All Things Alberto Aquilani

[banditos]

I've travelled the world - and still do - and I've never found a place where it's so mild year-round. I think it was Charles II when he was in exile who said he missed England because it was the only country in the world where you could go for a walk on every day of the year. An overstatement of course, but he's right in that - the recent winter apart - it's usually never too cold or too hot to be unpleasant.

Considering the latitude the UK lies at there's nowhere at the same latitude where it's so mild. Due west of the British Isles, whereas we can swim in the sea (no colder than the Pacific off California, trust me) Canada has icebergs off its coast and polar bears in Hudson Bay. The Titanic was stuck by an iceberg while considerably nearer the equator than its point of departure in England

As Bill Bryson amusingly said in one of hs books, his ancestors left England to look for a better life and they settled in Iowa, where they spent half the year dodging tornadoes and the other half of the year shovelling snow!

Unfortuantely, humans need sunlight to produce Vitamin D, and the British Isles are sorely lacking in this department.

[Craig_H]

He needs a kick up the arse over his english lessons. Raffa wont like the like of application displayed. He's been injured and earns a lot of money, if you can't fit an english lesson in around shopping and entertaining then something is wrong.

He does look like a bit of thick ****er so I guess that needs taking into account.

I agree. When i read his comments about the english lessons, i thought he sounded like a lazy ****er, personally.

You train from about 10am - 1pm each day and are paid millions - so make the ****ing sacrifice and take the time to do whatever's likely to improve your adjustment.

[Guest]

They train from 10am to 1pm but they have office duties after that Craig, they leave at 5pm like every other ordinary person.

[Shaggy]

They train from 10am to 1pm but they have office duties after that Craig, they leave at 5pm like every other ordinary person.

Yeah Torres has got some filing to do this week.

[wiw]

Zzzzzzzz..

[leftpeg]

Not much point learning the language when he'll be gone in the summer I guess.

Perhaps he sees himself as a future manager of the club.

[The Erectile Banana]

Yeah Torres has got some filing to do this week.

Himself and Aquilani were alphabetising their headband collection by designer and then had to work their way through a list of albums provided to them by Reece.

[CJ]

they have to do club things dont they and sponsor stuff.

perhaps he is struggling with it so is avoiding it.

he does sound a bit lazy on his english lessons though.

[anfieldanfield]

Not much point learning the language when he'll be gone in the summer I guess.

[Craig_H]

For those who think he'll genuinely be sold this summer...

Why on earth would the club have dropped such a calamatous bollock in signing him in the first place? Did we scout that badly, or is our judgement THAT bad???

[anfieldanfield]

I've travelled the world - and still do - and I've never found a place where it's so mild year-round. I think it was Charles II when he was in exile who said he missed England because it was the only country in the world where you could go for a walk on every day of the year. An overstatement of course, but he's right in that - the recent winter apart - it's usually never too cold or too hot to be unpleasant.

Considering the latitude the UK lies at there's nowhere at the same latitude where it's so mild. Due west of the British Isles, whereas we can swim in the sea (no colder than the Pacific off California, trust me) Canada has icebergs off its coast and polar bears in Hudson Bay. The Titanic was stuck by an iceberg while considerably nearer the equator than its point of departure in England

As Bill Bryson amusingly said in one of hs books, his ancestors left England to look for a better life and they settled in Iowa, where they spent half the year dodging tornadoes and the other half of the year shovelling snow!

It's not the temperature that makes our weather ****.

It's the fact that it's grey and **** for 300 days a year.

[Shanks]

For those who think he'll genuinely be sold this summer...

Why on earth would the club have dropped such a calamatous bollock in signing him in the first place? Did we scout that badly, or is our judgement THAT bad???

Yes and Yes..

I think we may have underestimated his injury and his ability to adapt to the Premiership.

[Leyton388]

The guy is a flake!

[Craig_H]

Love flakes

[dww]

Is it possible that it's neither? Sometimes transfers don't work out, the most clear example being Veron. We knew it was a risk when we signed him considering his injuries etc.

I still think it is a little early to make any solid judgments.