Alex Pritchard

[HitchinSeagull]

Has there been any further comment or suggestion as to what this "illegal approach" was actually all about? Anything concrete that Bloom could take up with the powers that be, or was it just the Argus having a paddy? It read like a throw away comment, but it should be serious if true.

It would be for Tottenham to complain about an illegal approach for one of their players, however they have gone through with the deal and some reports on here stating for a lot more than we were going to pay. Knowing modern football they could have leaked the transfer as much as an agent.

 

[crookie]

I know it's not quite as simple as this, and advertising raises some revenue, but trebling the amount that Sky pay the PL must mean a huge increase in the amount subscribers pay Sky?

I don't know anyone who has taken out Sky recently, but I know several who have cancelled. There will come a point when these ridiculous increases cannot be maintained and subscriptions will have to be affordable or the whole thing will collapse.

They hammer the businesses first, pubs and clubs, our pubs sky bill quadrupled in about 10 years, from £300 a month to £1200, whereas home sky bill went up maybe 20% in that time. We cancelled it, got BT Sport for £300 a month and barely any drop in revenue. Quids in. I guess they are counting on all these mugs in Asia taking out subscriptions to watch the Premier League. Tragic enough when Londoners support Manure etc, how sad is it to support a team from the other side of the world.

 

[LU7 RED]

Amount of kids with Barca and Real Madrid shirts on are the most ridiculous. Mind you, less ******* Chelsea shirts I suppose!

 

[crookie]

Amount of kids with Barca and Real Madrid shirts on are the most ridiculous. Mind you, less ******* Chelsea shirts I suppose!

Yep, tragic really, who in their right mind would get their kids shirts from foreign teams ?

 

[LU7 RED]

Yep, tragic really, who in their right mind would get their kids shirts from foreign teams ?

I presume it's just not losing to a team your mate supports at school, why everyone seemed to support Liverpool in the early 80's. But now, just support a foreign team so you never lose face!

Kids these days.

 

[Bladders]

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[Tesco in Disguise]

Judging by his Twitter page he's a right bell end. Best rid.

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[FatSuperman]

I presume it's just not losing to a team your mate supports at school, why everyone seemed to support Liverpool in the early 80's. But now, just support a foreign team so you never lose face!

Kids these days.

That's why my main club is the Burwash Bear Inn Football team. They play a charity match every few years against Burwash FC. They usually lose eleventeen-nil or something, but since it's only happened about 6 times in my life it's easy to deal with and only the local villagers (population 37) know about it. I support Brighton just to keep my interest in the off 'season'

 

[hastings]

worst apology ever http://www.skysports.com/football/n...d-apologises-to-brighton-after-norwich-u-turn

 

[El Turi]

Half hearted apology from the player here. He also says he wasn't on the M25: http://www.skysports.com/football/n...d-apologises-to-brighton-after-norwich-u-turn

 

[Eric Youngs Contact Lense]

On a more general note about the parachute payments etc you have to remember that for a club like Norwich, who don't have rich owners, it's one of the rewards for getting to the Prem. In fact, the only owners with less money than our's in this league is Burtons, I believe.

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But, the payments of these were not meant to be "rewards" were they? They were meant to try and prevent Clubs relegated from going out of business.. I would be saying the same in your position, but the rewards of making it to the PL are the huge amounts of cash from TV money. The need for parachute payments having dropped out of the top flight seem less than they were as a result, particularly with well run, "debt-free" clubs such as yourselves? Personally, I would look at making Payments to Clubs to help them compete in the PL - that would feel like a reward for getting there, and make PL survival more achievable.

 

[whitelion]

worst apology ever http://www.skysports.com/football/n...d-apologises-to-brighton-after-norwich-u-turn

The former Spurs trainee told Sky Sports News HQ: "I'm not going to lie about it. I had a good conversation with both clubs and I can only choose one. I apologise for what happened.

"I just left home. I wasn't on the M25, I don't know where that's come from. It's one for the gaffer to talk about, not me. I'm a Norwich player, not a Brighton player. It is what it is. It's football.

"It was a difficult choice. There was interest from both parties. For me it was purely a football decision, and getting to the Premier League, and I'm just here now and can't wait to get started.I think it's the best option for me."

Hope he eats those words at the end of the season.

 

[Easy 10]

"It was a difficult choice. There was interest from both parties. For me it was purely a football decision"

 

[Papa Lazarou]

"It was a difficult choice. There was interest from both parties. For me it was purely a football decision"

It would be particularly sweet were we ahead of Norwich when we play them next.

 

[pasty]

Half hearted apology from the player here. He also says he wasn't on the M25: http://www.skysports.com/football/n...d-apologises-to-brighton-after-norwich-u-turn

It was a difficult choice. There was interest from both parties. For me it was purely a football decision, and getting to the Premier League

I hope that comment comes back to bite him on the arse come May next year.

 

[Chinman3000]

'it was purley a football decision'

Yeah a football sized wad of £50 notes you money grabbing c*nt

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

The former Spurs trainee told Sky Sports News HQ: "I'm not going to lie about it. I had a good conversation with both clubs and I can only choose one. I apologise for what happened.

"I just left home. I wasn't on the M25, I don't know where that's come from. It's one for the gaffer to talk about, not me. I'm a Norwich player, not a Brighton player. It is what it is. It's football.

"It was a difficult choice. There was interest from both parties. For me it was purely a football decision, and getting to the Premier League, and I'm just here now and can't wait to get started.I think it's the best option for me."

Hope he eats those words at the end of the season.

"Purely a football decision"

We all know it was the cash, you goon.

 

[whitelion]

"Purely a football decision"

We all know it was the cash, you goon.

Having seen the interview on SSN I'm glad he's a Norwich player. Not the brightest spark IMHO.

 

[Nixonator]

"It was a difficult choice. There was interest from both parties. For me it was purely a football decision, and getting to the Premier League, and I'm just here now and can't wait to get started.I think it's the best option for me."

 

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