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yes cos thats so much more likely to happen We all bang on about the club showing a lack of ambition...steve fuckin bruce ffs! End of the season id be going for alan shearer or gerard houllier. Both bring different things to the club. Shearer as the icon figure could have the same effect as KK did, he's a big personality and wouldnt be undermined. Could end the worries about Wise pulling the strings. Then again it could be a non starter. Houllier would bring ALOT of PL management experience, great man management skills, tactically adept and has an eye for spotting talent. I think he'd be interested. you think? I get that you are young and enthusiastic, but really, some grounding in reality would be a start

yes cos thats so much more likely to happen

If Steve Bruce was willing to take us on in our present state I would hae to revise my opinion of him. Ive always thought his lifelong Newcastle fan schtick was self serving crap, but lets be honest he would be risking his reputation to take on this dog and pony show. I'd be more than happy to see him here, I never thought i'd feel that way

Congrats mate, how many did you beat? 501 runners and riders, won a few crucial races on the final table, qq vs aj aa on flop q on river was the most fun.

which was nice!

To be fair that's a half decent side. I dunno, that midfield looks pretty bloody average to me

Ive used the term asset stripper, I admit more as a handy insult than in the true meaning of the term. I agree with you pretty much about his intentions, though I think plan A was in and out nice and quick with a tidy profit. Plan B was be a stay in the Premier, convinced (by) Wise wil provide a steady stream of cheap talent to flog on, making a tidy profit along with the tv money and shirt sales. He is now realising its not that easy and is clueless as to what it needs to get the club back on track I think the problem is the only thing he has a talent for is asset stripping. I think his only ambition is to have a club that survives in the premiership with a decent balance sheet to sell on, but I dont think he has the ability to do it

Kinnear sounds like he has realised we are gone. Looking and sounding like a beaten man

Well the derby is going to be interesting

I had quite a nice tea. Mine was shit (Ryvita with ham and cream cheese), but I won some money playing poker tonight. Nice one, how much? I had a ready made potato tortilla omlette thingy and half a tin of tuna with some balsamic vinegar. And a glass of very cheap red wine from a box that is really rather good. No winnings though. Sounds nice. Up $550. I might have a drink myself actually. It was made nicer by virtue of the fact that I had low expectations. I heated it up in a frying pan and frankly I think that made all the difference. The tuna was an afterthought but it all worked well in the end. $550! That's actually not bad these days. Getting on for £400. Well played that man! Sounds pucka! And thank you thank you. What are you playing these days Back at 1/2 mate. Big withdrawals in December (Christmas) and the start of this month (holiday), followed by a nasty swong = back to 1/2 to rebuild! Haha Swongs are one thing

ggramone ggramone plays online poker at Party Poker All poker ratings and ladder rankings updated 10 hours and 17 minutes ago. Next update in 15 hours. ggramone (Party Poker) statistics Statistics includes scheduled Party Poker MTT tournaments with regular cash prizes. Period 2009 ITM Finishes 1st 1 1st ties 0 2nd 1 3rd 0 4-10th 7 Game Prizes Profit ROI ABI AF R/A ITM ITM Hold'em NL $2,693 $1,247 86% $12 405 26% 27/118 23% http://www.officialpokerrankings.com/party...D1C25D.html?t=2 Ive had a good january Nice one. You strictly tournaments these days? yep -no thinking involved

Are we at the stage where its funny yet?

I had quite a nice tea. Mine was shit (Ryvita with ham and cream cheese), but I won some money playing poker tonight. Nice one, how much? I had a ready made potato tortilla omlette thingy and half a tin of tuna with some balsamic vinegar. And a glass of very cheap red wine from a box that is really rather good. No winnings though. Sounds nice. Up $550. I might have a drink myself actually. It was made nicer by virtue of the fact that I had low expectations. I heated it up in a frying pan and frankly I think that made all the difference. The tuna was an afterthought but it all worked well in the end. $550! That's actually not bad these days. Getting on for £400. Well played that man! Sounds pucka! And thank you thank you. What are you playing these days

... yeah that's not too bad How can you bare PartyPoker though? I'm guessing the level is rather low compared to other sites, but their software (especially the new one) is so terrible. I tried to get used to it but just cleared my sign up bonus and was off. Ive played there for years so Im used to it. Ive had a few months off and just started playing a few low level multis around Christmas,just donking about for fun. Starting to enjoy playing again -I got a bit burnt out I think

ggramone ggramone plays online poker at Party Poker All poker ratings and ladder rankings updated 10 hours and 17 minutes ago. Next update in 15 hours. ggramone (Party Poker) statistics Statistics includes scheduled Party Poker MTT tournaments with regular cash prizes. Period 2009 ITM Finishes 1st 1 1st ties 0 2nd 1 3rd 0 4-10th 7 Game Prizes Profit ROI ABI AF R/A ITM ITM Hold'em NL $2,693 $1,247 86% $12 405 26% 27/118 23% http://www.officialpokerrankings.com/party...D1C25D.html?t=2 Ive had a good january

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I seem to remember him having a stormer when ManU tonked Roma 7-1. Its probably somewhat easier to play in Man Uniteds midfield than ours, ManU having a decent team including forwards who can score, defenders who can defend and midfielders with a bit of talent wouldnt leave him quite as exposed as he was with us. Oh yeah, a mamger witn a clue may have helped I imagine Fergie thought his workrate, ability to box to box, and experience as a goalscorer would work with his other players.

we should get barton to target bellamy all match. try and wind him up so he reacts and gets himself sent off. could be our only hope of getting somehting from the game. evenm then, their ten men would probably be too much for our lot The only possible enjoyment I can imagine from this match would be Bellamy losing his rag. Sadly he is much more likely to turn into MVB for 90 minutes. I cant remember being this fatalistic before a match for a long time, even against decent teams Spongebob gloompants

If Ashley was serious about movingthe club forward he would be looking to generate more income and develope the commercial side of the club. Credit crunch or not if he wanted to get his hands on a few million quid for the short term, whilst the long term plans are put into place, he would be able to do it. However his business record shows he is not about deveopment he is about buying companies and stripping them down for a profit. He doesnt do long term thinking. There is no plan - this is what is wil be happeningfrom now on - nothing

1-0 ht 4-0 ft Barton and Bellamy off for fighting

Who was responsible for the "FACT" press release

Who the f*ck is Claire McManus...

I would say it's the same as strikers i.e. plenty bodies but only three of them any good. In fact we've only got two CBs who are any good. the question is.. Is Stephen McManus any good? No idea, I wasn't advocating buying him (it's probably more bollocks anyway). Just we aren't well off for centre-halves. Ones that aren't shit anyway. Though, with money being tight I'd expect us use it on positions where we are even worse off in terms of quantity and quality. Another centre half would be luxurey at the moment imho - especially one where you can't be sure that you are really add quality to the squad. Not when we sell Bassong and Taylor

Nae offense mate but an audited account by Enrst and Young doesnt lie and thats clearly shown as utter bollocks by these accounts. As for his profit motive, i'm fucking delighted that he is driven by making money, i'd hate us to be the only football club in the world without a chairman that is and therefore being run by someone potentially clinically insane. An audited account by Enrst and Young might not lie, but it also doesnt tell anything like the full story. As mentioned before it takes no account of the money from next two years season ticket sales, or am I expected to believe that has been put into a bank account untouched until the relevant season. At the very least it must have some effect on cash flow. I dont get how the accounts disprove my assertion anyway, bought the company, paid off the debt flog off as many players and bring in cheap replacements, if it wasnt for the credit crunch I would imagine he could have turned himself a very tidy quick profit. He hasnt sold it, plainly thinks we arent going to get relegated, and that the fans will turn up regdless and the years to come will see media money increasing as the wage bill tumbles. Flog off a couple of his mate Wisey's imports at a healthy profit every year, jobs a gudun Your last comment is frankly bizzarre, Its nice your happy about his motives though. Me, I prefer someone whose ambitions stretched to having a succesful club It could only appear bizarre if you're naive enough to think that those people occupying the powerful positions at Europes biggest clubs are not there because of the money to be made out of football. Who do you think negotiated the 2.7bn television deal? The tea ladys? People want success because of the money it entails. The people occupying power at Europes biggest clubs are there for the glory rather than the money. Burlesconi Agnelli dont run clubs for a fast buck theyve already made there money. Real Madrid are hardly run ti make a dividend. Sure the Glazers and Hicks Gillette are looking to make a profit, but they realise that the team comes first. . Ashley isnt acting anything like the owners of Europes biggest clubs hes acting like the people who brought Brighton or Mansfield, buying a club purely for the ability to make a profit, with no regard for the results ot the fans I dont get the season ticket thing. You got a discount, you can get your money back and Ashley can use it for the benefit of the club. If he did anything else with it, it would be embezzlement, which is why we have E&Y doing the books. He has given me no reason to beleive he will use any money for the benefit of the club Your assertion that he has sold off all the players and bought in cheap replacements is just nonsense. He's not been able to attract decent players at their market worth so the squad is light but the accounts show that Operating costs (wages being 70% of that) excluding the fancy accountancy shit is 100m and Revenue is 98m. That needs sorting out asap if we are going to be successful in the future. He obviously hasnt {yet}sold off all theplayers, my assertion is that his intentions are to replace high earners with a steady strea of cheap imports who he will hope to sell at a profit. I think he thinks he can maintain a Premierhip place in this way. Im not denying the club was in a perilous financial position, but I am certain the Accounts dont tell the whole story. The very fact they are released during the transfer window is so obviously to deflect criticism of not sorting out the team. We all know hes got a few quid, we all know he has paid of the debt but I dont see why this absolves him of responsibilty to run the club properly. I would be behind Ashley if he had come in, been open about how bad the finances were and given us a vision of the future. I think the majority of sensible fans are so sick f underperforming overpaid players they would have supported trying to trim the wage bill and bring in cheaper younger qality prospects, I know I would. As it stands though I dont trust him, or his motives and I dont beleive anything that comes out of him or the club

yet another exciting dane, trotting his stuff at St. James. Løvenkrands follows big names as Jon Dahl Tomasson, Bjørn Kristensen and Frank Pingel Benny was a class player. Great touch vision, but he had a major achilles heel in that he was far too slow. Still better than scores of centre halfs we've had since, and if he had've been blessed with an abundance of pace, he would've been genuine class imo. His goal against Plymouth opening day Calling him Bjørn again Kristensen always made me laugh, and in fact still does