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Jeez that must have been disappointing.

Keeper top looks like something off Tron.

Debatable. Canny for about half an hour. Then turned into an over the top hollywood blockbuster. Everything I liked about Rise was missing. Oh and the American nuclear family lark in it was lame as well.

Tragic.

Cracking that, really good stuff. Went up to the stadium to lay a little message this afternoon. Made me proud to see how many people were there passing leaving flowers, scarves and generally paying their respects.

Aye, that's good from the club that. Just can't get over how fucked up that is like; going to see your team play halfway across the world, and then gone like that

Horrible. Poor blokes. Newcastle should do something to honour them.

Which is harder to be, the maverick or the martyr?

Can only go on what I'm seeing this transfer window - We lost Remy (inevitably), and are actively looking for a replacement. Though with Debuchy we held the cards and only have finalised his move once the Janmaat deal has been in place. I was wishfully thinking; it would take a lot more of such similar, sensible business for me to believe that this is more than just a one off however, given our track record of seemingly being unable to look beyond the 'profit at any cost' culture at the club currently.

Good signing. Glad we held out until we had a replacement as well. Are people actually starting to learn how to conduct transfers?! Still need two strikers and a CB imo.

Certainly worth a cheeky 5 quid punt that.

Do you smoke a lot of weed?

Wishful thinking I reckon, gauging from time taken to release the books thus far, it could still be years until we see even the Winds of Winter, never mind the book after that. I thought the last few books were a bore anyway to be honest, also I realised that I had put up with some shite writing for too long. Just want to see it visually concluded now.

With hindsight I agree.

'If we don't speak about it, it isn't happening...'

Surprising news, good signing. More please.

English legislation on sport and football leaves enough room for interpretation so that such tackles may be construed as within the 'spirit of the game' (which don't mean sportsmanship). Once you enter onto the pitch (or any other sporting building, area, court, boxing ring etc), you are effectively signing a contract that says you accept the risks posed by the sport you are participating in, you are consenting to the dangers, such as tackling that may result in serious injury because it is part of the game. Biting is not part of the game. It boils down to the fact that you do not expect to get gnawed on when you step on the pitch, that you aren't accepting that possible injury to you when you enter the stadium; you can however expect hard tackles (even malicious tackles are largely covered by legislation). That is why the argument of 'there are more dangerous things that happen on a pitch than that bite' is irrelevant. Under English law at least, and similarly in Canada, Australia, and the USA, the biting of a player goes beyond sports legislation and should in theory enter into criminal law. When Roy Keane said in his autobiography or whatever that he wanted to end Alf Inge Haaland's career when he kicked him, he should have really been arrested. It satisfies the intent that goes beyond the 'sporting arena' and into GBH.

Tabarez resigns his role in fifa in protest over Suarez: http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9364369/furious-uruguay-boss-oscar-tabarez-quits-fifa-role-over-luis-suarez-biting-ban That crack is absolutely mental. A scapegoat for what?! What a knob. I honestly can't comprehend how his bite can be defended, let alone by an apparent entire nation. The cheeky dig at 'English' speaking journalists all at the press conference as well... I don't get why Uruguay apparently seems to think that there is a witch hunt. Maradona can fuck right off as well with his crack about 'worse than guantanamo bay' and 'it's because he didn't go to university'. What an idiotic prick.

Mackems signed Pantilimon on 4 year deal.

Beckenbauer has been suspended for 90 days for 'failing to assist the investigation into alleged corruption at Fifa.' Really hope this investigation has legs and ultimately lands Blatter et al in prison the shady caths.

You'd think he was Messi