Alex

More chance of Ashley signing Messi than these two shutting the fuck up.

I was discussing it with Tooj and it's more or less what we thought although I speculated it was perhaps the rest of the season plus the next one in compensation. I've since had it confirmed that it's actually two years. It hadn't occurred to me about the 8 year thing in relation to compensation for another club coming in for Pardew, I just thought it was a PR exercise.

The long-term appointment thing is overplayed. The 8 year deal is purely a compensation bargaining tool if another club comes in for him. His pay-off is only two years if he gets the bullet [/iTK]

CT's achromatic myopia encapsulated right there.

Aye, I'd accept that like. He/ the team'd been found out a bit. Wasn't helped by not being allowed to strengthen though. Think it's a combination of those two factors plus the extra games in the Europa League. Not to mention too many players unable to recapture last season's form.

Well done, OTF. I'm sure your lass had something to do with it too so congrats to her as well

I used to have a bit of time for him but he disappeared up his own arse a while ago imo. Still have to agree with the bit in bold like but that says more about footballers than JB.

Don't give up the day job.

Nah. Sometimes I think you're a bit "wide of the mark" though. Sometimes I even think you're a 'mug'. Occasionally I just think "oh dear"

Someone was telling me Barton said he's too clever to be a footballer. He's so clever he's talked his way out of every club he's been at.

Stevie, sometimes I almost love you.

Aye, I'm sure his brief period in the Labour party was the only time he was involved in any abuse.

You could say the same to Stevie T.

And it turns out he's dead too. Well I never.

Him, the butler, the cook and the maid are having their Xmas do.

You weren't invited. You can drive me home though

I've been to her house, read her diary etc. Still doesn't mean it's not a funny joke imo. And it's clearly a joke. Which makes you a bit of a hypocrite for taking issue with it tbh. Which was my point.

Should I break it to TP here she never actually owned a drumkit?

Why were you banned then? I can ask Dave if you like. And the same high horse that thought Anne Frank's Drumkit was anti-semitic

Pork pies are served cold. Or was that a deliberate mistake?

Serpico's man bag btw. Just thought of that there. It was the 70s I suppose but fucking hell Actually that would be a good username / name for a band.

Tbf, I like Hoffman but he does tend to play that same part in every film. He's good at it like.

Is Phillip Seymour Hoffman playing a fat weirdo by any chance?

Remember Pardew saying something along these lines last season "Mike knows his football, he keeps saying to me 'When are you going to sign a centre-half?' ".