PaddockLad

Never mind the porridge wogs, the Bilderbergers are meeting in Watford! " novus ordo seclorum" as they say round our way...

You're spot on mate, but reading between the lines theyre going to offer it it someone internally. The big boss said "you come across very well, if we weren't to offer you it we'll keep your CV on file blah blah..." There are some lads about to retire in the next 12 months so I don't think its complete bullshit. Its a great job in lots of ways, but they own you basically. The client for who the contractor works for is one of the worlds leading financial organisations, American corporate "master of the universe"; when they say "jump!" they wont put up with "well am wanting to go to Ipswich for the cup replay on Tuesday" When I posted that I did think of medical folk who probably have every festive season ruined in some way or other. Never had to myself, but as they said "the market never sleeps"

Oil/gas?...huge new fields being exploited off Shetland etc, which is technically Norway

Bit strange...finish backshift in a bit, then up early for a job interview 11am. May be moving to a company with a rolling 12hour continental shift system, 7 till 7, 365 days a year. Someone has to be there on fuckin Christmas Day Dont really want to do it, but the money's huge and the qulaifications I could get out of it are very good too.

In an interview with Scott Timberg for Salon, Lanier gives a potent example: Kodak used to have "140,000 really good middle-class employees. Instagram has 13 employees, period." He describes a winner-takes-all world, with a tiny number of successful people and everyone else living on hope. "There is not a middle-class hump. It's an all-or-nothing society." http://www.guardian....y-work-for-free

whats changed since January when we needed one?....

Bolton think twice about Quckquid...fair play to them http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-22791288

For every Luque theres a centre half with a sore finger....what was the fuckers name again?...

Quite depressing that. And quite similar to Scotland in the 90s. Oh dear, as someone famously said. And if you look at the current squad, theres not a huge amount of talent there in any case. Zaha looked brilliant before Christmas, then gave up after signing for manu, seemingly until the play off semi. Don't know if that makes him a "player for the BIG occasion" or his head gets turned easily.

We're not solving much just by swapping them though. I agree Cabaye seems stifled where he sits in at the moment, but theres every chance we wouldn't make the most of Sissoko's running game if he was told to sit in as well. If he makes a break from 15 yards further back, theres likely to be more players on him than if he receives it on or around the halfway line. I think the answer lies on the training ground, and a maybe one or two (ha!) players with the pace of a Bellamy or Dyer to support him.

8.... think that's trickier than it first looks, theres a few 50/50s I guessed..

your portrait of a teenagers life in central Europe is very touching...

Yeah but am a 40 something beer obssesive...shit, that makes me sound like CT....yeah you're right its dull as shit out there edit: actually, Maastrict is in the Netherlands, home of tulips, skunk and women in windows....whats not to like??

I love Blegium, its a fabulous place iyam. But some young shaver at work told me that made me the world's dullest man when I told him I enjoyed Bruges

Is that in Holland or Belgium?....home of Stella in Belgium, but am sure theres a place with an old University between Den Haag and Amsterdam with the same name...

Luakaku wants to play somewhere next season..... http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jun/04/jose-mourinho-chelsea-romelu-lukaku

Thats the coolest infant in Western Europe

Good point about HBA being out, he drifted into the right hand channel a lot. But it pisses me off somewhat when people use the "winger" term to beat Pardew over the head with. Its inaccurate to say the least iyam. Same with Shola. We didnt play 442 post Janaury to any great extent, real width was supposed to be provided by Debuchy and Santon, pushing up to support the 3 in behind Cisse.

See I cant see that....maybe I've missed something but I don't see anything defensive about his game. Perfectly willing to be proved wrong but on the evidence of last season I just dont see it. He's principally a runner as a a player, he needs space to move into to exploit his pace, and he's not going to get that as often if he's doing an overwhelmingly defensive job as you're suggesting. I think our lapse into long ball mode often in the second half of games last season made in a marginal figure late on in games. Our other tactic of trying to catch sides on the break is what he was there to do, and it worked to the extent that he almost always got past his immediate marker...as you say its what happened after that is where it went wrong. Not enough support for his runs.

Ok its happened again and I'm frankly puzzled...someone has said in the transfer thread that Pardew picked Sissoko mostly on the wing last season. And its also said quite a lot that he she play further back, in beside another central midfielder. I don't think theres a lot of evidence for the former and I take it that the latter comes from his time at Toulouse?...for me, he looks like a classic inside forward, which is what young uns would call an attacking midfielder these days and I think that's where Pardew picked him for most of the games last season. Can someone please explain why its thought he was picked on the wing?...heres something to have a look at, you might want to turn the sound down though

Even those who have made 4 payments on it already?....I'm renewing it because of that, and also because I'm a Newcastle United supporter, for good or bad. I suppose there a quite a few reasons for renewing...those that just want to watch live top divison football, some may just do it out of habit, some willing to give Ashley/Pardew another chance after the good season when we finished 5th, those who can't help themselves, some who think it's actually good value price wise, if not quality wise. Ashley has surprised us before with his signings, and there was a theory not too long ago we did business very well; good players, bought relatively cheaply, without long drawn out "auctions" etc. Theres no reason to expect that we're not doing that sort thing this summer. Thing is, Pardew has got to do better from the start, or he's toast. After the last 3 home games of last season he needs a very solid beginning to the season...if the fixture list is unkind, that could be it for him and we could be looking for a new manager in the Autumn..

because its a free country? I dunno, are all comics control freaks or something?...

there you go again You're right, I dont understand a lot of things about it. I dont understand why you simultanelously hold the rights to full attention, good standards of behaviour and respect from the audience then piss your pants when you dont get it or someone claims that one of your gags is offensive,and where the only defence you feel justified in giving id "its only a joke, dont get too upset". You're right. I dont understand that.

Why do you think I googled it?... its from his first book...reasons to be cheerful... As for the rest, it does seem utterly pointless paying money and then not listening. But if s/he is good theres more chance of holding an audience's attention. If you get a lot of people talking among themselves at a gig, theres a problem. If its only a couple, for fucks sakes, man up. Ignore them, its their loss, dont get a thug to hoy them out.

did you issue them with your list beforehand?