To qualify, it has to be the longest thread about a player we don't sign. Perhaps mods could give us a poll once we have a few nominees?
Which will be this summer's muppet thread?
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It's going to be Jose now. Thanks a lot.
The Pogba thread has good muppet potential so I'll go for that.
Greizmann
Griezmann, Pogba.
What have been the longest the last few years?
What have been the longest the last few years?
Varane
Pogba or Ibra
Greizmann. I fancy myself as one of the chief muppeteers.
Sneijder haha. Maybe if you add up all the Gaitan ones.
The Thiago thread was ridiculous.
Griezmann/Pogba/Varane
2010: Mesut Özil (5,779)
2011: Wesley Sneijder (13,667)
2012: Eden Hazard (8,851)
2013: Thiago Alcantara (15,735)
2014: Arturo Vidal (25,857)
2015: Pedro (5,973)
Griezmann, I usually try not to get drawn into them, since getting burnt with the Thiago and Vidal ones, but if there's any faint hope on Griezmann I will go full muppet
Griezmann
I think Griezmann may renew his contract with Atletico quite soon so I'll go with James Rodriguez.
Benzema in 2009 was a bit of a beast as well if I remember correctly.
Griezmann.
None
All business will be done imminently.
All business will be done imminently.
Neymar. He'll delay signing his Barcelona contract, there'll be a few Braziliain/Catalan/Spanish reports with his father's quotes, we'll all get excited and fill up 250 pages and then he'll sign his new Barcelona contract. Benzema, Ozil, Sneijder, Hazard, Moura, Nasri, Sanchez, Thiago, Fabregas, Vidal, Neymar.
Yeah I think that went into 2010 too. Just shorter than the Özil thread though.
God the Vidal thread. That was the Muppet Movie
Pogba...its the euros so most players will probably wait till after that to conclude any deals....prolonging all the muppetry
Has to be pogba or Griezmann. Though Griezmann is more realistic next summer, think this summer he is still happy at staying at Atletico so there won't be many rumors.
I'm gonna go with Pogba. Won't be resolved (either way) any time soon.
There will be a dispute at Madrid regarding Bale and we will all go apeshit then he'll stay there anyway and a few people will have an apocalyptic meltdown.
That vidal thread was amazing I was checking that thread every freaking hour, it took over my life.
I don't think there will be a heartbreak thread this year, like the Vidal or Thiago thread.
I think we will be linked with so many players, but I also believe we will act swiftly this year and players will be signed as swiftly as the threads heat up...
I hope so anyway
I think we will be linked with so many players, but I also believe we will act swiftly this year and players will be signed as swiftly as the threads heat up...
I hope so anyway
You should have seen the Hazard and Thiago ones. With Hazard there was a bunch of us watching a livestream of Hazard's farewell at Lille with some expecting him to announce his next club during the farewell. In the end he announced his club on twitter.
Thiago had the De Gea ballsigning then loads of gifs by @Olly and others
Jose, Chelsea will be dicks and it will take until the end of August to get the deal done.
unless I missed the announcement that it was done
unless I missed the announcement that it was done
Thiago's thread was the best one! Never was as exited about a signing since
Not sure if there's a player that I can be hardly invested this summer. Sane, Griezmann and Pogba are all great options, but I'm pretty ambivalent about their signings
Not sure if there's a player that I can be hardly invested this summer. Sane, Griezmann and Pogba are all great options, but I'm pretty ambivalent about their signings
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I was just a lurker, but the Vidal thread was all time great. God I wanted that signing to happen so badly
Yep, it's going to be a long summer for le muppets.
Pogba going by the early indicators.
Maybe Griezzman but highly unlikely.
I'd hope for a good surprise as well, like Reus or someone of that ilk.
Maybe Griezzman but highly unlikely.
I'd hope for a good surprise as well, like Reus or someone of that ilk.
Mahrez. Surprised no one has mentioned him yet.
Still convinced to this day that they was something in those Vidal rumours .
People watching Chilean reality tv in the wee hours of the morning, him signing that shirt in Australia.
And I was only still lurking then too.
People watching Chilean reality tv in the wee hours of the morning, him signing that shirt in Australia.
And I was only still lurking then too.
The Pogba thread looks like it could pick up. Give it a week or two and it'll be hopping.
fecking Vidal, that almost ruined me.
The Thiago thread was epic. Olly and jeston at their best. I'm hoping for something similar this year.
Pogba or Varane. As a dark horse, I'm waiting any moment now for the "Jose Mourinho wants Bale" news story to break out in respected media outlets like The Sun or The Daily Mail. With all hell to break loose after that...