Darren Pratley @ 40 -Ten more years

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Darren Pratley @ 40 -Ten more years

Post by PKM »

Excellent video put together by the club on the occasion of Prat’s 40th
Happy Burthday Prats!

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18Wvn8 ... tid=wwXIfr
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I don’t understand the 10 more years thing, I mean if the club offered him a new 10 year contract I wouldn't really be that happy. Also, that would bring him up to 50 and I can’t really see him starting at that age. A few cameos off the bench perhaps.
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Beradogs wrote: Tue Apr 22, 2025 11:24 am I don’t understand the 10 more years thing, I mean if the club offered him a new 10 year contract I wouldn't really be that happy. Also, that would bring him up to 50 and I can’t really see him starting at that age. A few cameos off the bench perhaps.
It's irony. not lost on most just a few.
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Post by Proposition Joe »

A bit like Bera's post.

As for the video itself, why did they choose music and an ending that made it seem like we should be adding to the Births, Marriages and Deaths thread?
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Post by CEB2ElectricBoogaloo »

It takes quite a bit of editing skill to make a surprise 40th birthday party feel like a dead soldier’s funeral
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CEB2ElectricBoogaloo wrote: Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:05 pm It takes quite a bit of editing skill to make a surprise 40th birthday party feel like a dead soldier’s funeral
Takes some ‘skill’ to turn a happy birthday Prats into something else
Still, us O’s fans have a talent for that sort of thing
Well done!
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Post by Chicken Dhansak »

I thought it was quite touching. Just shows what all the players, past and present, think of him.
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Really nice to watch, that.
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Post by Bergen »

Lovely tribute to a special player.

I don`t think it should be overstated, but results did improve after he started to play more on a regular basis from early December.
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Beradogs wrote: Tue Apr 22, 2025 11:24 am I don’t understand the 10 more years thing, I mean if the club offered him a new 10 year contract I wouldn't really be that happy. Also, that would bring him up to 50 and I can’t really see him starting at that age. A few cameos off the bench perhaps.
It's just in tribute to how much the supporters value him . Not to be taken literally .
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Good video and seems like a lovely bloke
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Post by gshaw »

Club does these kind of tribute things really classily, a bit like the family videos ahead of the title win. Happy birthday Prats :lofc:
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Post by EliotNes »

Great Video. Now please lead us to the Championship, Prats.
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