Didn't we bid something big for him on the last day of Jan?
Not according to Pardew, no. It was all an act, as usual.
Ah right, I'm actually pleased to hear that, it made us look like idiots.
To say "we have to replace him" is way, way over the top. He might be 6th or 7th on the list of first team players we can improve on, but that's as far as I'd go.
Do you know who this thread is about? Is there another Michael Owen who I don't know about?
http://img.xcitefun.org/users/2009/02/4187,xcitefun-big-fish-2.jpg
TBF, I can't assume all your nonsense posts are fishing.
I'd like us to take a punt on him, but like you say he'll want a bigger club.
All the Arsenal fans I've spoken to say similar things to you, that he'd be a great signing for someone who will play him every week.
I was talking to my Arsenal mates at work about this game last night. They said it lost them the championship because "suddenly no scoreline was safe". I was chuckling!
I would be annoyed sure but I am not sure it meets the legal standard of being a libelous statement
True, you could maybe have me on defamation of character or something like that.
I think if I went public with questions like "Is alpal a paedo?, I don't have the answer to that, but is it a coincidence small boys are seen being taken in and out of his house late at night? I don't know" - you would be rightly slightly annoyed.
Mike Ashley doesn't decide the transfer targets though, that's Pardew.
Pardew has worked with Cole before, and rates him. That's where this comes from.
I think that's the reason for the press link, whether it's a reason that might make us actually sign him is another matter.