NJS

I suppose I don't really "use" London these days as much as I used to - I had a housemate for a couple of years a while ago which did lead to a lot of stuff there but recently I've been happy to just go to a few gigs and the odd night out after work. I sort of accept the prices but deep down I can't help feeling stung - even though I know from trips to Newcastle that there isn't a huge difference any more.

Isn't its whole ethos Phorm type ad delivery though?

I had a two week holiday in 1978 with my Mam & Dad where we stayed with relatives (in Grays, Essex of all places) and did all of the tourist stuff which was fantastic at the time. I can remember me and my Dad and Brother took one day where we did a tour of all the football grounds including Wembley which was shut as it was a Thursday - didn't really think at the time I'd visit them all with Newcastle later. I think there are two sides to trips to London - all of the traditional touristy things and then there's the "go out on the piss" side. Both are a bit limited if you only visit briefly.

Our relegation was completely deserved but I despair at seeing teams like Stoke having a chance/talking about Europe. It would really only have taken minimal investment in the last 2.5 years for that to have been us.

I'm not a high brow film fan and probably won't watch anything else mentioned but that is an exception - really enjoyed it.

One of those genres that just doesn't do it for me - I don't like brass instruments anyway which is a bad start for a lot of the common stuff you hear in movies etc. The scat (I know) stuff that Cleo Laine did/does I find intensley annoying.

80m is too much for a championship club, however 80m for our championship club if it is no strings attached is a necessary evil. fyp I dont see £80m as a bargain at all because this club isnt what it was two years ago. Its a shell of its former self but it can be big again and it can be worth a lot more than that however thats the price and its down to us to i) raise the purchase price, ii) raise additional funds to get it back on its feet, and iii) ensure it never again gets into this kind of mess. TBH after reading about the trust I think you/we have a good chance of buying the club. My fear is the same fear I had about Moat - I see trouble ahead in the investment in players side of things. The Mackems have benefited from the Irish lot and now Short being able to seemingly spend amounts which look at the moment to be beyond anything but a "Sugar Daddy" type of owner. I'd be interested in reading how you'd reply to that. Of course the trust would enhance the sense of belonging in the club to unprecedented levels but I feel that if this pride was only reflected in a mediocre team that the enthusiasm would wain.

80m is too much for a championship club, however 80m for this championship club if it is no strings attached is a bargain.

Nothing is "free" or "included" - you'll just end up paying for it anyway.

If it was a bottle full of liquid then fair enough, if it was a plastic pint glass then I've seen many performers just laugh that off as part of life. Might be some Manc/Scouse antipathy as well but I would have thought he would have been above that.

Incidentally, nobody has mentioned the cheating twat that is Darren Bent - the way he dived and then deliberately trailed his foot downwards to make sure it brushed Gomez's body was fucking disgusting. I was slightly mollified by Bagpuss's whinging though with a "tough shit" on my lips.

My fear is that Ashley, in the absence of a "fair" offer, will try and wing another season in the premier if we go up which will set us back years again. I still think a "failure" this year which forces him to sell is better in the long term.

Yeah I remember Twin Peaks - I was a big fan of it and unlike many people at the time thought the second series was just as good as the first.

Did we not back Keegan? I did... Sarcasm mate.

It's a balance I suppose - do you try and get 40k people paying 2.5k or 100k people paying 1k? (Knowing that any more beyond the 40k is worth a lot more than more beyons 100k) From a populist pov I do think that maybe 2.5k is a tad high.

Yeah maybe on re-reading they are over-emphasising that game in the scheme of things - fair enough. I don't think they are "forgetting" all of the other issues/factors in saying that but still....

I read it that they (as I did) realised that day that relegation was a possibility due to the squad being shit and that that game was what turned out to be a critical six-pointer which is fair enough. I don't think the defeat was down to the fans/atmosphere but I don't think it helped.

Some of what they say makes sense - I can see that if your pov is that promotion is the only thing that matters then a "truce" makes sense and also the point that it won't change his mind anyway. My view is that getting rid of Ashley is more important than what the team does this year.

I see now Hughton's playing the "protests might affect the team" card so it'll be the fan's fault if we lose just so you know. As I said any respect I have for him is disappearing as he becomes more and more of a Lickspittel.

I don't know how job centres work these days but isn't it possible to give a point for every job applied for and then give out points based tickets? Agree with the kids - there was never anything wrong imo with the Mackems doing that as long as they hadn't bragged about the crowd size at the same time.

Not for one moment wanting to defend a Tory but the one report on this I saw a couple of weeks ago definitely had Cameron saying "we will hold a referendum if the treaty hasn't been ratified" - clear as day. Obviously the Checks might have delayed again but they didn't so the promise is defunct.

5/5 are you MAD? At least keep him till the end of the season. From bitter experience that's his good spell over for the year.

I know on the pitch is paramount but I'd like to dig out the development plans for the metro station etc and see about developing the ground in the long term. On the pitch I'd sack Shola.

I've just read this as I thought at first glance it was going to be naive and simplistic (apologies PP) but I now see it's a serious plan and I'm very interested. As an unreformed lefty who's been "forced" to embrace the idea of pension funds, I have to say the idea of being able to invest in something I care about rather than in some stock market based, capitalist bullshit fund is particularly appealing. I look forward to the details.

It look like they were all waiting for someone to stick their head above the parapet of stupidity before it becomes common - on behalf of football, thanks fat cunt.