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Defoe and Ashton are both better English strikers than Harewood. If he's better than Shola, it's not by much. That is a fact.

Yeah, I've read an awful lot of shit on True Faith. Look, Harewood is alright. I'd have him here as a third choice striker or something. Just you seem to have him top of your list and see him as the next Les Ferdinand. He's not even close to being that good.

Never heard of it - comedy, is it? 168795[/snapback] Aye, the bit where they chopped the 8 year olds knackers off. Laugh? I nearly shit!

Is that what the kids are listening to these days? It's desperate.

The bloke is an idiot if he's taken that job. Especially IF he did turn us down. His idiotic punditry performances maybe were the REAL Martin O'Neill then. A gibbering contrary tosspot is how he came across to me most of the time.

They have their moments, but at least I'm unlikely to get banned by an over-zealous pre-pubescent Anyway if you think Skunkers is bad you should have seen some of the right-wing Yankee Bible-zealots I was playing with last week 168775[/snapback] I've never really posted on there. It always just seems like, as bad as this place is for inside jokes, that place is impenetrable because of them. Although I've never persevered with it.

Who sings the song on that Luque compilation by the way? It's fucking AWFUL!

I notice you knock about with those ruffians on Skunkers by the way, Toonpack. A ghastly bunch!

Why thank you.

If it's the same compilation I'm thinking of ("Never gone to Hollywood" playing in the background), he shows pretty exceptional technique in front of goal, that's what stood out more than anything. 168767[/snapback] H-exactleh!

Sexy Beast. Seen it before, but it was on Film4 so took the opportunity to watch it again. Ben Kingsley is fucking brilliant in it. The way he delivers his lines. Scary bastard.

Seagulls singing? Artistic license me thinks. 168743[/snapback] Making noise - same difference.

Better Southern poshos than scummy charvers tbh. This would never have happened if we'd brought back the Lindisfarne Gospels. By the way, in Jesmond even the locals put on posh accents, so they mightn't all have been southerners. Either that or they're probably students who'll fuck off as soon as they finish at uni.

Aye, disregarding the whole change in years thing, the only thing that makes any sense financially for delaying is if we're taking on more debt and the subsequent impact on our ratios. Outside of that, there isn't a financial reason for delaying (apart from the we've got fuck all money to spend one). If the financial year did end on 30/6 then even that's not relevant. 168727[/snapback] UNLESS! They're looking to release the financial statements without having made any big signings so they don't have to disclose them as subsequent events. But that's bollocks because it's not like it would be kept secret - it'll be all over the papers anyway. Ah, who knows, I suspect the main reasons for the delay are not being able to attract the players we initially wanted AND poor planning in the first place by choosing to enter the market late in the window.

Aye, disregarding the whole change in years thing, the only thing that makes any sense financially for delaying is if we're taking on more debt and the subsequent impact on our ratios. Outside of that, there isn't a financial reason for delaying (apart from the we've got fuck all money to spend one). If the financial year did end on 30/6 then even that's not relevant.

New low. Why have you forsaken me, Sima? 168721[/snapback] I do that sometimes. You can definitely over-egg the tbh pudding if you don't watch yourself.

168715[/snapback] There IS no 31/6. Maybe that's the answer.

I swear to god, it's blue skies, white clouds and seagulls singing at the coast.

Seriously though, this is the answer. Fucking EUREKA! I've cracked it tbh.

From a profit and therefore dividend point of view, signing someone in July or August makes fuck all difference really, depending on their depreciation policy. It would affect balance sheet more than anything else. The only thing I can think is that if we're having to take on more debt to finance signings, we might be trying to keep our debt ratios low for this year's statements so as not to affect the share price - investors look at these kind of ratios and if the analysts start pointing the finger at our debt, the price would fall. If there's any truth in these stories of someone coming in to buy the Halls' shares, the last thing they'll be wanting is a dramatic fall in the share price. That's the only reason I can think for the delay. And it's pretty astute thinking on my part, even if I do say so myself.

If no one who can get to the ground volunteers, I'll try and get you one on the phone/online Isegrim.

I think he's pretending to be a matador.

BY THE WAY! I nearly forgot about this, but could the DICKHEADS that chanted Shearer! Shearer! and then gave a rendition of Stand Up If You Love Shearer in the Gallowgate at the weekend please fuck off? NOW! He's retired you sad, sad bastards.

Really? He looks a player on there tbh - composed in front of goal, a hell of a free kick on him, and a turn of pace. He looks better than anything we've currently got in our side (including himself )