Gemmill

Aye, Ronaldinho just bounced off him! Lampard had a really quiet game as well, to the point where you wondered sometimes if he was still on the pitch. Might still have been struggling with the hamstring though, I suppose.

You're just jeal cos it's me with the latest rumour and not you.

Assuming for a second that this story is true, if an appointment had got to the stage that this story suggests it has, then the sponsors would certainly know by now who the new manager is, I would think. EDIT! I think you might be underestimating the role of the sponsor too btw. They have a vested interest in us not appointing another Souness, and as such will be kept informed as to developments, I'm sure.

Northern Rock are NUFC's main sponsor. I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that they would be privy to this sort of information given the sort of money they plough into the club. I'd be less inclined to believe a chief steward like. It might well be bullshit, but a Northern Rock director certainly wouldn't be the worst source I could think of.

Reet, I was told the following last night by someone I consider to be a decent source (not a bullshitter basically), who has been told this independently by a director at Northern Rock, and someone who works for Freddie: The job is O'Neill's, he's been offered it and accepted it. There are a couple of things to sort out - one of them being that he still has some sort of formal arrangement with Celtic to return there once his wife is well, which isn't going to be exercised because his return to football has come sooner than expected for both him and Celtic (they've got Strachan now and are sticking with him). Shepherd is in the process of sorting out a house for him and his wife, somewhere fairly close to the airport, and nothing formal will be announced until it's all sorted for them to be in their house, so that he's not having to do any silly commutes or causing unnecessary upheaval for the wife or anything like that. Apparently he's on a pretty massive contract as well, money-wise. There you go anyway, I stand to look like a mong if it's not true, but I've no reason to think this bloke was lying.

"....I'm sure Jose Mourinho can't have any complaints. The best team won over the two legs." Cut to Mourinho. "Jose, did the best team win?" "I don't think so." Oh I think so Josie!

Jesus wepticles. Cringe every time.

Chelsea are oot! Shame!

Brilliant isn't he. Looking forward to seeing him play in the WC.

Get in! Mourinho looks pleased.

What a fucking anti-climax this has been!?

Ronaldinho is the flickmeister.

Shame Messi's injured. Wanted to see what he's like. All Barcelona so far though....

Probably jealousy, as he hasn't got a neck of his own. 104214[/snapback] Attempted neck theft.

Leazes, you won't even touch the sides by the time he gets out of jail.

Are you taking the piss?

Blatantly a wind-up from the overly earnest responses.

What's your username on NO? By the way, if you're expecting a lack of cliqueyness, this is probably not the best place to be. They're a canny bunch though. Except for that Gemmill. He's a cernt. 103823[/snapback] 1 WEEK BAN Abuse: DO NOT ABUSE YOUR FELLOW FORUM USERS. Threats of violence and extreme insults will be an immediate 1 week ban. The internet is a place of free expression, and it’s difficult to put absolute parameters in place, so we ask you to use your best judgment. Be forewarned that the moderators will also be using their best judgment when reading posts that could be considered abusive. Our decisions are final, so play it safe.

Don't encourage them! They'll just show off more!

You can hardly blame him. You're dreamy!

Sound like they might be worth something to some geek or other. There's a specialist book shop on Grey Street in the town, isn't there (sure I've seen one)? You could take it in there and get them to have a look. Failing that, go on the Antiques Roadshow and give us all a laugh.

That's why I didn't offer to meet up with you mate, I know you're deed hard, like. 104084[/snapback] Aye, you had a lucky escape there like. In Spain I'm known as El Solido.

Hope you've got kids, mate. And bad teeth. I'm ok like. 104074[/snapback] You're lucky I didn't meet up with you and knock them all out though.

To be fair, I used to post on the SMB a canny bit a few years back, and occasionally it was canny embarrassing when you'd get an illiterate mong toon fan on there trying to wind them up, when all he was doing was make himself look an idiot.

Where's that "we're not worthy" smilie when you need it?