Kitman

Shit news but not unexpected. I think he'll go to psg.

Director of fuckall ?

It's the shambles most people predicted it would be when whiskey joe was put in charge of transfers. In the meantime we're supposed to be grateful for signing a crocked alleged rapist and having some old gates screwed to a wall. Happy days.

You should stop talking about tax planning....you plainly don't understand it. Incidentally iirc nufc have never charged sports direct a penny for advertising, which is the opposite of what you claim.

Make do till january perhaps? Although loaning campbell suggests another incoming striker

I read somewhere he's favourite with the bookies to get the sack

Pardoo's latest interview states that we need to be more threatening and score more goals but that has nothing to do with tactics or formations. Sounds a bit mike bassett to me....no wonder he wants more british players

Ashley seems to have a habit of getting hoodwinked by bullshitting cockney drinking buddies....who he then appoints to senior positions at his football club

One thing I will say is that Clarke has been an outstanding captain. I've been hugely impressed with how he has marshalled his troops and conducted himself with dignity. He's been a great credit to the Aussies imo.

Australia's batting is currently fucked imo. Rogers is a journeyman and at 36 isn't the future. Warner is more of a one day batsman. Khawaja has failed consistently and needs to go away and harden up. Hughes has terrible technique and no patience. Clarke is 32 and buckling under the strain of the captaincy and is just about the only class batsman they have. Smith has improved his technique but consistently gets out to rash shots. Watson is also 32 and has acquired a dodgy technique that sees him LBW every innings now. Haddin is 36 and misfiring and must be considering retirement. Their best batsman so far has been Rogers, a mediocre try hard in the twilight of his career. If Clarke fails (as he has a lot) then everyone else folds. The middle order has been routinely found out for poor technique and lack of stickability. The Aussies have a very good batting tail and this has masked the poor performance by the top order in 3 out of 4 tests imo. Worst of all, many of the team have known nothing but failure against England. Lehmann has instilled some self belief and fighting spirit but the talent isn't there presently. The bowling attack's decent but Harris is unreliable as a spearhead because he's injury prone.....which is unsurprising when you see how heavy on his feet he is. I don't know if they have decent players coming through. But senior players are ageing badly and the likes of Hughes, Watson, Khawaja, Smith and Argar don't seem up to it. They may need to jettison a load of the current lot and promote Aussie A players that don't have the stink of failure about them.

It's all the butter those frenchies use in their cooking innit? He should be using Flora Buttery instead

It's hard to be optimistic after our pre-season. At least we get it out of the way.

He's not worth 3k a week. 30 quid a day was about right, assuming he does a bit of tidying up about the place

I hope he does get off to a flier. Otherwise turkeys being reared for xmas will have a longer life expectancy

I think we'll sell cabaye if psg come in for him. I don't think pardew will want him mooching around depressed for another season. I'd have serious concerns though about replacing his creativity and goals given we're reaching the end of the window and pisshead joe's in charge.

Busy getting pissed.....

It'll be time for another holiday. He must be worn out poor lamb.

Des hamilton, tomasson, guivarch, rush, barnes, andersson. Some of his signings were pretty bad for us actually. However he didn't spend a lot of money in comparison to gullitt and souness iirc

We have a decent team when we're on a roll. Last season however we seemed pretty clueless and couldn't turn that around.

Wonga's a rubbish name for a shirt sponsor. Dunno where it comes from but when I hear it I picture Harry Enfield in his Loadsamoney days. Embarrassing/shit to wear that on your chest iyam.

I'm expecting pardew to play 4 4 2 with jonas on the left wing

No idea mate. Depends on current finances for starters.

I think the difference with us is that ashley won't lend us any money to buy new players or underwrite losses, so the club has to be self financing now. In fact lately we've been repaying some of his loan from the early days. I assume the likes of soton have sugar daddies who are prepared to pile money in, as ashley did in the early days to be fair.

I just hope we give it a really good go this year. Same for the FA Cup.

Blanc can go and do one