[Football] Ben White - Sings new FOUR year deal.

[Albion Dan]

Ben White

Well according to the papers the much lauded German Ben White upgrade likely to cost upwards of £20m with Spurs sniffing about.

That will be Leeds putting in an £11m offer then which will be rejected followed by thousands of tweets about how tinpot the Bundesliga is.

This is all starting to taste delicious. I’m really beginning tot get the feeling Leeds are going to get absolutely ROASTED next season. Please please please beat Derby’s points record. [emoji23]

 

[Pogue Mahone]

I won't be around much longer, don't worry. The Ben White sage seems to be running out of steam, and there will soon be no reason to be on here until January next year.

My user name is nothing to do with the film, you will be surprised to learn. Back in the day I was the (somewhat portly) European HR Director of an American software company. One of the less attractive aspects of my job was that I used to have to free up a lot of employee's futures. This was a young and highly aggressive company, growing like crazy, very hire and fire so it happened a lot. It didn't make me popular, as you can imagine, I would walk down the corridor and people would shrink away almost like I was the grim reaper, in a black hood, carrying a scythe.

Anyhow I returned from a trip to Stockholm where I had had to manage out the popular Marketing Director. I would just fly in, do the deed (the Yanks called it "whacking" which was nicely tasteful, like we were in Goodfellas of something) and fly out again, I hardly spoke to anyone else there. A mate of mine at the European HQ, the CFO (who happened to be Swedish), walked into my office breezily and laughingly said, "Here he is!"

"Here's who?" I asked, mystified.

Do you know what your nickname is in the Swedish office?" he asked, pointing to my stomach, "Killer Whale."

Goodness me, that's interesting.

 

[redoubtable seagull]

I allowed myself to become quite pally with a HR Director at a firm I used to work for and had a conversation with him on a business trip after a few cold drinks.

I told him that I made it policy to keep distant because, whatever HR tell you, ultimately they will do whatever the business desires and are NEVER the honest brokers they make themselves out to be...”one day..” I said “you’ll be swinging the scythe and you’ll throw me under a bus if told to”

“No no no” says he, “it’ll never happen, you’re my friend and I’ll always look out for my mates”

Can you guess who was right?

HR is a job for utter twats IMO.

In the work environment, HR are never, I repeat, never your friend. Categorise under handle with extreme caution!

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

In the work environment, HR are never, I repeat, never your friend. Categorise under handle with extreme caution!

Exactly. Avoid like a shit sandwich.

 

[super-seagulls]

The Swedish word for killer whale is "späckhuggare" which roughly translates to "blubber cutter", since these whales are known for eating the blubber of bigger whales... if they called you "späckhuggaren" it could be because you are fat or have unhealthy diet, not because you are particularly dangerous..

 

[Springal]

Robin Koch starting in a friendly for Freiburg this afternoon.
Transfer isn’t as close as they seem to think.

Ha ha ha.

They’ve had some fairly terrible transfer windows with this owner haven’t they ? Can’t see to close many deals unless it’s with some kid on loan or new contracts for their youth team.

 

[Icy Gull]

Ha ha ha.

They’ve had some fairly terrible transfer windows with this owner haven’t they ? Can’t see to close many deals unless it’s with some kid on loan or new contracts for their youth team.

Even funnier that their fans don’t seem to be at all fazed by this lack of incoming quality. Do they really think they are good enough to compete with the players that got them promoted, without their star player?

 

[Springal]

Even funnier that their fans don’t seem to be at all fazed by this lack of incoming quality. Do they really think they are good enough to compete with the players that got them promoted, without their star player?

It is funny, think they will be in for a big shock a few games in. However great the coach is they need some quality in there and depth in the squad, especially in a condensed season.

The levels of delusion with their fan base is like nothing else. Now linked with Origi ! Sure thing...

 

[Loadicus Trux]

This is all starting to taste delicious. I’m really beginning tot get the feeling Leeds are going to get absolutely ROASTED next season. Please please please beat Derby’s points record. [emoji23]

Oh I'm praying this comes to pass.

 

[Seasider78]

Even funnier that their fans don’t seem to be at all fazed by this lack of incoming quality. Do they really think they are good enough to compete with the players that got them promoted, without their star player?

From what I have seen they have convinced themselves that the bottom half of the PL is about the same as the top half of the championship so even without white they will be brushing teams aside

 

[Johnny RoastBeef]

Have you got a link for this article, I’ve looked on Twitter and there’s nothing on his feed?

It's transcribed from his podcast 'The Phil Hay Show'

I got it from,

https://thisisfutbol.com/2020/08/bl...il-hay-provides-transfer-update-on-ben-white/

 

[SimpKingpin]

This is either foreshadowing for his re-signing at Brighton and Phil Hay is managing expectations.

Or Phil Hay is as deluded as the rest of the Leeds fans.

If we can keep that hope alive until the season closes we will have stifled their growth significantly.

I didn't care about Leeds before. I was happy for them to get on with relegation and not bat an eyelid.
But I'd have a little bit of a positive emotion connected to it now.

 

[rogersix]

I won't be around much longer, don't worry. The Ben White sage seems to be running out of steam, and there will soon be no reason to be on here until January next year.

My user name is nothing to do with the film, you will be surprised to learn. Back in the day I was the (somewhat portly) European HR Director of an American software company. One of the less attractive aspects of my job was that I used to have to free up a lot of employee's futures. This was a young and highly aggressive company, growing like crazy, very hire and fire so it happened a lot. It didn't make me popular, as you can imagine, I would walk down the corridor and people would shrink away almost like I was the grim reaper, in a black hood, carrying a scythe.

Anyhow I returned from a trip to Stockholm where I had had to manage out the popular Marketing Director. I would just fly in, do the deed (the Yanks called it "whacking" which was nicely tasteful, like we were in Goodfellas of something) and fly out again, I hardly spoke to anyone else there. A mate of mine at the European HQ, the CFO (who happened to be Swedish), walked into my office breezily and laughingly said, "Here he is!"

"Here's who?" I asked, mystified.

Do you know what your nickname is in the Swedish office?" he asked, pointing to my stomach, "Killer Whale."

christ on a bike you're dull. a near relegated team like leeds won't be able to afford him in jan, so here's hoping this is your last missive

 

[SimpKingpin]

I think the real question is who should we loan them when they are in the Championship in 21/22?

Their fans have done a great (free) marketing job with our Ben White. The social media campaign was top notch. Couldn't have asked for a better advertisement of our club, youth academy and our player.

 

[forumwayseagull]

Have you got a link for this article, I’ve looked on Twitter and there’s nothing on his feed?

If you listen to it, this was recorded on the Wednesday.....the day of the offer. He wasn’t to know the rejection outcome, so his comments were almost immediately redundant.

His podcast is on the Athletic and is mainly full of bravado and hot air

 

[British Bulldog]

I won't be around much longer, don't worry. The Ben White sage seems to be running out of steam, and there will soon be no reason to be on here until January next year.

My user name is nothing to do with the film, you will be surprised to learn. Back in the day I was the (somewhat portly) European HR Director of an American software company. One of the less attractive aspects of my job was that I used to have to free up a lot of employee's futures. This was a young and highly aggressive company, growing like crazy, very hire and fire so it happened a lot. It didn't make me popular, as you can imagine, I would walk down the corridor and people would shrink away almost like I was the grim reaper, in a black hood, carrying a scythe.

Anyhow I returned from a trip to Stockholm where I had had to manage out the popular Marketing Director. I would just fly in, do the deed (the Yanks called it "whacking" which was nicely tasteful, like we were in Goodfellas of something) and fly out again, I hardly spoke to anyone else there. A mate of mine at the European HQ, the CFO (who happened to be Swedish), walked into my office breezily and laughingly said, "Here he is!"

"Here's who?" I asked, mystified.

Do you know what your nickname is in the Swedish office?" he asked, pointing to my stomach, "Killer Whale."

Well thank you for that, if I need to be put to sleep again I'll contact you.

 

[peterward]

The Swedish word for killer whale is "späckhuggare" which roughly translates to "blubber cutter", since these whales are known for eating the blubber of bigger whales... if they called you "späckhuggaren" it could be because you are fat or have unhealthy diet, not because you are particularly dangerous..

So he thought it was slang for being the mysterious axe man, when really it was just Swedish for "who ate all the pies"

 

[essbee1]

From what I have seen they have convinced themselves that the bottom half of the PL is about the same as the top half of the championship so even without white they will be brushing teams aside

Crikey - the're in for a shock. When we first went up, it didn't take long for me to realise that was no such thing as an easy
match. Impossible to win matches and more possible ones.

 

[Killer Whale]

I allowed myself to become quite pally with a HR Director at a firm I used to work for and had a conversation with him on a business trip after a few cold drinks.

I told him that I made it policy to keep distant because, whatever HR tell you, ultimately they will do whatever the business desires and are NEVER the honest brokers they make themselves out to be...”one day..” I said “you’ll be swinging the scythe and you’ll throw me under a bus if told to”

“No no no” says he, “it’ll never happen, you’re my friend and I’ll always look out for my mates”

Can you guess who was right?

HR is a job for utter twats IMO.

I am sorry you feel like that.

To be serious, in my working life I grew matey with colleagues but I never trusted anyone, you can't afford to.

It was like the joke they make about the US political world. "If you want a friend in DC, get a dog."

 

[peterward]

I am sorry you feel like that.

To be serious, in my working life I grew matey with colleagues but I never trusted anyone, you can't afford to.

It was like the joke they make about the US political world. "If you want a friend in DC, get a dog."

Forgetting all the look at me stories and Shakespeare monologues, do you actually feel less deluded now you've spent a bit of time in a forum with fans rooted in the real world? (there's around 90 others to choose from)

You're one of the few thats actually found the way out of footballs Narnia and have spent some time away from your fantasy land whence came.

WACCOE is of course the wardrobe back into this strange fantasy world, but you seem quite content spending time with us normaltons on planet earth.