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Everything posted by Rayvin
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http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/apr/30/newcastle-united-steve-mcclaren-derby-county- Carver apparently went down to Derby to lose 4-0 to McClaren and 'definitely not talk about the job' that he's still 'in pole position for', the walking pillock of a man... Not even intelligent enough to work out that he's being stitched up.
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I'm still enjoying that nickname.
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So, my point is that we're going to be cutting it sufficiently fine that the optimism is neither here nor there. This campaign has been an utter embarrassment and I expect exactly the same next year (following on from the same last year), which means that I'm relatively indifferent about the exact point in time Ashley finally manages to relegate us through incompetence. This year we've been as bad as I've ever seen us, so why not. Just to clarify - this is not a scenario that is worrying me. I have only thinly veiled contempt now.
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Your optimism is admirable. But it doesn't change the fact that Carver is capable of relegating us, and given more time, almost certainly would. Over a full season, we would be down. I actually think if there were another 10 games to run we'd be down. We may well get away with this, but it'll only be because there were insufficient games remaining for the other teams. Not because we're better.
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The Guardian has reported the same figures, mind. In truth, I didn't think that there were any standout winners in that. I'm certainly not convinced that Cameron is someone I want to be running the country for another 5 years though. EDIT - although I remain unconvinced by Miliband too, even if his party is less evil than the Tories, in a general sense.
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But actually, it puts him in a really strong position - the SNP can't effect any damaging influence and the Tories can be used whenever they're actually useful.
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For me, the deficit was lower than it was during the previous Tory government up until the 2008 crisis. They were behaving responsibly, they were spending in line with what they could afford, but it's become an impossible position to argue sadly. Miliband has stated that the banks should have been better regulated, but I'm personally not convinced that the Tories would have been doing anything differently. Labour were very unfortunate to be holding the torch when the crisis hit, the Tories would have been obliterated for generations without it.
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I suspect this: Ed Miliband says we are not going to do a deal or have a coalition with the SNP or give into the SNP’s demands on Trident or the deficit. But he did not rule out a vote by vote arrangement which could see the SNP keeping a minority Labour government on the road. Trident could get through on the votes of Tory MPs as could deeper cuts than the SNP want in a Labour budget.
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That was a good moment for Ed, on there SNP there.
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Ah I'm sorry, you're one of these deluded people who thinks that a global economic collapse led by the US is something that can be legislated for? I'm curious as to how the Tories would have handled it, I really am. I notice they've not said much on that front. Ever.
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Fair enough - it's Radar now though apparently, not CT.
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...r-really? You think that was a compelling political performance?
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That is actually quite crass, but I expect all politicians would do stuff like that sadly.
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"I don't want to harp on about what I inherited" As if David.
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Glad someone called him on the debate.
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It's definitely, mostly tongue in cheek - although an amount of it is an attempt at penance as a result of being raised with Catholic guilt.
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Fair enough, it's a bit clearer now - and thanks.
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I know, my repeated attempts to endear myself are apparently falling on deaf ears... I've referred to Man Utd as Manchester, Manure, That Manchester team that isn't City, etc...
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I meant at the fan forum meetings. As in, have they selected a group of people who are not going to ask these questions, or is there a history of them just being ignored whenever they do come up. I've not read a lot of the background in the fan forum meetings, I get enough of this sort of corporate bollocks at work.
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Just out of curiosity, has anyone actually ever asked the club any meaningful questions? Or is the issue the fact that the club have always refused to answer them, and that therefore the level of shitness of the questioning is set accordingly?
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The only thing you're really overlooking is that our form is the worst in the league bar nobody. We actually probably deserve to go down. Sunderland have done this last minute escape shit before, they have a team that knows how to do it. Not saying they will, but I didn't expect them to get a point against Stoke the other day and it happened anyway. As for freaking out, I'm not personally. I'm very much of the opinion that until we see some kind of demonstration of actual progress from the club that it's not even really worth worrying if they go down. It's not like it'll thwart next season's push for the Champions League. I think all some people are saying is that it's looking a lot closer now than it did a few weeks ago. And John Carver may just be hopeless enough to see it done.