madras

Don't those things contradict each other ?

Champions league and higher ceiling pull.

Ramsay was the rumour.

Always ? Things are changing. That's currently the state of play. Not so long ago we weren't even fishing in the same pond.

Now it does or at least will from August. How many of the past 20yrs has Paris had more than PSG in the top flight.

That's if you're looking at a direct replacement for Murphy which Im not sure we are. Much like when folk thought Tonali was a direct upgrade for Longstaff, the plan is possibly not that simple. Given the supposed links to Pedro, the report that the pitch to Delap was that he'd play plenty with Isak and not as a winger, the success of the 3/5 at the back last season, I think we may be in for much more flexibility next season.

Fair enough.

What sort of communication are you after ?

Also clubs will wait until the end of June to ramp up pressure on any clubs possibly needing to sell so they can drive the price down a bit more.

I'd the best sides aren't firing on all cylinders wouldn't that include us ?

The current record for earliest relegation from the Premier is 7 games remaining. If we relegate them they'll equal that (obviously games get postponed and played later but as things stand it's game week 31).

Champs league game before the Mackems.

Mackems here in March. Could relegate them.

Didn't some journo say the pitch to Delap was that he wouldn't be back up, that he'd get plenty of minutes with Isak ?

He could have made that funny by adding 'Howdon Aldi death queue" to the list.

Not that I think the Premier league hate us but I reckon the opening day we'll have Liverpool away at Midday, then Man City away at 3pm then Arsenal away at 8pm.

Early March then ?

Isn't there a horse racing thread ?

Close. Baz Warne is and he's been in the band for nigh on 20yrs now.

For all it's true "historically" in my life time, which is close on 60yrs now, we've been the bigger club/better team for nearly all of it. There's maybe been 2 or 3 seasons theyve been in a higher division and even then there wasn't much between the teams and I've never approached a Derby match accepting defeat and just hope8ng we dont get humiliated.

I don't think so. Smith had left Newcastle uni before joining and I've no idea of the backgrounds of other members. We'd maybe see Dire Straits (formed in Sarf Lahndan) as an East Midlands band had John Illesley wrote the lyrics ?

Are Maximo Park Smoggies ? Paul Smith is from Billingham but Duncan Lloyd (founder) is from Derby, however the band were formed in Newcastle.

Fieldmusic as well.

What bits interesting ? It's what we already knew about how deals work. It's the full package not just fee divided over the length of the contract.

There was a time when they referred to themselves as Geordies. Oh and Mackem started out as an insult.