Crawley in talks with ROBERT PIRES

[Lady Whistledown]

Could somebody with some actual knowledge ion the subject let me know just what the hell is going on at Crawley at the moment? They have a rich consortium that currently owns them, right? But if they're so rich why have they chosen crawley and not an established football league team?

Because he is a lifelong supporter? Bit like Tony Bloom I suppose.

 

[Simster]

Could somebody with some actual knowledge ion the subject let me know just what the hell is going on at Crawley at the moment? They have a rich consortium that currently owns them, right? But if they're so rich why have they chosen crawley and not an established football league team? Crawley have always been a pretty mundane non-league team with no history of big gates, no history of any kind really as far as I'm aware. Are the consortium expecting to make their money back through future large gates? I don't get it!

There are rumours of money laundering going around, yet you'd have to say Crawley does have potential.

 

[tonymgc]

Sounds to me like a ploy to get both Pires & Crawleys names in the press.

I read an interview with Pires the other day saying he still thinks he could do a job in the prem.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

Because he is a lifelong supporter? Bit like Tony Bloom I suppose.

As I understand it(which is quite possibly incorrectly) the guy who is a fan is not the seriously minted one. He's convinced a consortium to put the money in. I can understand his reasons, I can't quite understand theirs.

 

[jcdenton08]

Crawley: "Can I help you, Mr Pires?"
Pires: "Yes, please. I'm looking for Gatwick Airport".
Crawley: "It's just up the road".
Pires: "Thank you".

Yeah right.

As if a footballer would ever say 'please' or 'thank you'

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Are Whitehawk doing the same as Crawley but further down the league chain ?

 

[sjamesb3466]

I wouldn't have thought he would be in talks with Crawley as I read in the Football League paper on sunday that he was training with Arsenal with the plan of getting a trial at QPR. If he's aiming at playing for a top championship side why would he start talks with a non-league team a couple of days later?

 

[Neil]

Will Evans have a big enough brown envelope??

 

[Bold Seagull]

Typical tin pot stunt by a tin pot club!

 

[Easy 10]

Difficult to see Pires pitching up at Crawley isn't it.

Mind you, they do have that GIANT football on that roundabout. You've got to admit its impressive.

 

[Mendoza]

I read an interview with Pires the other day saying he still thinks he could do a job in the prem.

maybe he miss heard Blue Square when Crawley when they said they were in the Prem

 

[Marshy]

Difficult to see Pires pitching up at Crawley isn't it.

Mind you, they do have that GIANT football on that roundabout. You've got to admit its impressive.

My 3 and 8 year olds are always impressed by it....

 

[Martinf]

This has all been just a big mistake. The original story was supposed to be: Crawley in talks with Roberts' Pies, the well-known Crawley pie-maker.

 

[Batti]

Not where I got it from but shows its not COMPLETE rubbish I guess.

According to his agent, it is complete rubbish (and just a PR stunt by Crawley)

 

[FFF]

I read this article the other week, when Pires started training with Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger rules out Arsenal deal for Robert Pires | Football News | ESPN.co.uk

Check out this quote from ARSENE WENGER!

"I will help Robert Pires to get fit and, believe me, he can still play in the Premier League. If I was a Premier League manager looking for a creative player, I would take Pires tomorrow."

Mental!

 

[mistahclarke]

BBC Sport - Football - Robert Pires set to complete move to Aston Villa


Robert Pires set to complete move to Aston Villa

 

[scotjem]

They could have done with him tonight !

 

[sam86]

Incredible signing.