Alex

Best selling 12 inch single of all time iirc and the first run lost Factory Records 5p per copy because the sleeve design was so expensive. They didn’t expect it to be a commercial success. Absolutely classic Tony Wilson

What about Haddaway? The fucking fraud wasn’t even English, let alone a Geordie

Love that

Bernard Manning

Aye. Imagine if you had nowt to moan about though

As an aside (not that it’s a choice as such) I’d rather go into the Europa League and enter a competition we have a chance of winning. I’m not saying we will win it but we’ve got a decent chance of progressing to the later stages. I know the CL brings in loads of money etc but getting that elusive first trophy trumps all that from a fan pov. For me, for now at least

Sportswashed 👆

It’s a bit like being at the match and shouting ‘shoot!’ but then caveating that with ‘but make sure you score’

Who should we have taken a punt on that would’ve likely made a difference (who would’ve come and met the criteria I mentioned earlier)? I don’t expect you to answer that as it’s not our job but that’s the sort of thing you have to balance dealing with the recruitment policy. I guess what I’m saying is it’s not fair to say it’s a missed opportunity if there’s not a realist opportunity there.

How do we deal with small boats leaving the OTHER side of the channel if we don’t have bilateral agreements and cooperation with Europe? Obviously that’s a rhetorical question but again, how much of a racist, thick as mince cunt do you have to be not to get that?

They’ve got to want to come and they’ve got to be an improvement on our first team. At the same time they’ve got to be at the right price and not break the wage structure. And, if not, you’re into the realms of restricting yourself down the road for players who might not make the difference between getting to the CL this season anyway. In which case, what’s the point? Arsenal isn’t a very good comparison because they’ve got a big head start both in terms of what they’ve built long term and where we both are in the league this year.

Fletcher is the ‘female Dr Who’s make young men commit crimes’ twat

I try to be zen these days and not let things that I can’t control bother me too much. But I properly fucking despise these cunts

I think this is bollocks like. What world class (or however you want to define it) available players did we turn out nose up at in January? It’s not football manager on cheat mode

Aye, Wenger gave him a new lease of life. He could actually play a bit too, which is something I think Wenger instilled in him. Wish he’d played for us

Probably still has nightmares about J69’s mate

It’ll have been a while before then I think as he was an England player by Euro 88 (even if he lost his England place after that before regaining it). But he’ll be the earliest player from that era who survived to the Wenger years. I’m guessing he’d have been pretty much ever present by then but was missing due to injury / suspension for this one

That’s the way to do it like. Just keep going after their record on this issue.

How any fuckwit falls for yet more of this get tough rhetoric is beyond me.

You used to have John Cleese as your avatar for a bit (back when you were working in San Francisco iirc).

I seem to remember him saying the lass from Houston he met online had tremendous chebs so that may also have had some bearing on things

It’s mad how Jimbo (of Jimbo’s telly fame) works for NASA

So some good and some bad then?