Demba Ba (now retired)

[littlelunchbox]

Don;t want go against the grain but I thought if anyone was below par it was Ba last night.

 

Can't knocked the boy for his hard work but he is absolutely useless in procession of the ball.

 

Great off the ball, getting on the end of things.

[Guest malandro]

If he stopped talking about it so frequently then maybe they'd stop asking him about it so frequently. Just a thought.

Wenger was asked about Walcott at a press conference a few days back. Gave three one word answers to three consecutive questions on the subject by a hack who then threw in the towel.

 

Pardew views every question as an opportunity to show off how sophisticated/clever/hard he thinks he is.

 

[Guest Howaythetoon]

Pardew should shut the fuck up.

[ElDiablo]

If he stopped talking about it so frequently then maybe they'd stop asking him about it so frequently. Just a thought.

Wenger was asked about Walcott at a press conference a few days back. Gave three one word answers to three consecutive questions on the subject by a hack who then threw in the towel.

 

Pardew views every question as an opportunity to show off how sophisticated/clever/hard he thinks he is.

 

[madras]

Funny that they didn't expect him to increase his value to £7m when he signed on the free.

hows that ?

 

I mean, that's the only way I can rationalize such a "low" release clause...I doubt they expected him to ever perform to a level high enough to possibly activate it.

i'd guess it was probably put in by the players side and we agreed viewing it as better to have him with that clause (bearing in mind he was a free transfer) than not having him at all.

[Parky]

Can't wait to see what "moving Demba on" will involve. Pardew's been begging teams to buy him for at least a year (including those quotes). Maybe try selling him at the club shop?

 

I like it. Club shop Ba. He hangs around the kits and takes a huge cut with each sale.

[Hanshithispantz]

It was widely believed Demba Ba's buy-out clause expired at the end of July, but, as he prepared for Thursday night's Europa League tie against Maritimo, in Madeira, Pardew revealed that it kicks in again in the New Year.

 

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[Parky]

If he stopped talking about it so frequently then maybe they'd stop asking him about it so frequently. Just a thought.

 

I don't doubt Ba's agents have been trying to get a big move as soon as he started scoring last year.

[Mick]

I've just heard Pardew moaning on the radio about all of the talk surrounding Ba, I wonder how the press know about the clause Alan?

[cp40]

I've just heard Pardew moaning on the radio about all of the talk surrounding Ba, I wonder how the press know about the clause Alan?

 

 

Agents of Ba ?

[Mick]

I've just heard Pardew moaning on the radio about all of the talk surrounding Ba, I wonder how the press know about the clause Alan?

 

 

Agents of Ba ?

 

Try again.

[cp40]

I've just heard Pardew moaning on the radio about all of the talk surrounding Ba, I wonder how the press know about the clause Alan?

 

 

Agents of Ba ?

 

Try again.

 

Bas Agent?

[Mick]

 

 

Bas Agent?

 

Good answer but it's not the right one which reminds me of this.

 

[madras]

possibly the same way we knew of ba's clause to get him here.

[Neil]

Pardew seems to talk about this clause a ridiculous amount. I don't understand.

[madras]

incidentally the first anyone knew about it was from harry redknapp, are you saying pardew got in touch with harry to tell him about it ?

[cubaricho]

 

[cp40]

its no accident he talks about it. and I doubt he is sick of it being mentioned- geting it mentioned at every oportunity- putting pressure on Ba/ Agents cos he knows its got to get sorted this window.

[NEEJ]

I listened to his interview before and he hasn't said owt wrong at all this time imo. People just love a good moan and a reason to slate him.

[Mick]

incidentally the first anyone knew about it was from harry redknapp, are you saying pardew got in touch with harry to tell him about it ?

 

Keep up man, everybody thought it was a one off clause that came to an end in the summer until it somehow came out that it wasn't.

[Neil]

That Catchphrase clip will never get old btw.

[madras]

incidentally the first anyone knew about it was from harry redknapp, are you saying pardew got in touch with harry to tell him about it ?

 

Keep up man, everybody thought it was a one off clause that came to an end in the summer until it somehow came out that it wasn't.

all the same people woulod have known about it, the same way harry did. it's only news to us.

[Mick]

all the same people woulod have known about it, the same way harry did. it's only news to us.

 

I find it amazing that people don't see the irony of Pardew moaning about it.  He's got no right to moan about something he started.  If somebody else had broken it to the press then I think he might have a case, as they didn't and he did then he's moaning about a story he gave them.

[colinmk]

Pardew seems to talk about this clause a ridiculous amount. I don't understand.

 

Can't quite get my head around it myself. The only logical reason I can come to is that he wants rid of him.

[Dokko]

From memory it was reported Ba's clause expired in the summer gone, everyone was going with this, Ba camp quiet, media thinking it was all over and a day or so later Pardew comes out and said it's still there. Why? Why not deny it, lie (he's good at that) or use his charms to change the subject.

 

He's a thick shit that's why.