shandypants Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 "He was about to sign for us and his manager wanted him to but then he decided that he wanted to stay and fight for his place at his parent club." or "The lad wanted to come and we had him through the door but his parent club decided against it before we had him over the line." ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corneliusreeve Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 "He was about to sign for us and his manager wanted him to but then he decided that he wanted to stay and fight for his place at his parent club." or "The lad wanted to come and we had him through the door but his parent club decided against it before we had him over the line." ? Perm any 1 from 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattitheowl Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 "Was going to come but one of their other players got injured on international duty." Just not bothered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandypants Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 "Was going to come but one of their other players got injured on international duty." Yep. That's another one we hear often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcityowlsfan Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 He wanted to come but his wife went into labour :st2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chow Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 "we had him, but we didn't" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetsheri Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 "He was going to sign on Thursday but he collects his pension from the Post Office that day" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Willie Henderson Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 He was gonna come here but Rotherham offered him better terms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefdave Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 We tried to make him go to Wednesday but he said no, no, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eckington owl Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 The boy couldn't wait to get started, but unfortunately his parent club put themselves before Sheffield Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curren Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 We got him as far as the door but we are still having problems with the green light so couldn't get him in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris E Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Three scenarios. All with the same outcome. Milan and/or Gray comment on trying to strengthen the squad. Fails to materialise for reasons possibly beyond our control. Outcome - Moans on here. "Why do they comment?" No comments. Nothing happens despite efforts in the background. Outcome - Moans on here. "Why do they say nothing?" Player signs. Moans on here. "Why have we signed him? He's poo poo." Which one? All happen on a regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0114 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 He was signing the contract but the pen ran out of ink, but we are hopeful we'll have a new delivery of pens next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxonOwl Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 The bulb in the green light blew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarquin Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I prefer the angling analogy -- "He was just coming to the lip of the landing net when he cast the hook and slipped back into the lake" :mama: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theowlsman Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 There was a mix up with his agent. (we phoned the wrong one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhopping Owl Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Three scenarios. All with the same outcome. Milan and/or Gray comment on trying to strengthen the squad. Fails to materialise for reasons possibly beyond our control. Outcome - Moans on here. "Why do they comment?" No comments. Nothing happens despite efforts in the background. Outcome - Moans on here. "Why do they say nothing?" Player signs. Moans on here. "Why have we signed him? He's poo poo." Which one? All happen on a regular basis. That's painfully true that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 His wife wanted to stay in Birmingham. His wife wanted to move back to Sweden. He decided he would rather challenge to sit on the bench for £40k per week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roscoe P. Coltrane Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 We didn't have enough time to have a whip round so we could get a plug for the fax machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyboy66 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I prefer the angling analogy -- "He was just coming to the lip of the landing net when he cast the hook and slipped back into the lake" :mama: he was going to come to our club but when all the sponsors pulled out because of that rapist scum he bailed out as per Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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