I must admit that I found the early rumours difficult to believe, but this business about Ashton going to Stoke just won't go away. Apparently it isn't our reluctance to sell, or Stoke's willingness to meet our valuation, that is the problem, but Beano's personal terms. Having grown fat on the mad contracts we were willing to offer before financial realities bit us on our bollocks, Primadeano, unsurprisingly, is unwilling to lie flat on his back for a whole season for anything less than the £65,000 a week we are currently paying him!
This must be very frustrating for all concerned. Zola doesn't seem to fancy him and would probably rather have the money and Duxbury may yet be snared by his own propaganda if the Stoke deal suddenly stacks up. Quite how he would explain this volte-face I'm not sure.
But those personal terms are still the stumbling block - though it would be best not to mention stumbling blocks in an article about Beano I suppose as that could mean another season's lay off! Negotiations have probably been made more difficult by the spate of celebrity deaths - Jackson, Fawcett-Majors, Karl Malden, Mollie Sugden - as no doubt Beano will be wrapped in cotton wool and locked in a padded treatment room to avoid Sudden Death Syndrome. Any suggestions of a Pay When You Play contract would probably induce a coronary meanwhile.
Is there a good pizza restaurant in Stoke I wonder? That's probably the best way of closing the deal and keeping all parties happy!
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'Zola doesn't seem to fancy him'
The official site said zola was looking forward to working with him didn't it?
Of course Zola is looking forward to "working" with him! Ever heard of irony? Zola was looking forward to working with him before the end of last season but Beano decided that his target return date was unrealistic.
HF I'd love to play poker against you. You have such a narrow mindset and are so negative, you seem to only see the very worst in every situation.
Sussing you out would be about as easy as reading a book.
I still think that this story of Ashton going to Stoke is a complete load of old bollocks, it's not going away because there hasn't been to much activity in the last few days, so the usual rags have to make something up to keep things going, I mean, what next, Scott Parker to sign for Hull? Or Rob Green for Wolves? C'mon! Get real, if the story was Villa, City or Everton chasing Ashton, it would have a lot more credibility in my book.
More paper talk.
But Zola said he is looking forward to working with him in pre-season though. Explain that Sherlock
I also think that it could be the Stoke City publicity machine at work in order to try and show their fans that they have ambitions as it was also reported that they were looking at Martins, do you remember our first couple of seasons back in The Prem when we were supposed to have been looking at players such as Adebyore, Benni McCarthy, Luis Figo, Edgar Davids, Zigic, Dirk Kuyt, Aldo Duescher and Gabri? Which all turned out to be a load of bollocks, that was the same sort of thing in my book and of course the red tops just lap it up. Besides, Stoke City wouldn't be able to afford the asking price for him nor will they be able to afford his wage demands, end of. Dean Ashton will still be donning the No.9 West Ham shirt and will be back to banging em in for us next season, mark my words.
1209 LOL Note that Zola is looking forward to working with him PRE season! What about during the season? Don't be silly, Beano will be having his usual winter lie down. Perhaps he is a bear and just likes hibernating during the cold months!
1005 Have you ever read The Golden Bowl or Moby Dick? As EASY as reading a book? Bloody hell, not all books are part of the "Janet & John" series!
Well Sherlock, what comes first, pre-season or the season itself?
Of course zola means he's looking forward to working with him during the season also, but the earliest opportunity he has to work with him is in pre-season. Stop reading between the lines that don't exist
Duxbury said he wouldn't sell Ashton. End of.
That probably means we're negotiating a loan deal so that we get to see if he can get back to his best without having to pay his salary. If he can knock 20 in for Stoke it gives us a £25m player
in time to pay for Jiminez and Mancini.
The Golden Bowl is massively over elaborated. Much like this blog.
1541, this blob is a much more interesting read. Henry James? I'd prefer David James personally.
LOL I did of course mean blog!
The West Ham blob - typo or Deano nickname? LOL.
You're gonna look a right c*nt when Deano starts banging em in next season. Oh sorry. you already do.
anyone order a web page covered in dung?
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