Rayvin

He would argue he isn't a racist because context matters. He was using the word to piss off the alt right. For some reason he thinks that makes saying it acceptable.

Nice video, hope it stings him..

He'll just not say anything about it and then basically do what he wants. As ever.

They still won't.

Which bits? Mostly it just reads like he wants clarity IMO.

Aye but that's too easy an ending. Also, it seemed to me that he found a bit of truth in the what Tarly was saying about Dany. She is a bit of psycho.

It really doesn't sound to me like he wants to leave.

If it's the longest in TV history because it needs to be, then great. If it's just 'to be the longest in TV history' then it'll be annoying. I thought the first two episodes were pretty pointless thus far. Especially that second one. Clearly we are going to lose many main characters. Ok. I'm not even that invested in the white walkers since, as Renton points out, clearly they will be defeated. The real battle is between to crazy blonde chicks

Very true. The debt should effectively be cancelled on that basis.

Hardly worth boycotting the place over. People are fucking mental these days.

Amazing really hope it sticks and they have to go through the playoffs.

I remember his deliberate red card on Rob Lee to stop us winning 2-1 or 1-0 or something once. I hated him passionately for that

Fair answer mate. Not for a second jumping to defend them, losing Rafa will be entirely of their own making and such a shame for the club. I'm just trying to look at where we are and am wondering if, realistically, they actually have any more than £50m to stump up. That might well be the full extent of it, even if it includes wages and agent fees.

I'm not believing them per se, I wouldn't trust any of them as far as I could throw them. But how many PL clubs are spending in excess of £50m net each season, consistently. I had a bit of a dig around and I can't see too many outside the top 6. I said myself the commercial issue was a squandered opportunity, and I'm not saying they're running the club as they should be by any stretch. Nor am I supporting their reign in any sense which has been an unmitigated disaster. What I am asking, is that given where we are now, with the commercial situation we now have, is it likely that they're holding back money over that £50m? And btw, I don't even think we'll get the £50m. But if we did, and it's not enough for Rafa to stay, then yes, their incompetence has brought us to this point but it's just the reality we're now in. Also, I was just asking. If you had turned around and told me that actually, we should be able to spend net £100m per season, then I would have accepted that. I do accept the points about wages. Actually that might well mean that the money that 'disappears' is just sitting in accounts waiting to be paid out as wages.

Where does the extra money go then? Is it just sitting in club accounts?

Aye but I mean, what do we think should be available year on year for a club in our position? I'm not talking about where we should be, obviously commercial revenues and opportunities have been hopelessly squandered, but as of where we are right now, do you think they're withholding funds over and above that £50m? I think they should be honest and just tell people that they're keeping money back to try to pay off the debt, with a view to making the club more attractive for a sale. That they're trying to balance that against not getting relegated, and that while it will suck for now, it gives the club a much better future that they don't intend to be part of or control. They'd still be hated, but if that is the plan, being honest about it would be appreciated. If Rafa stayed another 5 years (I know), at the rate we're going, they would have paid off the debt by then. The problem is that we keep getting relegated.

Don't we already know the answer to this though? I'm sure I read that Ashley took about £30m or so out of the club to pay back his loan. Realistically, that £30m is worth about one decent player. And sure, it'd be nice to have that guy but this season I'm not sure what difference it would have made for us. This shitshow will continue until Ashley fucks off, and us losing a £30m player this season might well mean we're £30m closer to the club being sold. I appreciate this is wishful thinking that will be undone the moment we get relegated once Rafa goes, but it's what I'm trying to cling to. If they can somehow keep Rafa with this promise of £50m, then actually I'm thinking that we may well see the back of Ashley under Rafa.

Awful news. Good decision to block all social media in order to guard against fake news and possible vigilante justice.

I reckon it could well be Man Utd. Clear upgrade on Solskjaer and the kind of club that wants a long term management project. £50m, if true, is about all he can expect from a club at our level. I mean that sounds like a reasonable slice of the TV money.

Slavoj Zizek vs Jordan Peterson:

Holy shit. When was the last time one of ours got a hat trick?

Thanks for sharing man, looks amazing!

Ohhh. Deano? I've only heard about it in moments like this, I wasn't actually here then indeed.

I still don't get it but appreciate I've missed something.

That's not why you have to take him seriously. You have to take him seriously because he has almost 1m people watching his videos, talks absolute nonsense about 'the left', and is running for political positions. This media drama is only going to make more people aware of him, and I guarantee that this will not be something he's unhappy about. We need to take him seriously because he's intelligent, and wrong. Financially supported by his followers.