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Bold Tone

Tam

When I was doing the stadium tour back in May he passed me by but I only seen him from the back so I couldn't tell if it was definitely him. For any of you that may have done it, I was standing in the corridor leading from the interview rooms leading to the press conference area, and he was walking towards the changing rooms. Said to my girlfriend that I thought it was Charlie George who just passed us. "Who?" Right there and then we should have had strong words but I had bigger fish to fry. Cue me half walking half jogging back towards where he went trying to find him for a photo. Eventually spied him going into the lift up at the players entrance and called out as I was halfway down the corridor but just at that, as he stepped in and pressed the button, the doors closed. That was that I thought and turned away, until my girlfriend who had just caught up pointed behind me to Charlie George opening the lift to have a word with me. Luckily he had seen me at the last minute. By that point I was a bit lost for words and just got a quick photo. It completely made the day for me.

Bold Tone

Tam wrote:
... Said to my girlfriend that I thought it was Charlie George who just passed us. "Who?" Right there and then we should have had [font=sans-serif]strong words[/font] ...

😆

Clrnc

Tam wrote:
When I was doing the stadium tour back in May he passed me by but I only seen him from the back so I couldn't tell if it was definitely him. For any of you that may have done it, I was standing in the corridor leading from the interview rooms leading to the press conference area, and he was walking towards the changing rooms. Said to my girlfriend that I thought it was Charlie George who just passed us. "Who?" Right there and then we should have had strong words but I had bigger fish to fry. Cue me half walking half jogging back towards where he went trying to find him for a photo. Eventually spied him going into the lift up at the players entrance and called out as I was halfway down the corridor but just at that, as he stepped in and pressed the button, the doors closed. That was that I thought and turned away, until my girlfriend who had just caught up pointed behind me to Charlie George opening the lift to have a word with me. Luckily he had seen me at the last minute. By that point I was a bit lost for words and just got a quick photo. It completely made the day for me.

Just do the stadium tour with him, it's easier that way. He is a very knowledgeable and funny man.

marv3llous

Rex

He came to his senses about his 'hair'!

Clrnc

😆

Always wondered why don't players like Rooney or Paletta shaves it off.

Klaus

Or why they won't just go to Vancouver where Conte had his hair done. That has to be one of the biggest success stories in the history of hair transplants. He went from this:

to this:

marv3llous

Guess Rooneys face is so ugly that hair simply refuses to grow anywhere near it, no matter how many times he plants them,

Klaus

Or maybe he shouldn't have cheapened out and used butt hair for the transplant: http://www.redcafe.net/threads/could-rooney-have-been-poisoned-by-the-bum-hair-transplant.422511/

Sicario

Chamakh clearly had a hair transplant. Fair play.

Hope he works really hard till jan and gets an extension.

Segway

Klaus wrote:
Or maybe he shouldn't have cheapened out and used butt hair for the transplant: http://www.redcafe.net/threads/could-rooney-have-been-poisoned-by-the-bum-hair-transplant.422511/

What in the... Why have I never heard about this 😆

speedy

A lot of the lads take blockers, its probably what cesc was taking.

Some just half the meds but otheres need the full does to keep the hair in.

Tam

speedy wrote:
A lot of the lads take blockers, its probably what cesc was taking.

Some just half the meds but otheres need the full does to keep the hair in.

Tell me more. Asking for a friend obviously

Tam

Clrnc wrote:
Tam wrote:
When I was doing the stadium tour back in May he passed me by but I only seen him from the back so I couldn't tell if it was definitely him. For any of you that may have done it, I was standing in the corridor leading from the interview rooms leading to the press conference area, and he was walking towards the changing rooms. Said to my girlfriend that I thought it was Charlie George who just passed us. "Who?" Right there and then we should have had strong words but I had bigger fish to fry. Cue me half walking half jogging back towards where he went trying to find him for a photo. Eventually spied him going into the lift up at the players entrance and called out as I was halfway down the corridor but just at that, as he stepped in and pressed the button, the doors closed. That was that I thought and turned away, until my girlfriend who had just caught up pointed behind me to Charlie George opening the lift to have a word with me. Luckily he had seen me at the last minute. By that point I was a bit lost for words and just got a quick photo. It completely made the day for me.

Just do the stadium tour with him, it's easier that way. He is a very knowledgeable and funny man.

The tour was a gift. Next time I'm back in London I'm planning a legends tour. I did like the freedom to walk around at my own pace though.

I recently did the Aliianz Arena tour when I was in Munich for Oktoberfest and it was completely underwhelming. Stadium was dirty, and whilst some bits were interesting, it was all roped off. We were all squeezed into the changing rooms but you couldn't sit on the seats for example. Didn't bother me too much, but having a seat and getting your photos at the benches would be a big deal to some people. Similarly with the dugouts you could go up the stairs but not out onto the pitchside, so you had a few moments to get a photo before you were pushed aside for someone else's turn. Wouldn't recommend it at all based on my experience.

Bold Tone

Clrnc

Tam wrote:
Clrnc wrote:
Just do the stadium tour with him, it's easier that way. He is a very knowledgeable and funny man.

The tour was a gift. Next time I'm back in London I'm planning a legends tour. I did like the freedom to walk around at my own pace though.

I recently did the Aliianz Arena tour when I was in Munich for Oktoberfest and it was completely underwhelming. Stadium was dirty, and whilst some bits were interesting, it was all roped off. We were all squeezed into the changing rooms but you couldn't sit on the seats for example. Didn't bother me too much, but having a seat and getting your photos at the benches would be a big deal to some people. Similarly with the dugouts you could go up the stairs but not out onto the pitchside, so you had a few moments to get a photo before you were pushed aside for someone else's turn. Wouldn't recommend it at all based on my experience.

Yeah. I have done both at the Emirates and I did like the free and easy tour more. I spent 3 hours inside 😆 It's your own pace, you can see as much as you like and take as many photos as you want. It's brilliant. The legends tour offers something different though. I did one with Charlie George and he offered fantastic insights, answered every question as best as possible and even told personal stories about Wenger etc. The only difference is that the tour end pretty quickly and you don't get that much chance to take photos in the stadium.

Agree about Allianz. It felt very rushed and extremely commercialized. So far I have pretty much done a stadium tour at every europe's major stadium and ours is by far the best. Our museum is not up to scratch compared to the rest and felt dated, but every other thing is top notch. The only other tour that was remotely interesting compared to ours is probably Wembley.

Tam

Clrnc wrote:
Tam wrote:
The tour was a gift. Next time I'm back in London I'm planning a legends tour. I did like the freedom to walk around at my own pace though.

I recently did the Aliianz Arena tour when I was in Munich for Oktoberfest and it was completely underwhelming. Stadium was dirty, and whilst some bits were interesting, it was all roped off. We were all squeezed into the changing rooms but you couldn't sit on the seats for example. Didn't bother me too much, but having a seat and getting your photos at the benches would be a big deal to some people. Similarly with the dugouts you could go up the stairs but not out onto the pitchside, so you had a few moments to get a photo before you were pushed aside for someone else's turn. Wouldn't recommend it at all based on my experience.

Yeah. I have done both at the Emirates and I did like the free and easy tour more. I spent 3 hours inside 😆 It's your own pace, you can see as much as you like and take as many photos as you want. It's brilliant. The legends tour offers something different though. I did one with Charlie George and he offered fantastic insights, answered every question as best as possible and even told personal stories about Wenger etc. The only difference is that the tour end pretty quickly and you don't get that much chance to take photos in the stadium.

Agree about Allianz. It felt very rushed and extremely commercialized. So far I have pretty much done a stadium tour at every europe's major stadium and ours is by far the best. Our museum is not up to scratch compared to the rest and felt dated, but every other thing is top notch. The only other tour that was remotely interesting compared to ours is probably Wembley.

I was unlucky in that going in May the pitch was completely dug up and looked like a building site as it was being relaid right down to the base layers of earth and sand. Though in itself it was pretty cool to see the various layers and work that goes into laying the perfect pitch. Unfortunately it also meant walking out the tunnel and the dugouts were off limits.

By virtue of being a shared stadium The Allianz is also very bland. If it wasn't for the pitch you'd be certain everything was in black and white. The museum was impressive though. We only had a quick look around, but I'd imagine as a fan you could easily spend a couple of hours there pouring over everything on display. I didn't visit our museum as I was pushed for time but that's on the cards along with a legend tour next time. Part of me wants Charlie George as he's a link with an era I don't know and a legend at the club, and no doubt has the best stories, but at the same time I think I'd feel more connection to Dixon as someone I've grown up watching at the club. I think Winterburn would bore the pants off me to be honest.

Clrnc

Tam wrote:
By virtue of being a shared stadium The Allianz is also very bland. If it wasn't for the pitch you'd be certain everything was in black and white. The museum was impressive though. We only had a quick look around, but I'd imagine as a fan you could easily spend a couple of hours there pouring over everything on display. I didn't visit our museum as I was pushed for time but that's on the cards along with a legend tour next time. Part of me wants Charlie George as he's a link with an era I don't know and a legend at the club, and no doubt has the best stories, but at the same time I think I'd feel more connection to Dixon as someone I've grown up watching at the club. I think Winterburn would bore the pants off me to be honest.

Wait till you step into Barcelona's and Real Madrid's museums. Completely on a different level to anyone else.

Would you recommend doing Rangers and Celtic stadium tours? These 2 are probably the only legendary stadiums I haven't been to in Europe.

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