Kitman

Or maybe they didn't. And maybe he passed his medical with no hint of his current problems and we've just been unlucky?

Yeah he's worth half that

tbh my comment was aimed at B&W...

Yes, minister

iirc correctly Happy Face pointed out that prior to the season before joining us, De Jongs injury record was actually pretty good. Hardly a massive risk therefore except with hindsight.

How do you prove that though, if clubs maintain their players aren't fit to play?

Which is a shame. No wonder people are cynical about politicians these days

Plus we had a lot of luck that year. It's not as if we played really good football under Pardews stewardship to finish 5th (which is your point Alex I think).

more like Talkshite Robson in my case. Although I won't admit she had a point, oh dear me no

lol no. My girlfriend mentioned it at the time, and I accused her of being a drama queen over a bit of lightning. Oops. We must never speak of this again

Pardew quit us because of a collapsed tung I'll find my own way out

I'm surprised the bubble hasn't burst before now.

The suggestion is that the killer was an atheist who hated religious people generally. That said the murders seemed to have been sparked by an ongoing parking dispute. I think what people are objecting to is the lack of any mention in the news. CNNs headline was apparently about robot dogs....more newsworthy than the violent murder of 3 people in one go apparently

Harsh. He put the cones out for Sir Bobby AND King Alan...

It's interesting how the US news agencies like CNN don't deem this newsworthy. Almost as if it doesn't fit their 'muslims will kill us all' narrative

Pretty good write up on the match in the Guardian on line from Barney Ronay.

He probably thinks if he says he's doing a good job often enough, people will believe it

If we were on the same points as Sunlun, I wouldn't be confident Carver could keep us in the Premier League.

Carver is pretty underwhelming. As expected.

Shocking? Isn't Carver just doing what The King would've done?

I suspect we won't see the back of the Wilkinson/Gouffran axis of evil until the quisling Carver goes. He's just Pardew Lite it seems.

Andy Carroll injured again. Fancy that.

snore. 10 more draws and we're safe lads!

sigh