Theregulars

How do you prove it?

Weirdly I heard the exact same from my friend who worked for one of Sports Direct's panel law firms (Reynolds Porter Chamberlain). She was seconded there for 6 months and to this day says it was the best experience of her professional life. She's now like living in a hippie commune in Brighton and works in osteopathy and "energy healing", so she isn't at all the type of person who likes businesspeople. She maintains he's the most supportive, time-generous, and motivational manager she's ever had.

As far as I remember they were here at the same time...?

Electrifying chat

Ginger Pirlo touches down; he surveys the misty scene. The ground is wet - is it rain, or the tears of opponents vanquished and future? He crouches, squints - looks for the moon. It’s invisible; he howls anyway. The city shudders: it has been warned.

Get this man a platform

And still - nobody knows the facts.

Absolutely. In a normal employment contract there would be an express clause allowing termination for illegal activity / adverse court rulings; if not it could be implied in or argued under case law that it's a fundamental breach of trust in the relationship. I've no idea what a footballer's contract looks like though: following supply and demand logic and their value, I can see a scenario where all risk on this front is loaded onto the acquiring club.

I like this guy

Is Maguire out of form?

I'd like to think that, until we know anything concrete, in public fans can get behind him. If he's innocent, and he sees that his new city and people are on his side, useful bond forged IMO. Really important to emphasise that nobody here knows, or can know, the facts.

Nor are any of us really in a position to know the facts.

@HaydnNUFCstill owes me £20 so he’ll be paying for my meal - ta

Ginger Pirlo narrows his eyes; furrows his brow, scoffs in a very European way and saunters off to plot artistic revenge

I see a player who isn’t confident that he knows what he’s doing or where he fits, so he’s second guessing himself instead of playing his natural game. Being generous, it’s a sign of a good player that they’re able to fit in well enough despite that. I also reckon the training is on a different planet to what he’s experienced before (I think Eddie said that he wasn’t training at the start as otherwise he’d be gassed?)

Yeh I did man, nothing yet.

You won't beat the whites' press. We're like a big soggy flannel.

Dead keen.

Sorry, it feels like I’m getting a lot of criticism my way from others. My mistake.

Persistently telling yourself that people are imploding is weird.

I’ve repeatedly said that it was a good result. My view on Anderson would be the same had we won the match. It just seemed a timely observation as he’d made 3 pretty glaring mistakes which, in my view, had a significant impact on the outcome.

Yup can see the argument, hopefully I’m proved wrong and he kicks on.

My view on him has nothing to do with his age or where he’s from, I just don’t see a good enough player there.

Absolutely. What a squad and coaching job since losing at Brighton and with all the injuries and new challenges.