Alex

I'm not going to make out I'm some sort of financial expert because I'm clearly not, but turnover and profit are two different things. Not that many clubs make a profit, but you could get away with not making a profit to a larger extent pre-the crash. Also, I could see absolutely no evidence that we were going back to the CL days under the last regime which is what you would've needed to get away with their profligate spending. A lot of people like to compare Ashley to Shepherd in terms of how we did then but you also need to look at how the old regime would be doing now. The fact is they'd have had to sell sooner or later otherwise them and the club would've been absolutely cattled in my view.

Papa Laz did that in there iirc. Different night to what the Dutch refer to as 'wild pissing'.

You need to be a little bit more subtle sometimes.

Heard about this this morning. Stoopeed caahnt

Shepherd and the Halls would be completely useless now due to the lack of personal wealth and the availability of credit though so it's actually just as well that they sold when they did. They did it for totally selfish reasons though. Fair enough, I suppose. I actually think they were lucky to be in control when they were though because the business acumen you speak of basically amounted to them spending beyond our means and using the aforementioned cheap credit to do so. The plan wouldn't work now and they wouldn't have a plan B because that would need money putting into the club which is something they never did / couldn't really do anyway in the amounts required. That doesn't mean I'm a fan of Ashley btw as he's basically killed my love for the club to a large degree.

A team is always likely to be sussed out the season after a good season if they don't make the required additions to personnel. Admittedly Pardew has also been sussed out but that's partly due to his lack of options and partly due to his own limitations. I don't suppose the latter comes as that much of a surprise to most though. Although it's fucking hilarious seeing CT, his biggest advocate, turning on him. He'll possibly suss out Ashley isn't the world's greatest owner next. All this comes from a view point of not really giving a fuck anymore thanks largely to the fat cunt (Ashley, not CT).

Don't you mean "fowl"?

We should call him/her/them Turducken.

The fare served up by what is probably two of the top three sides in the country yesterday didn't make a great advert for the league like.

I thought your "Piss, Cock, Pardew" text summed the mood up nicely, Tooj

Class

Incidentally, I stumbled upon this and a lot of other 'ghost villages/towns', via Stumbleupon. The list including Oradour-sur-Glane, which I've actually visited. Not a particularly pleasant experience but fascinating nonetheless.

I don't actually think CT is on the wind-up tbh. But perhaps you're right to give him that much credit.

There are definitely a lot of films that should've been only 90 mins long anyway.

All these bands, Gene. You got any space left on your rucksack / pencil case?

Aye

LBT supplanting Wolfy is Fish's consciousness

It's the APBWJ I feel for.

I would class him more as a complete fanny than a dullard. Although I appreciate you have zero interest in fannies.

You of all people should know salesmen are full of shit

Dave Angel (not the eco-warrior) has a fairly new album out which is a return to form (called Frame by Frame). Would appeal to those who remember the classic early 90s era when British techno was shit hot. And how depressing (but unsurprising) is that article HF put up?

No matter how bad it gets, at least we can say we're not mackems I suppose.

If this isn't a Celtic fan on the wind-up that's some fucking brass neck.

I agree with all that.