Rayvin

In fairness to the club though, it hasn't benefited from the windfall yet.

Oddly, yes. He's suing them for breach of contract and the notion that had they stood by the contract, the book would have done far better. I'd be interested to know what the exact termination clause used in the contract was.

Quite. I noticed he's suing his original publisher for $10m though, so he'll probably still get a good payoff out of all of it.

Exactly And speaking as a member of the MSP, I'm happy with this outcome.

I saw that story I didn't even know he'd released it, which is remarkable because the Guardian hasn't shut up about him for months. If they've pulled the data together through Nielsen, then the sales information will be about right. Nielsen isn't the be all and end all, but it does at least give us an insight into general purchasing trends. Milo seems to be making the case that the rest are tied up in the wholesalers, which is potentially the case as those guys can be incredibly slow. To be honest, I think it would have done far better with a publisher behind it. Damning indictment of society it may be, but plenty of people would have bought it if any news about it or any proper publishing campaign had been put into place. Kind of encouraging for publishers though!

Currently being upstaged by Ken v adios though.

....wow.

I'd like to apologise on behalf of adios, to all those affected by the unfortunate developments and misunderstandings caused by his comment on the previous page. I would like to assure everyone that I have already reported myself in penance for this act. I will now embark upon a period of self-imposed exile until such a time that I feel adios' debt has been repaid to the community.

FFS adios, lighten up. Kill joy.

what the fuck was all that about?

I really hope you're right, but we have no concept of realistic negotiation so who knows.

If this is the case, it's not going to happen.

Well, they're gonna try. They'd need some Tory backbenchers to go with them though, which seems unlikely.

Aye but you don't get good value for them either. Abroad is the only real option we have for anyone of decent value.

You don't think it'll be staged?

Aye, you could argue that the point of us being on the planet at this stage is to survive despite breeding.

Every time people talk about kids, they end up saying 'Kids are great, really changed my life for the better' with no examples of how. And then they go on to reel off numerous examples of absolute misery foisted on them by their young. As such, I've always been of the opinion that when people say 'kids are great/wait until you have kids' they mean 'please join me in my misery, I'll feel better about it that way'

Really don't think up front is that big a concern for us. We're not going to be taking the division by storm, it makes more sense to shore up the back, play to Rafa's strengths (defensive/counter attack) and aim to be 'difficult to beat' for the first season back. Counter attacking should win us a few games we'd otherwise be written off for.

Not sure how they can prove the Facebook thing. If they think it's legit, ask them why they haven't reported it to the police. Totally ridiculous means of sacking someone, that.

Ewerk is right

If we're wanting strikes who can score 10 plus, both Gayle and Mitrovic would be decent bets anyway. 15+ then yeah, I agree that we'd need to spend on someone else.

I think ewerk has been proven right, but not necessarily for the right reasons. The Tory backbenchers weren't happy with May asking for help, Labour ridiculed her, and I can't see much of a storm in the papers about Labour refusing to go along with it, unless I'm missing something? Presently she just looks hapless.

Why is 'bloody' one of ours though? As in 'bloody Newcastle...' I guess, but still a weird one. You'd think it'd be 'fucking'.

All the intelligent people have long since abandoned politics. Blair, much as I think he's partially responsible for causing this clusterfuck, was probably the last true statesman we had.