Alex

Shut up, Fish

Michael Johnson is the only ex-athlete on the Beeb who tells it like it is.

Absolutely winging it 😂

He always has the look of someone who fucking stinks

CT definitely that photo on his hard drive. Probably has a few of JRM as well

Thick as fuck.

They should sever any alliances with Germany. They didn’t help much on D-Day either

If you’d said you were taking the piss I’d have believed you

Probably wanks over photos of himself when he was a bairn

Backstop

Tbf, it’s what they voted for

Papa Lazaru must have emigrated

Worth a read in regard to Salazar and co. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-7541825/Athletics-dying-people-like-Paula-Radcliffe-Lord-Coe-blame-Gabby-Logan.html Pardon the source and the shit pun

Yes

Aye. He didn’t recognise me like. But never mind. Just thinking but you were brought up in the borders weren’t you? That’s the traditional rugby heartland north of the border

Lest we forget Adidas are German.

People with that sort of money aren’t stupid enough to pay way over the odds. They also aren’t going to be held to ransom by Ashley. Ashley can’t negotiate when he can’t bully the other party

I just saw Sean Fitzpatrick on the tube at Fulham Broadway.

I think it’s important to at least try and respect both points of view. Even allowing for apathy, we all love the club and the fans aren’t the issue here.

I think he’d probably sell if the club was a financial burden to him for any sustained length of time. And I think that’s the assumption being made. Obviously it’s a guess but it makes sense and it’s the one scenario which hasn’t played out so far. It’s not exactly a choice which fills many of us with joy. What should be a relatively simple pleasure, ie following our team, is always a complex range of emotions under Ashley. You should be able to enjoy a young, local lad scoring the winner against Man Utd. But once the joy subsides you’re left with that bitter taste where you still have a half-witted dinosaur managing a club owned by someone for whom mediocrity and survival is the goal. The flip side is that even if we went down and stayed down then there are still no guarantees. But it’s gotten that bad, with no prospect of Ashley ever changing, that it’s a chance some are willing to take.

Surely our not being on TV would be a bonus

Due to your age you don’t get much abuse, due to your opinions you don’t get much credit

I hope the show’s better than this argument

You’d written him off

Ferguson left 6 years ago though. They’ve had 4 managers since (excluding Giggs). I’m far from his number 1 fan but it looks like he was the one holding things together. That said, the fans actively campaigned to get rid of Magnier and McManus. A move which saw the Glazers get their controlling stake in the club. A case of being careful what you wish for in hindsight