Alex

Gotcha, fair enough. I apologise, my mistake.

I'd be a bit gutted if it were true but I can't see it reported anywhere in the mainstream media.

Keep your fantasies to yourself, Dorothy. This is a family show.

He only posted that because I mentioned it yesterday. He's my bitch, basically

It would barely make sense if it was in regard to the owner, so it might well have been.

Aye, nice one, Gene.

Aye, righto.

:lol:

La indecisión me molesta

You kept quiet a while there. I've admitted as much in this thread and in others that he isn't (shock horror!) the world's greatest manager, if that's what you're getting at. The argument is that the manager isn't the real problem.

Spot on that, Stevie, especially the first paragraph. And that's why we'll never be anything with Ashley imo. He spurned an opportunity like the one we were presented with last season because he doesn't give a fuck so long as we stay up. Of course, we've seen how marginal his calls are in the past. Lets hope this isn't another season where he's gambled and lost.

More chance of Ashley signing Messi than these two shutting the fuck up.

I was discussing it with Tooj and it's more or less what we thought although I speculated it was perhaps the rest of the season plus the next one in compensation. I've since had it confirmed that it's actually two years. It hadn't occurred to me about the 8 year thing in relation to compensation for another club coming in for Pardew, I just thought it was a PR exercise.

The long-term appointment thing is overplayed. The 8 year deal is purely a compensation bargaining tool if another club comes in for him. His pay-off is only two years if he gets the bullet [/iTK]

CT's achromatic myopia encapsulated right there.

Aye, I'd accept that like. He/ the team'd been found out a bit. Wasn't helped by not being allowed to strengthen though. Think it's a combination of those two factors plus the extra games in the Europa League. Not to mention too many players unable to recapture last season's form.

Well done, OTF. I'm sure your lass had something to do with it too so congrats to her as well

I used to have a bit of time for him but he disappeared up his own arse a while ago imo. Still have to agree with the bit in bold like but that says more about footballers than JB.

Don't give up the day job.

Nah. Sometimes I think you're a bit "wide of the mark" though. Sometimes I even think you're a 'mug'. Occasionally I just think "oh dear"

Someone was telling me Barton said he's too clever to be a footballer. He's so clever he's talked his way out of every club he's been at.

Stevie, sometimes I almost love you.

Aye, I'm sure his brief period in the Labour party was the only time he was involved in any abuse.

You could say the same to Stevie T.

And it turns out he's dead too. Well I never.