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That'd be for me. Saw that tour an all (and many afterwards)

As a matter of interest, what do people think Joey's worth a week ??? Given that as per the Daily Telegraph in May last year: Man Utd's average player wage was £55,818 per week Arsenal's was £50,289 per week Scouse murderers was £48,662 per week So Joey's existing reported £60K/week is above average for those three. On the subject of wages etc. This is an interesting read, if a wee bit mumbo jumbo (Chez might like it) http://onfooty.com/2011/05/financial-break...ier-league.html

It's in decline because FFS and the Halls raped the club, some of us woke up to that, some never will. rubbish. As I said, you and those dopes on here and skunkers who still back Ashley [but not with their cash] and beat the ex owners with any stick they can think of, never said it at the time, they ALL said "anybody would do better". Thats the truth. As said earlier, "at the time" you don't know the facts, that comes later. As for the rest, anyone with deep pockets, and yes that is the truth. The clubs performance level on the pitch today is no different from FFS last day, the fucking finances are about a hundred million times better.

There's not even a seat map on the w/s to show the vacant seats now though There is a history of every ticket you've ever bought if you log in though. Neve seen that before. Nice Ah well thats areet then, all is forgiven. Club's a bunch of cunts aren't they, maybe you should take them to the High Court, bet that's never been done before, no-one would be cunts like this lot are to their fans.

It's in decline because FFS and the Halls raped the club, some of us woke up to that, some never will. Fuckin hell man, there were games/seasons in the 70's I enjoyed "at the time"

you need to look up the meaning of "sarcasm" So you admit you were wrong, and the reasons you wanted rid of Fred [if you did, but what you say is what the vast amount of people said at the time, it was only later they allowed their hatred to delude them into thinking anybody would do better, but keep the revenues which helped the club get to 3rd position and speculate so much money in the first place] are not the reasons you insinuate you wanted rid of him all along then ? Fine. Thanks for admitting it at last. I was wrong in 2005, otherwise you're making stuff up again, which no doubt now you'll continue to cut and paste as fact If I have a "record" of wanting rid of Fred, you should maybe trawl the board for posts from 2005 to 2007, to see when I realised I was wrong, maybe I "saw the light" shortly after 6th November 2005, I dunno.

Hardly, I was wrong in 2005 and we are now reaping the "benefits" of that level of wrongness. I've learned from my mistake, you haven't.

I would suggest that when you consider the fact we're 2 points of third (in an indifferent league) and what that £50 mill brought in we are definitely better off I really didn't want to do this....but I was looking for the post TP made a while back about "enjoy today and don't worry about tomorrow" and it seems he backed the expenditure by "Fred" at the time. So ? At the time I used to ridicule Major Major on RTG who was a prophet of doom about NUFC finances. Sadly the facts that emerged since showed how silly I was at the time. Hey ho so you agreed at the time, that the money they spent was "well spent" ? But now you think they shouldn't have spent it ? Shame we all didn't have your foresight At the time, 6 years ago yes the post would suggest I thought it was well spent, I was wrong. But now I don't think they shouldn't have spent it, I KNOW they shouldn't have spent it. Thing is "at the time" no-one knows the facts of a situation it's only later, when the facts become known, that an informed judgement can be made. p.s. you need to look up the meaning of foresight

I would suggest that when you consider the fact we're 2 points of third (in an indifferent league) and what that £50 mill brought in we are definitely better off I really didn't want to do this....but I was looking for the post TP made a while back about "enjoy today and don't worry about tomorrow" and it seems he backed the expenditure by "Fred" at the time. So ? At the time I used to ridicule Major Major on RTG who was a prophet of doom about NUFC finances. Sadly the facts that emerged since showed how silly I was at the time. Hey ho

Evidently the other magpies are chaffinch at the bit for revenge

Or Platini's rules being worth a shite !!

It's always about the money. its about ambition, you're daft if you can't see that. The money only proves the ambition. and the money comes from...............................??????? so you are happy for us to compete at the levels of Blackburn and Bolton ? Maybe the Halls and Shepherd can give soopa Mike some tips on how to raise revenues, rather than selling your best players to do it ? Been done to death and irrelevant. We are competing at the level we can afford, due to current and past bad management.

The time and whether it was a waste is immaterial, but it's a fact that the years in europe and the expansion of the stadium, and what that brought, was "wasted" or squandered if you prefer. We were about to drop into the old third division, let alone the stadium. Everything about the club, yes the liabilities but also the merchandising and corporate sales side was vastly improved. I would take us at the point Mike bought the club to when John Hall did easily. I totally accept that the good things were hugely bigger, but sadly so were the bad things. As for the third division, it was only a solitary David Kelly goal that arrested that fall, from there the rise was meteoric, absolutely, but our decay started relatively soon after, basically post KK. Yes we did alright league-wise for a short time but we were never the REAL threat again. And why did KK leave first time ?? Financially the mess was proportionate to the size, it was the increase in "size" that supported the headlong rush into debt. (and no I'm not talking about the stadium debt - that was good debt). The pouring of good money after bad, and the attendant milking is what was the problem. Shaky financial position-wise, there's a fag paper's difference between the two. Maybe I should have put the word financially in my first post.

It's always about the money. its about ambition, you're daft if you can't see that. The money only proves the ambition. and the money comes from...............................???????

The time and whether it was a waste is immaterial, but it's a fact that the years in europe and the expansion of the stadium, and what that brought, was "wasted" or squandered if you prefer.

Fact is they left it much as they found it. omg Even I have to back LM on that one like. We were left waaaaaaaaay ahead of where we were when they left. Just look at the Stadium? The players we had, where we had been. Blah blah, cant be arsed but the differences were vast. It's all relative, yes bigger ground etc etc but correspondingly bigger liabilities.

Fact is they left it much as they found it.

So let's not sign him then and let him walk for nothing next summer Putting the club in a position of power if other clubs come sniffing is a good thing surely ??? It would be, if the point was to keep the player at the club. Which it is in this case, otherwise he walks next summer. Keep player at club and maximise "income" if he's sniffed out.

True, but what else was/is the club supposed to do. Players in last year of contracts hold ALL the cards. All this "wait until we're safe" stuff is bollocks. It's purely a stalling tactic, if the player is truly concerned about being relegated, all they have to say is "put a release clause/price in my deal". It's all about the cash and leverage towards optimising the cash.

Alternatively borrowing an exclamation mark: Fantastic! new contract on the table for Jose Enrique. Good news, the club have made Enrique a new offer, it's only for thruppence ha'penny a month like.

True A magpie had the baby blackbirds from the nest in my garden, live by the sword (or beak) etc etc

So let's not sign him then and let him walk for nothing next summer Putting the club in a position of power if other clubs come sniffing is a good thing surely ???

It's always about the money.

a mackem from Skunkers Am not on skunkers, I got banned for some unknown reason. Full of racist wanks like yee. No-one has ever been banned from Skunkers man. Btw, I could believe the Nolan story btw I'll take a screen shot if you like. Gan on then

a mackem from Skunkers Am not on skunkers, I got banned for some unknown reason. Full of racist wanks like yee. No-one has ever been banned from Skunkers man. Btw, I could believe the Nolan story