PaddockLad
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Diarra is the sort of player we used to sign....been at the biggest/most succesful club he's likely to play for and is possibly on the lookout for a bunch of mugs who will pay him the same money, whilst he turns in bone idle and under motivated performances. We signed loads of them and I can't think of one who was an unqualified success.
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Cabin in the woods.
Story is poor, no tension, but a classic b movie style romp. Funny in parts and decent effects without going ott on gore.
It's basically modern Evil Dead with an extra 30 mins
Saw it today...owes a bit to from dusk till dawn and the NZ slasher pic with the kung fu vicar iyam...monsters straight out of Buffy/Angel according to the missus, I think the writer and director are the same pair that produced the tv shows.
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wouldnt lower myself to anything like that level....Villa....honestly who gives a fuckin shit? It was like theyd won the cup the day they sent us down with a deflection.
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Ruthless.
Which member of staff was Hughton shafting then?
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Two questions, how much has he put in and how much is he likely to et back?......the latter is a lot less than the former, but he may feel we're at "the top of the market" if we get into the champions league. Even if he does, is it fair to say he'll be 60-70 mill short of what hes put in?...that being the residual debt from the Hall/Shepherd years that we're currently not paying any interest on. I think he'll stay for the time being and see where he can take us becuase it makes it all the more likely he'll get his money back and he fianlly seems to have come up with a system for running all facets of the club that works. I feel a lot more posistive about all that than I did 12 months ago, and obviously thats down to results.
The one thing pissing on his parade is the sense that we're an advertising hoarding for his core busuiness. That fuckin sickens me, as the club is getting nothing in return. I dare say if things continue to improve on the pitch that will matter less and less, possibly even to me
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2 fixtures apart from our own will go a long way to deciding decide where we actually finish:
Barca v Chelsea on Tuesday....if Chelsea are dumped out they will strangely have a lot more to play for against us by the time we roll into town on the 2nd May..although they do have the small matter of the FA cup final 3 days later as well...gotta love fixture congestion
Man Utd v Man Cty a week Monday...if Man City get beat youd have to wonder how motivated theyll be when they come to SJP.
If things go our way in these fixtures we may not need to beat Chelsea, which is the one am really not that confident about out of the 4 remaining. I think anyone saying "we've got a game in hand on Arsenal" is forgetting its against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, where our record is appalling. And it has to be said that Spurs were in a similar situation to this 2 seasons ago when they won their last 3 games to get 4th place...including going to Man City and beating them in the last game to do so. But we're the form team at just the right point of the season... and it does appear more and more that Spurs have shot their bolt. Cant see them getting more points than us from their remaining games. If we beat Wigan and they drop points at home to an obviously motivated Blackburn next weekend then that could be it for them.
Basically fuck knows where we'll finish, but its going to be a brilliant end to the season. We're in unchartered territory with a new side, we're not sure how they'll handle proper pressure games. But the signs are good, very good if yesterday is anything to go by.
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aye.
this is latest offering from about 3 months ago. Recorded it in my bedroom and as an unmastered demo: http://soundcloud.com/acrobatic-society/death-industry-un
this is the first EP we released last year. you can buy it on iTunes as well: http://soundcloud.com/acrobatic-society/sets
http://www.acrobaticsociety.co.uk
and this is the label: http://tinylightsrecordings.com/
we're on Facebook also, so add us!
*edit* In response to what sort of music it is... it is really lo-fi. Kind of post-punk in places. I like to call it wey aye lo-fi. but i don't think its going to catch on.
Please be kind (as you can be!)
aye.
this is latest offering from about 3 months ago. Recorded it in my bedroom and as an unmastered demo: http://soundcloud.com/acrobatic-society/death-industry-un
this is the first EP we released last year. you can buy it on iTunes as well: http://soundcloud.com/acrobatic-society/sets
http://www.acrobaticsociety.co.uk
and this is the label: http://tinylightsrecordings.com/
we're on Facebook also, so add us!
*edit* In response to what sort of music it is... it is really lo-fi. Kind of post-punk in places. I like to call it wey aye lo-fi. but i don't think its going to catch on.
Please be kind (as you can be!)
Your vocalist sounds like hes ripping off some classic new wave band from about 30 years ago but as I'm in an advanced state of alcoholic refreshment am fucked if I can put my finger on who it is....its good, but will listen again tomorrow when am sober...I hear Wire and Television i there, but that could change...
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Chuffed that it has just been announced that my band's next EP will be released on an independent label.
going to get fubar'd tonight to celebrate.
What sort of stuff is it mate?....available on exclusive free download to TT members?
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If I'm honest I don't like tracksuit managers. O'Neill makes me cringe tbh with his tracksuit pants tucked into his socks. At least he doesn't wear a fucking baseball cap like a 14 year old though. Whereas we have the uber dapper rapeydoo......dressed to pull your wife or girlfriend as soon as your backs turned, especially if you're one of his players
fyp
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rip, great band
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Getting rid of Guthrie and Simpson means you'll basically be asking Perch (common opinion on here: "hes shite") to cover the entire back 4 and a midfield posistion. Fair enough we've got Ryan Taylor too, but apart from the untried and the useless (Vukic, Abeid & anybody you mention who hasnt played in the first team, Gosling in the other category) who else is there? Both Simpson and Guthrie have been offered new contracts as well. One ever present and one whos played 19 games despite injuries. Both good enough to have contributed to a squad on the verge of champions league qualification too.
Loan out the junior pros on the verge of the squad, get rid of the deadwood, and replace the likes of Tiote, Krul and Ba if/when they leave. Also looks like Pieters and Douglas are nailed on iyam. But getting rid of Guthrie and Simpson isnt on iyam.
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Wigan away on Boxing Day got Allardyce the sack. I wasnt going back either at that point. Had tickets for Stoke in the cup and the manu game at OT later in January but I was going to knock it on the head after that.I honestly couldnt face any more of it, and this was after seeing 2 relegations in the previous couple of decades and not losing heart. At Wigan we were singing "we're shit and we're sick of it" whilst Ashley was stood in amongst us. Mort sacked him after Stoke, where Allardyce had received a lot of support from us.
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Bracewell and Sellars.....if they played well, the whole team seemed to......
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From Baggio's post no. 692, about the differences between the champions league and the europa league:
“If you can get there and get a couple of wins in the group stages you are talking about substantial amounts of money. It is £600,000 for a win in the group stages – and that is just prize money.
“Newcastle will actually make more money from winning a couple of games than if they win the Europa League, which is a sobering statistic. It is a massive, massive difference.
“Rangers made something in the region of £17.5million by making it through to the group stages a couple of years ago.
Top 4 is what we need, anything other than that is likely to be not worth it financially. Fuckin sad state of affairs, but there you go. Thats UEFA for you.
Fulham made £12 million from their UEFA cup run the other year so it's definitely worth it.
A similar run should generate us more than that if the fans get behind it and go to the games.
Done a bit of digging, and you're spot on
Nevertheless, the Europa League does provide much needed revenue for many clubs at a time when clubs’ finances are being scrutinised more than ever before.
In 2009/10 Fulham’s run to the Europa League final, where they ultimately lost in extra time to Atlético de Madrid, generated £12.5m, 16% of the club’s revenue for that season.
From this very good article on the subject: http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_GB/uk/industries/sportsbusinessgroup/sports/football/deloitte-football-money-league/3dd395aa0c415310VgnVCM1000001a56f00aRCRD.htm
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From Baggio's post no. 692, about the differences between the champions league and the europa league:
“If you can get there and get a couple of wins in the group stages you are talking about substantial amounts of money. It is £600,000 for a win in the group stages – and that is just prize money.
“Newcastle will actually make more money from winning a couple of games than if they win the Europa League, which is a sobering statistic. It is a massive, massive difference.
“Rangers made something in the region of £17.5million by making it through to the group stages a couple of years ago.
Top 4 is what we need, anything other than that is likely to be not worth it financially. Fuckin sad state of affairs, but there you go. Thats UEFA for you.
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He's looked good in highlights and was Swansea's best player on Good Friday but I still wasn't that impressed with him on the day......if this is true does it mean Guthrie's off to Villa? In view of his dead ball ability I assume that would be good business on paper.
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"story"
I've met him once or twice and know a lot of lads who were coached by him in the early 90s....hard but fair they reckon. I doubt you'd get to the level he's got to (remember he's got to motivate millionaires week in, week out) purely by shouting at them a lot. It doesn't happen like that nowadays. I ran into James Beattie a lot when he was at Southampton, he drank in Bournemouth where Strachan didn't have any spies in the bars. A complete and utter pisshead as it goes, and proud of it. If we're to beleive what was in the paper about him and Pulis, then seeing as Beattie was complaining about having to change tithe arrangements for the Stoke Christmas do, then I'm not surprised Pulis nutted the spoilt prick.
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Pulis is a bully and a thug? Care to back that up? were you at school with him or something?
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Ozil scores a cracking goal after Ronny misses a one on one with Casilas....the way they recycled the ball to set up a tap in was class.
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Since when did Swansea play like Barca?
I sort of agree, if Stoke are so shit at football why are they holding their own in the top division?.....its shit to watch, but there you go. Their decades in the lower divisions makes their fans lap up any old shite. If the refs (big if that like) can curb their worst excesses then I dont have a problem with them.
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Over the length of the Premier League? It's got to be Neville.
True, but Parker has got 2 winners medals as well. A far better player than Neville iyam, who was no slouch either. I was going to say Wazza Barton but couldnt bring myself to, even as a joke.
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Sagna?
That's what I thought.
It's got to be Gary Neville at right back, surely?
I'll see your Gary Neville and I'll raise you Paul Parker
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For folk who claim to hate arguing with Leazes a lot of you spend a lot of time doing it...this leads me to dedeuce that actually YOU FUCKIN LOVE IT!
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European games against German sides please.
best trip last time the champions league came round for me was Bayer Leverkusen, what a fuckin piss up....Frankfurt last time in the UEFA was pretty damn good too. The majority of the locals were spot on, especially in Leverkusen/Cologne. I'd definetly be up for more Teutonic action
whats the dream EL group?...the worst group I've ever seen was Stoke's last season.....Israel, Ukraine and Turkey. All a minimum of a 4 hour hour flight away. They struck lucky with Valencia after they got through all that. Got to be pleased to come out of the hat with any club from Holland,France,Germany,Belgium etc...went to Riga when we played Ventspils, that was canny too....been to Italy 4 or 5 times, all good experiances but thay don't have any real pubs/bars, even in the city centres. I would imagine getting club from a "strong" European league is likely as I dont think our co efficient is good enough for us to be seeded.
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The only country that used to make anything of saints days was the US where immigrants used them as a tie to the "old country" eg St Pats day for the Irish and although not a saint, Columbus day for the Italians. Nowhere else did it, its a fuckin fallacy that Scots in any way celebrate St Andrews day and I doubt if many know when it us. Its Burns Night they go for, the Welsh have rugby in the south and in the north they celebrate their ancient culture every day by speaking their language that has survived and endured despite attempts to wipe it out by two of the most powerful empires the world has seen. In Ireland a day which rightly or wrongly was deeply religious has been hijacked by Guinness so the can flog more product. So don't feel too down about not being able to celebrate St Georges day, its a historical irrelevence anyway.