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  • Sword65pf
    Sword65pf Posts: 2,714
    wolfgang said:
    Sword65pf said:
    wolfgang said:
    AI is a scourge
    Wish the mods would ban AI photos tbh
    To be fair, the picture @SheedyCAFC posted of the smashed up car with the number plate “BONNE” is a candidate for post of the year.
    (On page 589 of this thread, in case you’re wondering…)
    170 lols, 1 like.

    Would love to know more about @Kips 'like' giving thought process.
    I assume that kips is like me and treats 'lol' relatively literally. I cannot give a lol unless a comment provokes a laugh, a guffaw, a titter or slight expulsion of air from the nostrils. If there is none of the above, the correct reaction is a 'Like'.

    Could the mods please make this mandatory?
    I interpret LOL as a derisive sneer.
    I call it the lol of derision, instead of people just saying they disagree they do a snide lol like they are better than anyone else, then you get the ones who just read who has written the post and lol of derision it!!😂
    Brilliant. You have described my behaviour accurately. I have just LOLd your post, by the way.
    Thankyou, I’m a good judge of character and cheers for the free lol😜
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 28,780
    Can’t see Wrexham or Burnley being interested. Wrexham for starters don’t even play with wingers and don’t think a recently relegated club in Burnley would look at Rak-Sayki and think he’s the type of player to help them back into the prem. 
    Wrexham won’t miss a chance to overpay for a player. 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 36,713
    wolfgang said:
    Golfie is today's loser. He alone has been pleading for us to sign a no.10 playmaker. Finally, Jones agrees to buy one just to stop Golfie's whinging, only for Albert Bennett to fail a medical.
    All I can say is that I'm glad I'm never ITK........that way I can never let anyone down 🙂.
  • Let’s see what happens instead of guessing what might have happened. Still think he will sign for us.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 30,909
    edited August 22
    DOUCHER said:
    SteveACS said:
    I'm beginning to think you're all getting your knickers in a twist.

    Forget bed wetting, there'll be wrist slashing, if he doesn't sign...
    Let us dream! 20 years or so of absolute fucking shite in the main and now we're excited about signing top players with loads of potential to take us on to the next level.

    If it doesn't work out we'll hit the bottle, but for now I'm twisting my knickers and getting excited 
    A more sobering thought is we're getting all excited about signing a player palace don't want - having said that, looking at their recent transfer business..... 
    Also he has not moved forward as he probably would have liked since the Plymouth home game.

    I am keen for him to sign but he's not the next Ryan Giggs.
  • RonnieMoore
    RonnieMoore Posts: 5,614
    doronron said:
    Palace are getting what they wanted,Charlton and Burnley bidding for there player ,I wonder how far we will bid 
    Burnley are not interested in Saki they are after Kone of QPR ….. 
  • kidbrookeaddick
    kidbrookeaddick Posts: 1,090
    doronron said:
    Palace are getting what they wanted,Charlton and Burnley bidding for there player ,I wonder how far we will bid 
    Burnley are not interested in Saki they are after Kone of QPR ….. 
    Literally pulled that from the other site lol, also Kone and Rak Sakyi are completely different types of players. They could easily be interested in both! Hope its definitely gonna be us who gets Rak Sakyi but football is football and anything can happen
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,933
    doronron said:
    Palace are getting what they wanted,Charlton and Burnley bidding for there player ,I wonder how far we will bid 
    Burnley are not interested in Saki they are after Kone of QPR ….. 
    So JRS is going to Burnley and we’re getting Kone?
  • TellyTubby
    TellyTubby Posts: 3,728
    AI is a scourge
    Wish the mods would ban AI photos tbh

    Its many years since I've seen you @AFKABartram . Good to see that you haven't changed in the slightest.

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  • Being in NZ, i have no chance of ever being ITK but it is of some comfort to have a panoramic view from my office window of commuter trains, freight trains, and the occasional steam train. From the same window i can see a couple of passenger ferries. And an assortment of buses regularly rumble past. 

    I don't mean to brag but look at the girth of those railway sidings in the background. (for the nature lovers there is a few rabbits living in among the greenery on the bank)

    If Millwall or Palace fans ever get ahold of this, we’re finished. 

    (Send more train pics) 
    I've got you @ElliotCAFC . Note the Cargo ship (possibly livestock ferry) that has just arrived and at the far right ...Cranes!


    Oi Kiwi Valley.
    Don't look out the window too much this morning or you'll have nothing left to do this afternoon mate! Do you like Arse or Leemon in your tea?
    Arse or Leemon ? I’ve spent 15 mins trying to understand what you’re saying and am completely lost. But it did make me think of Rachel Riley in a tight pair of yellow satin undies so I thank you.
    How about mulk or leemon? Billy Connoly used to take the piss out of the Kiwi accent when visiting.
    You obviously haven't lost your English accent since going down there to upside downland so it was wasted on you, but very happy to have given you happy memories of Rachel Riley's arse. 
  • Can’t see Wrexham or Burnley being interested. Wrexham for starters don’t even play with wingers and don’t think a recently relegated club in Burnley would look at Rak-Sayki and think he’s the type of player to help them back into the prem. 
    I hope Wrexham haven't seen the light and are now going with 2 wingers so they want both JRS AND TC? Unlikey but a scary thought!
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 24,391
    edited August 22
    Can’t see Wrexham or Burnley being interested. Wrexham for starters don’t even play with wingers and don’t think a recently relegated club in Burnley would look at Rak-Sayki and think he’s the type of player to help them back into the prem. 
    Wrexham won’t miss a chance to overpay for a player. 

    Do you remember these words when Phil Parkinson was a pundit/guest at the play off semi final when CAFC played Wycombe away:

    "Charlton and Wrexham are in the same market for players."

    I thought he said it tongue in cheek but as Cafc are trying to push the boat out to get Rak-Sakyi for around the 5 million mark then we are now at their lower end for players since they have been in the Championship.
    Before they just paid higher wages and still do.

    Unlike the myriad of CL members who say they are ITK I'm not but Burnley need a winger after selling Tchaound to Coventry in a potential 20 million deal.
    So 5 million for JRS is not a problem for the yo-yo club.
  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 28,099
    Pissed off with seeing the name of that bloody Welsh mob on here...😖
  • gringo
    gringo Posts: 1,542
    edited August 22
    AI is a scourge
    Wish the mods would ban AI photos tbh

    Its many years since I've seen you @AFKABartram . Good to see that you haven't changed in the slightest..
    I thought he had mellowed, and become more sophisticated myself.
  • gringo
    gringo Posts: 1,542
    Henske said:
    No more AI creations from me for a while. I’m sure that will please a few of the you! I leave you with this one. Fingers crossed.
    those Camels buttocks were crying out for a badge 'n'all
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 16,811
    AI is a scourge
    Wish the mods would ban AI photos tbh
    I think it’s OK for making a joke but that’s it. 
  • Henske
    Henske Posts: 145
    gringo said:
    Henske said:
    No more AI creations from me for a while. I’m sure that will please a few of the you! I leave you with this one. Fingers crossed.
    those Camels buttocks were crying out for a badge 'n'all
    Here you go @gringo




  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 28,099
    AI is so...artificial...🙄
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 9,089
    edited August 22
    Hoping we've done the jrs deal but even if we haven't, it clearly shows we have the intent and the resources to go for a player that is gonna cost us a bit so hopefully an alternative if not jrs. I know nothing other than what i read on the message boards but my feeling is its done and will be announced at a time when it suits the club - same as TC. Maybe holding back to strengthen our position when selling players we need to get off the books due to numbers restrictions.  

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  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 51,716
    I’d like to think that there is a backup plan if JRS doesn’t sign but time isn’t on our side if we need to work on both deals and JRS goes to the wire. 
  • Crispywood
    Crispywood Posts: 2,805
    Can’t see Wrexham or Burnley being interested. Wrexham for starters don’t even play with wingers and don’t think a recently relegated club in Burnley would look at Rak-Sayki and think he’s the type of player to help them back into the prem. 
    Wrexham won’t miss a chance to overpay for a player. 

    Do you remember these words when Phil Parkinson was a pundit/guest at the play off semi final when CAFC played Wycombe away:

    "Charlton and Wrexham are in the same market for players."

    I thought he said it tongue in cheek but as Cafc are trying to push the boat out to get Rak-Sakyi for around the 5 million mark then we are now at there lower end for players since they have been in the Championship.
    Before they just paid higher wages and still do.

    Unlike the myriad of CL members who say they are ITK I'm not but Burnley need a winger after selling Tchaound to Coventry in a potential 20 million deal.
    So 5 million for JRS is not a problem for the yo-yo club.
    If JRS was a Burnley level player there wouldn’t even be any discussions about him coming back we would have no chance of getting him. 

    We have a level of bias when it comes to JRS as a player after what he did for us, other teams at this level will care more about how he did at Stoke and Sheffield United at championship level in the last 2 years opposed to what he did for a L1 club 3 years ago 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 10,972
    I’d like to think that there is a backup plan if JRS doesn’t sign but time isn’t on our side if we need to work on both deals and JRS goes to the wire. 
    This is my main concern is that Palace run this to the deadline and we end up short. 
  • SteveACS
    SteveACS Posts: 749
    edited August 22
    MarcusH26 said:
    I’d like to think that there is a backup plan if JRS doesn’t sign but time isn’t on our side if we need to work on both deals and JRS goes to the wire. 
    This is my main concern is that Palace run this to the deadline and we end up short. 
    So, a question?

    Continue pursuit of JRS, and risk failing?

    Or drop it, and pursue someone who we are guaranteed to get before the window closes?

    And if you think option one... will you then blame the club and NJ for us being one player short?

    (And, yes, I know there are no guarantees when it comes to transfers, but this is a hypothetical...)
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 101,265
    edited August 22
    MarcusH26 said:
    I’d like to think that there is a backup plan if JRS doesn’t sign but time isn’t on our side if we need to work on both deals and JRS goes to the wire. 
    This is my main concern is that Palace run this to the deadline and we end up short. 
    Guess Palace need to be careful themselves, as if they let it run to the Deadline, they could end up losing JRS for less on Deadline Day than what they're wanting now... As come January, the next time he can really move, he'll be entitled to start talking to clubs outside of England... and then they end up with absolutely nothing for him, worse they're even more out of pocket (pigeon feed no doubt), because they'll be paying his wages between now and January.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 24,642
    We'll have 2 or 3 irons in the fire in case Palarse play silly buggers. That's why we then also get linked to people like McCowatt and the like
  • gringo
    gringo Posts: 1,542
    Henske said:
    gringo said:
    Henske said:
    No more AI creations from me for a while. I’m sure that will please a few of the you! I leave you with this one. Fingers crossed.
    those Camels buttocks were crying out for a badge 'n'all
    Here you go @gringo




    close?!
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 10,972
    edited August 22
    MarcusH26 said:
    I’d like to think that there is a backup plan if JRS doesn’t sign but time isn’t on our side if we need to work on both deals and JRS goes to the wire. 
    This is my main concern is that Palace run this to the deadline and we end up short. 
    Guess Palace need to be careful themselves, as if they let it run to the Deadline, they could end up losing JRS for less on Deadline Day than what they're wanting now... As come January, the next time he can really move, he'll be entitled to start talking to clubs outside of England... and then they end up with absolutely nothing for him, worse they're even more out of pocket (pigeon feed no doubt), because they'll be paying his wages between now and January.
    Yeah I guess I've just been burnt over the years by years of us " not getting deals across the line" and ending up with some of the panic loans we've had in the past. 

    I'd like to think JRS and his agent won't let it get to deadline day because otherwise he'll end up in Turkey again or some other league with a later closing window than ours and he won't want to be stuck playing U21 football for 6 months. 

    Hopefully we've got a couple of really good options on the table and we don't get caught out. 
  • CheshireAddick
    CheshireAddick Posts: 1,396
    Henske said:
    gringo said:
    Henske said:
    No more AI creations from me for a while. I’m sure that will please a few of the you! I leave you with this one. Fingers crossed.
    those Camels buttocks were crying out for a badge 'n'all
    Here you go @gringo




    Can I ask what AI tool you use?
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 33,268
    SteveACS said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    I’d like to think that there is a backup plan if JRS doesn’t sign but time isn’t on our side if we need to work on both deals and JRS goes to the wire. 
    This is my main concern is that Palace run this to the deadline and we end up short. 
    So, a question?

    Continue pursuit of JRS, and risk failing?

    Or drop it, and pursue someone who we are guaranteed to get before the window closes?

    And if you think option one... will you then blame the club and NJ for us being one player short?

    (And, yes, I know there are no guarantees when it comes to transfers, but this is a hypothetical...)
    Surely we’re capable of doing both at the same time and then, if we get JRS, all good and if not we have a back up.