Kitman

Freddie Starr

Do we have to go over this again?

more like Uncle Fester

Agreed. The lack of clarity is insulting to supporters and the cause of endless splits between people who share a common objective. My view is that generally speaking people only hide bad news. I think he probably takes the view his plans are none of our business. To me there's an undelying contempt to some of his decisions, like the singing section or the SD signage, which is strange for a retailer. It might be because he feels spurned by the fans or because he views fans as mug punters, I dunno. The latter is consistent with our ex-casino MD, who probably views all punters as mugs.

I think most people would rather not have tacky SD signs plastered over SJP, especially if we're getting no money from it. That's without even considering whether it makes that much difference to SD's share price or MA's attitude to spending his money. Which it probably doesn't.

They've all been wank tbh. They crammed eveything into part one so there was nowt going on in the second. Was I really 8 when they first came out?! Bloody hell. What went wrong? Went and saw it in 3D with daughter (who's a big HP fan) and we enjoyed it on the whole. The books were much better than the films imo but the latter whilst a bit disappointing have hardly been "wank". The biggest failing for me is Daniel Radcliffe who's wooden and unconvincing in the lead role and looks like a wet blanket. I can't stand that lipless grin of his either, more Harry Enfield than Harry Potter iyam. I'll be honest I've spent most of my time rooting for Voldemort to kill the little spaccer.

Surely it's effectively 'free' either way though. The point being he is the CEO of SD and will be paid a wage and bonus based on performance. It is a plc with shareholders. NUFC however is 100% his and therefore in theory, any profit after tax can go straight into his bank account. No one at SD could argue that there is no value is the advertising they are getting so it would seem sensible for him to set up a payment from SD to NUFC. It is so much in his interest to do it, I can't see any reason / benefit why he wouldn't. It could be a lot more complex than you're alluding to. Thre's the possible impact on the respective share prices of SD and NUFC, the cash aspects, the tax impact, the loss position of NUFC and so on. Depends on his priorities I suppose.

I think that would require a fee, so is unlikely to happen

I find it hard to believe a word Pardew says. I think he makes it up as he goes along.

Your been ironic? Or could of being written in English?

Another quality thread. Deary me.

Wendy looks like an ugly bloke with stubble. And the name looks it's been drawn on afterwards with a felt tip pen. All round top effort.

The only reason he'll stay is if he doesn't get a decent club in for him. Unless he can get his head straight I think I'd rather he went now so weve time to get a decent replacement in. In fact we should have someone lined up already cos it's pretty obvious he's wanted away for some time now. We had a player lined up but staying at Swansea was a more attractive option for him. Ye gods. I bloody well hope he wasn't intended to be a like for like replacement.

You have to wonder if the hammers can afford this level of spending. maybe theyve sold upton park already? In any event giving lots of bunce to the man who signed Alan smith and geremi might be a bit of a mistake. I wonder if he'll sign that shit el hadji diouf again.

The only reason he'll stay is if he doesn't get a decent club in for him. Unless he can get his head straight I think I'd rather he went now so weve time to get a decent replacement in. In fact we should have someone lined up already cos it's pretty obvious he's wanted away for some time now.

I've got an iPad2 and I'm very happy with it. It's good for surfing the web, YouTube, music etc. Has its limitations as people have noted (in particular no flashplayer) but it's perfect for what I want it for, which is to dick around whilst watching the telly. I also have an apple macbook and a work IBM alike laptop. I don't own an iPhone, my daughter has an iPod which I don't get to use. The main things I like about it is everything works instantly, it's easy to use, light and compact and looks good. Plus it's not constantly trying to load software updates. Yes it's probably overpriced for what it is but I don't mind that. This is NZ after all, I'm grateful for any whizzy technology tbh.

If there's no intention of spending any of the Carroll money on new players, a bit of honesty would be appreciated. I can see Enrique being sold for 10 mill with the money going on Erdinc and and a cheapish left back now. Nothing suggests to me there'll be much more transfer action than that. I think I was predicting a net spend of 10 mill at the outset so I'd be disappointed if that's where we end up. Not so much because we won't have got some good players in by the looks of it, but that we could have done more.

do we get a cut of any sell on clause? Hang on, I'll just go and have a look at the contract, it's around here somewhere

I'm told I resemble this fella a bit Edit: Stephen Rea

If the money isn’t spent then what was the point in selling them? Why not keep Carroll and make the team even better than it is after our £500k summer spending spree? Great point and one i've been trying to understand. If it comes out of the club, we'll know through the accounts next year. If it doesnt, why sell him? Wasn't your suggestion in one of the finances thread that the money may have been required to fund accumulated trading losses and get the club back on an even keel (which is what the financial data suggested but is at odds with what the club itself has said)? Apologies if I've misinterpreted this.... Weren’t the accumulated trading losses covered by Ashley loans? I dunno. If that's right it suggests the Carroll money would be used to repay the loans in effect. To be consistent with the "not a penny out of the club" statement, that would require the Carroll moeny to fund operating costs with the resultant operating profit being used to repay the loans. Or player sales going towards repaying the loans and new players being bought with the Carroll cash. Can't believe they'd be that disingenuous though.

If this had happened to another player in a pre season friendly, we'd have just put it down to bad luck. That and the oppo player being a complete shit. tbh I've been nervous about pre season friendlies ever since Shearer knacked his ankle with virtually the last kick of the game (against Everton I think)

If the money isn’t spent then what was the point in selling them? Why not keep Carroll and make the team even better than it is after our £500k summer spending spree? Great point and one i've been trying to understand. If it comes out of the club, we'll know through the accounts next year. If it doesnt, why sell him? Wasn't your suggestion in one of the finances thread that the money may have been required to fund accumulated trading losses and get the club back on an even keel (which is what the financial data suggested but is at odds with what the club itself has said)? Apologies if I've misinterpreted this....

Cheap option tbh. Well as long as we can sell him for a good deal more than 6.5 mill, then it's a good signing for the balance sheet Leaving cynicism to one side, it seems we've been chasing this bloke for over a year so I hope they've seen something in him football-wise. Maybe PSG haven't got the best out of him yet. Not sure if I buy into the whole "we been tracking him for a year" reports. We need someone who scores goals and scores them consistently. We have plenty of other players who create goals and assists and now we need someone who can stick the ball in the back of the net. My opinion Well he might be the bloke to do it. I admit the portents aren't hopeful but maybe he's been played in the wrong way. Fuck knows I'm clutching at straws and he hasn't even signed. What I am hopeful about is that if Ben Arfa's fit, and some of the new lads bed in, we might have more goal threat across the front line and midfield (excluding Jonas) than last term, so we're not so dependent on one or two players to score. Again that's may just be wishful thinking...

Cheap option tbh. Well as long as we can sell him for a good deal more than 6.5 mill, then it's a good signing for the balance sheet Leaving cynicism to one side, it seems we've been chasing this bloke for over a year so I hope they've seen something in him football-wise. Maybe PSG haven't got the best out of him yet.