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Should be playing our strongest possible team. Our treatment of the cups in the past few years has been a fuckin disgrace.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes%27_list_of_the_most_valuable_football_clubs Our turnover was above Spurs in 2007.

Stan Kronke and The Glazers? (rather more literally in the latter case as they're getting the club to payoff the cash they used to buy it) Hicks and Gillett were the same at Liverpool, not sure about the current American owners. Would people prefer we had owners that did that but were prepared to spend more in order to compete? If someone took over and looked to build the commercial side of the club, improve it's image and attempt to grow the fan base, I don't see any reason why we shouldn't be able to be competitive without an owner needing to throw in huge sums of money. We don't even try to grow the club off the pitch at the moment. Other clubs tour the world trying playing to new fans. We can hardly organise a pre-season tour of Europe without it being an utter shambles. Turnover has barely moved under Ashley, despite increased TV money. Sunderland make more than us commercially. Its ridiculous.

I presume pre-90s we werent the team with the 7th biggest turnover in England or the 20th in the world. And thats without even trying to increase turnover. How we were back then shouldn't have any effect on expectations now or what we're going to do going forward.

Get Will Hughes, James McCarthy, Gomis and Scott Sinclair. All gettable in this window, we can afford it, and Cabaye can fuck off. Oh, and a nice new manager.

How long would arsehole have the dressing room for though. Last time he was here two players forced their way our in January and the Liverpool home game was as bad as last night. I can't see a way forward while Ashley is here. Poyet is probably our only hope. Not because he's a great manager or anything, but because he's better than what we have. So depressing.

I did. He used to go out to just try and bust Ronaldo at St James'. I remember the game Lovenkrands scored when he just basically ran over and smashed him on the touchline. Then he ran away with his chest puffed out like the cunt that he is. It's always a race between him and Beardsley to be the go to Geordie to stick up for Ashley too.

They didn't turn after getting shagged off the mackems 3-0 then Liverpool 6-0. It was still "Pardew, give us a wave" at QPR. The away fans especially are more interested in getting pished and having a sing song, proving they're loyal as fuck than they are about turning on the manager. SJP just stays quiet.

You could count on 1 hand the number of good performances in the past 13 months. Bordeaux, Chelsea, Sunderland away.....

A good account of ourselves until the sending off. hahahahaha!!!! Fuck off Alan!

The sooner Kinnear comes in, gets a couple game and has a heart attack the better. Both of them gone.

How is this cunt still in a job. It's beyond ridiculous now.

If we manage to keep hold of Cabaye this cunt will be shouting it from the roof how much of a success the transfer window has been keeping hold of all of our stars.

Arsenal are just doing what we do.

Normal, as in trying our best to succeed.

Can't see it being true, but it would be some relief if it was. This fat fuckin shameless tacky piece of shit has dominated all my thoughts on football for years. Would be great to see him go so we could be normal again.

Had to laugh at the Sunday Supplement. Henry Winter, not sure if our players are good enough, but apparently we have a good good manager so should be fine. Its the other way round ffs.

The gates to a brick wall.

Liverpool, Man Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs...All in the back pocket. Forget them, lets collect City now. Utterly laughable.

City may be in a different world to us, but we should be in a different world to Norwich, Swansea and Cardiff. They're getting players in and spending money, we're not.

The 5 January signings were the signings we should have made LAST summer, not this one.

It's bad enough this shambolic summer without reading Pardew quotes every day. Can the cunt just not shut his fuckin mouth? Everything he says is bollocks.

Carlisle Away

I don't want him and I think he's shite, but it isn't all about assists and goals stats. Jonas is poor now, but a season or two back he was a good player for us despite his poor assists and goal record. He would win a ridiculous amount of free kicks in dangerous positions and on so many occasions take the pressure off the team by moving the ball up the field and keeping it.

Was planning on going to this but havent got any tickets and none on sale up there. Will be going up to watch Berwick Rangers there in a couple weeks so not too fussed.