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"So Eddie, errr, now you've been here in Singapore for a couple of days have you had the chance to sample the world famous Singapore chow mein yet? And was it as spicy as the Singapore chow mein from the Golden Touch takeaway in Seaton Burn?"

We don't have the pull of a team like Sunderland. Clearly Arsenal don't either.

There's no point in comparing a regular job with that of a professional footballer making say £8m a year. What also doesn't get mentioned is that the aggressive movement of players based on having one or two good seasons in their heading into prime years is just another way that the talent pool is hogged by the mega clubs. They're the only teams who can pay those wages, so instead of a team being able to improve their position through holding onto these players and in doing so increasing their appeal, prize money and revenue which can be realised again and again resulting in real growth and progress, they get a one time reward that they then have to rinse and repeat hoping to bring on players who can develop to once again be sold. The amount of talent being wasted on the bench or not even on the bench at these massive clubs is huge.

It's OK to want to leave for more money. But there are ways to go about it without being a cunt to your current club and suppporters. Trying to force your way out for more money by having hissy fits, feigning injuries, refusing to play, letting your agent leak things to the press etc, when you are already paid 100k a week, makes you a greedy cunt in my book. That is a general point by the way, not necessarily directed at Isak - hard to wade through all the shit in the media to work out exactly which of the above, if any, he is guilty of.

We went to Flamingo Land the day after I had the snip. Not my idea obviously one thing I would note is that modern A-front boxer shorts-type underwater don’t provide as much support down there as I’d previously thought

This is complete gibberish.

"....now get them to sing the Blaydon Laces!"

I was born in Hong Kong and apparently was very nearly kidnapped in the year or so I lived over there. Luckily for TT my mam foiled the attempt just in time. (This post isn't linked to my very occasional brain issues).

This amounted to a decommissioning of one of them. Like a nuclear power station.

Taking the Chronicle company credit card and getting sacked next week because he’s used it to buy a brass to his hotel

And don’t take the bairns to a theme park. At least not without a padded jockstrap

https://x.com/NicoSchira/status/1949518955082625439 According this man, we have a deal with Sesko. Now working in a deal with Leipzig.

Arteta the rapist protector going off on the officials in a friendly. He really is a prick.

Great! Finally a player who really wants to play for us. Brentford were dog whistling a cartel club and it's going to blow up in their face. Simply wonderful. Hope we get Wissa and they get relegated.

Just to offer a couter argument here. If the option on the table when you took your paycut had been "a massive payrise and an improvement in pretty much every single employment prospect that matters to you", that's the job you'd have taken. When you're a professional footballer, your football club is your employer. It makes no sense to think that these lads should stick around "because the fans" or "because loyalty". Wanting to leave for better opportunities doesn't make him a reflection of everything that's wrong with society, it just makes him ambitious and, quite honestly, normal.

My comment wasn't specifically aimed at you, and interesting you've done the same as me Zathras. Hail fellow public servant wanker! You're point about Isak being in the same private scope of work is noted. Not going to argue about the rest, this thread and dozens or hundreds, even thousands, like it around the web will argue about player wages and player loyalty. I'm just adding to this,.people don't always need to follow the money, sometimes their are bigger things. And even if that's your path, you can and should respect the people who got you there. I'll always love the moments Isak gave me, the 50,000 in the stadium, the millions watching it on TV/video. But I loved it whoever scored. There will always be another Isak for us. If he moves to Liverpool, he'll get more money, more team success most likely, but ultimately, he'll most likely be a footnote at Anfield compared to a legend at SJP.

I'm genuinely gutted that hero in the ford galaxy didn't get himself a panzer VIII maus and drive round and round in ever increasing circles until he flattened the entire fucking shithole of a city and all the candle lighting, self pitying cunts that inhabit it.

He’s just telling you where his discomfort is. He’s been recently neutered.

Tell you what, that was class. Spain were the better side and dominated possession but England put in a really gutsy performance there and battled like fuck

Eh? Is that not normal procedure at the dentist?

Probably Craig Hopes case

Somebody help me out here. A while ago on the SMB, there was a thread amassing thousands of posts saying NUFC were mags not geordies. Now apparently we're not allowed to be called mags either? So we can't sing geordies, geordies song or when the mags fo marching in? Wibble.

They’re being deadly serious as well he’s a thick cunt even by the standards of RTG that one

On the hat trick

I fucking hate this lot. Havertz, Arteta, all the diving and play acting, in a fucking friendly.

Thanks for the clarification, the on screen wipeaway graphic for every replay is too large to read.

Kits designed by Sepp Blatter?

Wissa is trying to get his final chance to play in the CL, which I sort of understand given his age - Brentford told him he could go for £26m since he has a year left, I get his annoyance. But tbf, I also understand Isak's annoyance that we promised him a new contract last year and then fucked him off for it. So I'm having a hard time chastising either player when their respective clubs have indeed fucked them around.

Joao Felix being sold to Saudi for the same price he cost Chelsea, despite being shite for them

Braydon, Shirley ?

It’s been hard with no decent football to watch but I’ve suddenly got a liking for American football don’t know why I used to think it was boring

Nah, he’s too busy training for his new career in MMA. https://x.com/mappy6984/status/1949131828918448498?s=46

Bit harsh. I see what you're doing comparing the sale of a boys U-13s to the sale of the women's team. Appalling comparison. I'd watch a PL side's U-13s boys team for a start.

Well, on the other hand, I personally took a pay cut of at least 30% this year due to reasons of personal integrity and public service. I earn less in a year than Isak does in a week currently, shortly that will be less than he earns in a couple of days. I'm not a particular moral person or anything, but even though every pound I earn means much more to me than people like Isak, cos I need it to live, how I earn it is more important to me than him. Oh, it's a short career people say. Well okay, whatever. They're good at kicking a plastic ball around a pitch, they're good at making money, they're good at having no decent human attributes like basic loyalty. They're just a reflection of the World we live in, a world that is fucking on fire. Ultimately just fortunate idiots who are pawns like the rest of us.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/26/two-in-five-arrested-for-last-summers-uk-riots-had-been-reported-for-domestic-abuse

I stopped there for a few days coming back from australia, its not so much the heat, but the fucking ridiculous humidity. other than that I recall the chandelier in the reception of the holiday inn on orchard road was a big as my house in cheltenham. and literally every fucker over there who has ever picked up a needle and thread has made a suit for cliff richard.

Some patronising and misogynistic stuff in this thread I'm disappointed to see. Anyway, I'll be getting my flag out in support of the women's team. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Best team lost, couldn't score in el burdel Shit standard, reaffirmed my "don't watch women's football" stance.

FYP

Given Murphy was one of the best RW in the league last season, no one is going to be a massive upgrade on him. But Elanga is younger and has a higher potential ceiling, yes.

The procedure itself was fine, like going to the dentist but with your cock and balls hanging out. One of my balls absolutely knacks now so laid up in bed with paracetamol and ice.

How did it go @ewerk/eunuch?

Wykiki the fake news guru.

He's just come on, off the bench.