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Proclaim it through my host, That he which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart; his passport shall be made, And crowns for convoy put into his purse; We would not play in that man’s company That fears his fellowship to play with us. This week is call’d the week we smashed the Baggies twice. He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d, And rouse him at the name of BaggySmash. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say “To-morrow is BaggySmash.” Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say “These wounds I had on BaggySmash day.” Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, But he’ll remember, with advantages, What feats he did that day. Then shall our names, Familiar in his mouth as household words- Sherwood the King, Delph and Sanchez, Gil and Clark, Benteke and Guzan- Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb’red. This story shall the good man teach his son; And BaggySmash day ne’er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so villa, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon BaggySmash day.

Is that Roy Keane's voice?

Utter freefall.

Jihadi John is diversifying I see.

How long do you think bubbles last? Some are five years, others are thirty or longer. I'm not saying when this bubble will burst, but in all history all bubbles do.

He already has lowered his asking price from apparently £250m to £150m. That doesn't look like an unreasonable asking price on something with £100m+ turnover. That's turnover. Also, any business getting involved in an asset should look at the lifecycle of a bubble and decide when to get in or get out. All bubbles throughout history have burst at some point without fail. I believe the PL (especially after the new deal announcement) is somewhere between 'Greed' and 'New Paradigm' on the chart below. Unless of course this bubble is 'different this time' (New Paradigm). Unlike the south-sea, tulip, dotcom, housing (still going on), stock market, Gold, railway bubbles etc....etc...

I've got a mate trying to sell his house in Pinner. He wants 650,000 quid for a four bedroom semi. He's had two viewings and no offers in nearly a year, in spite of decorating it and sticking some twigs in a vase. I gave him some advice: Drop the fcking price by a hundred grand at least. He looked at me as though I was mental. We seem to live in an era where people want the money for assets that they think it's 'worth'. Those days are rapidly heading for the rocks.

How many PL clubs come knocking for him each year? None I'll bet. And if we're relegated I'll bet the same number come looking at him.

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Newcastle are shit. We are playing ok. We will get a point from this at least.

I like your positivity but that is just plugging you nads straight into the mains.

Only after a hefty old period of constant failure. And then only by some. The cockney-hating on here after just one week by a few is pathetic and embarrassing.

'Get back ya bastard or I'll break yer legs'.

We learn whether or not we can beat a team that has nothing to play for and has no manager. If we can't then we're fooked.

Who the hell is going to want either of those two from their last two year's form?

Tekkers is obviously a highly talented goalscorer. You only have to see the quality of the goals he scores to deduce that. The problem, as I see it, is that he's being asked to play as a kind of Heskyesk battering ram just because of his size. It doesn't suit his style. He needs the ball at his feet (or chest) with a yard of space so he can create his own chances. But because our other forwards have been so shite and static this rarely (if ever) happens. Look at the three goals he has scored since coming back - all of his own making.

He's not, nor has ever been, a PL standard forward. One way or another he won't be one next season.

Book... LOL

How does Gabby get straight back in? He's just a terrible, terrible footballer.

I'm one of his severest critics and I still have issues with his basics. Sometimes he doesn't look like a footballer at all. But even I have to conceed that the guy comes up with very good goals at important times. For that alone he deserves a break (from me at least) and a few starts. He really is an enigma.

I told you Bacuna was useless.

Bacuna is on the pitch - madness.

Are you kidding me? Do you actually believe we live in a capitalist society? You've got Help to Buy (1 and 2), Funding for Lending - basically anything to prop up and re-liquidate failed banks. The Bank of England, the US and the EU printing TRILLIONS, yes..... TRILLIONS of our money, to give to their already asset-rich mates to spunk on whatever they like. I've got news for you mate, It's socialism for the rich. Capitalism for everyone else. And you have a problem with someone getting enough money to live on. </Political rant>