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We will, the deals to try and sell Ameobi and Smith were to reduce the wage bill and raise some revenue. As these deals didnt come off, its my reading of the situation that this deal was accepted to allow for additions. Its all well and good pointing to the size of the squad but you need to get rid of salaries too if you want to offer large ones to new players. So we sacrifice the lowest paid first teamer we have? "makes spacka face" He would have stayed if we had increased his salary. Therefore selling him saves the increased salary and the selling fee. If only we'd sold Taylor too.

Why's every transfer an undisclosed fee these days. Surely greater transparency should have followed the enquiries of the last few years.

We will, the deals to try and sell Ameobi and Smith were to reduce the wage bill and raise some revenue. As these deals didnt come off, its my reading of the situation that this deal was accepted to allow for additions. Its all well and good pointing to the size of the squad but you need to get rid of salaries too if you want to offer large ones to new players. So we sacrifice the lowest paid first teamer we have? Or sell the lad who's a dead ordinary player and has just put in a transfer request and a club is prepared to pay over £10m for, to put a slightly different slant on it. Perfectly valid, but the slant was lowering the wage bill.

I doubt it, he signed a new deal 12 months ago. But agreed it 24 months ago. [/PFA line towing]

We will, the deals to try and sell Ameobi and Smith were to reduce the wage bill and raise some revenue. As these deals didnt come off, its my reading of the situation that this deal was accepted to allow for additions. Its all well and good pointing to the size of the squad but you need to get rid of salaries too if you want to offer large ones to new players. So we sacrifice the lowest paid first teamer we have?

I think that's the point in announcing Milner's request. Just to make it crystal clear this is nothing to do with Ashley ignoring Keegans wishes.

I had serious sleep problems for ages. If it really bothers you, being sensible is the only solution. I liked staying up late so had to put up with the fact I wouldn't sleep regular. After a while I got sick of being shattered and this was the 12 point plan that sorted me... 1. Go to bed at the same time every night. 2. Get up at the same time every morning, irrespective of how much sleep you got that night. 3. The alloted-bed time and rise time should give you at least 6 hours. 4. The alloted-bed time and rise time should give you at most 8 hours. 5. Don't eat anything for an hour or two before bed (especially sugary food). 6. Use your bedroom only for sleep and sex. Don't watch telly, read a book or play any games in bed. 7. Allow as little light into your room as possible, complete darkness is best. 8. Concentrate on going to sleep as soon as your head hits the pillow. I find it useful to try and try and see the lightshow that occurs behind your eyes when they're closed. 9. Allocate half an hour before bed as thinking time. Have a bath or a wank or a shit but nothing that gets your mind ticking over (like a chat forum). 10. Turn any clocks away from you in bed so you cannot find out how long you've been lying there. 11. If you're thinking "shit, I can't get to sleep. Get up and don't go back to bed until you're tired. 10 - 15 minutes is a general rule of thumb on how much time to give yourself (but you shouldn't keep checking a clock). 12. Alcohol in excess is bad for sleep. If you go an a bender on Saturday, excpect little sleep on Sunday night. Lots of water on Sunday will lessen the effect.

The Bug - London Zoo "So many tings they can get me angry and so many tings they can get me mad" Who's the rasta around here again? Manc? He'll love it.

Had trouble last night so I put TGTBATU on. Think I dropped off just after Tuco takes Blondie to his brothers monastary. "You know what you are? You're the son of a thousand fathers, every one of them a bastard like you. And your mother, it is better that we do not speak of her."

The Dark Night Good stuff. What I learned.... 1) Personal liberties shouldn't be forfeited to combat terrorists 2) Personal liberties must be forfeited to combat terrorists 3) You don't need eyelids to moisten your eyes 4) Characters returning from the dead isn't quite as cliched as it can be yet 5) During a high speed chase around the city, bad guys will always know exactly where the people they're chasing will go.

No-one reads the what are you listening to thread, so.... He hasn't cleared the copyright on a single sample either. Reckons each one is too short to be enforcable! Can't see that being a valid defence when Prince's lawyers get started on him.

The Bros-non bit is funny.

I'm amazed anyone would employ someone who sticks red hot chili peppers up their nose, let alone two different people.

You mean the magic pixies in your brain? He was a complete washout in the U19s last month. Written off then. Not at all. Just that your spies said Coloccini was shite which had you all depressed, so I'll take it with a pinch of salt until I see it. You're gonna get it in a minute. Someone bumped this Parky classic over on N-O too...

He's causing disturbances annd getting the police rang on him, ringing door bells in the middle of the night. If Sunderland had any moral backbone they'd sack him.

You mean the magic pixies in your brain? He was a complete washout in the U19s last month. Written off then. Not at all. Just that your spies said Coloccini was shite which had you all depressed, so I'll take it with a pinch of salt until I see it. Coloccini has hardly proved himself by the way. I can remember similar reaction to Rozenhal and Cacapa after 2 games as well..... Agreed. Have you seen him try to shoot?

Was Ashganistan used in any paper when we were selling to Bin Laden?

Christ almighty. Are they Sun journalists?

Aye, he needs some platinum and diamond jewellery to really fulfil his potential. No, he just isn't very good. And I think he's fulfilled his potential. What you see is what you get. He hasn't even got a youtube rap career ffs, what sort of "footballer" is he? The thing is though, wankers like Bellamy and even Dyer are, quite simply, different class to that carthorse. Bling is directly proportional to footballing prowess, he's his own worst enemy. Shearer's form nose dived when he had his secret collection of Du Rag's stolen. I thought it was due to the missing Givenchy handbag? Could be: Shearer and Rob Lee in usual after training gear. That's Dyer in the white surely? The hand suggests he now has motor neurone disease? What bad luck with injuries Nah, it's Steven Taylor defending with all his might.

He's talking about Mike Ashley.

You mean the magic pixies in your brain? He was a complete washout in the U19s last month. Written off then. Not at all. Just that your spies said Coloccini was shite which had you all depressed, so I'll take it with a pinch of salt until I see it. You're gonna get it in a minute. Suckers to tha side I know you hate my 98

You mean the magic pixies in your brain? He was a complete washout in the U19s last month. Written off then. Not at all. Just that your spies said Coloccini was shite which had you all depressed, so I'll take it with a pinch of salt until I see it.

You mean the magic pixies in your brain? He was a complete washout in the U19s last month.

After pounding Arse?