Alex

I heard about all that at the time. He was basically all set to sign and Ashley wouldn't cough up the fee / wages and it was the beginning of the souring of KK's relationship with him because he'd been sold on coming back on the basis he had plenty money available for players.

If what I've heard is correct Pardew doesn't do most of the coaching. Or perhaps that should read 'coaching'.

Everything.

It would've been fair enough from a piss-taking point of view seeing as he'd been championing Obertan.

Can't believe CT hasn't been back to gloat and tell everyone he was right. Would've been fair play to him if he had as well.

Nice to see everyone. I was canny mortal by the time Jill and JJ turned up like. Kept my pizza down though.

Modric seems like an Allardyce type of player as well.

And that you can trust the Tories with the NHS. Or something.

Would love taking one of those mini blow torches to his smug bonce. Even better if it was an ad on telly for one of them. I'd do a little speech at the beginning about how I was waiving my fee.

Classy that like. Might ask wor lass if she fancies a similar look for the dining room.

I think you see what a manager is all about during a bad run of form. Some will keep trying to play their way out of trouble. Pardew always looks like he hasn't got a fucking clue how to stop the run and goes ultra cautious. With the opposite effect usually being achieved (i.e. we seem to leak more goals).

Ever read The Doors of Perception? Don't bother.

@@Monkeys Fist Glad it's not just me.

It's a bit like the patter about not having lost the dressing room. If true and Cisse is 'on fire' it makes his managerial performances even worse in that context, not better.

Aye. I meant '10 years at least'. Probably unworkable in terms of something you could legislate for but it would be a better state of affairs if you could some how make it so I reckon. Too many 'career politicians'.

You did that when you had a shit in the pool.

Love this tune he did: Lush guitar on it. Probably my favourite guitarist tbh.

They should have to spend at least years post-education outside of politics before they can become an MP.

Yep. As I mentioned before, I wonder how much any military involvement in Syria etc. might be costing. Without getting into the rights and wrongs of that money is suddenly made available when it 'needs' to be. A bit like there being no limit on helping out the flood victims of last winter, according to the PM.

Actually think there's some truth in some of what Wolfy says although I don't buy the idea of it all being part of a big coherent plan. Certainly not to the extent he does. Read some similar thoughts before and the idea of the 'freedom of the internet' actually being a type of prison isn't something new and has been put forward by Adam Curtis (mentioned in the ISIS thread) amongst others.

I'd already assumed that was your thinking style tbh.

Haven't they been there for months? Also, isn't it just a line on a map in this particular area rather than a some heavily defended boundary. Also, I don't think IS are going to launch an invasion of Turkey (what's been stopping them before now if they wanted to?) because they'd get their arses kicked.