The Fish

Aye, I read up on them and put myself firmly in the 'Well that's not fucking worth it' camp. We'll be replacing the boiler soon, but it'll be combi for combi and nothing else.

That sounds like a BP, not a NP.

Is that one of those heat pumps?

This is the thing, I've been paying £15 a month for Homecare for the past 4yrs, only had to call out a British Gas engineer at most, twice. Now, when the call out is £99, that's £918 I've pushed their way for- fuck all. I would have spent c£120 if I'd just used a local guy. Maybe even less if they'd fixed an issue that prevented shit down the road. So I could have already put £850 towards a personal trainer for Renton. So it's him I feel bad for, it's for him that I'm fighting British Gas. #PrayForRenton

We had to get a boiler guy out a few times in the past 3 months, first one was British Gas because we pay for the Homecare. Our boiler was leaking, so they came out a couple of days later replaced a part, tried really hard to sell me a new boiler and then left, which cost me £124 including call out. Then the boiler packed in just before Xmas and I phoned again, they said the earliest they could get out was like 4 weeks later. Understandably I said, fuck that, and phoned a local guy. He came the same day, replaced a different £15 part that should have been replaced by the BG bloke, which only cost me £80 including call out. We then had to have him out for the frozen condensate pipe and he fixed the pipe, showed us what to do if it freezes again and would only accept a cup of tea and a mince pie for his troubles. So now I'm in a protracted complaint process with British Gas because, what the fuck am I actually paying for?

To be fair, setting aside the wrongful accusations, people from Liverpool are awful, awful people.

Me and Alex dropping knowledge.

I 100% believe that he thought that. But honestly, I think that a well financed, well staffed academy is a production line of saleable assets. Sure, few of them are going to go for tens of millions of pounds, but plenty will go for north of a hundred grand. If you can sell 2-3 young lads to Championship clubs for a total of around £1m you've surely covered the running costs of the club, plus lads who go for sub £100k to lower leagues and Scotland. You'll occasionally get some who'll go for millions and rarely one or two that'll either be good enough to make part of the team going forward, or sell for tens of millions to an elite club.

That and the dancing.

Do the beach up to Blyth. Do a bit of paddle boarding too. Get a Dog! Bikram Yoga!

To be fair, Casey's 'scoop' was before Perrone moved to Man city and he just said 'contact had been made'.

I saw that the owners had sold another wedge of shares, but only about £14m. What could that possibly be about?

Shocker

Don't flirt with me.

I said it was FUCKING MOOT!"

That joke, ironically, never gets old.

I honestly think it's more that who we are now, does not scan with who we were when his transfer made sense. Our high-pressing, more fluid style just doesn't work with Chris "Plank of" Wood. But the whys and wherefores are moot now. He's not now, and nor will he be a part of our future. Better to get shot now.

Just read that Man City have signed him for a measly £8m

Man Utd, they're after his replacement from Burnley.

I've no doubt that our unexpectedly good performance in the league, coupled with our piss-poor FA Cup performance will alter the boardroom plans. If Al-Rumayyan comes to town he'll probably loosen the purse strings again. I want ultra hipster signings. like Franca, Perrone etc.

You're a good man BW

And Benitez, to be fair. Lewis doesn't look like he's up to much at all, mores the pity.

Of the 11 that started against Shef Wed I'd probably sell in next two windows; Dubravka Murphy Lewis and I'd definitely sell this shower as soon as possible; Manquillo Lascelles Ritchie