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People with serious money don't fly scheduled, they want to go to where they want to go to at their convenience. The larger private jets easily swallow up distance, range is not a problem. Smaller ones, like the lawyers', require a fuel stop en route. By nature of their title, they are private. It is unlikely that they would offer a ride to the hired help. Besides which they came over the Atlantic on different days.

Nothing to worry about, we are just sitting here waiting for an ITK to throw crumbs. Any offers?

The Rich machine out to NY at lunchtime. The lawyers remain...........

I think the problem is, if Lambert left, would a new manager want to come, when he would know that the new owners might not like him and he could be sacked within a few months of being here, if a takeover happens? To me, you're not going to get many committed managers in those circumstances, just a journeyman looking for a last payout, playing the 'committed manager to this big club' act. If a new manager were to come, I think that you will find the same situation as we saw with O'Neill, where it is the new owner that rubber stamps the appointment.

A bit, but not much. But then I doubt whether I'll watch much of this one, despite the location. World Cup tournaments used to have the fascination of the unknown. Now you just end up watching Chelsea/Arsenal/Manure/Liverpool tossers that you despise on a weekly basis anyway.

Me too. Much as I like Gabby, he'll still be a pacy kid with potential when he is 41. Giggs is quality. A tosser, but a quality tosser.

The American Dave Whelan! So Bob Rich has 'flat packed' frozen food companies as well?

Yep, but for a big city, the people are so lovely. The TMII educational 'theme park' is fabulous, well worth a day or two's wanderings

You must have wrist like Keira Knightley, that's only a 42mm case. So assuming you want some something similar, ie a classier looking chronograph rather than a sporty model, in under 42mm, what about the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Chronograph? 40mm case: http://www.swisswatchesdirect.co.uk/watch/q1538420_jaeger-lecoultre_mens_watches_master_chronograph?gclid=CNn9wOPyuL4CFYoSwwod428A8Q But hang on, haven't you got one of those horrible Panerai things Surely they're all at least 47mm and much bigger than that IWC? Thanks. Me and KK are one I don't have a Panarei-someone else guv. Like your suggestion. The wife is clicking on the checkout but I think maybe a tad too much.

Why? When Mr Lerner arrived to meet O'Neill just before he was unveiled as the manager he flew into Luton as well. Pretty much every US owned long haul exec jet pitches up at Luton at some point-it is their main gateway to London

Tried on the IWC Portofino Chronograph on Saturday. Way too big for my puny wrists. Not too sure whether to go for the straight Portofino, nice and simple, but quite beautiful. Or something else. Any watch fiends suggest anything in the less than £5k bracket?

... shall I just remove the word after the $200? Or do you mean that it should say "Indian"? Word removed? Surely not Thanks a Million, by the way. (and I wasn't taking the p. I do sympathise with the mods at the moment. Threads are being zapped all over the place)

in the democracy that is VT, I wholly disagree with you on this point. Trolls are easy to sniff out, and glaringly obvious. But you are a mod, so I shall desist from further comment.

I didn't change anything, I argue for democracy, period. The guy put forward his view, and you jumped on him, as you do, in some kind of attempt at being cleverer than him - trolling, plain and simple. And I didn't see me 'point scoring' against anyone, but maybe that is why you contribute to this thread. I don't need to score points against anyone.

Really feeling sympathy for the mods today Now you have dragged things back around, any chance of correcting the spelling of the thread title?

And Mr Lerner's reign all started with Anthony Worrall-Thompson

Unfortunately a lot of people, and if that is the way that they wish to vote, in a democracy, that's up to them. It's a free country, which means giving a platform to people whose views that some of us are not in tune with, and do not like to hear. Unfortunately for a seemingly small amount of us, that is just about everyone who has a platform, but that's life. The only joy that I get out of this poll is that I have put an unopened David Cameron into the recycling today.

Basically those who wish to 'debate' democracy stamp it out, so no debate. So maybe you are even further to the left than you seem?

If you are misusing the word 'racist', something common of people with an agenda, yes. Privileged? More than likely, like Cameron and Milliband, and possibly Clegg (I don't know on that one) Scumbag? Possible, like Cameron and Clegg, but not Milliband, he's a nice chap-it's his predecessors and his brother and mate the other Ed that are scumbags.

It wasn't legitimate, it was trolling, and you know it but, as is the way with ideological students, you would never admit it.

In businesses there are always people who keep jobs where their bosses don't actually know what they do. Paul Lambert has 36000 people who have no clue what he does, so a new owner will make it 36001.

I will definitely put an x in the UKIP box. Aww bless. Go to bed. Wide awake . I take it you agree with their tax and NHS policies too then? Trolling on VT? I never thought that I would see the day It's a democracy. Leave the guy alone.

Not unusual for an aircraft to drop at one airport, leaving their occupants to do the business, and then position empty to another airport in readiness for their departure from the country.

Apparently my input during the last takeover was amusing to the inner circle, although it led to Mr Lerner's jet being 'blocked' on the US trackers. Obviously the OGS thing resulted in a wrist slapping, and was regrettable, because I genuinely prefer not to screw people up. But the bottom line is that a billionaire is not going to be put off using his personal mode of transport by some potential geek on a computer. Mr Rich's (here I go again) plane is here. He might not be here, and if he is, he may only be kicking tyres. Observational circumstance is my VT currency, but the reality is that I don't know anything and could be wide of the mark, but I can only tell you what I see.

Yes, Rob Rich's jet is a fairly regular visitor to the UK, mainly using Luton or Farnborough. It arrived at Luton (I think) on Saturday and came up to BHX, for the first time, lunchtime today. The law firm jet arrived direct from the US late yesterday afternoon.