yeah - shame - Wrath of the Barclay

yeah - shame

a five year £4 million pound shirt sponsorship commitment kind of ruins the theory that he isn't in it for the long term.

Never mind - I'm sure there is a vague negative somewhere to desperately cling onto.

Posted By: Kebbsy on May 20th 2008 at 12:48:37

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Great news if you support ipswich and your name is Marcus Evans (Other Football) - BSE Canary, May 20, 12:01:22
- Not great news for us.... our rivals getting long term investment from Mr Evans (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, May 20, 12:41:44
  - yeah - shame (Other Football) - Kebbsy, May 20, 12:48:37
    - Naah, he saves negatives - vague or not - for NCFC... (n/m) (Other Football) - Arganth, May 20, 12:50:45
      - yep for our failing club on a seemingly endless downward trend since relegation (Other Football) - phrankin, May 20, 12:53:30
        
        Og god, for fucks sake, here goes another one. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, May 20, 13:00:00
        
        rolf gti (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 13:02:11
        
        You'd think he'd be happy with his beloved Cameron (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 13:02:04
        
        lol, Ignore away! (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, May 20, 13:00:58
  - Have you ever been just a tad upbeat? Ever? (n/m) (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 12:46:06
    - yes, not in recent history Norwich city wise however (Other Football) - phrankin, May 20, 12:50:21
  - Does anyone else wonder whether instead of extra cash going in to their club... (Other Football) - Arganth, May 20, 12:45:15
    - Yes, OG does. Good spot, me. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arganth, May 20, 12:48:13
      - they spent some money in January (Other Football) - phrankin, May 20, 12:51:24
- Likely to "dwarf" our agreement with Aviva is it... (Other Football) - Jim, May 20, 12:23:04
  - YOU WILL NEVER KNOW NEITHER WILL I, ONE THING IS FOR SURE THOUGH, WE HAVE SERIOUS CASH TO (Other Football) - DUFFYIN, May 20, 12:28:43
- SO A FAR MORE LUCRATIVE SPONSORSHIP DEAL FOR US THEN (Other Football) - DUFFYIN, May 20, 12:20:25
  - SCC is back then (n/m) (Other Football) - Brom, May 20, 12:22:54
  - Having SCC on ignore doesn't work for aliases then (n/m) (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 12:21:46
- More to the point though, who the feck is Aviva? (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:17:54
  - rofltops (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:19:58
    - So who are they? (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:22:43
      - Nodge Union (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:25:13
        
        Why have they changed their name to such a silly one? (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:26:58
        
        They haven't really "changed thier name". Aviva have owned Norwich Union (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, May 20, 12:29:47
        
        So, back to my original question, WTF arw Arriva? (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:31:48
        
        Arriva is one of the largest transport services organisations in Europe (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:33:11
        
        "Passenger journeys" ???? Marketingconsultantspeaktastic (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:34:39
        
        Parent company of Norwich Union, for years and years. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, May 20, 12:32:27
        
        You're thinking of Aviva (n/m) (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 12:34:13
        
        Because it's bland and generic. Norwich (unfortunately) doesn't mean anything to people in (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 12:28:54
        
        Pseudo-Latin always gives advertising types a hard-on. (n/m) (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, May 20, 12:34:19
        
        ... (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:36:07
        
        ... (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 12:38:25
        
        global branding (n/m) (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:27:34
        
        So is it good to sound like a Train company? (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:29:50
        
        The company name, Aviva, is a Hebrew name meaning Spring or Renewal (as in Tel Aviv). (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:35:10
        
        ... (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 12:38:48
        
        Christ alive BAB, you really need to get out more son ;-) (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:38:19
        
        yes, i do don't i... (n/m) (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:39:31
        
        Lad I heard on the radio last night has just finished an 18,000 piece jigsaw. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, May 20, 12:41:24
        
        he obviously doesn't have children then... (n/m) (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:44:33
        
        He might. (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:48:43
        
        I like Jigsaws (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:44:07
        
        18,000 piece ones though? It took him a year. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, May 20, 12:47:17
        
        Christ alive CB, you really need to get out more son ;-) (n/m) (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:46:10
        
        Not in t winter, it's too cold. Mind you, I hant dun one for yonks (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:47:49
        
        get used to it, it's always cold up north (n/m) (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:58:53
        
        Ah well you see, that's another myth. Lancashire is loads (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 13:03:44
        
        and the summer? (n/m) (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 13:05:52
        
        Summer's are nice and cool - none of this Sahara like blistering heat. (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 13:08:00
        
        *pfft* (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 13:11:30
        
        One's coming with me. (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 13:12:43
        
        Phasing it out over next few years (n/m) (Other Football) - Brom, May 20, 12:32:11
  - You really are completely out of touch (n/m) (Other Football) - Brom, May 20, 12:19:32
    - Am I? With what exactly? (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:21:31
      - can we just narrow it down and say "this millennium"? (n/m) (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:23:43
      - The world (n/m) (Other Football) - Brom, May 20, 12:22:45
        
        Blimey, is the world now defined by NCFC???? (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:25:27
        
        No, but Aviva being one of (if not the biggest) insurer in the UK (n/m) (Other Football) - Brom, May 20, 12:28:43
        
        I'd have still known that if they hadn't changed their feckin name though. (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:31:02
        
        I think it's probably more to do with the years of debate about NU getting involved with (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 12:33:42
        
        do they still own oneswoop.com? (n/m) (Other Football) - BoundsGreen, May 20, 12:38:10
        
        Ah, well you see, that isn't the sort of debate that I find (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:37:40
        
        Fair do's (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 12:39:43
        
        Nope, not this year - getting ready to move. (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:55:54
  - lol - do you live in a big, dark hole with no outside? (n/m) (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 12:19:11
  - "Have I missed something?" (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, May 20, 12:18:47
- that has to be a wind up (n/m) (Other Football) - Taxi 4 Johnson, May 20, 12:16:23
- Wonder how long it'll be before they're called Marcus Evans FC? (n/m) (Other Football) - Clipper, May 20, 12:12:56
  - i wonder whether Marcus Evans really exists (Other Football) - south, May 20, 12:20:19
    - "bin" how appropriate is that? (n/m) (Other Football) - mike_the_sphinx, May 20, 12:22:31
- Arf, arf - (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:11:22
- I wonder if the sponsorhsip money will be "paid" by way of (Other Football) - Old Git, May 20, 12:07:04
- they really do have an inferiority complex don't they? (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:07:00
  - Also, how many times did it mention the "long term commitment" (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:20:28
  - Of course they have an inferiority complex. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, May 20, 12:08:46
    - good point, well made (n/m) (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:10:09
- someone should photoshop thart pic and replace 'Marcus Evans' with 'Arms Dealer' (n/m) (Other Football) - McGonicle, May 20, 12:04:14
  - Marcus Evans (Other Football) - mike_the_sphinx, May 20, 12:08:31
    - why the three stars above the badge (n/m) (Other Football) - south, May 20, 12:15:06
      - Honestly ? One for the league, one for the FA cup and one for the UEFA cup (n/m) (Other Football) - Arganth, May 20, 12:30:20
        
        i thought there was a league rule (Other Football) - south, May 20, 12:40:32
      - 3 major trophies - done by Brazil, Italy, England and er Ipswich..... (n/m) (Other Football) - Jim, May 20, 12:24:50
      - Because they've won the world cup three times (n/m) (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 12:20:14
      - THE THREE STARS REPRESENT THE THREE MAJOR TROPHIES WE HAVE WON (Other Football) - DUFFYIN, May 20, 12:19:17
      - make their chavvy McDonalds working supporters more comfortable intut (n/m) (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:16:51

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