who wants ronaldinho?

28 years old. not over the hill!

bums on seats player
imagine the buzz around the ground

I for 1 would welcome this guy as the best player we are ever likely to buy.

however how the fcuk are we going to pay his £200thousand quid a week wages?

"goaty"  wrote in message 
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> who wants ronaldinho?
>
> 28 years old. not over the hill!
>
> bums on seats player
> imagine the buzz around the ground
>
> I for 1 would welcome this guy as the best player we are ever likely to 
> buy.
>
> however how the fcuk are we going to pay his £200thousand quid a week 
> wages?

Not me.

1. Can you imagine what £200k p.w. will do to dressing room moral and unity? 
Dunnie got unsettled when Micah got his pay rise FFS.

2. The guy is overweight and unfit and seems to go partying every night. 
Mentally, he's lost it.

3. Barca fans boo him.

4. He's spent most of the season injured and at 28 is likely to pick up more 
injuries, especially in the more physical EPL. Can you imaging paying 
someone who is injured for 6 months 200k p.w? Too much of a risk putting all 
that money into 1 player IMO.

5. We could get Bentley, Santa Cruz /and/ SWP for the same money and still 
probably have some change.

6. Barca want rid, for all the above reasons. He's just a drain on 
resources.

7. Football is a team game, not a superstar game. The best way to get a buzz 
around the ground is to put together a winning team. Like the U18s for 
example, great buzz when they played at Eastlands.

They hope to do a deal with a sponsor to cover the greater part of what 
he's paid in order that City's wage structure isn't broken.
This is one instance where i've got reservations about Shinawatra, he 
seems to think that we will get bums on seats
just by signing someone of Ron's reputation, and he's said himself that 
he's thinking about the shirt sales in the far east that signing him 
will generate.
-- 
"I first diagnosed symptomless coma
  three years ago, and since then the number
  of cases has been steadily increasing."

"Chas"  wrote in message 
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> "goaty"  wrote in message 
> news:nu52k.40740$Bz2.37438@newsfe28.ams2...
>> who wants ronaldinho?
>>
>> 28 years old. not over the hill!
>>
>> bums on seats player
>> imagine the buzz around the ground
>>
>> I for 1 would welcome this guy as the best player we are ever likely to 
>> buy.
>>
>> however how the fcuk are we going to pay his £200thousand quid a week 
>> wages?
>
> Not me.
>
> 1. Can you imagine what £200k p.w. will do to dressing room moral and 
> unity? Dunnie got unsettled when Micah got his pay rise FFS.
>
> 2. The guy is overweight and unfit and seems to go partying every night. 
> Mentally, he's lost it.
>
> 3. Barca fans boo him.
>
> 4. He's spent most of the season injured and at 28 is likely to pick up 
> more injuries, especially in the more physical EPL. Can you imaging paying 
> someone who is injured for 6 months 200k p.w? Too much of a risk putting 
> all that money into 1 player IMO.
>
> 5. We could get Bentley, Santa Cruz /and/ SWP for the same money and still 
> probably have some change.
>
> 6. Barca want rid, for all the above reasons. He's just a drain on 
> resources.
>
> 7. Football is a team game, not a superstar game. The best way to get a 
> buzz around the ground is to put together a winning team. Like the U18s 
> for example, great buzz when they played at Eastlands.
>
>

Is that a NO then Chas? :)

He will fill the stadium chas, if you asked 1000 11-21 year olds who if 
anyone there team could buy that would get you to actually pay to watch 
there answer would be....ronalinho or ronaldo.
agree about the injured part but if his wages are covered and he can teach 
some of the lazy bastards in the team a trick or 2 then i say bring him on

ps..if we get bentley the SWP would not be needed.

"goaty"  wrote in message 
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> He will fill the stadium chas, if you asked 1000 11-21 year olds who if 
> anyone there team could buy that would get you to actually pay to watch 
> there answer would be....ronalinho or ronaldo.
> agree about the injured part but if his wages are covered and he can teach 
> some of the lazy bastards in the team a trick or 2 then i say bring him on

Trouble is goaty, he's a lazy bastard himself:
http://www.oddjack.com/2007/ronaldinho-would-rather-party-than-play-for-barcelona-fc-09-24.php