Stevo985 Posted January 19, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2020 1 minute ago, lexicon said: Very good??? Come on now. Yeah that might be an exagerration to be fair. But I think "Run of the mill" is harsh. For a short time he was a decent premier league striker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 4 hours ago, Wezbid said: Yes, well, Noel Whelan has told Football Insider (sounds painful) that the signing is a risk. With that stunning view now out in the open, I'm not sure if I want him to sign anymore. "Risk" is the new wanky bullshit from tired pundits with zero understanding or insight. You know what else is a risk? Not signing him. You know what else is a risk? Buying Lionel Messi. Or not signing him, whatever, either is a risk. It's an empty phrase with no meaning because they attach it to everything. Like the way they pad out sentences with the words "football club" to try and add some depth to their worthless speech. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted January 19, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2020 Got a text from my little brother today saying 'Kodjia gone, assume Samantha signing imminent'... Not even signed for us and already getting called girls names, bit harse! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Cant see the risk, 9m I believe, we got 2m-3m for Kodija and I imagine he is on less wages than Kodjia smart bussines 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 Noel Whelan can piss off! Who made him the voice of football anyway? His name crops up in so many clickbait wanky ‘articles’. He wasn’t even a very good player. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 9 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: Noel Whelan can piss off! Who made him the voice of football anyway? His name crops up in so many clickbait wanky ‘articles’. He wasn’t even a very good player. He is as bad a writer as he was a footballer, He went to a diffrent club every season after his coventry days I suppose he was low risk because each club was able to get rid of him every 6 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 5 hours ago, nick76 said: Having worked abroad I can only go on my experience. I was in the country but couldn’t work without a visa. When I changed companies in that country I needed a new visa to work for new company. I had to have a bridging visa to stay in the country between jobs but couldn’t work. If I had worked without the visa I would’ve had my visa stopped, asked to leave the country and banned from applying again for 10 years if I remember properly. Given, if the same for him, then I doubt he can train as that would be classed as working and given he is high profile it would be known. Might be different for football or English rules. As far as I know it's only work if he's getting paid. If not, the government don't care. The Premier League might, but I couldn't tell you. I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: As far as I know it's only work if he's getting paid. If not, the government don't care. The Premier League might, but I couldn't tell you. I doubt it. I don’t think so, I could’ve started at my new company a week earlier and I was happy to do so without pay (a number of reasons for this) but my immigration lawyer advised me against this. There were a number of reasons and a list of violations other than pay could be deemed as a benefit. Trying to think in terms Samatta how this would apply, and off the top of my head was whose paying for his hotel, food, driving around?!?! Could be deemed as a benefit for ‘working’. Bizarrely if he’s not training ie working it doesn’t matter. Oh I don’t know but I’m just going off my experience working in the finance sector abroad. It’s probably all fine and I doubt the government would do anything for a high profile certain visa acceptance I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) 28 minutes ago, nick76 said: I don’t think so, I could’ve started at my new company a week earlier and I was happy to do so without pay (a number of reasons for this) but my immigration lawyer advised me against this. There were a number of reasons and a list of violations other than pay could be deemed as a benefit. Trying to think in terms Samatta how this would apply, and off the top of my head was whose paying for his hotel, food, driving around?!?! Could be deemed as a benefit for ‘working’. Bizarrely if he’s not training ie working it doesn’t matter. Oh I don’t know but I’m just going off my experience working in the finance sector abroad. It’s probably all fine and I doubt the government would do anything for a high profile certain visa acceptance I guess. He's bringing millions of pounds to the exchequer. Money talks. Btw I have no idea if he has been training with us! I hope so. Edited January 19, 2020 by dont_do_it_doug. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 19, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2020 4 hours ago, Tomaszk said: "Risk" is the new wanky bullshit from tired pundits with zero understanding or insight. You know what else is a risk? Not signing him. You know what else is a risk? Buying Lionel Messi. Or not signing him, whatever, either is a risk. It's an empty phrase with no meaning because they attach it to everything. Like the way they pad out sentences with the words "football club" to try and add some depth to their worthless speech. Yes, maybe he could tell us who we should sign who is risk free. Just 1 name then we can go out and spend our money knowing that he will fit right in, immediately adjust to the PL and score at least one goal in two, oh and not get injured. As you say it's an empty phrase and a none comment because everything is a risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 19, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2020 6 hours ago, gaz90 said: I could have swore that I read somewhere that he had been training with us. I'll try and dig it out. I don't think his current club would let him train with us before the contract is signed in case he got injured. Imagine that he broke his leg or something and we then changed our mind. I don't think they would be too happy with that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wezbid Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Has anybody asked Noel Whelan if he trained with clubs before officially signing on the dotted line? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Him being in the side for Watford would be absolutely massive even if he isn't fully match fit anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Him being in the side for Watford would be absolutely massive even if he isn't fully match fit anymore. Last game 26th Dec. Can't be that far off the pace 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Thought that I read somewhere that he'll be the first Tanzanian player in the PL history. That will bring in an entirely new group of fans for our fan base (like with Zimbabwe/Nakamba) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, Villaphan04 said: Thought that I read somewhere that he'll be the first Tanzanian player in the PL history. That will bring in an entirely new group of fans for our fan base (like with Zimbabwe/Nakamba) Trezeguet our Egyptian son Nakamba our Zimbabwean Prince El Ghazi our Dutch rudder 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Spoony Posted January 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2020 45 minutes ago, Villaphan04 said: Thought that I read somewhere that he'll be the first Tanzanian player in the PL history. That will bring in an entirely new group of fans for our fan base (like with Zimbabwe/Nakamba) Mate check out Instagram. Most responses to Villa posts are now in African languages I don’t understand! But I guess they roughly translate to “I bloody love Jack Grealish”, “we do **** all from corners” and “we just didn’t play to Hogan’s strengths” 1 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 18 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Hasn't he basically played half a season as a regular already? TOTALLY different to Drinkwater. Totally agree in comparison to Drinkwater, I meant more in terms of short-term fitness - Samatta last played for Genk on the 26th of December. Pretty sure that the Belgian league has a winter break, and they've only just played this past weekend since the Christmas period. So whilst he will be fresh, he will likely not be match sharp having not played a competitive fixture for 3 weeks. But it's up to Smith to determine whether he is ready to start the full 90 or not, whenever his registration is complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted January 20, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 20, 2020 11 minutes ago, Wes said: Totally agree in comparison to Drinkwater, I meant more in terms of short-term fitness - Samatta last played for Genk on the 26th of December. Pretty sure that the Belgian league has a winter break, and they've only just played this past weekend since the Christmas period. So whilst he will be fresh, he will likely not be match sharp having not played a competitive fixture for 3 weeks. But it's up to Smith to determine whether he is ready to start the full 90 or not, whenever his registration is complete. As match sharp as all the Belgian league players before they played this weekend then? Hopefully he'll be ready for some minutes at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 27 minutes ago, Wes said: So whilst he will be fresh, he will likely not be match sharp having not played a competitive fixture for 3 weeks He would've been ready for game on 19th Jan but got permission to sign for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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