themanupstairs Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Allez les noires et blancs! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I won't complain about signing players for good prices, but it is a bit disappointing if the scope of our successful scouting system is limited to just France. I am a bit worried about this too. It will eventually become a weakness if only French players will join us. Clique-forming at some level is inevitable once you go beyond a certain number. If we end up signing all of Gouffran, Mbiwa, and Sissoko, it is even reasonable to expect that English be the primary language on the training ground anymore? Pardew has said they all have to speak in English whilst at training. That will obviously be the cast policy-wise, but once the French players start outnumbering the non-French ones you have to wonder how easy that would be to enforce. Yeah I totally see where you are coming from with that. Just wanted to point out that Pardew has already addressed it as it has been pointed out as a concern by the media. I can see it becoming a point of principle even more if we had more French players or a French manager, because even a little bit of French on the training ground would be enough to get the English and others worried. Arsenal were very strict on it when all their Frenchies came in under Wenger. you'd think they'd speak the language that is most common to them all, which is most likely to be english, as opposed to the primary language which is most popular . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 f*** you all, pardon my French. Dave s'il vous plaît lui interdire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 f*** you all, pardon my French. Dave s'il vous plaît lui interdire Interdire cette saleté de maladie! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 f*** you all, pardon my French. Dave s'il vous plaît lui interdire Interdire cette saleté de maladie! Kaiz sl vus plit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 f*** you all, pardon my French. Dave s'il vous plaît lui interdire Interdire cette saleté de maladie! Kaiz sl vus plit. Es n ft Dolan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I won't complain about signing players for good prices, but it is a bit disappointing if the scope of our successful scouting system is limited to just France. I am a bit worried about this too. It will eventually become a weakness if only French players will join us. Clique-forming at some level is inevitable once you go beyond a certain number. If we end up signing all of Gouffran, Mbiwa, and Sissoko, it is even reasonable to expect that English be the primary language on the training ground anymore? Pardew has said they all have to speak in English whilst at training. That will obviously be the cast policy-wise, but once the French players start outnumbering the non-French ones you have to wonder how easy that would be to enforce. Yeah I totally see where you are coming from with that. Just wanted to point out that Pardew has already addressed it as it has been pointed out as a concern by the media. The thing is that they might speak English at the training ground but probably very little away from it as the French players will probably socialise together and not use that much English. We've already heard new players say language is not a problem in a game because they can speak French to each other. Some players will be lazier than others at learning English especially if there are a lot of French speakers around them - they'll just do enough to get by. I heard Santon interviewed recently and his English is far superior to Cabaye's because he obviously spends most of his time with local people. I remember a comment by Cabaye saying that he was looking forward to understanding English well enough so that he could understand the banter and humour in the dressing room. I can imagine it will be the non-French speakers that will be the ones feeling they are missing out on the joke these days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 C'est maintenant un fil Dolan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 For pennies, we cant complain here. By default he has to be better than Obertan and Sammy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 http://i46.tinypic.com/10yl3tl.jpg IT'S A SIGN Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I won't complain about signing players for good prices, but it is a bit disappointing if the scope of our successful scouting system is limited to just France. I am a bit worried about this too. It will eventually become a weakness if only French players will join us. Clique-forming at some level is inevitable once you go beyond a certain number. If we end up signing all of Gouffran, Mbiwa, and Sissoko, it is even reasonable to expect that English be the primary language on the training ground anymore? Pardew has said they all have to speak in English whilst at training. That will obviously be the cast policy-wise, but once the French players start outnumbering the non-French ones you have to wonder how easy that would be to enforce. Yeah I totally see where you are coming from with that. Just wanted to point out that Pardew has already addressed it as it has been pointed out as a concern by the media. The thing is that they might speak English at the training ground but probably very little away from it as the French players will probably socialise together and not use that much English. We've already heard new players say language is not a problem in a game because they can speak French to each other. Some players will be lazier than others at learning English especially if there are a lot of French speakers around them - they'll just do enough to get by. I heard Santon interviewed recently and his English is far superior to Cabaye's because he obviously spends most of his time with local people. I remember a comment by Cabaye saying that he was looking forward to understanding English well enough so that he could understand the banter and humour in the dressing room. I can imagine it will be the non-French speakers that will be the ones feeling they are missing out on the joke these days. Don't care if they speak aramaic as long as they can play a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 http://i46.tinypic.com/10yl3tl.jpg IT'S A SIGN Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 A sign that you have shit lunches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Dave has spoken. N.O. reputation is now on the line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 A sign that you have shit lunches. I don't make them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DalToon Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Comme un vison dans le moine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 @ Dave's pic I have no idea what's funny. Just joining in I've been well wooshed The Yogurt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR15 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Dave, who made that lunch for you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty66 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Bid has been rejected Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 we know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Next bid will be "fine, we'll get him on a free in the summer". And then we play the waiting game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 theyll go back in with a 800k offer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty66 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 No title change yet? that's a first! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Knew this would be our next target once Remy fell through and PEA became unrealistic. Seems fairly average but will probably be a good short-term option by the notion that he's better than Shola. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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