Christmas Tree

There was a Barclays markets analyst on the beeb the other day who was basically saying the next 10 years (at least) are going to be pretty horrible to live through with many recessions throughout this period. He said within a very short period there will be no option but to cut public spending even further. How governments down the road are going to fund social care, pensions, housing etc etc is quite scary. He also said this was the only viable route and being able to "buy" our way out of it through increased borrowing / further public spending was ridiculous. Still, as long as you have good family, friends and an interest in beer and football, you should get by.

Not according to the head of the IMF http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/...ion%2C_Says_IMF Double-dips, Stagnation, as predicted. The next few months will be interesting regarding currencies and Govt debt all around Europe. I am now a firm believer that the free market is fucked now that the balance has tipped to the East and there is only one cure, WW3. Sometime off yet, but getting ever nearer. Welcome to Parky year 2007. Are you building a bunker?

How did the North East tour go down?

Not according to the head of the IMF http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/...ion%2C_Says_IMF Double-dips, Stagnation, as predicted. The next few months will be interesting regarding currencies and Govt debt all around Europe. I am now a firm believer that the free market is fucked now that the balance has tipped to the East and there is only one cure, WW3. Sometime off yet, but getting ever nearer.

No going on the pitch mind Edit... Then again you've got nowt to lose

I would reccomend dead centre in the Leazes. Sat their for the first time at the last game and much preferred the view compared to side on.

Too expensive. The wifes finished maternity and Im full time Dad so its only the evenings, but mainly weekends I can get out. Chucking all those Saturday double shifts is just too expensive.

Going to be a bit of a headache picking the right midfield, particularly if Gosling continues in that form. Nice problem to have. Now just find someone to finish!!!!!

http://coach.nationalexpress.com/times-and..._utmk=142097970 Gets you in with two hours to spare. Got to book by 29th July though.

£9 http://www.nationalexpress.com/coach/Offers/summer-2011.aspx

cheapest way? walk

Tickets on general sale today. About to order three for me the wife and eldest daughter. Fortnight on Saturday and we're off again!!!!! Hoping for a lovely sunny August day with a few pre match sherberts, a win and a visit to Stowell street post game. Cant wait.

See this is the mock up United for Newcastle are putting out. Im sure I read somewhere a few weeks back it was being renamed the SBR stand......too much to ask I guess.

The point i was making about tax is that the £4m is tax free as its a business cost. If SD get e.g. £2m advertising services out of us and dont pay for it, that £2m is now part of their profit (and not costs) and is subject to tax at corporation rate. Therefore, giving it to us for free costs SD the corporate tax rate of £2m i.e. its not free. Tried reading that 3 times now and my head hurts. My old MD used to throw rulers at the our accountant when he spoke like that. Your MD must've had trouble with basic accounting. As I've said before, I don't think SD shareholders or the board would accept throwing silly money on advertising with us as an acceptable way of reducing their corporation tax liability. The marketing department will only care about the ROI on the spend not the amount. If they get the ad space at just below market rate, they will all be happy if there is a clear uplift on the SD sales line. The bottom line in all of this is that the "branding package" on offer imo is not that valuable. Advertising within a ground on hoardings etc is not that expensive as it is. The fact that a few key areas of the ground are also on offer, doesnt imo suddenly make it mega valuable. EG: A million quid gets you quite a lot of coronation street ads reaching millions of people in one go and is a direct selling message that prompts action. I would have been shot for suggesting my old company pay 500,000 for this sort of package never mind a million. It really needs dodgy deals like Man City or a super rich company on a branding ego trip or getting it for free.

The point i was making about tax is that the £4m is tax free as its a business cost. If SD get e.g. £2m advertising services out of us and dont pay for it, that £2m is now part of their profit (and not costs) and is subject to tax at corporation rate. Therefore, giving it to us for free costs SD the corporate tax rate of £2m i.e. its not free. Tried reading that 3 times now and my head hurts. My old MD used to throw rulers at the our accountant when he spoke like that.

Take them out for a Ruby Murry Somewhere like the Rupali would be a good idea. Im guessing thats an Indians

Take them out for a Ruby Murry

Having a look around this morning it appears that sports direct only has an advertising spend of £4 million. To put this in perspective, when I used to do the advertising for a sofa retailer with 60 stores, I had an advertising budget of £6 million and that soon gets eaten up on TV. This is why we will probably see no big payments from SD to NUFC as their current "advertising budget" simply couldnt justify it. It should however be a great opportunity for a big company with lots to throw at branding and therefore seems surprising that no one has come in for the @ St James package, thus leading to the only logical conclusion that it is indeed, not for sale.

I have a mate like that who managed to accompany me only to defeats and draws last season. His half time happiness against West Brom and celebrations that he'd finally seen us win started to crumble shortly after the 60 minute mark. He's so far refusing to attend this season "for the teams sake".

Apart from the usuals, its nice to hear that Vuckik and Gosling seem to be playing well and will be in and around the first team squad next season. Also the new lad Albeid?? seems to be getting some good reviews. Now if we could just get this striker business done and the left back slot sorted....

It would be bad enough listening to this if there were pictures, but just sound Night Night.

Jonas.....also known as spidermag

No moving pictures for this

Meanwhile, 3 hours earlier........ http://www.toontastic.net/board/index.php?...st&p=941416 I though it so bad that it wasn't worth wasting the bandwidth copy and pasting it.