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« Reply #975 on: Friday, September 17, 2021, 06:15:10 »

45 minutes from Junction 15 to the CG  Smiley
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« Reply #976 on: Friday, September 17, 2021, 06:16:29 »

Clem's exploits have reached his homeland. Am I being picky, but do I detect a change of emphasis to what he says over here?

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/meet-the-sydney-plumber-who-saved-an-english-soccer-club-from-oblivion-20210915-p58rwp.html

Not really - the bit about making money is just really explaining the difference between owning an Australian and English club.   The risk and rewards are much bigger so a bit more exciting over here than down under
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« Reply #977 on: Friday, September 17, 2021, 06:39:37 »

Clem's exploits have reached his homeland. Am I being picky, but do I detect a change of emphasis to what he says over here?

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/meet-the-sydney-plumber-who-saved-an-english-soccer-club-from-oblivion-20210915-p58rwp.html
In what sense? Nothing we’ve never heard before in my opinion
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« Reply #978 on: Friday, September 17, 2021, 06:53:55 »

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The bit about bringing Aussie kids over is something he’d previously said he wasn’t going to do wasn’t it?

I think he said there were good kids everywhere and he'd take whoever fits the bill. words to that effect anyway
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« Reply #979 on: Friday, September 17, 2021, 07:02:08 »

Are people looking for chinks in the armour already?.

Lets hope Saturday goes well and is not the start of a poor run. If that happens it'll be a good test of all this feel good factor, I'm sure some will start upping the negative comments.
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« Reply #980 on: Friday, September 17, 2021, 07:27:16 »

it's good to get the club press in the land of down under
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« Reply #981 on: Friday, September 17, 2021, 07:47:34 »

I think he said there were good kids everywhere and he'd take whoever fits the bill. words to that effect anyway

Fair enough, I must have misremembered.
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« Reply #982 on: Friday, September 17, 2021, 07:58:31 »

Clem's exploits have reached his homeland. Am I being picky, but do I detect a change of emphasis to what he says over here?

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/meet-the-sydney-plumber-who-saved-an-english-soccer-club-from-oblivion-20210915-p58rwp.html

"Two months ago, the self-made tycoon became the owner of the city’s only football club, Swindon Town"

That annoyed me way more than it should have.
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« Reply #983 on: Friday, September 17, 2021, 08:03:01 »

"Two months ago, the self-made tycoon became the owner of the city’s only football club, Swindon Town"

That annoyed me way more than it should have.

That wasn't lost on me, either.

I mean, the clue is in the fucking name. A rather fucking huge clue at that.
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« Reply #984 on: Friday, September 17, 2021, 08:04:39 »

That wasn't lost on me, either.

I mean, the clue is in the fucking name. A rather fucking huge clue at that.

You should be more indignant for the use of Soccer and not football club.
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« Reply #985 on: Friday, September 17, 2021, 08:05:42 »

2 hours west of London?! Sounds about right with all the fucking roadworks.

If you open google maps, put in 'London' to 'Swindon' and choose driving it says 1 hour 54 minutes. Obviously you have to start slap bang in the centre of London so most of that time is getting out of the bloody capital!!
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« Reply #986 on: Friday, September 17, 2021, 08:10:14 »

You should be more indignant for the use of Soccer and not football club.

No, I should not.

1) It's an Australian newspaper - so they're obviously going to use the Ozzie vernacular.
2) The word soccer originated from England anyway.
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« Reply #987 on: Friday, September 17, 2021, 08:10:58 »

Well I didn't know he was a Spurs ST holder.
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« Reply #988 on: Friday, September 17, 2021, 08:45:44 »

Why did Clem not invest in a club in his own country? Not complaining, just curious.
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« Reply #989 on: Friday, September 17, 2021, 08:50:32 »

Why did Clem not invest in a club in his own country? Not complaining, just curious.

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“I do pump a lot of money into football here as well,” he said. “People are going to ask, why didn’t I buy an A-League club? I thought the opportunity to try and buy an English club is a lot better because when you go up the leagues, you can make a lot more money. If I get in the Championship I get £10 million ($18.9 million). The difference between here and there is you’re buying and selling players. If I buy a kid for 50 grand, I can go and sell him for a million quid, or two, or five. Then you get a sell-on clause on their contract.”
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