Sit_Down_Potato_Head

Hmmm interesting.

The Smiths really weren't my cup of tea, but I'm a bit of a How Soon is Now fan.

The Cure. There's so many reasons to laugh at their fans; those floppy haired gaylords appearing out of the woodwork everytime the DJ plays "Lovecats" etc. But in fairness, they were the first band I saw live and played a 1.5 hour encore of requests. Top drawer and mucho VFM.

As for Morrissey, I used to hate him, but tip my hat to the fella following his comments about Madonna adopting that Malawian baby:

"I'm surprised she hasn't had him made into a coat, worn it for 5 minutes, then thrown it away."

****' full respect Mozza.

Oh dear - poor old Blosers.

With that attendance, I wouldn't be surprised if their thicko-chavster owners haven't seen the fall into the fizzy pop league as another excuse to put the prices up. That, and the current economic downturn....

Apologies to BOF: I've only just read this - great thread.

5pts better off than this time last season, after an intensive fixture period (UEFA & Intertoto) shows great improvement.

Keep up your statistically, very good work fella !

Great read - straight out of the top drawer.

Unlike the NoTW - straight out of the gutter.

Sopranos for me as well.

The episode of Paulie and Christopher stuck in the snow, after bunking a hit, is the finest hour(ish) of television I have ever witnessed

That is one of the funniest things I've seen on TV...ever.

Not a great list is it, doesn't have The Wire, the Sopranos, etc.

Quite.

The author of this thread DOESN'T need to get out more !

by OutByEaster

I also have a soft spot for Darius Vassell’s very late double against Stromgodset.

I feckin' don't !!

I'd stropped halfway to the car when the first one went in, only to hear the second on the radio a few moments later.

Walking, deffo.

As a runner, it drives me mad - if you want to go fast on your feet, RUN ffs!

Exactly. What would one of these clowns do if faced with a knife-wielding maniac? WALK OFF as fast as they could?!!!

No, they'd run.

The motor racing equivalent would be limiting yourself to only driving in 2nd gear.

In Rafa's four season, we finished above Arsenal and win CL and made to two finals and three semi finals. We also won FA cup during that time. So i think we did very well compared to Arsenal but I agree Chelsea and Man u are hard to catch. So i don't know this Big 3 stuff and we being neighbours. If not better, we and Arsenal on similar terms. We have more chances to do better in Cl than you doing better in Uefa Cup (at least our past record in CL - which is much much better than Arsenal - tells the same thing). Keane deal will be done by monday. But I am not sure if we are interested in barry anymore (untill Alonso leaves).

Also there are lot of ifs and buts in your statement. For a moment I thought I am on a Bitter's (everton) forum.

But the 'ship* has still left you on the island, and that's whats really eating away at you.

* The Premiership, that is.

I have hardened DDID, however if we see an apology I will accept that

will we, guess it depends on Plop thus MON's comments today, I suspect Barry is ready to do that IF the deal fell down, no one else would want him

It'll take more than just an apology - a lot of hard work and clear evidence of commitment will do it for me. However, the NotW article aside, I can't recall Barry blotting his copybook and generally being a model professional.

After the Berger reconciliation the other season, nothing will surprise me.

In all seriousness, I don't think this was ever a win-win situation for Liverpool.

They claim to be members of the so called "Big 4", but it really is a "Big 3" with Liverpool lagging some way behind. OK, signing Torres has been a massive success for them, but its not had the desired effect of putting them on equal footing with Man U, Chelsea and Arsenal. Liverpool really are the Big 3's poor neighbours.

From a club with a rich history, instead of hearing about success, all we hear is boardroom unrest, debts, and the potential of falling further behind the Big 3.

So it really shouldn't have to be a win-win situation - as if Liverpool really were in touch with the Big 3, they'd have "won" this already.

So let's move onto Redman's latter "win" in the "win-win" situation.

If Barry doesn't sign for Liverpool, what have Liverpool gained? The chance to sign him in January?

That's clearly a possibility, but with Barry having 2 years left, its not like they can get a pre-contract agreement, or expect a reduction on Villa's asking price. Furthermore, they'll have even less money in Jan '09 than they do now.

Also, there's the distinct possiblity that Barry could change his mind. Consider (i) Liverpool struggle in the Champs Lge, (ii) Villa progress in the UEFA cup and (iii) Barry maintains his England place for the World Cup qualifiers. On the flipside, he's had a bad few weeks, but he's only been punished for the NoTW article and is clearly back in the fold.

Yes, clearly, there's a lot of "ifs" in here, so I'll add some certainty.

It's certain that Liverpool will come out of this in a poor light.

(1) Certainly, their No. 1 target this summer was Barry, and if they fail to land him it just makes them look "also rans" against the Big 3. Liverpool fans can talk about "Rafa's mind games" all they want, but if Man U were in for Barry at the start of the summer, they'd be enjoying his services, not looking like a bunch of cheapskates.

(2) They've clearly breached Prem Lge rules K3 and K8, so we're within our rights to queue up behind Spurs with our complaint. Wouldn't it be funny if they got a suspended punishment from the alleged Keane tapping, only to find we're waiting in the wings with ours?!!

So to sum up, there's lots at risk for Liverpool. If they fail to get in the top 4 this season without being able to demonstrate (or afford) their fans' ambitions, as the man said, Gerrard will consider his future and Torres will be at Stamford Bridge before you can say Abramovich.

Win-win? Not on your life.

Q: How does Bob Marley like his doughnuts?

A: He's dead !

PS - I bet you thought I was going to say "Wi Jammin'"

:yawn:

You still here?!!

Adding to your 300+ posts regarding a player you apparently don't give a stuff about. You must've broken (1) the 1,000 post barrier on a bin-dipper site regarding the Alonso transfer, and (2) probably about 5,000 limit on what Mascherano likes for tea ....both being players you rate higher than Barry.

What's the matter mate - nothing to do whilst waiting for next week's Giro?

Most definately upper to ruling class.

His Most Exalted & Excellent Majesty - Lord Spudnut, King of Allotments, Vegetable Patches and Greenhouses, Keeper of the Sacred Mellons, Conqueror of Greenfly and Dissolver of Slugs.

(1) When can I have that £20 you owe me?

(2) If a gay jumped on your back, would you pull him off?

(3) If a gay sat next to you on the bus, would you get off ?

I pay an insurance company for my car insurance, and would recommend that you do the same.

Paying the milkman, for example, is likely to result in you being a few hundred quid worse off, with no insurance and probably no extra milk (or orange juice in milk bottles if they still make that stuff).

Ribble Ribble, f'tang, f'tang.

A very interesting read.

So basically what you're saying is that if we'd have concentrated better for the last 10 mins, we'd be playing CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL instead of the Intertoto.

As with last season, where I reported that by winning half of the games we drew (7, I think) that was possible by not conceding something like 4 goals, and scoring another 3, we'd finish the league in an altogether more meaningful position.

Yes, 16pts is a big improvement on this year, and judging by the law of diminishing returns, I doubt that'd be possible even spending a £30M - but it is an interesting prospect.

Just in case anyone was unsure just how useless he and the rest of the board are Porno Dwarf has decided to quickly sum up some of the terrible decisions they have sanctioned in the last few years.

Out of interest does anyone else think the purchase and sale of Morrison and the release of Andy Johnson could possibly be the worst piece of transfer business in the last 5 years by any club?

Sullivan wise after the fact

Birmingham co-owner David Sullivan has hit back at claims the board of directors have not spent enough money in recent seasons.

Sullivan and chairman David Gold have been rounded on by Blues fans following the club's relegation, with sections of the media also critical of the board.

Sullivan told the Birmingham Post: "Since Steve Bruce was appointed and Alex McLeish took over we have spent £56million net on players (this figure does not include wages, National Insurance contributions, sign-on fees or image rights).

"We have spent five of the last six seasons in the Premier League. I like Steve and I do not want to disrespect him. But there were financial disaster buys.

"Clinton Morrison arrived for £3.75million, with Andy Johnson going in the opposite direction for free. AJ was then sold on by Crystal Palace to Everton for £8million. We got just £1.4million for Clinton when we sold him back to Palace.

"Millions of pounds of financial losses were made on the sales of David Dunn, Rowan Vine, Luciano Figueroa, Jesper Gronkjaer, Walter Pandiani and Robbie Blake."

The Johnson/Morrison deal even makes Balaban look like a shrewd buy !

"It's all f's and c's and w's, and things like that, which I don't need in my life.

On the contrary Porndwarf, you've made a very good living out of them !!

Nice one Nibbler.

But we all know you'll do 'owt for a Guinness !

There are worse people it could be than Keegan. There are two things that hold back the manager of that club:

1. Impatient fans with vastly inflated expectations

2. The shadow of SHearer

For me Keegan would be given breathing space because he almost did it last time he was there and he would bring SHearer with him. That would galvanise the fan base and thats the last thing we should want.

^^^^^^^^

HTK! Wot he said.

Well, you couldn't say it wasn't coming but nothing that happens at Newcastle will surprise any of us anymore.

Chris Mort (that's French for 'dead' isn't it?) made all the right noises about longevity and long-term plans and to be fair eight months is a good run on Tyneside these days.

Big Sam couldn't lose entertainingly. That was his major failing. But surely someone sometime has got to stand up and stick with a certain someone till he's had a chance to really prove himself.

Since Freddie Shepherd took his ball home you'd have thought there was the prospect of a bit more stability but the next victim, sorry, candidate will make it eight bosses in 11 years at St James'.

Since King Kev they've ditched the good (Robson), the bad (Souness), the ugly (Allardyce), the greedy (Dalglish), the needy (Gullit) and the weedy (Roeder). Who the hell's next?

It's hard to really care. You feel like starting off with that snide remark our wonderful MPs always begin with when their rivals are in some sort of bother: "Much as I don't want to intrude into private grief..."

But to be honest, I haven't met a Geordie in the last couple of days who isn't as gobsmacked as the rest of us by the whole blinking farce.

And, as a Boro fan who does his best to ignore the fact that a quarter of the Riverside season tickets are owned by empty seats, the faithful, bursting-at-the-seams Gallowgate end deserves a bit more than this.

Granted, you Geordies do get ahead of yourselves rather too often. Frankly 11th is not far below where you should be, given the squad. But loyalty ought to have brought some reward in the last 30 years.

Even the Boro bagged a Mickey Mouse tinpot trophy that Spurs or Everton would pocket right now if they could.

Still it feeds the tabloid hacks, if no one else - and here's my guess as to who the likeliest candidates might be.

Harry Redknapp: Has already proved that he has what it takes to manage a club like Newcastle. He's won nowt and his team can't score at home. Bournemouth to North Shields, though... Too cold for the man, unless he takes full advantage of Mr Ashley's private jet.

Alan Shearer: Prefers the home comforts of the Match of the Day studio - and who can blame him?

Jose Mourinho: Unless the Special One has started smoking the Special Cigarettes, never in a million years.

Mark Hughes: Again he's won nowt but his teams can play when they forget about clogging and he'd have the overpaid nitwits working for each other.

Terry Venables: England No. 1, then England No. 2, then Newcastle gaffer. It's not looking good as a career path, Tel. Maybe wait a couple of years for St James's and give yourself a more prestigious job in the meantime - Port Vale could do with someone new.

Amy Winehouse: Unstable, unpredictable, liable to fall apart any moment, doesn't know owt about football, should suit Newcastle United down to the ground.

Steve McClaren: Free, relatively local, and whatever happens he'll keep smiling.

Fabio Capello: No chance. He's just delighted to find out that when people told him he had the toughest job in football they were lying.

J K Rowling: Writes fantasy books about boys with magical powers, maybe she could inject some creativity into the midfield pairing of Butt and Smith.

Kevin Keegan: A Phoenix-like return from KK? The fans'd just love it LOVE IT! if that happened. And at least he'd walk before you sacked him.

Paul Gascoigne: All right, his first attempt at management didn't work out so well but this is a challenge that could just suit him down to the ground - and don't forget this is a club that only recently entrusted the job to Glenn Roeder.

Ant 'n' Dec: Local lads made good. I can't see them getting their hands dirty. It's more likely to turn into some deathly reality show called summat like 'I'm a Non-Entity - Get Me Out Of Here' (first contestant to be voted out - Rozendal).

Robson Greene: That Wire in the Blood series is pretty nasty stuff but nothing compared with the carnage of the 4-1 trouncing against Pompey. Might have the stomach for it.

Tony Blair: Famously used to watch Jackie Milburn on the terraces before he was born. A true Toon Army soldier, he could raise a bit of finance by (a) getting his banking buddies involved, or ( spending a bit of his own dosh.

The Toon Army themselves: Ebbsfleet Mark II. Since Ashley spends most of his time in amongst the fans in his barely credible one-of-the-lads charade, why doesn't he just let them have a proper say? Could it be any worse?

If all else fails, I'll have a bash. Obviously they're near-neighbours and deadly rivals so I'll do me best to bring the club to its knees as soon as possible. Though whether I'll do a better job at that than Ashley or Shepherd is very hard to imagine.

Seriously though, my money's on Mark Hughes being the next mug. I give him a fortnight.

BBC - 606

Actually only one man can take over at such a place - Jossy Blair

Nah, **** that - Spuggie's the favourite !