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steveyrockstar wrote:I find it bizarre/ironic that we (reportedly) tried to sign Arnautovic and Ayew when they first moved to England, both turned us down for another club - and then we end up signing both later on for club-record fees.
Perhaps we baulked at paying agent fees, signing on fees etc. Who knows.
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every season we get let down by "big signings" however this guy is class, just hope he can do the job without too much primadonna stuff going on
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Puff Daddy wrote:Welcome to the mad house mate. Perform and you will be loved and taken to our hearts and you won't ever want to play anywhere else
Aztec Hammer wrote:Unless you are Dimi Payet.

:arry:
But Marko is a proper nutter...

Payet is a glorified drama queen of the first order.
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Hopefully the fee won't add pressure but like him as a player and was gutted we didn't get him first time round. Think he has the makings of being a bit of a cult hero, as long as expectations aren't too high. Like said already he is a bit of a nutter.
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Hope it works out for him here, we like a nutter :crest:
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Not sure bout him personally.

Lot of money for his age and he isn't a CF. Think this is a Slaven one.
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Welcome Marko, put the effort and our fans will love you. :crest:
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Time will tell if he's better than Matty Holmes.
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Closest comparison Zlatan!!! COYI :scarfer:
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Coops wrote:I just had a nose on Oatcake forum. They have a 115 page thread on him leaving and coming to us. They are really pissed off about it.
It hilarious reading! It starts a month ago when rumours he put in a transfer request, the first half is all about how gutted they would be to lose him and what an amazing player he is, and now to he only turned up for 3/10 games!

Stoke fans never fail to keep me amused! Oatcake is a great form of entertainment!
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ironfireman wrote:It hilarious reading! It starts a month ago when rumours he put in a transfer request, the first half is all about how gutted they would be to lose him and what an amazing player he is, and now to he only turned up for 3/10 games!
In fairness whenever I've seen him he's either unplayable or anonymous. More of the former than latter though.

A definite upgrade on Snodgrass or Feghoulli, competition for Ayew and Antonio on the wings.

Good piece of business, tied up well in advance of the new season, 2 more starters and I think we might avoid a relegation battle.
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Kialos wrote:Hope it works out for him here, we like a nutter :crest:
Don't we just
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Kialos wrote:Hope it works out for him here, we like a nutter :crest:
The nutters tend to wear their hearts on their sleeves. And we love a bit of passion for the badge
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Welcome Arnautovic, cannot wait to see him play in a West Ham kit! :crest:
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IanBishopLegend7 wrote:Time will tell if he's better than Matty Holmes.
:shock:

"Holmes was fouled by Wolves player Kevin Muscat causing an injury so severe his surgeon told him that he had been fortunate not to have his leg amputated."
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great signing and the fee is what you have to pay I guess.

a player with real skill who can win you the game.

next level for him and time for him to deliver in the best years of his career.

we have some real options up front. After chico we need one more striker. gray for me.

could be a fun ride with arnie and west ham.
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He better learn how to track back and cover the overlapping defender...something he has been heavily criticised of not doing when at Stoke.
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Agree with the comment about him always looking angry. The 3 signings we have made are all winners, who ooze character and take that personality on the pitch. We don't have enough of that.
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Remember an in-form Carroll against manure a couple of seasons back where he was virtually unplayable and as a lone striker roughed up their defence something rotten, imagine recreating that, with Arnautivic and Antonio, Chich and Lanzini as the supply, I can't effing wait, welcome to West Ham Marko :crest:
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Read a lot that his scoring record isn't that good in comments on articles about this (although as a left winger I'm not sure we should be considering that).

BUT - he last year provided 11 goals, and the season before 17, in combined goals and assists. In both season Stoke only scored 41 all season - worse than us!

Interested to see what he'll do if we have a more attacking set up next season. Kind of excited by him coming in, having initially been quite doubtful.
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