Park Life

Tbf he is one of the better writers. PARKY STOP IT, he's not. Never realised the intelligencia on this board would fall so easily. I just didn't realise you had a sense of humour. Mrs P still has that track you did in German on her laptop...(with the electro backbeat).

There is a difference between industry backed and funded professional qualifications, and nationaly equivalent publicly monitored and assessed qualifications. The McDiploma is an abortion of both, a complete fudge. Mate the world weary middle classes are just pretending they care, let them have their moment. No doubt some don't and some do. Who gives a fuck about (our?) motives though if the result is that people are allowed to improve their lives in ways that were previously not open to them? What next the McDegree, the KFCphd..? Fat friers of the world unite! Good solid apprenticeships that cost real money at real companies that give skill and knowledge training with a day release formal educational component is what is needed. If they wanted to help (which they don't unless it costs peanuts) is what they would reinstate across the land.

Tbf he is one of the better writers. PARKY STOP IT, he's not. Never realised the intelligencia on this board would fall so easily.

There is a difference between industry backed and funded professional qualifications, and nationaly equivalent publicly monitored and assessed qualifications. The McDiploma is an abortion of both, a complete fudge. Mate the world weary middle classes are just pretending they care, let them have their moment. At no stage have I even pretending to give a shit about this btw

There is a difference between industry backed and funded professional qualifications, and nationaly equivalent publicly monitored and assessed qualifications. The McDiploma is an abortion of both, a complete fudge. Mate the world weary middle classes are just pretending they care, let them have their moment.

The OP called it madness too. The OP and Rico I think. Fish's views can be dismissed out of hand as he's basically an unreconstructed, Pimms drinking, Plantagenet throwback. Yeah but OP's are designed to stir a bit of debate dimwit.

Collecting WWII films atm. Ice Cold in Alex? Dirty Dozen Where Eagles Dare The Great escape Guns of Navarone that kind of thing...

The OP called it madness too. It's just good pr for McD and for the relevant Govt dept/quango/consultancy/outsourcing/focus group/have a giggle on wild expenses/committee/lord never used me bankcard/ agency.

DIY store. Purchase chainsaw and mask. Sorted.

Collecting WWII films atm.

Agreed.

First Southern Italian club to win the league and completed the double the same year. Also 'fluked' the Uefa Cup too (back when it was a far tougher competition) and had players like Ciro Ferrara complementing Maradona. Won the league again a couple of seasons later. Apart from that though I was talking more about the vibe of the place. Unlike them though, we aren't poor financially as a club. Give me something man.

I simply don't believe that we approached KK before HR. I know it is the official line, but I just don't believe it. He was. I know you told me before remember... But logically why offer a massive contract to HR if KK was already being felt up? Or am I talking shit? If it's to be believed that Keegan was one of Mort's actual targets (i.e. he wasn't just acting as Ashley's bitch and passing the message on to KK's people), amongst other targets including Redknapp, then Keegan might have met Ashley and not liked him, hence you need a backup. For me that is far more plausible. I have to be careful here tho Ringo agreeing with you might attract....You know who..

Be careful I'm tempted to twin Spurs with HSV.

First Southern Italian club to win the league and completed the double the same year. Also 'fluked' the Uefa Cup too (back when it was a far tougher competition) and had players like Ciro Ferrara complementing Maradona. Won the league again a couple of seasons later. Apart from that though I was talking more about the vibe of the place.

1. No he isn't. 2. No they're not. Poor Rico. You beat him senseless every time he posts. Alex is just blind. Not even worth responding to this latest case of obsession to point out he is wrong, as usual. Has Alex asked for photo's or anything?

I simply don't believe that we approached KK before HR. I know it is the official line, but I just don't believe it. He was. I know you told me before remember... But logically why offer a massive contract to HR if KK was already being felt up? Or am I talking shit?

1. No he isn't. 2. No they're not. Poor Rico. You beat him senseless every time he posts.

Tbf he is one of the better writers.

I simply don't believe that we approached KK before HR. I know it is the official line, but I just don't believe it. I think Redknapp, Ashley, Mort, Wise et al are either freemasons or Jews. Mort might be short for Mortenstien.

I simply don't believe that we approached KK before HR. I know it is the official line, but I just don't believe it.

I would twin us with Napoli. A club in perpetual chaos with the odd big name signing and ideas above its station. (Although they did fluke the league in recent history).

From The Times January 14, 2008 Mike Ashley’s stock is falling fast Martin Samuel You see these entrepreneurs on Dragons’ Den and The Apprentice and they pose and preen and act so tough; but, seriously, how hard can it be to succeed in business in modern-day Britain? How hard can it be to make millions, billions even, in the world of commerce and venture capitalism? After all, if the lot in charge at Newcastle United at present can do it, we really are in the wrong game. He turned them down. Can you believe that? They offered him in the region of five million quid a year and Harry Redknapp thought about it and then said no. They had no guarantees, no confidential agreements, not so much as a nod and a wink or a tacit understanding. When Mike Ashley and his board parted company with Sam Allardyce, three days before a visit to Old Trafford (didn’t that work out well) and one week before a tricky FA Cup third-round replay that will define the sorry wreckage of their season, they were making it up as they went along. There was no brave new world, no cunning plan. They had a mind to throw José Mourinho’s salary at a man who has never won a trophy of significance as a manager and, now that he has hung them out to dry, the process will begin again. Except that the next manager to be approached will know he is second choice to Redknapp, which hardly places the headhunters in a position of strength when it comes to the soft soap or the hard sell. The fans, bless them, still speculate about names such as Marcello Lippi, but when your most recent managerial achievement was winning the World Cup, having already landed five Serie A titles and the Champions League, it could be that you would hope to get the call ahead of a chap who is widely agreed to be doing a good job at Portsmouth. Lippi, like Mourinho, Louis van Gaal and Guus Hiddink, may now feel that Newcastle are run by a bunch of amateurs and if £5 million was the going rate for Redknapp, think of a number and double it, pal. This could turn out to be one expensive leap of faith for an investor who is already £250 million down on his Newcastle deal. It always astonishes me how men who clearly know how to operate at the helm of a business empire can be so crass and irrational given the keys to a football club. Sports Direct International has given Ashley a fortune counted in the billions and he has a reputation as one of the shrewdest operators around, yet at Newcastle he has adopted the persona of the populist buffoon, with his replica shirt and his conspicuous berth in the cheap seats with the fans. What do people imagine Big Mike is upto? Rest of it is here... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/col...icle3181956.ece

From that article: Having led Leeds, who began the season with a 15-point deduction for financial irregularities, into contention for promotion from League One, Wise's defection appears bizarre at first glance. However, his 15-month reign at Elland Road has been scarred by several fall-outs with players, initial abuse from supporters and relegation from the Championship last season.