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Hope we can afford to fly him home by himself. Knew we shouldn't have bought the bore hole so soon, I know it's great to finally have one but it was too ambitious for a club of our size IMO.

My heart fucking bleeds.

The fucking cheek of a Barcelona fan being a "chronic pessimist" when it comes to football. "We're buying the third best central midfielder in the world to back-up the two best central midfielders in the world, who also play for us, but I just can't help but feel a little unsure about it all."

We should do like Ac Milan and get a Medical Lab to prevent and treat injuries. It will cost a lot of money, but in the long run i think we will save money having one. It was only 35m FFS. With Tiote's new contract, the bore hole, the cement around the pitch, finally being able to afford studs for the players' boots and now this club "doctor", I'd say the money is almost gone.

On the plus side, I hear that we've used some of the Carroll money to finally employ some trained medical experts to deal with things like this.

Late tackle from some cunt called Roger Espinoza apparently. Hope Tiote kidnaps him, chops his dick off and rapes his entire family while Espinoza is forced to watch while bleeding to death.

If he has a good year it's gonna be fun on here when we sell him to Man City next summer.

I'd just like to formally apologise to the forum for bringing the picture Mike is using as his avatar to his attention.

Great news, should save the club a couple of grand in airfare, accommodation and food expenses while in the US. Hopefully this will mean we can afford to have nets at St. James' Park again this year.

Gosling and Lovenkrands - Off their face on pills. Colo - A massive bag of Coke Jonas and Jose - A sensible few drinks, nowt more. Taylor - A few shrooms, poor fucker clearly thinks he's having his picture taken for the Sky Sports line-up thing.

I think what we should be after is a player who can play either out wide or just off the striker. Pardew seems like he fancies playing a 4-4-1-1/4-2-3-1. Ba would appear to be the likely first choice as the one up front, and I suppose I could probably stomach having Best and (*sigh*) Shola as the reserve options in that spot. But we're a bit thin in terms of the pacey options you need out wide to make that work, and we also don't have anyone else in the squad that I feel could fill in for Ben Arfa if he gets injured/struggles for form/needs a rest. Vuckic theoretically would be a good fit in that spot, but I don't know if he's ready. It's why I'm so disappointed that we seem to have given up on N'Zogbia, think he'd have been the perfect addition.

On the topic of songs, how do you actually pronounce Cabaye? I found myself singing 'The Boxer' by Simon and Garfunkel the other except just yelling "Yo-han-Cab-aye" over and over again.

Like the two situations are even remotely comparable. Was class when the guy ran into the endzone with the ball and just destroyed one of the people in the band.

By all means chuck abuse at him if you feel it's the way to go, it's a free world. I just don't see why anyone who does that then thinks moaning about no big signings is consistent. It's effectively saying "spend some of your money and buy some players you cockney cunts" Now if I was a cockney cunt I might well think "well fahck you you norvern baarstards I'll start charging interest on the loan" Far as I recall people were very happy when Ashley and his lot first took over the club. People aren't just chucking abuse at Llambias for the laugh like, they're doing it because he represents a regime that has come in and basically pissed on the fans and the club for the last couple of years. But yeah, maybe had the fans been nice to him yesterday then they'd have changed their outlook entirely and started to really try and take us places.

Aye, I'm sure he's pulling the plug on all those big money transfers we had planned as we speak.

Mrs Llambias: Derrick, why haven't you called? You know how I worry. Dekka: I'm givin' it up, Maggie. I'm quitting the club. [removes his jacket, and places it on a coat rack, then walks to a desk] Mrs: Quitting the club? You? Dekka: None of it makes sense anymore. [sits down and unloads his frustrations] I don't even know if what we're doing is right. The last thirteen days we've been working on a case, trying to get a real top class player off the books. And when I walked up to the fans today, I could have sworn they weren't happy. Maybe I can't tell the difference anymore. Maybe it doesn't matter. Because it seems like every time we get rid of one of these important people at the club the fans turn against me again in no time. It's just like Doug Ellis. Do you know how hard he worked to destroy that club? The tireless hours he put in?? And then he just gets cast off because somebody messed up and tells some Yank that he should buy a football club and run it the right way. I guess I'm just tired. I'm just damn tired. Mrs: [approaches and consoles him] Not another word of that kind of talk, Derek Llambias. [he looks up at her] Believe me I would love nothin' more than to have you quit the club and no longer have to worry about whether or not you're comin' home. But I know you. Lying to the fans and destroying their football club is in your blood. Wipin' that joyful smile off their faces is the only thing that puts a smile on yours. You're a good chairman, Derek Llambias. You don't have to question that. Because I'm here to tell you. [she caresses him, he kisses her hand] Dekka: And you're a good wife, Maggie. You know me better than I know myself. [abruptly rises and goes to the coat rack] Mrs: Where're you goin'? Dekka: Think I've got a little more work to do. [puts on his coat and heads outside]

Can't really blame people for being upset to be fair. Looks increasingly likely that we'll have a net spend of next to nothing this summer, on the back of selling an emerging local hero for one of the largest transfer fees the game has ever seen. It's natural for people to get their hopes up that at least a sizeable portion of that money was going to be reinvested in the team, especially when the manager comes out and says that's what will be happening.

STUNNED. Reckon we'll make a profit on our ins and outs by the time the summer is done, blatantly no intention to spend the Carroll money ("ZOMG teh Bore Hole ftw!!".)

Hey, at least we tried though!!

Do it instead of the community shield maybe. I still wouldn't watch, and it'd be unbelievably shite, but fuck it why not?

This was posted on an American football forum I use the day after that Brazil game. USA!!! USA!!! USA!!! http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nL3_EbHc8MA/Tg9or6CC2UI/AAAAAAAAAMk/0vc3EzkSEQA/s640/72dpiHulkHoganFlagLG.jpg

Aye, been a tough summer for your lot this summer VI. Chin up though mate, things will pick up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w15BH39QDxY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYjEm1FLYOI&feature=related Maybe?

A release clause you say? That should get our transfer team "releasing" some semen fairly sharpish.

"The signings we've made thus far have us in great shape and we're excited about starting the new season. We're still in the market for another player or two but we won't be signing players for the sake of it, they'll have to be the right ones for our vision for the club."