BigWalrus

Whereas your lass prefers, "I'd Do Anything For Love (but I won't do that)"

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To be fair, I can tolerate Bat Out of Hell. There was a time and a place for a couple of the tracks off it when I was a kid, but I've moved on. The others on that list though! Some shocking albums on there.

I am established middle class. I'd definitely have put myself in a more working class group when I was a kid, but having a decent degree, a mortgage and professional qualifications are pretty middle class things these days. No big deal. I've seen this posted on several other websites and there seems to be a lot of people embarrassed by being "middle class", as if it's a bad thing. It's perfectly possible to be middle class and not read the Daily Mail.

Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell - 43 million Whitney Houston and Various Artists - The Bodyguard Official Soundtrack - 45 million Shania Twain - Come On Over - 40 million Celine Dion - Falling Into You - 32 million Mariah Carey - Music Box - 32 million Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love - 31 million Britney Spears - Baby One More Time - 30 million James Horner - Titanic Official Soundtrack - 30 million 20-30 million sales: Backstreet Boys, Bon Jovi, Abba, George Michael, Journey, U2, Whitney Houston, Kenny Rodgers, Ace of Base, Linkin Park...the list goes on. People buy some shite.

Finally Gabriel Obertan shows some passion and fight.

It's pot luck with the box office whether you deal with someone with common sense or not. Sometimes they're fine, sometimes they're shockingly poor.

Heard you the first time.

He's a fascist and he's been accused of racism...accusations which led to no further action, unless I'm mistaken.

Brilliant!

Interested to see how Anita gets on.

Ferguson is having a good run at Birmingham and that free kick was superb. I'd like to see him stay on loan for another half a season at least - he needs regular games to develop and won't get them back at NUFC for the time being.

Playing Simpson will allow us to catch them by surprise early on as they struggle to contain their fits of giggles. If we can score 4 before they manage to compose themselves, we have an outside chance of a draw.

You may have just had a wild stab, but you're right that he is calling the shots. He is using his own physio and medical team, refusing NUFC's medical care.

Love it. Love it all. Love Shola.

Ashley threads are pointless. Everyone has their opinion, which is basically set in stone and impossible to change. These threads only serve to polarise opinion and make people over-critical or over-defensive depending on their standpoint. I'll be keeping out of this one.

At the same time, even if he was doing a horrendous job, there's bollocks all I can do about it, so I don't get fret up about it. Out of my control, so I don't worry about it.

He's clearly learning and seems to be making more good decisions than bad. But yes, "football genius" is step too far. Reasonably happy with the job he's doing though - we could certainly do a lot worse.

They won't have more than they thought. The alternative would have been for them to stay at Upton Park, which would have cost them even less.

I suspect the amount of data available will not allow any significant conclusions to be drawn. A spending decision depends on cash availability or whether the deal is paid for over several years or in one lump. Then wages have to come into it. The model of Everton, for instance, is to pay their players massive wages at the expense of signing new players. This doesn't mean they're not investing, but a net spend analysis would suggest this was the case. There are so many different factors at play its almost impossible to draw any conclusions from it. Transfer fees being largely undisclosed now is also an issue. Ben Arfa cost us less than £3m in transfer fee, but a chunk for agents fees. Ba was free but cost £2m in fees. These should all be added as part of the consideration as the clubs would definitely include them. There just isn't the available data, I fear.

What is the purpose of it? Is there something you're trying to explain / show?

I agree that loyalty probably never entered his head personally. That doesn't stop someone from actually being loyal though.

£20k a week is roughly what he is on now. He certainly would have earned a lot less a few years back. I always think its different for keepers to outfield players. 1st choice keepers tend not to get injured very often and its not as if there is another position you could stand in for temporarily. Additionally, you don't see keepers getting a run out in the second half once a game is won. If you're a second choice full back, you know you'll get a run out every now and again to show what you can do. Harper could have left. But he would have no guarantee that he would be first choice. PL clubs change managers so often that things could change and he call fall out of favour. I reckon there is a slight lack of ambition, but there's also a sense of self-awareness. He knows he isn't a world beater and knows that NUFC is about the best level he could aspire to. He also knows that he is financially sorted here and gets to stay close to family and friends. So yes, I think he has shown a slight lack of ambition, but so what? I would have done the same, given his ability as a keeper and his happiness at staying in the north east.

Haha.