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I think so, I certainly believe it has to do with benefits and bonus payments, but hopefully someone else can confirm it or not, because I don't know enough about football.
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:34 am parachute payments |
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I do believe you've cracked it, Beees, as ever. The following remark proves it well.
"Total cost of the Spurs line-up tonight - just under £60m. Total cost of the Hearts line-up - around £250,000. Give Hearts £60m and Spurs' wage budget, then we'll give you a rematch."
May I ask you once more on the topic (Spurs vs Hearts). It was twittered in advance of a return leg, on Spurs' home pitch, White Hart Lane:
"I hope Spurs declare early at White Hart Lane, to allow Hearts a chance to bat."
- What did the fellow mean?
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:40 am parachute payments |
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He was making a joke by drawing on a cricket (impossible) analogy. Even I know such a thing can't happen in football!
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| #5 (permalink) Fri Aug 19, 2011 12:13 pm parachute payments |
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| Oh, I got it now. A kind of a barbed joke that one, though. |
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