Howmanheyman

He's old enough to have seen some very average sides and some very mediocre Arsenal sides. He's also old enough to have seen longer trophy-less years at Highbury unless......Gasp!!......he wasn't as arsed back then?

And while I'm on about Sky........ Nothing new and no doubt one or two may say 'so what?/no big deal' but who the fuck gave Sky permission to change our name? I can't remember the last time I saw any sky caption with the word 'United' on it and other than Jeff Stelling who comes from the North-East and Alan Parry who is long in the tooth as a commentator and despite being from Merseyside 'personally requests to commentate on NUFC games' (copyright RTG), then none of their presenters feel the need to say the word 'United' either. They can call Man U 'United' till the cows come home but why the need to completely omit it from everybody else? They almost grin inanely when saying it in reference to the reds like it's some sort of ITK name like some bandwagon jumpers* did with us in the nineties when saying the word 'Toon'. *I'm talking about the nationals who ignored us totally to KK came back and I'd rather be refered to as 'United' as 'Toon Army' any day as it's our name! Ant, I've got infinity and don't pay anything extra to get BT sport on my tv it although I think there may be a charge for the HD after a year.

Not if you've already got BT broadband. Watched a sky show show that went on for ages with a presenter + Jamie Redknapp in a studio with an assortment of different football fans standing around like Gimps applauding when told to, asking questions when prompted and keeping quiet the rest of the time. Who would want to go to one of these gigs? Saw at least three Sunderland fans amongst them who were that proud to wear their colours and show everyone who they supported although why they were standing around like dummies in a London studio being patronised whilst their side were playing Fulham at the same time on Wearside only they will know.

Went round to console my mate's folks over the loss of their daughter, only 41 year old, her 11 year old daughter crying saying she 'can't believe I'll never see my mam again'. Absolutely heartbreaking to hear.

Very few people will give the team more vocal encouragement than me at a match, (always have), but shouting praise for a bloke like our owner? We've been in far worse positions than this before but at least we had some sort of pride about our club which just isn't there with this regime. We could be far more positive about things and it wouldn't take much but positivety starts in the boardroom and the man in charge has none of this in reality. He has no optimism about selling away tickets for a start and can't bare the idea he could lose £40 on a unsold ticket at the expense of 1000 supporters not being given the chance to back their team away from home. He has no optimism our club could grow and attract the massive sponsorship deals the 'big clubs' (as Pardew likes to call them) can get. Maybe that's what gets us down more now compared to worse situations in the past? We are a cheap and nasty joke of a club with no respect for our past or our own support under this bloke.

I saw my first game at St. James' Park 30 years ago. We got beat 1-0 by Shrewsbury Town. I admire your enthusiasm though maybe you aren't as jaded as us knackers that have seen it all before.

Not sure I'm only getting odd texts from my mate at the minute as he's went up there. I spoke to him just before he left, they'll find out on Monday.

Its the bairn I feel for the most, there's no dad on the scene and they were living with my mate's folks. They haven't a nut to their name, pensioners, don't know what's going to happen with the young'un in the long run, my pal may have to take her in.

Just found out my mate's sister has died. Gutted for his family and the young daughter who has lost her mother.

How did you answer? Mainly 1's.......Afraid you're more Gemmill than Essembee. Mainly 2's....... You're at home with ewerk and the rest of the working classes.

On the other hand, we've recently read about one of our posters being tied up on a cart and being pelted with rotten vegetables on General Chat so perhaps the middle class haven't completely taken over yet?

Here's one I prepared earlier.......

I don't go anymore apart from the odd cup game or away game when my pal can blag a ticket from a ST holder. I agree some of the GC content has me wondering if it's me who's the odd one out?

Any good? Nah, afraid not, CT, Soccer AM is still shite.

Football is far more middle class than it was so it's no surprise this board reflects that.

Surely there's images on the internet that are public and don't 'belong' to anybody? I can't help you on that score, I've no personal photos of old games either as I never went to the match with a camera! Maybe Ajax Andy knows a bit on photo copyright stuff, he's an Everton fan who gets on here and a photographer I believe.

When you think of the money that's been paid to and for Savage then do you need any more proof of the insanity of modern football? He was very average in my opinion, busy at best, mediocre at worst.

I wouldn't trust him to be able to wind up my watch to be honest.

First game of the season, on the box and I'll be at work. For once I'm not too bothered although sods law I'll miss a performance from us.

Aye you're right. I know he scored against Scotland at Hampden and was the first player to do this outside the top division for donkeys years.

Steve Bull?

By luck I changed to BT fibre optic a month or before all this BT sports channel came about so I get it for nixy. Then again, is this a good thing? It has a large assortment of bell-ends like Owen, R Ferdinand and Carra, Carra, Carragher, McMannaman etc. (Nice to see the ex-Liverpool and ex-Man U lads get a gig on TV as they're under represented at present. Well done BT!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCO7X6OdpHQ

These Chefs who use home gym equipment after paying good money for them, does anyone use them or hang coats on them instead?