Oxlade Chamberlain Thread

I don't think this a problem specific to us at least, Oxlade's status has gone up ten fold and to avoid his agent whispering in his ear I think it's probably wise to get him tied down long term on a wage that's in line with what a regular England international gets.

Football is one giant looney bin. The kid has only just joined. But a new contract is already expected?

Simple steps to cleaning up football.

1. All agents to be killed. These vermin are a blight on humanity and serve no purpose other than to enrich themselves at the expense of the game we follow. They should be exterminated, as you would do with any other harmful pest. Invite them a an agent's convention, lay on free drinks and free whores, lock the doors and pump cyanide gas in. Suddenly football is speeding on the road to recovery.

2. Players who break their contracts should be banned from playing until the contract expires. A breach of contract should carry a penalty. The European Court should have to pay compensation to the club for each week the player is not available - say £50K a week. Then we'd see how quickly they wanted to introduce new rules to something that doesn't concern them.

3. Players to have a capped basic salary in line with a nurse's average pay. Then they can have crazy money based purely on performance. Goalies earn per save, catch, etc. And lose per goal conceded. Defenders for tackles, blocks, etc. Trophies won, etc, etc. This would drive away the greedy bastards and bring kids who love football into the game.

4. Owners may take dividends based on the same return given to pensioners from their long term investments that have been robbed by the corporations and banks. This would force the vampires out of football and back into banking and the charities.

5. SKY TV should be burned down - obviously.

6. Criminals like Abramovich and Usmanov and the Arab bandits should be jailed until such a time as we can reinstate the death penalty. There should be no hiding places for these scum - not even in football, the industry with the lowest standards imaginable.

7. The media hacks should be locked in a room and forced to read their own newspaper. Cruel and unusual but they deserve it.

Football isn't even about commerce any more. It's monopoly and greed. Pigs at the trough. Why do the fans put up with it?

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

I don't think this a problem specific to us at least, Oxlade's status has gone up ten fold and to avoid his agent whispering in his ear I think it's probably wise to get him tied down long term on a wage that's in line with what a regular England international gets.

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You;re talking about the "going rate", but that rate is set by thieves from the desert. What happens when they raise it? And raise it again and again and again? Do we just keep playing?

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

You;re talking about the "going rate", but that rate is set by thieves from the desert. What happens when they raise it? And raise it again and again and again? Do we just keep playing?

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To be honest, when sh*t like Chamakh and Squillaci are picking up 50k and 60k respectively for doing nothing it's hardly a surprise other more talented and important players want a rise.

Our fault for paying sh*te big money in the 1st place, Oxo though is a top talent and one I don't mind paying a bit more for.

Oxo is a top prospect.

I don't care what other contracts there are, those were errors and what's done is done.

I don't want more repetition of the mistakes of the past. We are under no pressure to offer a new contract to Oxo yet, so let's wait until he has done enough to earn it.

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

Football is one giant looney bin. The kid has only just joined. But a new contract is already expected?

Simple steps to cleaning up football.

1. All agents to be killed. These vermin are a blight on humanity and serve no purpose other than to enrich themselves at the expense of the game we follow. They should be exterminated, as you would do with any other harmful pest. Invite them a an agent's convention, lay on free drinks and free whores, lock the doors and pump cyanide gas in. Suddenly football is speeding on the road to recovery.

2. Players who break their contracts should be banned from playing until the contract expires. A breach of contract should carry a penalty. The European Court should have to pay compensation to the club for each week the player is not available - say £50K a week. Then we'd see how quickly they wanted to introduce new rules to something that doesn't concern them.

3. Players to have a capped basic salary in line with a nurse's average pay. Then they can have crazy money based purely on performance. Goalies earn per save, catch, etc. And lose per goal conceded. Defenders for tackles, blocks, etc. Trophies won, etc, etc. This would drive away the greedy bastards and bring kids who love football into the game.

4. Owners may take dividends based on the same return given to pensioners from their long term investments that have been robbed by the corporations and banks. This would force the vampires out of football and back into banking and the charities.

5. SKY TV should be burned down - obviously.

6. Criminals like Abramovich and Usmanov and the Arab bandits should be jailed until such a time as we can reinstate the death penalty. There should be no hiding places for these scum - not even in football, the industry with the lowest standards imaginable.

7. The media hacks should be locked in a room and forced to read their own newspaper. Cruel and unusual but they deserve it.

Football isn't even about commerce any more. It's monopoly and greed. Pigs at the trough. Why do the fans put up with it?

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You just jealous cos your team haven't won feck all in 7 years, ****. :coffee:

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Originally Posted by GB.

Oxo is a top prospect.

I do think care what other contracts there are, those were errors and what's done is done.

I don't want more repetition of the mistakes of the past. We are under no pressure to offer a new contract to Oxo yet, so let's wait until he has done enough to earn it.

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Yeah, I don't think there is a need to offer anything now if he has just signed with us unless he's approaching his last two years. He should have signed a 5 year deal with us to start or 4. Let's see how he does this season before talking wages and I doubt he's even focused on that yet. We have more important issues at hand and need to sort out Theo's contract first of all.

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Originally Posted by GB.

Oxo is a top prospect.

I don't care what other contracts there are, those were errors and what's done is done.

I don't want more repetition of the mistakes of the past. We are under no pressure to offer a new contract to Oxo yet, so let's wait until he has done enough to earn it.

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Spot on.