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With the benefit of hindsight, he was going around the time of the mackems game, twatting them bought him a months grace. For saving Ashley's investment last season with his ability to get some questionable characters/egos in the changing room all moving in the same direction this is the thanks he's got. He was probably a dead man walking after the Ipswich game last season tbh, but what sort of fuckin wanker Ashley thought he would get to do a better job this season given our owner's brand of stewardship is anyone's guess. Ashley lives or dies by this decision, if we go down again the protests after the Keegan debacle will look like a smooth ride. Cunt of the first order. Maybe Ashleys thinks we'll be placated if he appoints Pedro full time. Anoither fuckin huge misjudgement/gamble and compleltely contrary to the weasel worded statement that accompanied Chris's dismissal. So it may well be Pardew. God fuckin help us.

Aye, can I please appeal for absolutely no mercy to be shown? Some sympathy being expressed by Gower/Atherton for Poontang because of his woefully inadequate bowlers. Good, they're fucking shit so lets have a laugh at smashing them everywhere. Australia wouldn't give you the steam off their piss back in the day, they'd hammer you for any weakness and are the vilest sore losers on the planet if things dont go for them, so get them battered please. Thing is theyve lost all their brilliant ruthless bastards, some of the greatest cricketers ever to step over a boundary rope.....Warne,Gilchrist,McGrath,Hayden,the Waughs, even Punter himself is reckoned to be the something like the third best Aussie batsman ever, regardless of his captaincy skills. This day was always coming. Just hope the weather holds off enough to really humilliate them

lice

How many can you get? I got 29 out of 33 http://www.threematchban.com/quiz/gj

I tell you something if Qatar can host a WC Scotland can. It's a disgrace. Scotland can't host a world cup because they dont meet the criteria....that being the financial ability to buy off fifa and the actual finance to put the tournament on. It's all about making money for fifa and they will give the tournament to the country who they will make the most from, legally or illegally. Not legally mate, not legally. It was an accepted fact that England's bid was by far the most economically viable, and profitable. Yeah fifa probably accept that but then ask themsleves "well whats in it for us?" which is where we fall down by being pretty straight and principled. Thats why I couldnt get too upset about the MPs expenses "scandal" last year....we have the straightest public figures on the planet, regardless of the monor ways in which they step out of line.

I tell you something if Qatar can host a WC Scotland can. It's a disgrace. Scotland can't host a world cup because they dont meet the criteria....that being the financial ability to buy off fifa and the actual finance to put the tournament on. It's all about making money for fifa and they will give the tournament to the country who they will make the most from, legally or illegally.

Why would the kickback hungry and profiteering members of the fifa executive comittee want a World Cup held in a country that already has all its stadiums built? They can also play the "first time in Eastern Europe" card They also get to meet the future King of the United Kingdom, have their and their wives photo's taken with him,shake him by the hand and look him in the eye, and then blatantly lie to him. And to David Beckham. But he's a cock sucking coroporate whore who deserves everything he gets

Will Andy Carroll be too old for Qatar 2022?...there must be lads in youth teams everywhere getting the factor gooosefat out as we speak. If you're at the peak of your career around then you're going to be well chuffed with the global stage for you to display your talents turning out to be a fuckin desert in the middle of nowhere with playing temperatures of around 40 degrees...and Blatter and his corrupt fuckin henchmen are likely to be dead by then

I think the profit in South Africa for fifa was about 300 million quid, as you say, tax free all hail Sepp's happy "football family"

its only one....unless Jeff Thomson voted for Holland/Belgium would the other one be the yanks? and whoever mentioned Linekers flounce after the Mail fitted up Wiseman and asked whether hes going to leave MOTD made a very good point

naah...Italia 90 heres Fanny Batter now...what a cunt

I don't believe that. There'll be toys out of this pram if we don't get it, this is bigger than the Olympics. Just going on what 5live were saying like. We're by far the best bid but thats irrelevent really. Its politics thats decides it, not ability to dleiver a top class tournament. It'll be intersesting to see the African teams' reception in Moscow or Madrid if they are succcessful. There are still dozens of match going morons in this country but at least theyve been shamed into silence. Not so everywhere though

Sepp Blatters powerbase at fifa are the countries of the devloping world....he's got to keep them happy to keep the gig. But he has to balance that with making a shedload of money.Which is where we (and Qatar) come in. But the Spanish/Portuguese bid has 12 votes in the bag apparently, which is the compromise between us and Russia, and it looks like even fifa cant face handidng their showpeice event to the mafia.

Pitch invasion at St Andrews apparently after Brum got a late winner v Villa.....looks like they fired a couple of flares into the Villa section

That pub in Byker with the old dude playing the spoons (Leazes?) looked like the Black Garter on match days

Kevin and the lads get excited about the new pup's arrival

Some piccies from my folks place up in the Cheviots at the weekend dug the car out Sunday morning though...bit slippy around Berwick but made it in good time

I think Gibbo is a bit like Kenwright at Everton.....they know that the type of fan who will turn up week in week out regardless of what they're being served up wont have a word said against them because "they're fans too"....it gives them just enough backing and makes them reasonably happy to stay in charge because, well, they're in charge Don't know if Gibbo would sell,don't know who'd want them, but Kenwright wouldnt in a million years though. He gets asked every year at the Everton agm what price he'd accept and always ignores the question Gibbo tried to go with Southgate and the kids that came through the youth team, which was admirable in a way. Probably thought a season or two in divi 2 would see them ok. Didnt work, enter Strachan who was a fuckin disaster. Difficult to tell what'll happen now. Thought they looked good against us at their place last season. The Aussie up front and Barry Robson ran the show I thought.

Arsenal used to be one of the more reasonably priced London clubs. Certainly at Highbury anyway. They certainly were.....I remember 14 quid maybe 10 years ago? Thing is about all this "ooh Arsenal haven't won a trophy for 5 years" bollocks in the media, what really gets on their fan's tits isnt the lack of siverware as such its the fuckin price to watch a team thats miles away from winning the title even this season. In saying that, Wenger's done well to keep them in the champs lge places whilst theyve built, moved to and started to pay for a brand new ground.

ok...how can you compare a no doubt very good player who sadly didnt complete a season for us with Pedro who played 276 times for us and scored 108 goals? You appear to indulging in one upmanship of the stupidest (and dare I say most childish) kind just because you're old enough to have seen him play. Comparing players from different eras is pretty pointless at the best of times but this is fuckin ridiculous. And no, I'm not obsessed with you

Hooray. Sense at last If anyone thinks this season was going to be anything but up and down at the very best then they're on another planet. 5-1

Fuck off man it's Blackpool away Easter weekend

Prince Harry is fuming about the upcoming royal wedding.....apparently it's family only

Henderson has carried his form from that game over to this one

aye, and this was number one for the whole summer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WhhSBgd3KI Not a huge fan of the royals, but William at least appears to be down to earth and without the social awkwardness of his fuckin old man Don't fancy a republic if when we vote for who is to be President all we have to chose is between some bastard washed up politician or Steven Redgrave.... rather go with the Scots-Germans tbh.