Kitman

FYP I think Something like that. I must drink less.

I'm sure most people look at the money these blokes get and think they're greedy bastards. And they are. But if they're on relatively low wages with a decent win bonus pool I actually think that's a good way to go. If this pool is for winning games then an extra 1 mill in the pot isn't a lot over the course of a season. If it's just extra money for fuck all, on top of top wages, then I have a 'go and get fucked' attitude too. The trouble is I have a pretty low opinion of the regime and I suspect they're just screwing around to save money. Given we're supposed to have great team morale, which might be key to staying up, I don't think it's that smart personally.

There's a ring of truth about this. Demotivating the players is not smart business, and the amounts involved seem modest. Sort it out, Del Boy.

From the Daily Mail Newcastle's six-goal destruction of Aston Villa took place against the background of a major player dispute at St James' Park over their bonus payments this season. The squad, whose negotiations have been led by senior professionals Kevin Nolan, Alan Smith and Steve Harper, are understood to want a 50 per cent rise in the £1million bonus pool they shared for winning the Championship. But the Newcastle board are not offering any increase despite their elevation to the Premier League and money that comes with it. This has led to heated disputes between management and the players which were still continuing on the day of the club's opening match against Manchester United. The players' contracts detailing the bonus agreements remained unsigned, and hat-trick hero Andy Carroll agreeing to meet corporate guests on behalf of the club after the Villa rout was only a temporary goodwill gesture. The players are threatening not to co-operate with club requirements over personal appearances or interviews for Newcastle's TV station, website or programme until the dispute is resolved. Remarkably, Joey Barton, normally the centre of any controversy, is described as the voice of reason. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-1...l#ixzz0xTmPhiTu

Why over complicate things? They can just buy a work permit from Nigeria.

I can see why she's not been offered TV work. Her face could curdle milk at 20 paces.

......and an attacking midfielder, and a pacy striker

HF will be after you. It's all a matter of personal taste innit. I felt the same way as you about rap before I listened to any too Don't you mean before you got down with yo' homies?

If he keeps us up with bugger minimal net outlay and a static/reducing wage bill, he'd have made Ashley a packet. Assuming people still turn up to watch the matches of course.

This is the likeliest scenario. Hamfisted treatment by the Chuckle Brothers leading to exasperation and eventual departure. Unless CH doesn't deliver in which case he'll be sacked or forced out as is traditional.

Gobsmacked. Very happy

I expected the CIA to make a better job of framing tbh

HF will be after you. It's all a matter of personal taste innit.

It's rap with a silent C in my opinion. I understand it was genuinely innovative when it came out but once the novelty wore off it still sounded shit to me. And it still does, pretty much regardless of who it is, but then I'm an old fart and I'm probably missing the really good stuff*. * the ones that don't have some bloke making a dodgy rhyme about his guns and the women he's screwed, with the chorus ripped off from an old song.

this or Leon Best, or Ryan Taylor, or James Perch. Wait a moment. Why get excited about anybody when we know the sights are set so low. Parky says hit. I think he has everything to be a good signing in this case. Bit of a temper but that's about it. We've actually gone and signed a player we desperately needed a dynamic midflielder with a good engine and can pass. He can play a defensive role, has presence and can break up the opposition. There are mostly good things said about him in Holland. Have we actually signed him though? Doesn't seem to fit our target market of a mediocre player bought on the cheap..... There is no point in being down about every signing really. From what I've heard this is a good player and our lot need to be congratulated for that. Players nobody has heard of regualarly join PL clubs and a season later are seen as clever business, that shouldn't really be a point of criticism. We've signed some shit of late, but IMO this lad isn't one of them. I'm keeping my powder dry till the window closes and if we've been negligent I'll say so. This is one of the 3 players we really needed. IF we get a creative mf/forward and a decent striker, then for me all the minimum boxes will have been ticked. But has he signed? If he's as good as the say, I'd be amazed if we get him for only 3.5m. Actually I'll be amazed if we spend 3.5m but that's another story

this or Leon Best, or Ryan Taylor, or James Perch. Wait a moment. Why get excited about anybody when we know the sights are set so low. Parky says hit. I think he has everything to be a good signing in this case. Bit of a temper but that's about it. We've actually gone and signed a player we desperately needed a dynamic midflielder with a good engine and can pass. He can play a defensive role, has presence and can break up the opposition. There are mostly good things said about him in Holland. Have we actually signed him though? Doesn't seem to fit our target market of a mediocre player bought on the cheap.....

She's a bloody out of towner. Stevie won't be impressed.

This is true. We had our own series of Celebrity Come Dancing a couple of years ago. Amongst various random joes no-one will ever have heard of (old All Black, old netball player etc), it had the mayor of Invercargill. What the fuck?! Not just scraping the barrel but digging underneath it.... On a side note Mick Jagger visited Invercargill in the early 60s. He amusingly described it as 'the arsehole of the world'....

That's a less popular show "The Dog Botherer"

Great advice, that'll get the big bucks all right. I recommend throwing in a nervous twitch for added gravitas.

On an issue related to the OP, does anyone believe in mediums? I've always thought it was hocus pocus but some of my family swear by them. In NZ we have a TV show (Sensing Murder) where mediums try to solve cold cases. No details of the case are allegedly given in advance and they are expected to work it out solely through talking to the dead. I'm not convinced but the missus is well into it and resents me sneering at it (I call it "Touching Cloth"). Are mediums skilful fraudsters or just mentally ill ? Some people do seem to think mediums are genuine and there have been some famous cases trying to prove/disprove their so-called abilities. Has anyone consulted one? Be a good source of racing tips if you could find a real one....

New club song. To the tune of "Oh yes we have no bananas" Oh yes we have no Ben Arfas Ben Arfas We have none today

What do you mean? Moving images, i thought it would've been good, interesting and all that. Turns out to be shit. What are you doing in september then? I'm with Acid. Moving images doesn't sound like a proper subject to me, more like made up bollocks or something you'd do to pass the time if you were special needs. If you resit why not do something a bit more relevant to ICT?