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Got tkts for the Saturday at V fest Hylands Park, headlined by the best band this country has produced in the last 30 years http://www.vfestival.com/

I think the fuckwits in the media just like to compliment him becuase he's been to university. Doesn't stop him from being just about the biggest wind up merchant out there (although Pardew is running him close ) A mate reckoned he ordered everyone on the Sunderland bench when they scored on Sunday to run up and down the touchline celebrating like a bunch of teenaged fanboys. Didn't see it myself, but he reckons he used to pull shit like this all the time at Celtic.

Too early in the day Tom. Being a goal down for three quarters of the game didn't help either. Fuckin mental when we scored mind

Great half from Ben Arfa. Nothing to do defensively because of the sending off though.

4231 isn't the same as 451. Spain won a world cup with that formation and a front 4 of Sturridge, Welbeck, Johnson and Young is hardly defensive minded Fuck me its Andy Townsend in his "tactics truck" Perhaps you'd like to pont out the salient differences between the two for the benefit of the unenlightened i.e. me

Like theyre in a posistion to judge....I used to hand our Sunday League score cards to one of the old fuckers, Peter Hough, head of Dorset FA. Run from a Portacabin in a car park. He was on Simon Jordan's disciplinary comittee when the Palace chairman was up in front of the FA...I think it was a bit like 3 christians v 1 lion....basically a bunch of amateurs running a professional game.

James Murdoch has stepped down as executive chairman of News International.

Anyone get the impression that Pearce has got it into his head (or someone at the FA put the idea there?) that he stands a good chance of getting the gig full time?...according to the press this morning he's changed some minor bits to do with the tournament later this summer eg warm ups etc. I think its pretty irrelevent whos appointed, weve tried every sort of manager out there and none of them can make the typical English season less physically demanding or motivate the players sufficiently to be able to shrug being knackered off and giving it their all. Would the current squad react well to the motivational techniques of a sort of cross between Churchill (the patriotic statesman, not the dog) and Vinny Jones? I don't think the Redknapp thing is a done deal, walking away from Spurs at this moment in time for a thankless job which will end in tears anyway seems a strange thing to do. And the job will almost certainly be open again for him in a couple of years anyway.

After Sundays exertions Gerrard must be a bit tired, or perhaps Dalglish has threatened to act as PR advisor for Stuart Pearce if Psycho starts him tonight?....maybe Dalglish could get Suarez in touch with Pearce's brother, a meeting of like minds.... Either way if hes fit Gerrard will have the armband in the summer.

Scott Parker has got the armband for Englands game v Holland tonight

You'll have to thank him for me when you see him next

I saw him doing it on the box, one of those "live from the Appolo" things, couldnt agree more. Didnt really get the Mighty Boosh either, him and his mate seemed to be 2nd rate Vic and Bob copyists. Thing is he comes across as to me as a natuarally witty bloke on Buzzcocks.

Going to see John Richardson tomorrow night, he's the dark haired northern lad from 8 out of 10 cats on channel 4. Anyone seen him before? Bit of a purple patch for stand up round our way (all at Poole Lighthouse) in the next few months, we've go Rich Hall next which am really looking forward to, then Rhod Gilbert in April and in May Mark Steel is doing his "towns" thing. Mrs PL has paid for tomorrow night and Rhod Gilbert and I picked up the tab for the other two, theyre all £15 apart from Gilbert which is £25, I take it he's considered a "bigger name"?... she now thinks he's a greedy Welsh twat

Oh and as we speak Barton hasn't been adequately replaced. We've little service from out wide to speak of.

10 million for Colo. Can't argue with the rest but do you really think we'll keep them?

Am fine me like, but I think people swallow a lot of media guff and post it on here as informed opinion. Its a bit like the x files at the moment i.e. "the truth is out there" but the likes of Pardew I think are spinning it in a more positive iight than the situation warrants. Theres been good and bad since relegation, I've mostly enjoyed going to the games. Cheerleaders and fanboys are entitled to their opinion of course, but I think theyre being sold a few whoppers by the club. I disagree. Since the Carroll sale, Pardew has been very careful with his words and has guaranteed nothing. Only the other day he was saying how we could lose players in the summer. yeah, but he was droning on about "the Spurs model" the other day when we will never compete with them on wages. Its what Derek and Mike are putting out there. He was tucked up about Carroll by them too you'll remember. "No way is he leaving" etc etc...regardless of what was offered, they still made him look like a puppet. Fair play to Pardew though, this season has been pretty good, considering.

Am fine me like, but I think people swallow a lot of media guff and post it on here as informed opinion. Its a bit like the x files at the moment i.e. "the truth is out there" but the likes of Pardew I think are spinning it in a more positive iight than the situation warrants. Theres been good and bad since relegation, I've mostly enjoyed going to the games. Cheerleaders and fanboys are entitled to their opinion of course, but I think theyre being sold a few whoppers by the club.

add Colo into that and you've got it. All gone in the next 12-18 months because we won't pay what the likes of Spurs can/are willing to pay them. Thats NUFC with 12-14k more fans than Spurs every home game. I understand we've been losing money for half a decade or more but that has stopped. Now is the time to speculate. As has been well documented on here Spurs' turnover dwarfs our own and it used to be the other way around. We need to grow as a business but I don't think Ashley is interested when this is a once in a decade chance to really go for the top. Shame. Haven't four out of that five signed deals within the last year? Yeah, on the face of it good news. I dont think we're in a position to "do a Modric" though if say Chelsea come in for Tiote. We'll sell, with no intention of keeping him. We're spending what we're generating, but thats not enough when you need to keep players to keep competing. Alan Carr is plainly a genius, but he wont keep coming up trumps with free transfers and the odd injury prone or tempremental talent for relative buttons.

add Colo into that and you've got it. All gone in the next 12-18 months because we won't pay what the likes of Spurs can/are willing to pay them. Thats NUFC with 12-14k more fans than Spurs every home game. I understand we've been losing money for half a decade or more but that has stopped. Now is the time to speculate. As has been well documented on here Spurs' turnover dwarfs our own and it used to be the other way around. We need to grow as a business but I don't think Ashley is interested when this is a once in a decade chance to really go for the top. Shame.

When has Pardew or anybody said that? apologies if they have, mustve missed it.

Weren't you the one saying your future domestic happiness depended on Ben Arfa when he signed?!

A lot of that came out when we signed him....a gamble by Ashley that hasn't (and was masssively unlikely to) paid off.....yet.....who knows though? The signs dont look good at the moment, but Dennis Bergkamp was written off at this stage too. He needs to do as Pardew tells him though, then he'll maybe get the run that he needs.

There's a photo on my Facebook in "Alan Pardews black and white army" ( am not signed up to it, my mate is ) which appears to show Santon looking out of a vehicle window showing a piece of paper with SMB scrawled on it.....cant get it on to here from photobucket via my phone, doubt if its genuine but it does look like him....

We'll have to sell our best half dozen players and replace them with cheaper but better players. Spurs didn't need to let their best players go because they paid them more than we're willing to pay ours as part of the "plan". What we're doing is admirable in a way but seeing as our crowds piss over all other teams bar 2 (if Arsenal keep going down the road they're currently on we'll soon see off their 20k bandwagon jumpers ) then I think we should be aiming a bit higher. The old order "big 4" we've had for the majority of the last decade is changing and when Fergie retires with his club 600mill in debt sometime in the next 2 years, it will largely be over. Now is the time to flex our muscles a bit but with our wage cieling probably half of what Spurs have paid on top of a far better base of talent then I think we'll miss the bus. Ambition isn't a dirty word, its a must for where we are at the moment if we want to take advantage of the change in circumstances of the leading clubs. Don't think the owner sees it like that though, but I do live in hope. 10 mill on Cisse is positive and may signal a change of gear in the transfer market. But if Demba and others are allowed to leave it will prove to be another false dawn for us.