Kitman

Yes, you can spot them a mile off. Oh, the excitement.

I don't think top footballers are being penalised; not when they pay the same rate of tax as everyone else above the top rate threshold, whilst being paid obscene amounts of money that most people can only dream of. Greedy mercenary fuckers, most of their deals are negotiated on a netto basis anyway - what they take home, not what they earn. Collymore's views are a joke, I'd rather give tax breaks to a top brain surgeon than an entertainer. The self importance of these pricks is incredible.

I agree. However realistically I don't think he'll set foot in the north east now. Surely even he wouldn't be that stupid? Of course he will cos he knows fine well that nothing will happen. The local media dont give him a hard time. Nust are too busy dreaming to give him a hard time. Nothing will happen? I think if he's not surrounded by goons, he'll get attacked. Seriously.

Yes. I wonder if he even understands what a big deal re-naming the stadium is. It's probably been on Chris Mort's "List of Big Ideas for Mike" since he bought the club.

I agree. However realistically I don't think he'll set foot in the north east now. Surely even he wouldn't be that stupid?

You'd hope that if the Good Lord did return, he wouldn't spent a great part of his life as a mediocre actor in Hollywood before he started his mission.

Perhaps Lord Stern should look at the crazy distances food is transported first. If people ate more locally sourced food, or if more people grew their own veggies, I'm sure that would be a good start. Picking on farting pigs suggests a 'Meat is Murder' agenda to me. I reckon there is plenty of meat and veggies in Tesco where the farmers have been paid an absolute pittance and then the food is frozen/refrigerated & transported long distances by air - hugely wasteful in carbon terms. Meat and dairy is also a culprit of course, including NZ (although the farmers here are minted by and large).

No point he'll be in Dubai drumming up business. We'll be the Sheikh-el-Kebabi Arena from next season.

A load of tripe from start to finish. As usual. The idea that premiership footballers suffer punitive taxes is particularly funny, poor lambs.

Yup. This thread is officially dead.

The thing is, Ashley has no concept of the club's history and doesn't care one jot about it. He'll do it because other clubs have done it and it makes money which he can siphon straight into his pocket. I dread to think what sort of company would want to do it btw. They'd have to be totally clueless.

Perhaps a matchday streak across the pitch, ending at the Platinum Club with tickets pulled from your backside? If it's good enough for LLambias....

I'm not surprised by anything Ashley does anymore. Except show his face on Tyneside.

More shizzle and still no sale. I'm going to boycoutt this thread from now on. The watched pot and all that.

I've got nothing against Blackburn Rovers but I can't stand Allardyce. He's got whining and negativity down to an art form.

Indeed, Nelsen would be a huge loss. If NZ beat Bahrain, the "All Whites" qualify for the World Cup. Would be a massive achievement if they qualify - total population of 4 million, one professional footy team and most blokes play rugby union or league (the ones who aren't fishing or tinkering with cars). The match is at home, so fingers crossed.

Big Sam gets found out again lol.

If we insist on prohibition, criminalising the dealer and not the user's the way to go imo. Personally I'm in favour of legalising it and taxing it like booze. People pretty much the world over ignore laws against cannabis, especially young people. NZ apparently has the 3rd largest use of cannabis per capita in the world.

Happy birthday youngster

just most of the time......and Cid i agree that does seem cheap for an 'O' That's cos it grows on trees, innit. Without some sleazy drug dealer as a middle man, it should be cheap

Alternatively sell the Earth to Mike Ashley, and watch him turn it to shit within 2 years

The pharmacist told me to take the drops for 3/4 days and then go to the doc. I don't think there is a panic on....It's only the left eye anyway. It ain't your good eye. That's the spirit

Any manager with any ambition wouldn't come within a million miles of us. No money, no chance to form a team, lots of bullshit, cost cutting etc. You'd have to be desperate to take the job in the first place or mad

I assume you're talking about your brown eye Mr P? For heaven's sake, what have you been up to?

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