PaddockLad

This is getting near the crux of the “modern football is shite” thing The City or Chelsea of 2018 would play their 1992-93 equivalents off the field, and the rout could be anatomised and analysed in a raft of statistics the 1992 players would never have heard of. But who has gained? Does a higher technical standard of play make people feel better about soccer? Were the City fans who celebrated Silva’s goal yesterday any happier than the Chelsea fans who celebrated Harford’s in 1992? https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/english-soccer/ken-early-castrate-a-red-bull-or-bow-down-to-cash-1.3414770?mode=amp

I put a link up earlier which says he got no more than half a dozen caps here but am not sure how accurate that is. He was sold the same week we signed Owen. We haven’t finished above spurs since.

Could be viewed as his direct replacement.. Jenas was sold to Newcastle United for £5 million in February 2002.[4] On 7 February 2002, after almost 10 years on Tyneside, Lee moved to Derby County for a transfer fee of £250,000

If I’m reading this correctly, Jenas came off the England bench a total of 3 times as a Newcastle player. Strange how that fact didn’t spoil his “ I’m not blaming anyone but..” charade. Basically he was in far, far more England squads as a Spurs player than an England player. https://www.11v11.com/teams/england/tab/players/season/2005/

Theres a lot in this like. Souness played for Liverpool and all they did in training was 5 a side; because they had half a dozen world class players they didn’t need to keep sharpening their skills. Souness had Dean fuckin Saunders doing any training at NUFC. For me Jenas decline with us started with the appointment of Souness.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-43254836

Has anyone tried to defrost a vehicle today?...6 inches of snow here yesterday afternoon were followed by a night of some sort of freezing rain followed by a sharp frost, this resulted in my van not having just a layer of frost on the windscreen which can be scraped off in a minute or so but the whole thing being enasced like some sort of frozen tomb in sheets of ice half an inch thick So I've spent an hour getting rid of all that shit and for the moment the snow is holding off. If it stays that way and If I can get to the dual carriage way a mile down the road in the morning we'll be fine

BREAKING NEWS: THAT PEP'S A RIGHT CUNT http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/geopolitics-in-football-qatar-abu-dhabi-man-city-psg-trump-manchester-united-a8235996.html

https://www.scotsman.com/news/scots-surgeon-walks-for-three-hours-in-snow-to-perform-operation-1-4698903

I’ve got tickets...we’d planned to go today and do see a bit of the city this afternoon/tomorrow, then a couple of days with family in Manchester.....however, I can’t get the car out of our road and there’s more snow forecast for today

Take Major's comments with a pinch of salt...so pro EU that he had us in the ERM, but obviously not for long. Would've had us in the Euro quicker than you could say troika bailout. But all that aside he's right about having another vote on any proposed deal that may emerge from the current clusterfuck.

What's this fucker been up to now?

Sinn Fein turning up at Westminster to vote down Brexit is just too funny to contemplate

Wasn't that when he was injured? Please don't spoil my Geordie/Nigerian uber striker-inspired Sunday morning aura David. Thank you.

@ewerk This could be a taste of what is to come for NI if we charge out the EU with deal of any kind. I saw it with my own eyes in July 2013. the Croatians had to build border posts on all main roads into Bosnia-Herzegovina where there hadn't been any, even during the war in the 90s.. • Firstly: the Agreement on Border Crossing Points does not only fix the places of border crossing points on the longest border in the Western Balkans of more than 1,000 km. The agreement is also in full compliance with the EU requirements regarding border controls of persons and of goods. It will facilitate the exchange of goods of Croatia and the EU with Bosnia and Herzegovina. • Secondly: The Local Border Traffic Agreement will allow citizens living in an area of 5 km or less from the joint State border to cross it under easier conditions than in the case of normal crossings. Beneficiaries are in particular farmers, families with ties on both sides of the border and economic actors operating mostly in that area. The agreement provides for a revision clause to extend the border area to up to 30 km. The parties could thus decide on enlarging the number of beneficiaries of the simplified procedures in the future. I wish to congratulate both countries for all their efforts to timely construct the necessary infrastructure, such as the Border Inspection Points established by Croatia or the access road on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the new Border Crossing Point at Bijača close to Čapljina/Metković. Once Bosnia and Herzegovina is entitled to export agricultural products of animal origin to the EU, including Croatia, an additional Crossing Point at Isačić / Ličko Petrovo close to Bihać can be prepared for such exports. This relates in particular to milk and milk products. Bosnia and Herzegovina can do more and should transpose the related EU laws in this sector and set up EU compatible control structures for such products. I call today on all political leaders and the heads of governments and administrations in Bosnia and Herzegovina to work with unified determination on this task. The Joint Interpretative Note on the Neum/Ploče Agreement ensures smooth transit traffic through the Neum-corridor. I welcome the readiness of the administrations of both countries to carry out the necessary controls of the borders of this corridor of less than 10 km in thorough cooperation. At the same time, the EU has been able to grant Bosnia and Herzegovina a special transit regime for the export of agricultural products of animal origin from Bosnia and Herzegovina to third countries through the port of Ploče. Such derogations are extremely rare. They will allow the country to continue to use the Port of Ploče in Croatia for its agri-food sector. This means that, on the one hand, the transit of EU citizens through the Neum-corridor will be facilitated and on the other, Bosnia and Herzegovina will be be granted the right to continue using the Port of Ploče for the export of agricultural products of animal origin to third countries. http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-557_en.htm

I fail to see how any increase in TV income would have pumped up Ashley's asking price. " You're going to have to pay more for this car/house/chicken shed because you may get earn more when you own it" doesn't make any logical sense to me

STILL the mackemslayer

He wanted to rip up the GFA agreememt years ago....the utter fuckin cunt..

This sounds like a good read... https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/from-ni-football-prodigy-to-barrister-paul-ferris-on-his-remarkable-journey-36617170.html especially in view of things like this...

Sir Bob would've been 85 today...this was on his 70th, brilliant trip....there may even be a tiny glimpse of a TT poster in the footage...

‘The bloody duck is dead you idiot, let that duck in’. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rochdale-the-working-mans-man-city-handed-centre-stage-wl275j370

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/02/15/nra-russia-and-trump-money-laundering-poisoning-us-democracy-commentary.html?__twitter_impression=true