Rayvin

The only real silver lining with sissoko is that he's blown his chance at the CL. At least in terms of teams likely to make an impression on it. He'll know that and hopefully it'll hurt.

Why has he chosen to wear his Newcastle tie ffs. Dragging us into it...

This sounds gripping, I'm pretty devastated I'm missing it

I'm stunned that this is legal. A loophole presumably. Thanks for the updates though, I can't follow it at work.

Yep, but people don't understand that. All they can see is Turkey gaining to access and the millions of extra people who would be coming in. Ultimately, regardless of my own views on it, if politicians had dealt with the wider public's concern about immigration properly we'd be in a much better position for this referendum. As it is, the establishment only has itself to blame if we crash out. As enjoyable as that would be to watch normally, on this occasion we will be burning with it. Crazy stuff.

I'm not a Brexiter, but I think the idea is that it removes 'freedom of movement' and therefore eliminates the potential for every individual in Europe to simultaneously up sticks and head to the UK. I'm not saying that's a rational argument, but I believe it's the one they're making.

I suspect you're right. The more I think about it, the more I can't believe how lessons weren't learned after Scotland. The Tories have no plan B whatsoever, it's project fear all the way with them. Who knows where we'll end up but the only thing any of us can do is make sure we go out to vote.

I think they'll unravel though - DC and Osborne won't survive this unless it's pretty convincing. Which, rather terrifyingly, leaves us with...Gove? Johnson? May?!

To be honest, I think it's becoming really difficult to hold a solid opinion with all the doom mongering going on. I'm sticking to my guns and voting in, but I can see both sides of this.

Ahhhh Thanks Gemil, I don't think I ever would have got that.

Conversations with you are surreal I was asking you the question, although even if I wasn't, what does 'One m' even mean?

Who shows Championship games then? Which network?

Does...does this answer my question?

I would, on principle, refuse to do business with Pardew, were it up to me.. Especially if a part exchange deal for a player who has potentially been 'Pardewed' is involved. Hopefully we can sell him to someone more deserving if he is intending to go.

I'm thinking attendance figures will make up a good proportion of those. Otherwise think Essemmbee might be right though - is TV disruption to schedules significant in the Championship?

Maybe so but in terms of purchases made in recent history they're exactly what Wenger is likely to buy.

Is this a sophisticated bot or just another one of those slightly odd individuals who sign up to forums specifically to talk about things that the forum isn't really about...?

That's true as well tbf.

I thought that too. Although hopefully we won't need them. Also, ffs, we should be able to handle literally anyone in that league.

I think having just missed the Euros gives us a chance of keeping him. He's got very little to lose by putting in a year in the Championship since the next International tournament is two years away. It'll also magnify how good he is. That said, he could eliminate the risk entirely by moving on.

PSG is the kind of club he'd likely go to. Leicester are in for a hard time of it this summer.

True. Gazza is a pillock and should be admonished for saying stuff like this. Not sure at what point legal action becomes viable but I guess that's for the courts to decide rather than us.

Doubtful. We should be looking at defenders rather than forwards, at least in terms of priorities if nothing else.