madras

I f***ing hate it when people call it that. Whoever says becomes an instant tit for life as soon as they say it. Believe me the lad who said that is a tit anyways,a cocky...Aston Villa fan! it;s the only reason i know who the sponsors are. i don't know who sponsors the prem or the FA cup and haven't for a few years.

on radio 5 and talk sport it was mentioned pre match but during the game when they went over it was "over to St James' park". it didn't seem likethey were trying to make a point, more that just that was its name.

too often that sort of symbolism is used by some to appear that they are well meaning while not actually giving a toss. Particularly the people who appear on TV around this time the with the vast majority getting a poppy placed on them by a makeup artist. aye. all hail jon snow. may he reign.

10yrs ago no-one did. (i'm fairly sure)

too often that sort of symbolism is used by some to appear that they are well meaning while not actually giving a toss.

nope. games on rememberence sunday have. games on the saturday ? sure it's a very new thing. the poppies on shirts is,i'm sure only from the last couple of seasons. i know it was rhetorical but i couldn't resist.

are you forgetting how bad hull,sunderland, portsmouth,boro were last season. their only difference was they may convert the one chance they created. in fact i'd say plymouth for a while, definitly QPR and in the first half donny played aswell as those last season.

in what way ? like who ?

speechless

This Steve Claridge annoys me a lot! aye. claridge is a bullshitter par execellence. 22 years as a professional. proves the "supermac clause" is true.

This Steve Claridge annoys me a lot! aye. claridge is a bullshitter par execellence.

that it magnifies the fact that really the meeja is only bothered about 5 or 6 clubs in the country and it self prophesises (?) to create it.

damn fuck cunt wank wtched match of the day awaiting the first round of the FA cup

he wouldn't have if he'd done due dilligence. in fact if that was the reson he'd have been better off putting together a 50mill package with fred for shirt-ground sponsorship and marketing rites. Possibly not, but he must have had a reason to buy it. So what was it? You’re quick to suggest he bought it to promote sportsdirect is utter s*** - presumably you have a better suggestion for why he bought the club? my guess is that he bought the club because with the crowds and money coming into prem football he thought that if he could get shot of the massivly under performing huge f***ing earners he could make a go of it and with an iproved off the field position could probably sell us on for a tidy profit. unfortunatly he didn't do due diligence which eant he didn't know the sponsor money had already been done in or that the change of ownesrhip menat a surprise assivly outlay from the off. thats my guess. seems more likely than him paying close on 250mill in order to advertise his company......no ? Possibly, though he didn’t know it was going to cost him £250m when he bought it. You have to think about how advertising works. A company paying £50 for an advert in the paper does so as they expect it to lead to increased revenues of more than £50. When Northern Rock paid us £25m over five years they expected the increased exposure to bring in new business worth more than £25m, When Adidas paid us £25m over five years to manufacture our kits it’s because they excepted the profits from the sale of NUFC kits to be greater than £25m. This is a simplification but you get the idea, hopefully. Now if, for example, Ashley hung onto NUFC for five years and gave Sportsdirect £50m of advertising for next to nowt, and then sold the club for what he paid for it he’d £50m quid up straight away. Your theory isn’t without merit but if we end up with a Lonsdale kit sporting a sportsdirect logo you might want to revaluate it. do you really think it would be 50mill per season ? Over five years, that’s what I said. It won’t be that much in the Championship, but that wasn’t part of the plan was it. even in the prem we wouldn't get 50mill per season sponsorship. You have to think about how advertising works. A company paying £50 for an advert in the paper does so as they expect it to lead to increased revenues of more than £50. When Northern Rock paid us £25m over five years they expected the increased exposure to bring in new business worth more than £25m, When Adidas paid us £25m over five years to manufacture our kits it’s because they excepted the profits from the sale of NUFC kits to be greater than £25m. This is a simplification but you get the idea, hopefully. Now if, for example, Ashley hung onto NUFC for five years and gave Sportsdirect £50m of advertising for next to nowt, and then sold the club for what he paid for it he’d £50m quid up straight away. Your theory isn’t without merit but if we end up with a Lonsdale kit sporting a sportsdirect logo you might want to revaluate it. still take him a long time to get his 250mill back

i hope that was a go at me.

if none of the players want to leave you can't force them.

goes for most managers to be honest. Certainly does, but do you not find it strange that he's signed a contract to be manager without even knowing what those restraints are? the rerstraints will be ever changing. it all depends on wether he beleives the resons for any restraints.

goes for most managers to be honest.

he wouldn't have if he'd done due dilligence. in fact if that was the reson he'd have been better off putting together a 50mill package with fred for shirt-ground sponsorship and marketing rites. Possibly not, but he must have had a reason to buy it. So what was it? You’re quick to suggest he bought it to promote sportsdirect is utter s*** - presumably you have a better suggestion for why he bought the club? my guess is that he bought the club because with the crowds and money coming into prem football he thought that if he could get shot of the massivly under performing huge f***ing earners he could make a go of it and with an iproved off the field position could probably sell us on for a tidy profit. unfortunatly he didn't do due diligence which eant he didn't know the sponsor money had already been done in or that the change of ownesrhip menat a surprise assivly outlay from the off. thats my guess. seems more likely than him paying close on 250mill in order to advertise his company......no ? Possibly, though he didn’t know it was going to cost him £250m when he bought it. You have to think about how advertising works. A company paying £50 for an advert in the paper does so as they expect it to lead to increased revenues of more than £50. When Northern Rock paid us £25m over five years they expected the increased exposure to bring in new business worth more than £25m, When Adidas paid us £25m over five years to manufacture our kits it’s because they excepted the profits from the sale of NUFC kits to be greater than £25m. This is a simplification but you get the idea, hopefully. Now if, for example, Ashley hung onto NUFC for five years and gave Sportsdirect £50m of advertising for next to nowt, and then sold the club for what he paid for it he’d £50m quid up straight away. Your theory isn’t without merit but if we end up with a Lonsdale kit sporting a sportsdirect logo you might want to revaluate it. do you really think it would be 50mill per season ? Over five years, that’s what I said. It won’t be that much in the Championship, but that wasn’t part of the plan was it. even in the prem we wouldn't get 50mill per season sponsorship.

what do you mean by 'do it right' ? If he did now what Parky said in the opening post, i.e. spending where we need to spend, getting a decent manager etc. then I'd consider that "doing it right". do we just include spending as that spent on players ?

he wouldn't have if he'd done due dilligence. in fact if that was the reson he'd have been better off putting together a 50mill package with fred for shirt-ground sponsorship and marketing rites. Possibly not, but he must have had a reason to buy it. So what was it? You’re quick to suggest he bought it to promote sportsdirect is utter s*** - presumably you have a better suggestion for why he bought the club? my guess is that he bought the club because with the crowds and money coming into prem football he thought that if he could get shot of the massivly under performing huge f***ing earners he could make a go of it and with an iproved off the field position could probably sell us on for a tidy profit. unfortunatly he didn't do due diligence which eant he didn't know the sponsor money had already been done in or that the change of ownesrhip menat a surprise assivly outlay from the off. thats my guess. seems more likely than him paying close on 250mill in order to advertise his company......no ? Possibly, though he didn’t know it was going to cost him £250m when he bought it. You have to think about how advertising works. A company paying £50 for an advert in the paper does so as they expect it to lead to increased revenues of more than £50. When Northern Rock paid us £25m over five years they expected the increased exposure to bring in new business worth more than £25m, When Adidas paid us £25m over five years to manufacture our kits it’s because they excepted the profits from the sale of NUFC kits to be greater than £25m. This is a simplification but you get the idea, hopefully. Now if, for example, Ashley hung onto NUFC for five years and gave Sportsdirect £50m of advertising for next to nowt, and then sold the club for what he paid for it he’d £50m quid up straight away. Your theory isn’t without merit but if we end up with a Lonsdale kit sporting a sportsdirect logo you might want to revaluate it. do you really think it would be 50mill per season ?

what do you mean by 'do it right' ?

Both Steve Harper & Alan Smith appeared infront of the protesting crowd after the match. Harper was even clapping them. Maybe we could end this myth about fans chanting about Ashley affecting the team? a myth started by the players if thats the case. Which players? wasn't it steven taylor and alan smith who said they've got to try and not let the negative atmosphere at times get to them. Of course it was negative last season we were getting beat most weeks on top of everything else. no. this season aswell

Both Steve Harper & Alan Smith appeared infront of the protesting crowd after the match. Harper was even clapping them. Maybe we could end this myth about fans chanting about Ashley affecting the team? a myth started by the players if thats the case. Which players? wasn't it steven taylor and alan smith who said they've got to try and not let the negative atmosphere at times get to them. chronicle interviews mind so possibly shite.

Both Steve Harper & Alan Smith appeared infront of the protesting crowd after the match. Harper was even clapping them. Maybe we could end this myth about fans chanting about Ashley affecting the team? a myth started by the players if thats the case.