Kitman

You could compare them but it wouldn't be a very good comparison

Is the Anglers Arms the one with the pullman carriage out the back? It is indeed. We were trying to find a nice pub near a river and this was the closest match. Must say the pub itself, the menu and the food were all very good. Have you been before? Yes, several times. Was always a fave with the mam in law when visiting, recall having Beef Wellington in the pullman once (this is not a euphemism Mr Fist ). Also the other pub we used to go to was the Dyke Neuk, good for views iirc.

Without seeing the programme, I'm not sure what this achieves other than providing titillation for viewers. There's few taboos left on TV and I'd have thought dying in peace and privacy should be one of them. It also sets a precedent for less responsible broadcasters to follow. So I think my gut reaction is against it.

I think that's a bit strong actually. I think no one else gives a fuck I take it back. No one else but Chez gives a fuck

I think that's a bit strong actually. I think no one else gives a fuck

To do that you need to hold onto the youth you develop really. Arsenal team from the Bolton game... 53 Szczesny - Youth 03 Sagna - £9m 06 Koscielny - £8.5m 20 Djourou - youth 22 Clichy - youth 04 Fabregas - youth 08 Nasri - £12m 14 Walcott - youth (Arshavin - £15m) 17 A Song - £1m (Chamakh - Free) 19 Wilshere - Youth (Ramsey - youth) 10 Van Persie - £3m Loads of youth, £50m worth of signings. Newcastle team from Blackpool... 26 Krul - youth/Free 02 Coloccini - £10m 03 Jose Enrique - £5m 06 Williamson - £1m 12 Simpson - £1m 04 Nolan - £4m (Perch £1m) 07 Barton - £5.8m 18 Gutierrez - £5.2m 24 Tiote - £2.5m 11 Lovenkrands - Free (Ireland Loan) 23 Ameobi - Youth (Kuqi - Free) £35.5m to build that team, and hardly any youth.....it could have included Carroll and Bassong. Amazing to think there's only £15m difference in outlay between our two teams. Very interesting. And a little depressing. I'm not sure there's any youth in our Blackpool team we'd care that much about selling.......Krul is a work in progress and Shola is, well, Shola. Carroll was the jewel in the crown really.

We need to hang on to our best players (Barton, Tiote, Enrique) AND strengthen the squad. We can't rely on Ben Arfa to be the answer given how seriously he was injured imo. You'd hope Ashley and Llambias aren't too ignorant or stupid to understand the need to bring in more attacking talent, but nothing will surprise me with this lot. Personally I think we'll see some new investment, I just hope Pardew doesn't squander whatever he's allowed to spend.

Is the Anglers Arms the one with the pullman carriage out the back?

I was thinking it, but I wasn't going to say it

I'm just happy we seem to have survived. Maybe we'll be "pleasantly surprised" with this summer's transfers too. Let's see if we're serious about improving the squad and tie down our key talent without further ado. And with 35 mill in the bank (at least), loads of time and a break even position in the books (iirc), there's no excuse for not buying some top attacking talent in particular. And I'm not talking about Carlton fucking Cole.

God bless 'er, heaven's got another angel there * sob *

This youth policy is just good common sense - it's much cheaper to develop your own players. So Ashley et al are really just saying what everyone wants to hear. We'd all like to emulate Barca and Arsenal in youth development but very few clubs can actually do it. Until we have a production line of top talent coming out of the academy - and I haven't seen or read anything to suggest this is the case in the near future - we will still need to improve the squad through signing players from elsewhere. Especially if we sell homegrown players like Carroll for a massive profit.

It's the same sort of thing on here tbf, football fans are incredibly fickle. What's the general opinion on Pardew now with NUFC fans? Dunno about NUFC fans in general, but personally I'm not convinced about him yet. His track record suggests he's no better than mediocre and he hasn't pulled up any trees this season. The suspicion remains for me that he's media savvy but lacks substance and is basically a yes man for Ashley (didn't do himself any favours with his guarantee that Carroll wouldn't leave). I also don't like his tendency to criticise players through the media. To be fair he's done OK in the aftermath of Hughton's sacking and we've been trying to survive/consolidate in the PL this season which looks like job sdone. Also the players seem to rate him. I guess next season will be the true test, especially if he gets the chance to bring in his own players.

Patronising prick. What makes you so much better than us? Nothing. We've scored more and conceded less and took 4 points off you, utterly thrashing you 5-1. I don't think you'll ''push on'' either and it's arrogance of the highest proportion to suggest you will. You're shite, you've spent a fortune and half your players are crocked, shite or on loan. One win against Wigan and you're all full of shite again, about finishing above us and pushing for Europe, One things for sure Bruce has never achieved anything as a manager and every year his sides have the same slide - he only has a plan A and can rarely do anything about it when the slide begins. We are a better team than you this year and providing we invest in the summer we'll be a better team than you next year. Nar, we're better than you and have been for a few years now. The table will show this at the end of the season. So you took 4 points off us? We haven't lost to Arsenal this season, we must be of equal quality to them eh? I honestly couldn't name half your team mate, Danny Simpson, Leon Best and Shola Ameobi are not Premier League players, the rest are decidedly average. You're fucking shite, ran by Cockneys from top to bottom, and if you trust Ashley's word about investment then you're just as stupid as we think you all are. Cringeworthy and deluded.

Go on, admit it. You wrote it, didn't you?

Maybe we should have a poll to decide

And a fit Leon Best, just like another new signing. Shit, the squad's too big, time to sell someone

Of course he is, a blatant WUM. "Up the Toon" for fuck's sake

How true.

Well that's looking on the bright side

A beast of a striker = no 1 priority imo. Failing that a decent striker or two. That rules out Owen, obviously

Given a choice between Pardoo and Wenger, I know who I'd rather have

ditto

Sure. Good luck in your la-la land Nick. No-one would play for your club (whatever it is), they'd all be elsewhere. Personally I'd love it if Ambani or some other billy big pockets stuffed our club so full of cash every top the player in the world was gagging to play for us with Jose Mourinho to manage them. And we trampled every team and pissed our way to the treble or quadruple playing champagne football Barca style. But there you go