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I agree. But if you consider the length of Ashley‘s tenure, the fact he changed the stadium name for a considerable time and the amount of advertising not only in the stadium but also on sold clothes and the commercial rights going along with running the club shop I do think that the the lost income could have paid for a good part of the debt or been invested in the playing staff and the facilities. So far the free advertising only paid of for sports direct and it is criminal to me that the exploitation of the club hasn’t been given the fair amount of criticism so far whenever the benevolent nature of Ashley‘s handling of the club has been raised by his stooges in the media.

Alternatively, we get a massive battle drawn out over the remaining episodes, ( hence the 55 nights of filming), everyone dies, the last episode is the Night King ice fucking Cersei to death as Bronn (sole survivor of the whole kingdom), sneaks away overseas with a few naked slave girls. The End.

What we are witnessing is the glorious end-stage of a mass outbreak on Wearside of “the first lass in school to get tits”syndrome - they all went full pelt when “she” was briefly attractive, but now that “she’s” a bucket-fannied, worn out slapper, they’re still stubbornly convincing themselves that she’s worth getting a chub-on for, even as they watch her thumb sized nipples droop out of the bottom of her manky Kappa shellsuit top. It’s a joy to witness

I've just had a look (its a quiet day in the office) it was sent and made it to riverrun and was sent on to winterfell, but then Theon had his great idea to take winterfell and we never find out (in book or show apparently) if Neds body ever makes it there. So if we are doing the whole "dead starks rise from their graves" thing then he probably will appear.

Inevitably: https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2019/apr/23/david-squires-on-wayne-hennessey-and-the-nazis?CMP=share_btn_tw

I’ll be raising a pint of Carling this evening in your honour.

Speaking of Palestinian heroes, it's St George's Day today. As evidenced by all the racists you know changing their Facebook profile picture to the England flag.

At least Arya finally got fucked. I’ve been waiting eight long years for that scene.

Prods support Israel. Fenians support Palestine. We’re funny like that.

Whole thread is worth a read

And gather at Trafalgar Square to shout at another statue.

i keep going back for more reading of rtg tonight. it’s melting it’s melting haha

I can’t see promotion being any good for Boro anyway. They are utterly wank, the fans would probably prefer another year in the championship to getting roundly bummed every week by average premier league clubs.

Christ, I really hope they get beat in the semis of the playoffs. Just end the season on the wettest fart possible.

Aye, but enough about Adam Johnson

Yeah, he did well. He’s benefitting from being coached by Benitez but it’s a testament to him that absorbed what he’s been taught also. I also think that playing as one of a back 3 suits him perfectly

Gene is no longer on the turnstiles at Heaton Stan btw, in case that was putting anyone off going

The mackems have been going on all season about how it’s their must enjoyable season in years & how they’ve “got their club back”. Never mind “The Don”, They loved Ellis Short as well & Niall Quinn when he was running the circus. See how much they love him when they’re in the third flight next year or when theyre getting smashed off average championship clubs. This is a realistic place for Sunderland to be, they’ve got a big ground but it’s falling to pieces and it’s in one of the worst towns in the country. What do they honestly expect? They could only sign players before because they threw money at it & now they’re skint. They aren’t “everyone’s cup final”, there’s nothing special about them between the clubs at the bottom of the championship and the ones at the top of league one. They had 10 years of premier league football on the bounce and achieved literally nothing because their every achievement was levelled against what we were doing. I hope they fucking rot.

Lock up his daughters…

The accounts published don’t have to be as accurate and aren’t regulated heavily like public company filings, so I can’t say with this lot running things I believe them to be the clearest, it’s entirely possible Ashley has been siphoning more out the club and labeling it as something else. You can feel free to trust what the club are saying if you want tbh. If you’re happy to accept a PL club in 2019 can afford nothing more than around £20m in transfer fees yearly (since the other £30m they’re quoting will go to wages spread over the next half decade) again that’s totally up to you. As mentioned in the past they always mention wages having to be factored in when buying, yet the remaining wages on a contract of a player sold are never brought up. We’ve never been big spenders under Ashley, even when we finished 5th we didn’t spend, all of that has all been eaten up by two single season stints in the Championship? It’s also worth noting that for his entire 10 year ownership he has asset stripped the club to such a degree it barely owns anything outside of playing staff, as Trooper points out we’ve lost a lot of money in commercial deals. All of that goes into why I am not accepting them saying all we can afford is £50m a season (inclusive of wages, fees and other expenses) I can’t factor these issues out as they are exactly to blame for all of it so why should I have to exclude that from what I think should be available for Rafa to spend? It can be rectified going forward but it won’t be. We are going to lose Rafa Benitez over honesty over transfer fees and a moderate amount of investment in the training facilities, it’s absolutely absurd. I’ll also add that the wage aspect is being double counted in their bullshit model. The money available that they’re claiming comes as a result of the accounts, which factor in wage expense, they then include these future wages back into the £50m budget, and they will be again included when computing the next amount available.

Solskjær is a fraud like. Man U have got themselves caught up in the messiah complex. Was it a three year contract?

That one as well. Of course, I don't go to museums because I'm not a nerd.