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Biff600
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Anyway, back to fitba.
Hibs pumped the Jambos 3-1
Hibs pumped the Jambos 3-1
Slick
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Any lower league outfit beating a premier league side can only be a good thing.
Accy cyclist
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Rooney's agent's in China trying to sort out a million quid a week deal. Rooney says he'll only play for two English clubs,Man Utd and Everton. I think he should go back to Everton and play for the team he supports,while he's still young enough. It's not like he needs the China money and he wont be playing for Everton for peanuts,if he goes back there.What do you lot think he should/will do?http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39054358
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martint235
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He's effectively said to Mourinho: pick me at the weekend or I'll be gone by Tuesday. I expect Mourinho will have a chat, stick him on the bench and he'll be off to China in the summer.
Depends on the sequence of events, I think.
If SunBets advertised the stupid bet in the first place then they were asking for it. Shaw didn't collude with his mates to set the bet up, did he?
I can't believe the granny shagger would think that would work with Mourinho
martint235
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It's not a question of "working" though really. Rooney can't lose, he either continues his Man U career till summer or starts earning £52m a year from Tuesday.
I really don't think he has the brains to go and work in a different country, for however much money.
cisamcgu
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I tend to think that if a bookmaker is stupid enough to offer bets on something that a person can, and possibly will effect, then they only have themselves to blame. And anyway, they don't have to pay out if they don't want to :
From The Gruaniad :
Is it true that a licensed bookmaker cannot be taken to court for not paying out on a winning bet?
- TRUE. There is no legislation to enforce betting debts of any kind, since they are regarded as a 'debt of honour'. This applies equally to bookies, casinos, even the football pools. Bookmakers can refuse to pay out with legal impunity, and have occasionally done so where a betting coup was suspected.
martint235
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Wot he said. I'm not sure I'd be harsh enough to label it as greed though, more opportunity. I'm working on the assumption that footballers actually still enjoy playing football even though it's a job with training etc so £250k versus £1m per week for doing what he enjoys, I'd take the £1m.
Roadhump
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As an Evertonian, the sentimental part of me would like to see him come back to the blues. Taking a more clinical, logical view I think we should forget him.
A player of Rooney's talent could play a role for a couple of years, but whilst much of the bitterness from when he left has waned (see what I did there), and some feel we should "bring a blue home", Everton as a club are no longer skint and should have a more ambitious vision than looking to players who are past their prime, it would be too short term a measure. We should be looking to bring in top players in their prime and also develop prodigious talent such as Davies, Lookman and Holgate etc through to their prime.
In any event, even though he doesn't need the money, give anyone a choice between £150K a week, or £1M a week, I can't see many choosing the former.
