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and there you have the problem. They, incredibly, STILL don't see ....... Anyway, please tell me what is wrong with hoping someone will come in and repeat what we did under the Halls and Shepherd. Don't you ? Do you think Ridsdale made a mess at Leeds?

Christ! Is there ANYTHING you won't bring back to geography and being a pure blood?

We're all agreed then

Rose tinted specs. No-one was complaining about anything in '96 or '97 when we were qualifying for the champions league and hadn't dropped out of the top 6 since promotion. But in Shepherd's ten years in charge we averaged tenth place with one of the highest wage bills in the league that was constantly growing. There was only 2 top 4 finishes in that decade and 6 bottom half finishes. Aye, all that debt wasn't much in return for a couple of FA cup final twattings and half a dozen games in the champions league. Good times undoubtedly compared with now, but for the outlay it should've been so much better. Sir Bob fell into Sheps lap and we should be greatful for that, but when you look at Sheps other appointments he's as bad as any other proprieter the clubs had. What would a Wenger or an O'Neil have acheived with the loot Shep gave to Souness in 2005?.... To be fair it was an incredible time and more than anyone had hoped for in a long time. But Leazes can't see anything in shades of grey. He likes to say he was right and that's that, but that's because he's a WUM. He knows well enough that Shepherd fucked up a whole load to things at Newcastle. When he keeps harping back to 15 years ago he becomes the epitome of a deluded fuckwit Geordie that gives the rest of us a bad name, harping on about what we did for a brief period 15 years ago as if it was a long term reign we had over the rest of the league. He forgets that while we were finishing thirteenth and eleventh for years on the run at the turn of the century, Leeds finished in the top 5 five years running under O’Bleary & Ridsdale. They got to the Champions league Semi-Final too, which is more than we ever managed. Those twats still fucked that club over. Any Leeds fan still harping on about how great a chairman Ridsdale was would rightly be considered a daft cunt. I'm sure they all enjoyed the good times while they lasted too though. On the contrary I think it is the likes of you who gives us a bad name ie booing for finishing 5th, hounding a board who backed their managers and qualified for europe more than anybody but 4 clubs, signing top players oooppps sorry "trophy" players [laughable in itself] and booing at a testimonial for the greatest centre forward of his generation in front of a world wide audience. Fact is the vast majority of clubs would have killed for those 15 years yet idiots like you can't criticise it enough and find any stick you can to beat them with. It may be 20 years, 30 years before this happens again but I bet you will STILL be ridiculously insisting it was all a pile of bollocks and "embarrassing". What a fucking joke. I've never booed at the match. I was one of the last to leave the stadium when we finished 5th and most fucked off. Never hounded the board Never called it bollocks never uttered the word "trophy" never said it was "embarrassing" Try responding to my post rather than the voices in your head old-timer.

Rose tinted specs. No-one was complaining about anything in '96 or '97 when we were qualifying for the champions league and hadn't dropped out of the top 6 since promotion. But in Shepherd's ten years in charge we averaged tenth place with one of the highest wage bills in the league that was constantly growing. There was only 2 top 4 finishes in that decade and 6 bottom half finishes. Aye, all that debt wasn't much in return for a couple of FA cup final twattings and half a dozen games in the champions league. Good times undoubtedly compared with now, but for the outlay it should've been so much better. Sir Bob fell into Sheps lap and we should be greatful for that, but when you look at Sheps other appointments he's as bad as any other proprieter the clubs had. What would a Wenger or an O'Neil have acheived with the loot Shep gave to Souness in 2005?.... To be fair it was an incredible time and more than anyone had hoped for in a long time. But Leazes can't see anything in shades of grey. He likes to say he was right and that's that, but that's because he's a WUM. He knows well enough that Shepherd fucked up a whole load to things at Newcastle. When he keeps harping back to 15 years ago he becomes the epitome of a deluded fuckwit Geordie that gives the rest of us a bad name, harping on about what we did for a brief period 15 years ago as if it was a long term reign we had over the rest of the league. He forgets that while we were finishing thirteenth and eleventh for years on the run at the turn of the century, Leeds finished in the top 5 five years running under O’Bleary & Ridsdale. They got to the Champions league Semi-Final too, which is more than we ever managed. Those twats still fucked that club over. Any Leeds fan still harping on about how great a chairman Ridsdale was would rightly be considered a daft cunt. I'm sure they all enjoyed the good times while they lasted too though.

Talking to the Taliban.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8478076.stm Sounds to me like a military man defending military action while accepting diplomatic efforts are the only way to 'win'. Good to hear at last.

limped out of last Monday's home draw with West Brom and has since been seen wearing a surgical boot on his left foot. Out for at least 2 games. Is Taylors ban 2 games?

Looks like Geithner is out on his ear... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...0012104935.html Obama laying the blame after the event or truly seeking a change in policy? The rumours are that Rahm Emanuel is close to the edge too. It would amaze and impress me if he got the chop.

Hughton I saw his son Cian playing for Ireland (might be U21) and he looked like a canny player. He's a fullback as well. On the books at Spurs IIRC. If only we were looking to sign someone. Colin Calderwood's going to be named among the subs too. He's only 45. Neil McBain played into his fifties.

I slept through xmas? I make no excuses for my crimes. Totally agree btw, Yeasayer album is quality.

Hughton

Rose tinted specs. No-one was complaining about anything in '96 or '97 when we were qualifying for the champions league and hadn't dropped out of the top 6 since promotion. But in Shepherd's ten years in charge we averaged tenth place with one of the highest wage bills in the league that was constantly growing. There was only 2 top 4 finishes in that decade and 6 bottom half finishes.

Prince Caspian They're all dicks apart from Edmund.

Agreed. District 9 was by far the years best human interloping with Aliens and helping them film.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8477413.stm Bin Laden's back......and this time it's personal.

I was a bit disappointed. Probably built up too much in my head because it was 2 years ago I mentioned it on here and I've been waiting to see it since. Happy Feet - 2001 A Space Odyssey for Penguins. Average. Gilda - The Rita Hayworth one that Red and Andy Dufresne love in The Shawshank Redemption. Average film but she IS corking. Ils - or 'Them'. Been waiting till I was in on my own at night to watch this and be scared shitless. I wasn't

That's just the BBC I'm not at work where I have other bookmarks, but here at home I've got.... http://www.nation.com.pk/ http://rebelreports.com/ http://www.juancole.com/ http://www.chomsky.info/articles.htm http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/john_pilger http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/ http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/ http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/ http://www.democracynow.org/ I'm a lefty liberal

There was an old man called Michael Williamson He grew whiskers on his chinagan the wind came up and blew them in again poor old michael williamson begin again......

How does "France gets tough" lead to a World War 2 debate? Surely there's no intersection on that Venn diagram

http://harpers.org/archive/2010/01/hbc-90006407

And again, Goldman earn more than predicted.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8472315.stm Looking forward to seeing what Obama says/does about this. Has he learned his lesson?

Right, so the moniker, "do-gooder" bears zero connection to what you're trying to describe. Like calling a car "whip". I see doing good as most other people do, being kind to your fellow man, not breaking the laws of the land, finishing your greens and stuff like that. The people you seem to be describing are what I'd call Neanderthal xenophobes, racists, chavs, some of the boarding school crowd, some of the yolkels. But that's what I'd call them, not do-gooders you still haven't explained how being an intellectual is a bad thing by the by. The funny thing is, "do gooder" usually means someone's naive views are particularly impractical. On every issue it's the likes of Leazes and Stevie who's solution is completely impractical (ban free speech and certain items of clothing, send 2,000,000 British protesters to other countries, Nuke Israel, restrict international spelling conventions etc). Is that list in order? Reverse order I think. The 'color' thing REALLY annoys the opponents to doing good.

He filed for divorce this week, clearly wants to ensure the wife doesn't get her hands on the inheritance. The wife and daughter still both live with him though. I think it's a move the loving wife has agreed to and they're all pals still.