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Urghhh.

About 3 weeks ago the owld dear over the road was taken into hospital. When I saw a couple of paramedics over the road I was a little worried. She must be close to 90, but she is mentally all there and a good laugh actually but her mobility isnt there. Anyways one of the paramedics came over and told us she was been taken in because she had bad infection in her leg. Owld dear was stressing because of her dog. So I looked after the dog until her dog walker came to collect it. Not seen anything since and its sad. We've had her for dinner a few times in the 8 years we have lived here and go shopping for her etc. Anyway, last few day at work have been a stress. One of the bairns who works directly for me is a waste of oxygen. Shocking attitude etc. I want them gone. We had a deadline today for a key client and we missed it because they basically lied about something being done. Anyways I have had to seriously kiss arse this afternoon. So got to 5 and I went straight for a pint. Other bairn who works for me came and we had a pint. Then Mrs Wilson messaged to tell me she was in the hair dressers and she said she cba cooking so lets go for food. So went for a bite to eat and a nice glow of a couple of beers and a glass of wine. Got home and there was an ambulance outside the owld dears. Anyways she's home! So we've just had a cuppa with her and a catch up. Honestly. We we're sat with her and she told us how she was really ill and she was scared as she has no family here. Her only family is in Canada and they're elderly too. She said it was so nice to have a cuppa with us. Fuck em, I was crying! I know she's not going to be around forever but it was lovely to see her and she's not lost any of her humour. Feet up now and try and forget about the budget, politics and other shit. Have a good weekend all. Much love

A Woltemade brace, a season-correcting victory, and a load of insanely shit patter about how I shouldn't have made this prediction.

Indeed, it takes at least half a billion to go massively backwards these days.

In the Everton thread as well.

At the very least, our current owners have made all of our dreams of winning the league a genuine possibility, even if it is a very small one right now. I would like to think that we will do it one day. I would also like to think that Eddie will be the manager who takes us there. Pure fairytale stuff, but it's nice to dream. As for FFP / PSR / whatever the fuck - I really hate the "rules" and the way they work. If there was a way to bend the rules, win some trophies and not be punished, docked points etc, I'd absolutely want the club to do it. Appreciate that others would rather play by the book or be cautious, totally understand. But for me, we've waited so long for any success, we've finally had some, and I want us to keep having it. The cup final this year was one of the best days of my life and I'm sure you can all say the same. Spend the money, win the trophies, bring in some superstars to play in black and white. We'd all love that. Doesn't matter what anyone else says about us anyway. Life's too short.

This place would be boring AF if the match threads were measured and rational what's the point in being a football fan if you can't lose your shit and think the whole team are club footed bonk eyes every time the concede a goal!?

People can lose their shit in the match thread but beyond that it’s all fairly reasoned analysis. I love this place ❤️

We also have a long distance lorry driver on the books who'd be obliging, but unless you have a yearning to experience what it's like to be under a patio slab for 20 years until the cold case forensic police dig you up, I'd not recommend it.

"A bit waiting, shoving with a soupçon of black pepper spray by le Polis français? You were lucky."

I’ve just got back home after taking Mrs. F. to Crammy hospital 6am this morning. Long story short, she was taken in to surgery to have her appendix out at teatime, all well, but she’s more tripped out than Gemmill and TBD on a Grateful Dead weekend in a peace camp in Wiltshire. God bless the NHS!

I don't think the reaction from most of our fans, well certainly not on this this message board, has been particularly fickle. We've always complained about shit performances, just we've been privileged over the last three years or so to see much fewer of them than normal, but we'll still openly talk about it when we do see them. It's not been fickle at all. If we see great, we'll call it great. If we see shit, we'll call it shit. It's just honesty.

Aye, the child sex offences would probably rule him out.

The away day lads on this forum live all over, one of them's from outer mongolia, well it's actually Wales but he lives in a Yurt, the drug addled raving hippie cunt, so you can understand my confusion.

He had a couple of stinkers compared to the level he can operate at. But who hasnt for us this season? That back four for me is nailed on our best.

I know that's the rationally correct position, but if we'd won in 95/96 then it'd be hard to argue we didn't spend our way to that title, and I reckon we'd all be OK with defending that against whatever the occasional pub bore has to say.

Aye this is spot on. We're victims of being miles ahead of where we should be. Ourselves and Villa are in similar positions in that we have what it takes to qualify for the CL, but not yet at a level whereby we can sustain a CL campaign and qualify for it again the following season - if we somehow manage that this season we'll have massively over-achieved - even more so when you consider the shenanigans of the transfer window in the summer. Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool & Man City are at a different level to us at the moment and the next milestone has to be getting to that level.

We're miles away from having a squad that should be able to compete with the top 4 on a regular basis. That's why there's inconsistency. But because of what he's achieved in such a ridiculously short space of time, we're judging him by top 4 standards and "why can't we just be at our best and a total fucking juggernaut all of the time?" Look at the money Liverpool, Chelsea, and Man City have spent, and even they can't maintain those standards a lot of the time.

Lads we're five point off the CL spots with 26 games to go.

They were offended by all of the red chinos, I reckon.

This. The parties 'on the left' (lol!), ie labour and the lib dems are far too nice and polite. Get out there and call them all racist putin-loving cunts and keep repeating it until it's etched into the psyche of the entire country, and don't be afraid of saying anyone who supports them is also a racist putin-loving cunt. There's a culture war out there, start bloody fighting it!

Psssst. Dave is "Howe Out", pass it on.

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At the very least the new commercial bloke should test the limit of “Fair Market Value” in a way some of the deals done so far have failed to do

First choice back four for me is Tino Thiaw Botman Hall I know Botman had a shocker v Brentford, but he's better than that.

we could always cheat like chelsea. the new financial rules do exactly the same job as psr. the system is rigged so why not try harder to bend the rules? the saudis have played incredibly nice to date. they bulldozed their way to success in other sports.

Would love Europa as well. It's still Europe, different flavour, and I think we'd actually look to go and win it. I'm not worried at all about this season at the moment. We'll turn it all around and probably finish 5th - 7th. Hopefully, the turnaround starts properly tomorrow. Maybe we'll have another stab at the League Cup as well. It's a lovely feeling, having a manager who allows me to believe that any bad spells can be navigated. Easier to see them for what they really are.

We’ve looked at the various allegations and……..Fuck You is what it says

We win, Hill Dickinson sounds like they make sausages and you know what sausages mean..................

Fucking hell. Puts it all into perspective in terms of Eddie and what he's doing. When it's written down it looks like a nearly impossible job, and yet we are still doing very well in Europe, we're in a quarter-final... There is no other manager out there who I'd want to guide us through our current situation.

Pssst, Dave is "sow pout". Pass it on....

Yeah it's too early yet to write things off and as you point out, there's 78 points still available. I think we'll turn the form around and probably look back on this period with a view of "what might have been".

Agreed, I think we'll still qualify for some form of Europe. We can't get any worse away from home at the minute, and getting a bit better would move us right back up the league.

Matinee performance for the nanas. We're in Stratford upon Avon that weekend guitar shopping and I've told my lass we're just gonna go out for Sunday dinner and skip the match - booked for a 2pm start to coincide with kick off. I don't want to drag her to a pub for it and then be in a huff if we get beat, so I'm just gonna have a nice lunch and then either watch MOTD ten times or never watch it ever.

big fan of carol's breast thrust there.

I know, I saw "Neccastle" too.

Well one of my predictions has now come true... You people are somehow even more stupid than I thought.

Inherently Moral®

At this stage even I am wondering why Labour don't use this as a pivot to closer ties. I mean most people, by some margin, are happy for this. For the remainder just present it as "Closer ties or lose the triple lock?" or 'Closer ties or pay more tax"? And surely with Trump in the US the folly is even more exposed? Just have to hope there are things going on behind the scenes here. It's not a unilateral decision after all, we've burned a lot of bridges.

Your Engerlish isn't great either

It’s what any top team will face during that time period. It’s why you need a squad and why we were all happy at having two players for pretty much every position at the beginning of the season.

Classy®. FTM

Ban him for life. He's 68, carrying on like that. Why let the prick back in at all.

Funnily enough Tynemouth was tory for years under Thatcher. Been solid Labour ever since. Also Midlanders were a big factor. Now those same Northern areas are turning to Reform of course. People voting for their own peeceived self interest whether it's true or not. It hardly ever is when it comes to the right, not in the long term anyway.