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On 31/03/2022 at 18:06, LFEE said:
Will anybody want me to book a meal for Saturday evening around 7pm? Need to know next 24hrs ideally before decent places book up so a courtious RSVP - Thanks ?
I’ll be following you around all weekend as per so I’m in for some scran. If I say chili, you say padi
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39 minutes ago, James said:
I think the issue is that Ashworth knows every single priority transfer target that Brighton has right now.
if Brighton know about a 20 year old Tunisian league player who has a minimum release clause of £820k who they’d expect to be worth £25m after three seasons of PL experience for example, then there is no realistic compensation figure that would persuade them to break Ashworth’s contract.
I think this is persuasive, if that’s one of his perceived values then I guess the negotiations centre more on a provision blocking him from using knowledge acquired under their employment. When I moved law firms I had a 3 month gardening leave for that exact reason, so they could take first stab at the (very few) clients I had.
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Either is fine for me - slight preference for 12 on Sunday but that’s purely because i have an allergy to morning exercise
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2 hours ago, Yorkie said:
We've never finished later than that, but full time last time was bang on 12, but that was with a 2hr slot thanks to the high turnout.
I’ve not woken up earlier than 9AM for about 2 years so this should be entertaining
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Yup, I’m available.
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Ginger Pirlo looks up, emboldened. He surveys the landscape, he is hungry for goals, and ready for battle.
can do first 3 weekends but in Canada for the final one.
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I remember living in Singapore and watching NUFC get humbled by Sunderland and Bournemouth at like midnight - 2AM with the Singapore Newcastle supporters club, a few expats but mainly local Singaporeans who all fell in love with the Keegan or Robson sides on telly. Those were weirdly grim nights - everyone knew what was likely to happen, but it was like this odd ritual. That kind of crap makes this all so much better.
When I arrived there we still had Pardew - I remember him making one of his double left back switches against Villa, and it was the only time I heard a Singaporean use the c word. When I lived there I couldn’t bring myself to wear a Toon top or tell people who I supported, so I literally would say Bayern Munich as my then girlfriend is from there and I could at least feign interest. It was like football become high end shopping, just following this nice to look at but ultimately meaningless designer brand.
I cannot accurately relay to you how happy I am that is over. It was so discombobulating and stressful. “Bruce is doing a good job” / “what more do you want?” / “Ashley has you debt free” / “You don’t have a divine right to win the league” - all that kind of drivel is now proven for what it was and you can laugh directly in the face of the dickheads who said it. That’s another facet I love about this situation, just going up to friends and asking how Bruce got on last night or whether they think Ashley should buy Chelsea given his immense abilities as a benevolent club owner and debt-hater.
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I was thinking about this as I drove home from St Mary’s. I realised that I had just had one of the best nights in years - I was purely and completely content, all sung out, felt smug and proud of the community. Letting all the love and excitement has been almost like a drug hit, I have let it wash over me over the last month. It’s been so beautiful to watch our club be competent and respectable, and attract plainly good players and decent people. I will bleat about it to whatever poor prick happens to be in the vicinity.
So the circumstances that led to that being possible; that’s how it felt. The opposite of everything good about being a football supporter. If you’d have told me when I was a teenager / early twenties that Newcastle United would make me feel uncontrollably sad and furious on a daily basis, that id have to fake apathy, that id adopt other sides just like some cheap way to numb the pain, I’d have looked at you like you were pissing on my shoes while insulting my father in Spanish.
In a really horrible way he was also my gateway to learning how awful and corrupt the world can be, and that having to like very viscerally understand that “bad” often wins. I genuinely couldn’t grasp for a few years why we wouldn’t try, it didn’t compute in how I used to understand the world. It really took away some innocence and joy.
Just a bewilderingly slow, painful bleed which made you feel stupid and ashamed for still watching or following. I never could do the apathy, and I sincerely wanted to.
I also hated the way it felt like nobody understood or really cared, because outside of us, they didn’t. It felt like someone you knew and loved was getting abused in broad daylight and nobody could do a damn thing.
Fuck him, man. Fuck him. I wish him pure ill and I hope every unhappiness, misfortune and pain manifests for him. I sincerely believe that he’s a malevolent criminal sociopath. Whoever raised that should be so deeply ashamed and concerned. If he was run over by a bus then raped by a shark I’d still hope a bird shat on him. The Mike, The.
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I'm in the away end for this - get in. Any fellow forumites? Last time I went here we lost 0-4 and @Neesy expertly trolled John Carver while Tim Krul looked sad yet understanding, kind of like your mate's old labrador.
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Imagine this with trippier in place of Krafth and ASM in for Murphy. That’s tantalising. We look so well coached.
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Circumstances have played out to leave Leeds in serious danger. Very high stakes time to appoint a comparative unknown in place of such a massive personality. I’m not sure they have the quality to stay up without whatever extra Bielsa was getting from them.
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That Rodri handball decision is so blatantly wrong that it took the enjoyment out of watching Lampard lose, which takes some doing.
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Sadly not, I don't use Twitter!
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I’m not even convinced by the “need a squad” argument. One of the many players who have played for us during the Ashley years who you can’t conceivably see playing at another premier league side.
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But what undoubtedly makes him right for the role is that he’s English. Dan can identify a bargain on a cold Tuesday night in Stoke, even through quite severe drizzle. Those limp-wristed chorizo nonces Monchi and Txiki Begiristain watch cycling and don’t even wear ties around the office, the fucking creeps. Ashworth means Ashworth.
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4 hours ago, Lush Vlad said:
I used to love him. Then he went off the boil. Then back again. Then shit for ages under two different managers. Now I just think his time is coming to an end here.
It’s always felt like he has had a place in the side. As our CB’s are not great on the ball, even Schar is a bit ropey at times, despite him being much better than the rest. Shelvey seemed like our only player that would actually get the ball forward. Other than aimless hoofs or little dinks to nobody in particular.
It has always seemed like his mobility, the way he sits too deep most of the time and how he often slows the play down. Plus the walking red card factor a lot of weeks. It has been a position we have needed to upgrade for ages.
That seems to be coming. Now that we have signed Bruno and a Cb in Burn, that is comfortable on the ball. I think he will gradually get phased out the team.I’m just not sure it is going to happen tomorrow. But towards the end of the season or by the start of next at the latest, should we stay up. I think he gets replaced.
Yeh I think that’s a pretty fair analysis, although I’d say he has set up, scored or been involved in a not inconsiderable number of goals over his time here. For the club with such a low ceiling that we were, he provided some memorable moments. It probably says more about the godawful state of the club that I like him, in all honesty.
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Man, the bonk-on I’d get for beating both Lampard and Gerrard. Such overrated human beings.
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Think Shelvey persistently gets a raw deal on the forum. He has his limitations but he's been one of the better performers since Howe came in and he's been nowhere near one of the worst parts of the Ashley regime. Think he's earned a regular starting berth and I don't see him being dropped for Bruno; seems to be an element of negative groupthink towards him.
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If he's out, I would start Bruno - no tactical reason but think it would galvanise the crowd who might otherwise be gutted that KT isn't playing.
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Good, the squad is considerably better than it was a month ago. I think there was a lot of pragmatism as well as proper ambition, and the latter netted us two (what look to be) seriously good players.
In the context - some commentators saying it would be impossible to attract talent, some saying new owners don’t know what they’re doing, league position, early phase of massive transition, skeleton senior staff, clubs less willing to do deals in January, unreasonably stiff commercial conduct (Manchester United)… it’s a really good first attempt from them and everything they’ve done made sense; I also think they impressed some players and other clubs’ senior staff in negotiations.
I can see the argument that we’re a player light in attack. There’s going to need to be a contribution from one / a combination of Fraser, Almirón, Willock and/or Joelinton in attack; Wilson is going to be needed again; ASM staying fit is crucial and we’re going to need Wood to justify the move to sign him.
I hope improving the overall side, which has been done, will improve how they attack as a unit. Like a lot of posters, I think we were a Lingard or similar away from making survival probable / having a brilliant window. As it is, a good window.
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1. @ManDoononce flattened me in an N-O game; he had no respect for the original Ginger Pirlo. I can attest to his magic feet.
2. Wood has played with these players and for this manager for like 3 weeks? Let’s give him a bit longer before we decide he’s sub-par.
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Allan Saint-Maximin (now playing for Fenerbahce, on loan from Al-Ahli)
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Think it was more because he was outrageously talented and scored / set up some blinders, as well as being a rare ray of hope in a bleak time for us. I adore him as much as the next guy but he had some indifferent games for us.