The Mighty Hog
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Nah Ritchie was subbed off for Murphy after the sending off. The players sorted out who was on pens this season with Ritchie being first choice then Kenedy second.
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Silver Spoon sugar there too. Seems appropriate.
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Rondon deal is supposedly nearly done, being brought up by helicopter too if one local journo is to be believed.
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Mitrovic has flown back from Portugal, seems like the Fulham move is back on.
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Sniffing around Lascelles too, if the latest gossip is to believed.
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18 hours ago, ewerk said:
Can one of you bleeding heart liberals explain to me what this lesbian vs trans-women craic is about.
Saw an interesting thread on the topic just this morning
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It'll make good reading on December should they be in anything other that play off or promotion spots, the manager is hanging onto the job by his finger tips and they are all twisting about "mercenaries". Again.
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Britain would be hit with shortages of medicine, fuel and food within a fortnight if the UK tries to leave the European Union without a deal, according to a Doomsday Brexit scenario drawn up by senior civil servants for David Davis.
Whitehall has begun contingency planning for the port of Dover to collapse “on day one” if Britain crashes out of the EU, leading to critical shortages of supplies.
Last month officials in Davis’s Brexit department and the departments of health and transport drew up scenarios for a no-deal Brexit — a mild one, a severe one and one dubbed “Armageddon”.
A source said: “In the second scenario, not even the worst, the port of Dover will collapse on day one. The supermarkets in Cornwall and Scotland will run out of food within a couple of days, and hospitals will run out of medicines within two weeks.”
Officials would have to charter aircraft, or use the RAF to ferry supplies to the furthest corners of the UK. “You would have to medevac medicine into Britain, and at the end of week two we would be running out of petrol as well,” the source said.
Concern about chaos at Dover was behind a decision by Highways England to announce plans last month to build “one or more lorry holding areas” in Kent “to reduce the congestion caused by cross-Channel disruption”.
It is understood that the papers were prepared for the so-called Inter-Ministerial Group on Preparedness, which meets weekly when parliament is sitting. One official said the scenarios are so explosive they have only been shared with a handful of ministers and are “locked in a safe”.
A spokesman for the Brexit department confirmed the discussions had taken place, but said it was “completely false” that the doomsday scenario would unfold: “A significant amount of work and decision-making has gone into our no-deal plans, especially where it relates to ports, and we know that none of this would come to pass.”
But the details were leaked by officials who believe Brexiteers are still too bullish about the prospect of walking away and trading on World Trade Organisation terms.
Brexiteers accused the civil service of peddling a new version of “Project Fear”. Iain Duncan Smith, the former Tory leader, said: “They are frozen in the headlights. They should be planning for what happens if there is no deal, not scaring the pants off each other. We need people with imagination and courage, not frightened rabbits.”
The government has said it would in effect throw open Britain’s borders in the event of a no-deal Brexit. But officials fear the EU, particularly the French, would not do the same.
A senior official said: “We are entirely dependent on Europe reciprocating our posture that we will do nothing to impede the flow of goods into the UK. If, for whatever reason, Europe decides to slow that supply down, then we’re screwed.”
Disrupting trade would lead to “reciprocal jeopardy”, with the French also running short of medicines, but officials believe that would take six months to have an effect. “The French are militant about borders,” a source added.
Davis has sought to persuade civic leaders in key ports such as Calais and Antwerp to tell their central governments that goods must keep flowing.
Layla Moran, a Liberal Democrat who speaks for the pro-remain group Best for Britain, called on the government to publish the documents. “We can now see that the government are driving us all towards disaster. What is worse is that they know it too,” she said.
In a detailed analysis of the state of the Brexit negotiations today, The Sunday Times also reveals:
■ Davis and Theresa May clashed last week over the publication of a white paper on Brexit, with the prime minister blocking its release until after the next EU summit on June 28. Davis wanted it released by June 14
■ UK officials said the June summit was heading for a “car crash” because “no progress has been made since March” to devise plans for a long-term deal
■ The 150-page white paper still contains large areas of red ink where the cabinet is yet to agree a plan
■ The prime minister’s preferred customs plan has been ditched as unworkable
■ EU officials have warned May’s negotiator Oliver Robbins that they will embarrass her before the Tory party conference unless she solves the issue of Northern Ireland’s border by the end of the summer
■ The French president Emmanuel Macron snubbed the PM when she tried to strike a security deal with the EU at a recent summit
■ Remain-backing MPs plan to apply for judicial reviews of ministerial directives on Brexit and to use an obscure parliamentary device to force debates on aspects of the withdrawal bill to delay Brexit
■ Tory MPs who support Brexit are calling on party bosses to axe any colleagues who vote to stay in a customs union, saying they have broken manifesto pledges.
Put Gove in No 10, says Tory donor
The Tory donor Crispin Odey has called for Michael Gove to take over as prime minister, claiming Theresa May “cannot carry Brexit through any more”.Odey, a hedge fund manager, said Gove, the environment secretary, was “very aware he has to appeal not just to the wealthy, but also more broadly”.
Sounds lovely.
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On 29/05/2018 at 12:42, Meenzer said:
Squires is pretty much the only reason I'm looking forward to the World Cup.
His Wenger/Shawshank one was fantastic.
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The CL final is free via BT Sports Youtube account if anyone doesn't already know. I've got it going through my xbox and it looks canny enough.
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Who needs The Onion?
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13 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said:
Coventry, Sunderland and Bristol (?) were all possible relegation candidates on the last day of the season about 500 fucking years ago, Coventry were playing Bristol, word got through that the Mackems were losing and so both teams took the foot off the gas and played out a draw.
Quite how Bristol escaped the deadly wrath of wearside I don’t know, maybe they were one of the mackem’s legendary, imaginary allies?
Coventry had to delay their kick-off for 15 minutes due to congestion, I think that figures into things too.
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https://www.nufc.co.uk/news/latest-news/mike-ashley-thanks-rafa-players-and-fans
QuoteNewcastle United owner Mike Ashley has thanked Rafa Benítez, the players and the club’s supporters following the club’s tenth-place finish in the Premier League.
The Magpies secured a place in the top half with a 3-0 victory over Chelsea at St. James’ Park on Sunday.
The owner said: "I would like to thank Rafa Benitez for his magnificent achievement this season.
"I would also like to applaud the players, led fantastically by the captain Jamaal Lascelles.
"On many occasions throughout the season they have been described as a Championship side, which I personally consider to be derogatory.
"Rafa, as always, has my full support, and contrary to some media reports that portray me as a pantomime villain, I will continue to ensure that every penny generated by the club is available to him.
"I hope very much that Rafa will remain at Newcastle United.
"Finally, I would like to thank the fans for their unrivalled support of Rafa and the team throughout the season."
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He's still got petulance in him, I mean Fulham were winning at Millwall and he couldn't help himself but have an off the ball dig at Cahill.
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I hope he does it in full Emperor Palpatine character.
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Did they ever sort out that winger that was on loan and injured but they still were required to pay the £10 million for?
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6 hours ago, Howay said:
PS I was wanking while I wrote this
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I know Souness is a cunt, but was he being even more cunty over the pen/dive?
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On 28/03/2018 at 16:14, Dr Gloom said:
that last one was gbh. reminded me of this
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Seems like this is finally getting since traction, the home secretary has said the government is going to look into it
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4 minutes ago, Kid Dynamite said:
West Ham's owners have had to leave the stadium for their own safety apparently.
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LBW
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Sorry to hear this, HF. Condolences.
Rafa’s bargain bin boys vs Warnock’s wankers
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I know, imagine giving some sort of responsibility to fully grown adults.