Greg

Guardiola, like Rafa here at Newcastle, insists the players speak English in the group, and I'm sure he probably can speak reasonable English. I just think after so long here he (or anyone that has been in a country for so long) should be comfortable speaking to the media in English.

I don't want to sound like a gammon, but 8 years into living and working in a country almost anyone should be fluent in that countries language by then.

I don't think it's that weird. After 8 years living and working in the UK he should be pretty much fluent in English It's different when someone has only been here a few years.

Surely Aguero can speak good enough English, to be comfortable in an interview, after eight years?

They did get in until 2015 mind.

Just a knock, should be okay for Liverpool.

Should do this with you:

What was he doing yesterday? Moonlighting? Well i posted that Sunday, and yesterday would have meant Saturday..so...um...playing footie against Southampton...maybe ? How bizarre, came up at the top of the page as a new post so presume you had just made it and got confused.

What was he doing yesterday? Moonlighting?

To assist referees and linesman when deciding if a ball has gone out for a throw in or a corner / something for Matt Ritchie is assault.

I once started a poll about this years ago. I have no idea if it still exists. Favorite time of the season for me is CL final. For non NUFC football it is definitely the last two months of the season. CL knockout games in particular and then watching teams fuck up promotions etc.

Well, actually it really is. It is like a noose around the neck of the club. If he refinanced on the same terms as the existing loan it would have entirely been paid off by now. Disagree. Can't remember when the loan was taken, but with interest that's about £12m of cash outflows annually over 10 years, at time's when we've hardly been flush with cash. Perfectly happy for it to sit on the balance sheet and be factored into any selling price tbh. Ultimately though it barely matters how we're financed, with owners so devoid of ambition. The original debt was considerably lower than what it is now, caused due to his own incompetence leading to relegation. Even with his £33m taken back. It makes no difference in the day to day running of the club I agree, but it certainly has an impact on any sale price.

Well, actually it really is. It is like a noose around the neck of the club. If he refinanced on the same terms as the existing loan it would have entirely been paid off by now.

They are different entities. Just like you can't (shouldn't) just use the coffee shop funds to buy holidays and booze (unless a legitimate business expense) - you pay yourself a wage or a dividend from the coffee shop business.

We’re not in debt. He owns the club, it’s his debt not the clubs. A club can’t be in debt to it’s owner, that’s just bullshit Wrong. How so? Nobody owns the club other than Mike Ashley. On a balance sheet it can be shown as debt but when the debt is to the owner it’s just accounting bollocks. If I spend £10k putting a new kitchen in, my house isn’t in debt to me. Well of course not. What a ridiculous analogy. That would just be you buying something for your house out of your personal funds. If Ashley had done similar to that when NUFC had to pay off the existing loans then there would be no debt. He didn't and I don't think anyone would have expected him to do so. However, had he simply refinanced the debt with a bank we would have likely paid it all off by now. Right, so you buy a business, for example a coffee shop. You work out the coffee machine needs replacing for £4K so you buy one. Is the coffee shop then gonna be in debt to you, or just worth £4K more? Again, this is utterly stupid because this isn't what has happened here. That would be the case if Ashley had just given the money to club to pay off the bank debt as a gift. He didn't. If you loan the coffee shop £4k from either yourself or one of your other businesses and expect that money to be paid back, then yes it is a debt. If you gift the coffee shop the £4k then no it isn't a debt.

But he basically uses it to stand on and nothing else? He'll cut back onto his left or use the outside of his left before using his right foot.

I've never really been a critic, he has a great football brain and a great right foot. The only issue is his lack of pace which means he doesn't really scare the opposition. Compare him with Miggy on the other flank for example. Almiron has no assists or goals as yet, but he puts the fear of god into the opposition with his pace and dribbling skills. They can't push up with confidence in case he gets in behind them. Like he did today when he should have had Ward-Prowse sent off for desperately bringing him down to stop a goal scoring situation. He has a horrific right foot.

We’re not in debt. He owns the club, it’s his debt not the clubs. A club can’t be in debt to it’s owner, that’s just bullshit Wrong. How so? Nobody owns the club other than Mike Ashley. On a balance sheet it can be shown as debt but when the debt is to the owner it’s just accounting bollocks. If I spend £10k putting a new kitchen in, my house isn’t in debt to me. Well of course not. What a ridiculous analogy. That would just be you buying something for your house out of your personal funds. If Ashley had done similar to that when NUFC had to pay off the existing loans then there would be no debt. He didn't and I don't think anyone would have expected him to do so. However, had he simply refinanced the debt with a bank we would have likely paid it all off by now.

Was as good as Beckham during the 2001-2003 period.

We’re not in debt. He owns the club, it’s his debt not the clubs. A club can’t be in debt to it’s owner, that’s just bullshit Wrong.

Any new letters from Mandy, Stiffy?

no one has, have they ? 100% pen for me, just Salah's throwing himself to the floor which is funny, as others have said though would he have got the pen if he hadn't, probably not. No one on here, Neville kept alluding to it though. Aye but he kept prattling on about the pitch being too dry, he's a div at times. The pitch was dry, it makes a massive difference. Most clubs water the pitch heavily. It's clever from Cardiff.