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Aye, plus we 'improved' (league position wise) at the start of the season when we only sold our three top players and didn't replaced them. The 'easy start' if everyone can recall it. It's just an old man shouting slogans at the end of the day. It's easy to say just buy everyone and just keep everyone too. The reality is you can't do that, the reality is certain, select other clubs can offer more, the reality is timing (of incomings and departures) is a huge issue, the reality is availability of strategic target personnel is an issue when you're operating a non-casino transfer budget. The net effect has been a huge progression this season. The money that has been available has been spent very well. The playing squad is stronger once again overall. Not spending more money (or spending more earlier) cost us our chances of FA Cup progression at a time when the squad was depleted. That's the reality. The whole spectrum has to be weighed up in minute detail now we don't have a casino budget anymore (and now that other bankrolled clubs do). Aye, you'd have be a one eyed buffoon to not see we are now in the best shape on and off the pitch we have been for fucking years, whether it brings a trophy is another matter but we didn't win one 'the old way' so it's a moot point. I still expect Ashley to stick it to us, but that's only natural given his bungling adolescence as a football club owner. Maybe he has matured, and maybe some fans have along the way. You utter utter pathetic shambling CHUM.

I haven't mentioned Bolton at all. Bolton had a completely different strategy to us, and that was to build a team for a season, made up mainly of players loaned from abroad. We, on the other hand, are buying players who are young or approaching their prime. This has the effect of ensuring that we can either take advantage of the best years of their careers and / or receive decent compensation if the player chooses to leave for a big pay day. I am capable of forming my own opinions through reasoned logic. Whilst I'll read what other people have to say, I am my own man, and will form my own views. There are sound, reasoned views coming from match-goers as well as those who don't go the games, just as there are bizarre views from both camps. In all honesty it generally doesn't make that much difference whether they go to games or not. In order to break into the top 4 quickly, we would need to spend at least £200m and consistently pay out ridiculous wages. In other words, we'd need to mortgage the stadium and Mike Ashley would need to write a quarter of his fortune over the next couple of years. Not going to happen. I want a club which is self-sufficient and able to pass the UEFA Financial Fair Play rules with flying colours. If Ashley pumps in quarter of a billion, we will fail the tests, we won't be allowed to qualify for Europe and the best players will want to go elsewhere. So our options are: a) Ashley pumps in silly money so we can rise up the league, but we can't play in Europe as we're a substantially loss making business Ashley oversees a strategy of going after the future stars, building a team which appreciates in value. We may receive huge offers for players, but use this cash to fund the purchase of more players who fit the buying policy. c) Ashley refuses to sanction the sale of a player who wants to leave, as "we're not a selling club", resulting in unhappy player disrupting the team and negatively affecting team morale. To me, option B is the only option. It's sensible and will ensure long term growth and long term stability. In the medium term, the best up and coming players will want to come to NUFC as we have a reputation for giving players a superb grounding and introduction to the Premiership. Over time, we'll improve our reputation to the point that we're seen as a better option than many of the clubs that we once sold to. We need to continually improve, but sometimes it's about taking a step back and looking at the bigger picture. Throwing money at buying players doesn't mean we're going to suddenly become world beaters. We need to be signing players who WANT to play for us. We shouldn't be signing players who are only coming because we're offering more money than Spurs / Liverpool etc. We should be signing players who buy into our approach and strategy. This makes building the squad a more time consuming activity, but it gives us far less chance of buying duds like Guivarch, Luque, Bassedas, Maric, Owen, Boumsong etc. I'm not totally sure what you want from the club. You bang on about wanting us to be progressive, but by the very defnition of the word we have progressed: - more points - more goals - more clean sheets - more full internationals - bigger attendances - higher league placing - top players secured on long term deals, so they either stay or we received suitable compensation for them - club is no longer loss making - healthy cash balance to fund future developments - no reliance on bank funding whatsoever This makes us progressive. Well said. Water off a lame duck's back, but well said all the same.

Keith Lard!

A buying policy built on us being a selling club? This is getting like Inception ffs.

What is this 'Makem's, Rule' anyway? Is it owt like Occam's, Razor?

Some people base their whole existence on it, it often leads to loneliness, misery and extreme aggression towards other, you pathetic and utter utter wanker cunt.

He looks like a girl there, and not too shabby a one at that. Maybe his real problem is that he has been "forced" into the role of a macho footballer when he secretly aspires to have his eyebrows plucked, put a slinky black dress on and pole dance for crisp five pound notes.

It's mostly because they don't want to see someone who has moved on do well against them. Hardly burning the villages ffs.

You're all utter, utter cunts, I've been laughing at you for years chum. Pathetic, wanker, arseholes, cunt, ARSE!

Happy Brithday Dr!

Did anyone sing my song then? Cisse now scored as many as Suarez! Cracking stuff, my Lolerpool mate was going to meet me in the pub at half time and he bottled it.

Self immolation is taking it a bit far tbh.

If you keep this up, you'll be eligible to apply for the position of Board Policeman. The present incumbent's been too busy counting his posts to see to his duties lately. Application rejected!

Ah good, I read a story which put me off a bit, they dicked this bloke about and after a few complaints sent him a 'voucher code' for a discount off his next purchase...the code being 'cun2'

Was it four bids for that Mariachi? It's brinksmanship, or gambling, that's how they roll in the transfer market. On the whole, is it working?

You know they're a knock off Thai outfit right?

It's up to anyone who cares to read and think to form an "opinion" and decide if what I "quoted" you "saying" was "tongue in cheek". I think you've abused people which you claimed you don't do. If anyone else, any of the so-called tangoers, claimed to not be abusive and I found their suggestion offensive to my sensibilities I'd feel compelled to take them to task too. (I should have quoted your last post as you have now deleted it)

Because I won't be drawn into it. I was appalled to see you claim you don't abuse people when I have seen you, for years, doing precisely that. Also at times pursuing people with your abuse and it always seems more intense from you than anyone else. Even the 'others' calling you mad and crackers generally do it with their tongue in their cheeks but your righteous bile pours out all the same. You claiming you 'don't seriously abuse people' is literally the opposite of how I view you and I had to point it out.

If you can make it through your first week or so you'll be fine. and I nearly forgot... WELCOME TO THE BOARD!

Never mind about your usual shite, do you agree that is abusive? I mean, whatever, obviously.

Someone should go over there and do the reverse. Hoy up some questions...

Tiote needs to mess with Suarez, that's key. He should start by offering him a high five instead of a handshake.

Best piece of advice I can give you is don't post a picture of yourself holding up a sign, no matter how benign it seems or how vehemently it's insisted.

It's the pre-initiation.

You crack on mate, I'm just stirring. Put your thickest tin hat on though.