Ravel Morrison | Sold to West Ham

SteveJ · 22nd February 2012, 17:55

Guess he's blown the United ambassador job then.

gooDevil · 22nd February 2012, 17:57

Go easy on him, if you looked like a drag queen you'd be trying to prove how hard you are all the time too.

davisjw · 22nd February 2012, 17:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Damien1990

This:

Oh the grand Manchester education system's finest. Wonderful use of grammar and big words.

Mr Anderson · 22nd February 2012, 18:46

no wonder he needed a bigger contract then....... to pay for this kind of shite.

Snow · 22nd February 2012, 19:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Damien1990

This:

I imagine you as one of three guys.

Guy nr. 1: Quoted a few posts to some caf members. Someone noted that you did it twice. Praised you for it. You thought "holy shit they like me if I do this" and then you built yourself up a reputation for finding quotes. Now you try your hardest and it really takes an effort to constantly supply what the public demands but you have a reputation to keep

Guy nr. 2: It's no effort for you at all. You now what thread it was in so you word search or something inside threads and help out without bothering yourself.

Guy nr. 3: You're some kind of rain man. You see a post that you think might come up in the future. Add it too your bookmarks file cabinet in your browser which is endless and then when it comes up you provide the quote with one click.

Personally I think it's closest to nr. 2 though I want it to be number 3. Either way well done

Badunk · 22nd February 2012, 20:41

I pick number 1

Damien · 22nd February 2012, 20:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snow

I imagine you as one of three guys.

Guy nr. 1: Quoted a few posts to some caf members. Someone noted that you did it twice. Praised you for it. You thought "holy shit they like me if I do this" and then you built yourself up a reputation for finding quotes. Now you try your hardest and it really takes an effort to constantly supply what the public demands but you have a reputation to keep

Guy nr. 2: It's no effort for you at all. You now what thread it was in so you word search or something inside threads and help out without bothering yourself.

Guy nr. 3: You're some kind of rain man. You see a post that you think might come up in the future. Add it too your bookmarks file cabinet in your browser which is endless and then when it comes up you provide the quote with one click.

Personally I think it's closest to nr. 2 though I want it to be number 3. Either way well done

Thanks, though it was just 3 pages back: Ravel Morrison | Sold to West Ham I remembered it being discussed in this thread a few weeks back.

Got no idea how I started to get this reputation. I'm certainly no rain man that's for sure. I don't do it to be liked (and some don't like me purely because of it) so I'd say it's closest to number 2, though some things take a bit more effort, nearly everything I've found on this site has been easily accessible.

Waltraute · 22nd February 2012, 21:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ravel Morrison

Crack head ?

Go suck out
u

little faggot

your
a guy that talks
if u see me
you try slap me

I'm in manchester every week.

'Crack head' by Ravel Morrison [edited by Waltraute]

Crustanoid · 22nd February 2012, 21:05

He'd fit in at Liverpool

Forever Red · 22nd February 2012, 23:15

He will be on the football scrapheap by 26

SteveJ · 1st March 2012, 21:52

Some stuff about Ravel's transfer, from West Ham Co-Chairman David Sullivan:

Quote:

Iain Dale: How did that come about? It seemed to come completely out of the blue. There was no gossip about it at all.

David Sullivan: It had been going on for a few weeks. His contract was up with Man United, and under European rules he could go to a foreign club for half a million pounds we took the gamble of offering Man U a package which comes to a couple of million quid to take him now and we offered the player a fantastic deal that builds on Premier League games, so if he is a very successful Premier League player, he becomes exceptionally highly paid. It was through contacts. There were five Premier League clubs in for him but we persuaded his people to bring him to us. He could be the worst signing we’ve made or the best signing we’ve made. Time will tell.

ID: When I first heard about this deal I was convinced Harry Redknapp would hijack it, as he specialises in rescuing difficult players. But I suppose he was in court at the time and couldn’t pick up the phone to Sir Alex!

DS: Ravel is a young man. It might be that Man U let him go because we weren’t in the Premier League. We have always got on well with Man United. Newcastle were in strongly for him, we were told. I really think he will be in our first team before the end of the season. He wants first team football so that appealed to him. I met him, and I think he had never met the owners of Man United. Maybe that persuaded him to come. Time will tell if it was a good signing or a bad signing.

In Conversation With David Sullivan - Dale & Co.

noodlehair · 1st March 2012, 22:02

More likely Redknapp was smart enough to pick up the phone to Sir Alex rather than Ravel Morrison's agent.

ArmchairCritic · 1st March 2012, 22:05

David Sullivan is a muppet isn't he, I doubt Ravel even knows the names of all the Glazer's in fact I don't Ravel knows who the fuck David Sullivan is.

NewDawnFades · 1st March 2012, 22:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveJ

Some stuff about Ravel's transfer, from West Ham Co-Chairman David Sullivan:

In Conversation With David Sullivan - Dale & Co.

Interesting that he openly admits how big a gamble Morrison is for them as a signing - I highly doubt him leaving United would have been remotely influenced by him not meeting the Glazers though.

davisjw · 1st March 2012, 22:10

Too many "Man U"s for my liking.

Ravel went for the money by the sound of things. "Could be our best or worst signing" is a dreadful statement to make on a troubleheaded youth who ultimately left because the best manager in the world couldn't manage him. Signs.

Damien · 1st March 2012, 22:19

So we've got a couple of mill for him? Good price given his age and how long he had left on his contract. If he had left for free and we got compensation on him it would have been less, and Newcastle were offering around a quarter of that.

Not a good move to say he could be the best signing or worst signing though. Sure, think that privately like many of us do, but don't say it publicly...

Top · 7th March 2012, 23:00

How's he been doing on the pitch since the move?

KM · 7th March 2012, 23:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Top

How's he been doing on the pitch since the move?

Hasn't been in the squad till yet. Played in two or three closed door friendlies, so nobody knows.

Sean_RedDevil · 8th March 2012, 09:02

I get the feeling that the signing was more Sullivan's than Allardyce's.

I've heard they call him "Charlie Sheen" at WHU's training ground.

Burrow · 8th March 2012, 10:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by KM

Hasn't been in the squad till yet. Played in two or three closed door friendlies, so nobody knows.

This pleases me greatly

Pogue Mahone · 8th March 2012, 10:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean_RedDevil

I get the feeling that the signing was more Sullivan's than Allardyce's.

I've heard they call him "Charlie Sheen" at WHU's training ground.

These "feelings" and stuff you've "heard".

What you actually mean is "I read on Twitter", right?

gooDevil · 8th March 2012, 12:35

Twitter...it will always tell you what you want to hear. If you say everything, someone has to be right.

Decotron · 8th March 2012, 13:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burrow

This pleases me greatly

It shouldnt really. A waste of talent should never be celebrated.

Let it goman, its much better for your mental health....

Sean_RedDevil · 8th March 2012, 15:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pogue Mahone

These "feelings" and stuff you've "heard".

What you actually mean is "I read on Twitter", right?

I've read interviews with Sullivan and Allardyce about Morrison in the last weeks therefore i've this "feeling".

A friend of mine is a West Ham fan and his sister-in-law works at Chadwell Heath therefore i've "heard" it.

Bill.s.preston · 8th March 2012, 16:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean_RedDevil

I get the feeling that the signing was more Sullivan's than Allardyce's.

I've heard they call him "Charlie Sheen" at WHU's training ground.

Why would he be called Charlie Sheen?

a) Promising Actor?
b) Mentally Unstable Egotist?
c) Hookers and Blow?
d) Demanded a payrise and got his contract terminated?
e) boue?

jojojo · 8th March 2012, 16:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by bill.s.preston

Why would he be called Charlie Sheen?

a) Promising Actor?
b) Mentally Unstable Egotist?
c) Hookers and Blow?
d) Demanded a payrise and got his contract terminated?
e) boue?

Hotshots?

Broyphs · 8th March 2012, 16:36

He's got two and a half personalities?

Burrow · 8th March 2012, 16:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Decotron

It shouldnt really. A waste of talent should never be celebrated.

Let it goman, its much better for your mental health....

I know, but I'm bitter how this guy treated us as a club after all the shit he's put us through. Obviously we were too lenient with the player, as he seemed to think he could behave however he wanted and get away with it. Good riddance in the end, but I hope he'll realise his mistake now that he's not even getting into the WHU squad.

ArmchairCritic · 10th March 2012, 14:29

On the bench today.

DomesticTadpole · 10th March 2012, 14:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArmchairCritic

David Sullivan is a muppet isn't he, I doubt Ravel even knows the names of all the Glazer's in fact I don't Ravel knows who the fuck David Sullivan is.

Probably thinks he's the guy who wrote Only Fools and Horses.

ArmchairCritic · 10th March 2012, 14:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by DomesticTadpole

Probably thinks he's the guy who wrote Only Fools and Horses.

I don't even think he knows what Only Fools and Horses is.

DomesticTadpole · 10th March 2012, 14:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArmchairCritic

I don't even think he knows what Only Fools and Horses is.

Well David Sullivan is a bit of a Del Boy isn't he?

forevrared · 10th March 2012, 19:53

Twitter says he was in the squad today, but also that he missed training 3 times this week and was fined 2 weeks wages.

DomesticTadpole · 10th March 2012, 19:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by forevrared

Twitter says he was in the squad today, but also that he missed training 3 times this week and was fined 2 weeks wages.

Does this boy never learn. He has such talent and is throwing it away. If he drops out of football he will either end up in jail or dead. I am being serious about this.

ArmchairCritic · 10th March 2012, 19:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by forevrared

Twitter says he was in the squad today, but also that he missed training 3 times this week and was fined 2 weeks wages.

It's got to that stage where you just have to laugh at the idiocy.

DomesticTadpole · 10th March 2012, 20:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArmchairCritic

It's got to that stage where you just have to laugh at the idiocy.

I know where you are coming from, but it makes you mad when you an lots of others would love to be a professional footballer. He was at the best club and blew it. Now he is at a club that is great at nuturing kids and still he self-destructs. What a ungrateful idiot.

KM · 10th March 2012, 20:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by forevrared

Twitter says he was in the squad today, but also that he missed training 3 times this week and was fined 2 weeks wages.

Just a twitter rumour by two or three people. If he was missing training sessions, surely he wouldn't have been on bench for West Ham.

ArmchairCritic · 10th March 2012, 20:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by KM

Just a twitter rumour by two or three people. If he was missing training sessions, surely he wouldn't have been on bench for West Ham.

I don't know maybe Sam fast tracked him in as motivation i.e. you're not too far off, keep working hard etc.. Definitely not in the managers handbook but that said Mancini still played Balotelli last week after he went to a strip club in the early hours of the morning.

Agent Red · 10th March 2012, 20:10

To be honest if that story about missing training is true then it actually makes me a bit glad. Just reaffirms the fact he doesn't have the right mentality for a top club and that we were right to let him go.

I know we've all known that to be his temperament for a while, but if he truly has been behaving like that after only signing recently then it leaves little doubt that he is the problem and not disillusionment with the club or concerns about how we handle our youth contracts or anything.

DomesticTadpole · 10th March 2012, 20:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agent Red

To be honest if that story about missing training is true then it actually makes me a bit glad. Just reaffirms the fact he doesn't have the right mentality for a top club and that we were right to let him go.

I know we've all known that to be his temperament for a while, but if he truly has been behaving like that after only signing recently then it leaves little doubt that he is the problem and not disillusionment with the club or concerns about how we handle our youth contracts or anything.

Fergie supposedly transferred him to get him away from the bad influences. Maybe he just took them with him or has found some more.

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22nd February 2012, 17:55	#4321 (permalink)
SteveJ Newbie of the Year 2011. Twat of the Millenium. Hide yo' wife, oates! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: "Holistic" Posts: 23,670	Guess he's blown the United ambassador job then.

22nd February 2012, 17:57	#4322 (permalink)
gooDevil Worst scout ever Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Kids are the Future Posts: 17,033	Go easy on him, if you looked like a drag queen you'd be trying to prove how hard you are all the time too.

22nd February 2012, 18:46	#4324 (permalink)
Mr Anderson First Team Regular Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Eire Posts: 13,902	no wonder he needed a bigger contract then....... to pay for this kind of shite.

22nd February 2012, 20:41	#4326 (permalink)
Badunk First Team Sub Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you will find an excuse Posts: 9,659	I pick number 1

22nd February 2012, 21:05	#4329 (permalink)
Crustanoid First Team Regular Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 15,369	He'd fit in at Liverpool

22nd February 2012, 23:15	#4330 (permalink)
Forever Red Reserve Team Player Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: 20 years of Eric Posts: 2,162	He will be on the football scrapheap by 26

1st March 2012, 22:02	#4332 (permalink)
noodlehair "It's like..." Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Flagg Posts: 4,291	More likely Redknapp was smart enough to pick up the phone to Sir Alex rather than Ravel Morrison's agent.

1st March 2012, 22:05	#4333 (permalink)
ArmchairCritic No Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves. Posts: 9,875	David Sullivan is a muppet isn't he, I doubt Ravel even knows the names of all the Glazer's in fact I don't Ravel knows who the fuck David Sullivan is.

1st March 2012, 22:10	#4335 (permalink)
davisjw First Team Sub Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 5,263	Too many "Man U"s for my liking. Ravel went for the money by the sound of things. "Could be our best or worst signing" is a dreadful statement to make on a troubleheaded youth who ultimately left because the best manager in the world couldn't manage him. Signs.

1st March 2012, 22:19	#4336 (permalink)
Damien Self-Aware Redcafe Database (and poster) Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Blood. Sometimes it sets my teeth on edge; other times it helps me control the chaos. Posts: 27,601	So we've got a couple of mill for him? Good price given his age and how long he had left on his contract. If he had left for free and we got compensation on him it would have been less, and Newcastle were offering around a quarter of that. Not a good move to say he could be the best signing or worst signing though. Sure, think that privately like many of us do, but don't say it publicly...

7th March 2012, 23:00	#4337 (permalink)
Top Admin Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Denmark Posts: 8,363	How's he been doing on the pitch since the move?

8th March 2012, 09:02	#4339 (permalink)
Sean_RedDevil Twitter bot Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Birmingham + Londinium Posts: 9,963	I get the feeling that the signing was more Sullivan's than Allardyce's. I've heard they call him "Charlie Sheen" at WHU's training ground.

8th March 2012, 12:35	#4342 (permalink)
gooDevil Worst scout ever Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Kids are the Future Posts: 17,033	Twitter...it will always tell you what you want to hear. If you say everything, someone has to be right.

8th March 2012, 16:36	#4347 (permalink)
Broyphs No Lifer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Commas are important. "Come on, Barbie, let's go party" is much less sinister than "Come on Barbie, let's go party" Posts: 33,136	He's got two and a half personalities?

10th March 2012, 14:29	#4349 (permalink)
ArmchairCritic No Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves. Posts: 9,875	On the bench today.

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forevrared Reserve Team Player Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3,592	Twitter says he was in the squad today, but also that he missed training 3 times this week and was fined 2 weeks wages.

10th March 2012, 20:10	#4359 (permalink)
Agent Red First Team Sub Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 6,009	To be honest if that story about missing training is true then it actually makes me a bit glad. Just reaffirms the fact he doesn't have the right mentality for a top club and that we were right to let him go. I know we've all known that to be his temperament for a while, but if he truly has been behaving like that after only signing recently then it leaves little doubt that he is the problem and not disillusionment with the club or concerns about how we handle our youth contracts or anything.