PaddockLad

Am not going to be too harsh on him as I didnt expect too much anyway, certainly not enough to compete well on all fronts. The policy we all admired (yes, even me) last season is still the policy, so we'll just have to fuckin lump it, its a bit hypocritical to do otherwise. Many were predicting mid table last season, and many were,due to Europe I imagine, predicting finishing outside the top 5 this season back in May and seemed to be happy-ish with this. The thing for me is we should be concentrating on the league, as thats where the real money is earned. I expect a european campaign like the last one....we' should get out of the group, but we'll get beat by the first half decent team we play in the knock out stages. A domestic cup of any kind would be brilliant and perhaps manageable should we be out of Europe in early spring....cant see us having the squad to fight effectively on 3 fronts so 4 good away trips would leave me happy enough.

I see a theme on here today...again, for someone inherently unstylish, even for East Boldon, you've got some neck

Sorry, I'm not taking lessons in sartorial elegance from the human who most closely resembles Wallace, from Wallace and Grommitt

Some flute band played the sash outside a catholic church last month....apparently things haven't been good in the area since....

Aren't they the same "person" anyway?....

Zenit will soon be a Super-club...city of 4million, 1 professional club, backed by Gazprom, multi billion pound natural reources exploiter. That means they'll be paying top wages, which means they'll soon be at Europe's top table. Is Hulk among the best strikers in Europe or has he got a fuckin good agent?...Andy Carroll's better if you ask me.....

Well no, but I know Murray and a mate of mine did meet him at a game, he's a good lad. But you'd have to actually attend matches to run into interesting characters like him

Hunt's off for being exposed as Murdoch's bitch, the fella at Health is for the chop as well for the Health Service reforms...despite being the only fucker who fully understands them, according to the radio this morning

Well, that seals the deal...think I'll be opening me Debenhams account in the morning... http://www.debenhams.com/men/bags/messenger-bags#catalogId=10001&lid=//productsuniverse/en_GB/product_online%3DY/categories%3C%7Bproductsuniverse_18664%7D/categories%3C%7Bproductsuniverse_18664_165103%7D/categories%3C%7Bproductsuniverse_18664_165103_165110_ms%7D&pn=1&pns=y&ps=default&storeId=10001

Naa honestly, being away brought it to the fore...we were in the Animal shop in town on Saturday and she said she liked the one I posted. Looks a bit like something you'd deliver papers from for me. If I get one, I'll go for the full "Mourinho" I reckon

Am torn like, tbf am passed the age where I care too much what folks think....think I'll maybe splash out on a leather one

"kitbag curling" ..... obviously commonplace at all 80s era's comps....

I wasnt a geek!...well, who didn't like star wars? ...but a lot of "normal" teenagers in the 80s carried the homework home in one of them....quite pricey iirc, had to beg me mam a couple of times at xmas.. Does Mr Catmag look like the lad in CT's piccies with his bag??!!......or is that from the holiday album CT?

I used one every day till about a year ago to carry tools in at the shipyard didnt have one as a young un'....addidas,fila,ellese was more me

Something to carry the mint condition Gloria Jones 7"s home in?

See, I like that, had a few of these as a youn un'.... but theres a lad in our office who carries one and he's strongly rumored to be doing semi-pro porno films atm, and its fair to say women faint when he walks by them....he's about 20, am old enough to be his fatha so I think they may be for the younger, some may say even "cooler" market..

tbf, I think wearing a rucksack properly looks worse than a manbag, which has sort of lead me down this road a bit... 1 rucky strap over one arm is awkard and is pissing me off....but this only arose on holiday, where there is a bit more everyday "stuff" to haul around....could take me lunch to work in it, ipod, sunnies...in the summer like....hmm.... its tempting...but some would say am needing "just for men" more than a manbag...still, Mourihno carries one, and regardless of folks' footballing opinion of him he's cool as fuck and women love him

a fuckin what?? .......can you put it over your shoulder?

Naa, theres plainly no chance its going to happen.....it wouldve been handy on holiday mind.....

Mrs PL, in her infinite wisdom, wants me to start carrying one of these, in fact this exact model...does any of you other men-about-town ever rock the man-bag look?... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Animal-Scuff-Satchel-Olive-LU2WA044-08C-O/dp/B008FVPALK/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1346704619&sr=8-10

Aye it sounds a bit tricky to persuade thousands of people like, which is good for you in this case...christ knows why they think that many would just swallow it I do Poole to Portsmouth 5 days a week to the best paying job in my game on the south coast, and theres a fella just started on my shift who lives round the corner so its going to get a lot easier. Worst thing is having to be there at 0630

man up Ant ffs, my commute is 116 miles a day

They bid 3mill for Dempsey....was that anything top do with the 120mill Dalglish pissed against the wall? For the owners that employ Mr Moneyball Billy Beane at Boston Redsox theyve either been badly advised (Commoli) or lost leave of their finacial senses. Probably one as a result of the other.

To cover both adequately, we'd need a level of investment that we all know we're not going to get under Ashley. Baggio has been saying we'll be fine with the squad we have since before the transfer window even opened. Seems that he's still ok with it now business is over till January. Not sure how he could make that judgement in May, but there you go. Its his opinion. As I indicated, Stoke's example is a good one, for me they did well to get out of that group. The big unknown is how seriously the other teams in the group are taking the Europa League. I do think Stoke benefitted from that, but still, Pulis had to balance the squad correctly. If we get through, you've also got champions league teams dropping in. Again, we dont know how seriously they'll be taking it. Basically, if we get through the group with the fringe players then maybe Pardew is thinking he'll play the big guns in the latter stages. But fuck knows. I still largely agree that our league posistion will suffer for the sake of a competition which, although it would be hugely satisfying to win, is worth comparatively little financially unless you get to a minimum of the semi finals. Stoke's league posistion suffered last season, same as most sides sides from the premier league competing in it semi-seriously. We'll see. Fulham got to the final....but didnt finish in the big money places in the premier league. If we do neither the season will have been a waste financially. That will probably mean we have to sell a couple of players next summer

Cabaye scares me. http://www.mcafee.cc/Bin/sb.html