manc-mag

I gave him a tab and £2 on saturday in Wallsend. He came in the ship for a drink of everyones half emptys. Local Hero. Living Legend. Pure Bamp. Haven't got a fucking clue who you're talking about but every place has got one, eh?

Thank God for that.

I can see what you're doing there, KSA. Don't think I can't.

What part of that did you edit? Out of morbid curiosity.

That's a 'hashed' message? I'm guessing he'll understand the thrust of it like.

Remember Sima's famous quote that he was the worst player he'd ever seen? Bawan was the only person who stuck for him that's not even 2 years ago. I was at a game with manc-mag the year we went down and I half-heartedly said I think he's a canny player and his silence spoke volumes. You could tell he was thinking 'wtf are you on about?' It's mad like. And I reckon Bawan only stuck up for him so much because he knows him as well. In sima's defence (well perhaps not defence, just more for context), I was about to say I hold my hands up and say categorically that I called him shit. Almost certainly will be on record on here as saying so too I imagine. And fair play I do remember you offering a more forensic analysis of his strengths than any appraisal I was prepared to make...I remember it mainly because I thought you must be pissed.

Well I was against this move on the basis that it doesnt seem to fit the business need (striker and LB cover being far more important) and the fact he's a complete helmet, but if he arrives and decides he's going to put in a shift for NUFC then I'll get behind it as much as anyone else.

We're going to London and New York City And we take a little piece of Amsterdam (Right!)

Some players (most of whom love themselves) must love reading their wiki's or anything like that about themselves, particularly where they've represented their countries or won things or received plaudits for their talent. Ireland must absolutely whince reading his though.

Never owned a pair of Kings so couldn't make the comparison in all honesty. Came close when they brought out their mouldeds though. £80 a pair though so too expensive as a kid to be getting it wrong. Always remember the smaller kids in school teams always having quality boots while they were still in the kids sizes (price would suddenly go up from £30 to £90 between a size 5 and size 6 (or thereabouts))

They're both quite narrow like, which is my only gripe having a slightly broader foot. Mundial's though on a decent pitch, absolute bliss, that.

Was thinking that too like, reading OzToon.

No accompanying explanation, I just let these do the talking.

So you want statutory rape adding to the indictment? Good one Fish, Diddy's in enough bother here already.

Ah right didnt realise this was part of a running battle. My misunderstanding.

What a colourful character.

Why is he a Leeds fan like?

Guessing he means 1992/93 tbh

Yes he does, if that's all he was saying, however it is patently obvious that's not all he's saying and theres years worth of posts for that to be a matter of judicial notice by now. Leazes' point is that unless we spend the sorts of sums that Man U, Chelsea and Man Citeh do (and by that I mean right now) then we can't win the Prem. But everyone knows that, that's why it gets so tedious. My point is that my re-wording is the only thing that Leazes will be happy with and that will have to involve spending beyond our means, because those clubs currently spend beyond our means (Man U because they have more resources and City and Chelsea because they are billionaire playthings). I'm not decrying that on principle, it is a strategy for what it is worth, what I'm saying is stop trying to pass it off as a strategy that is more appropriate to or righteous for NUFC because we're a big club, because the size of the club ceases to have any relevance once you're talking about pure debt finance in the way that Leazes contemplates.

Yes on identity, no on trophies.

I disagree. I believe LM says the same as I do, that you cant compete at any level unless you populate your team with players of the quality required. That cannot be done at the highest level based on loans and lower league "prospects" you have to have some level of balance between new exciting young prospects and experienced top level players. If you want to break into Europe then you have to speculate to accumulate. I dont know for definite if LM thinks we should break the bank, I know I dont think that we should but I do believe that a club of our size and potential income should be able to go out and spend £10m on a player if they're the cog we need to pull it together. What is also true is that if you do not compete at the level then you cannot hold onto your Carrolls, Ben Arfas, Tiotes and the like. Sooner or later they'll have their heads turned by the prospect of Champions League, Premiership winners medals, FA Cups etc Overall I believe that is what Leazes is saying and I agree. For the record, if we get through tomorrow and havent sold any of our main players and bring in another couple of faces be they on loan or whatever then I will be happy. I agree with you and I think that's just common sense. I suspect LM would say that he agrees with that too, but in reality if you actually analyzed his output, his other contributions would simply not back that up.

If he is going nowhere then absolutely nothing. Possibly any number of things in his contract that might forbid him discussing transfer dealings with the press. Not that I'm suggesting he'd necessarily pay any attention to what his contract may or may not say.

Now you've done it! Leazes being right on this issue is like me saying you need a space ship to get to the moon. Aye, basically. It's pointless addressing Leazes' criticism of the club's 'ambition' though in any event because his charge list is a complete moveable feast. Sometimes it's predicated on our size (we're 3rd 'biggest' (attendances) ergo we should be at least 3rd biggest spending) and other times it's wholly focussed on debt finance (we should just spend any amount, regardless of who and how we finance that) in which case if you follow that argument, it really doesnt matter how big the club is anyway because you're talking about a method of financing which bares no relationship to the size of the club in any event. So stripping it all away lets not blow smoke up his arse about there being some fundamental truth in what he's saying which has somehow flawed everyone else's comprehension levels. All he's basically saying and all he has ever really said is that he wants us to spend at least as much if not more as the club that's spending the most money. Short of that he simply won't be happy. As a strategy it amounts to nothing more than a very basic desire that we outspend everyone. We can all relate to that and theres part of everyone that would like to see it I suspect, but it needs to be acknowledged for what it is. Anyway as he's already said, Ashley will be bought out at the start of the year so I fail to see why he still expends energy 'exposing' the limitations of the Ashley model in the context of Champions League success, to people who are perfectly capable of understanding basic mathematics.

I only come here for the childminding and crossword banter as it happens.