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  • bradbobley@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    i thought the doc was ace because i love david beckham but as soon as they glossed over him knobbing off other birds as ‘media attention’ it kinda lost me lol

    as it relates to your point about fergie, the fact that gary neville and the rest of em even now, save for keane, can’t even talk about that time 25 years on with any objectivity really shows you the puppetry going on by bacon face

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          11 months ago

          I’ve only seen the 1st 2 episodes. So I dunno where that sits on the timeline.

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            11 months ago

            i don’t remember the timeline of the documentary but he’s been accused of having affairs for like 20 years at least. the big one that was sort of in the doc was his personal assistant or something like that. she went to the papers about it and it was a whole scandal and in the doc it was just framed in the wider context of media harassment. obvs it’s a beckham fluff piece so i don’t necessarily blame them for it but still. was definitely stage managed

          • phar0aht@alien.topB
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            11 months ago

            That’s not who we sell first though. We sell whatever the market is there for.

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              11 months ago

              I mean, if they’re shopping in your position, you’ve been rendered expendable. You’ll create a market for yourself. Your agent has to.

              • phar0aht@alien.topB
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                11 months ago

                Yeah but if we have 4 strikers and we get another. It’s not always the most expendable one that goes. It’s the one where there’s a marker and good buyer for. We’ve seen it time and again over recent years where the guys we most wanna sell don’t go.

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                  11 months ago

                  I know Raya is looking a better fit than Rambo atm but he is not merely a ‘backup keeper’ 😭

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                    11 months ago

                    Is he starting? He hasn’t started a league since the last interlul an hasn’t started a Champion’s League match. He is the back up right now.

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                  11 months ago

                  It’s protecting value since all 3 are on good contacts

                  If team is desperate in Jan for GK, mid or forward example they might pay

                  • e1_duder@alien.topB
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                    11 months ago

                    Protecting value of what? Teams generally don’t pay large fees for players that don’t play. Tag on that Ramsdale is reportedly on 100K a week and I don’t see how anyone can expect a significant fee for him.