Alex

Yeah, I agree there. I also think you can strike lucky and get a few in and around the first team at one time so it's needs to be happening over a greater timescale before you can read too much into it.

Genius these like

You have to be careful though. There's a distinct risk of Uefa Cup qualification the way things are heading.

I take your point which is why I would say the likes of Southampton have a better strategy than we do. What's more important though? The process or the end result?

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And I think I know who stole Bob Monkhouse's joke book

Is that a 'no'?

Shearer used to drive to the off licence in Wideopen to get his sister's 10% staff discount

I could see them getting none. Fancy a bet? Closest wins.

Tighter than a bad chest.

Wouldn't pick Bobby Lee anyway as he'd never get his turn in.

In somewhere like Newcastle (and probably the UK as a whole) for most people the 60s would've been shit, although somewhat better than the 50s.

Unfortunate choice of words there, Noelie.

I've no idea what argument you think I'm making tbh but Andrew said he'd served the sentence the court handed down and I pointed out he served about half that. That's ho it relates to what he said.

It was relevant in response to andrew

Aye, he lost an appeal.

It was always going to be newsworthy but I doubt they anticipated the storm it would cause. And I did agree with Rod Liddle for once, when he said many other players (Lee Hughes, Marlon King) had committed very serious offences with less of a furore about their return to the game so there's a degree of hypocrisy around this in some quarters.

I think it just confirms there's no morality in football that they even considered it tbh. Also, I think there's a huge difference between thinking it's wrong for the club to take him back straight away and legislating against it so I don't actually think there is anything wrong with people expressing a view on it.

I don't think it matters in regard to who's responsible. And I read it as the club testing the waters / gauging public opinion (not to mention how the time out of the game had affected the player).

I think it's difficult to blame Evans for accepting the offer from the club. That one's on Sheffield United.

I agree with you. It's difficult to make a proper judgement without sat through all the evidence in something like this, which is obviously more nuanced than some cases of rape.

Since when does rehabilitation equate to being able to walk straight into your old job after serving time for a very serious crime? I have some mixed feelings about it tbh but it's not as black and white as you're suggesting. Also, the court handed down a five year sentence and he served half of that despite showing no contrition. I don't see how that's just.