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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: MillerBall on April 12, 2016, 01:58:52 PM

Title: Players for £10.00 - When will it happen?
Post by: MillerBall on April 12, 2016, 01:58:52 PM
Despite some hufffing and puffing from a few squad members our players have not distinguished themselves this season.

Would you offer a £10.00 for any of the current squad?
Title: Re: Players for £10.00 - When will it happen?
Post by: in exile on April 12, 2016, 02:01:44 PM
Congratulations on your 89th post
Title: Re: Players for £10.00 - When will it happen?
Post by: Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle on April 12, 2016, 02:04:16 PM
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Title: Re: Players for £10.00 - When will it happen?
Post by: MillerBall on April 12, 2016, 02:06:30 PM
Thank you ArchBishop I have just seen more movement in that subbuteo box than in many of our players all season.

Title: Re: Players for £10.00 - When will it happen?
Post by: Morleys left boot on April 12, 2016, 02:36:27 PM
I think I would wait a while and see if  the club offer 2 for a tenner
Title: Re: Players for £10.00 - When will it happen?
Post by: West Derby Villan on April 12, 2016, 09:24:08 PM
Ten players for £2, surely
Title: Re: Players for £10.00 - When will it happen?
Post by: Pete3206 on April 12, 2016, 09:25:49 PM
I'm offering the steam off my piss
Title: Re: Players for £10.00 - When will it happen?
Post by: Rudy65 on April 12, 2016, 09:28:00 PM
Despite some hufffing and puffing from a few squad members our players have not distinguished themselves this season.

Would you offer a £10.00 for any of the current squad?

Ay
Title: Re: Players for £10.00 - When will it happen?
Post by: mattjpa on April 12, 2016, 09:33:20 PM
Da Fuq? I don't get it. Yeah I would. I don't own a football team so would need to do something else with them. Like have them wash my car, cook me food etc. Would I own them?
I'm sure owning other people has been done before but I'll go with it.....
Title: Re: Players for £10.00 - When will it happen?
Post by: MillerBall on April 12, 2016, 09:51:01 PM
I wonder if I have got this totally wrong and people should pay the club £10.00 to avoid having to take a player from us.

There could be hundreds of teams all over the county who would go into blind panic at the thought of having to take on some of our players. The £10 would be like a protection fee to save themselves. If this went Europe or World Wide we could make some money.

Problem could be that we would still be stuck with the expensive buggers given their current salaries.

Title: Re: Players for £10.00 - When will it happen?
Post by: Jon Crofts on April 12, 2016, 09:58:18 PM
More of a Woodbines or Senior Service man myself.
Title: Re: Players for £10.00 - When will it happen?
Post by: alftitimus on April 13, 2016, 02:08:18 AM
More of a Woodbines or Senior Service man myself.

They were at the opposite extremes of choice.
Woodies were very cheap - kids could just about pay for a 5 packet -  --Senior Service and Players  were what employed people smoked.

Nether the twain should meet

 :D
Title: Re: Players for £10.00 - When will it happen?
Post by: The Laughing Policeman on April 13, 2016, 08:02:47 AM
Back in the day I was a Craven A smoker. I'm a posh bugger.
Title: Re: Players for £10.00 - When will it happen?
Post by: Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle on April 13, 2016, 08:41:19 AM
It was 9p for a pack of 10 Gold Sovereign when I was a lad.
Title: Re: Players for £10.00 - When will it happen?
Post by: Steve R on April 13, 2016, 01:37:09 PM
My parents used to send me to the newsagent to buy theirs. 1/6d for a packet of ten if I remember correctly. They even sold packets of 5.

Capstan full strength was the brand of choice if you really wanted to give your lungs what for.
Title: Re: Players for £10.00 - When will it happen?
Post by: West Derby Villan on April 13, 2016, 05:03:52 PM
Number 6, were the smoke of choice in our class, 10p for ten I recall
Title: Re: Players for £10.00 - When will it happen?
Post by: MillerBall on April 14, 2016, 01:47:45 PM
Some of the brands also used to give out vouchers or tokens so regular smokers could send off for gifts from a catalogue
(such as a walking frame).

It was rumoured that Doug Ellis once tried to get supporters to send in all of their old vouchers to see if he could get a set of Floodlights.

Our current lot of players would not carry a very high voucher price.
Title: Re: Players for £10.00 - When will it happen?
Post by: martin o`who?? on April 15, 2016, 07:45:31 AM
Despite some hufffing and puffing from a few squad members our players have not distinguished themselves this season.

Would you offer a £10.00 for any of the current squad?
No, but i'd offer £10 to get rid of most of them.
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