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Gayle selling more shirts than Neymar Ahh. Compiled by Sports Direct. Ties in quite well with Paully's link in the Mike Ashley thread; probably includes all sales through 'nufcdirect'. Surprised a Rangers player didn't eek on there.

You're taking emotion and enjoyment out of the game if you can't flip your colleague the bird?

How was it Spurs managed to go over the deadline, aside from a probable 'Arry led bribe? Similar to this? Can't recall. As always, to me it just feels like double standards that's the problem.

As satisfying as that 2-0 with him in goal was, he was proven right in the long run. As such, I'll never begrudge him leaving and will always have fond memories of how much of a beast he became for us. Shame he's had to retire so early; only 31.

Choose a Sky game, come up, have a meal in one of the amazing restaurants and enjoy a few beers with good people in a good pub and Ashley doesnt see a penny. Not a bad shout at all tbf.

First year since 2012 that I'll have had the money/holiday days to make a good trip out of heading up north and was buzzing for the fixture list so I could work out the best time to take in a couple of matches. Now I'm back to not wanting to put a penny into the club. Gutted.

Christ. After all of this, imagine if Redknapp came and Ashley let him spend. We'd definitely end up with Defoe next season.

Didn't Shepherd have ten years to learn from his mistakes? And he could've still managed it? Why are you writing Ashley off so soon? He's also had only ten years. #wait

What I love most about this is that this reads exactly like something off RAWK if it was the other way around, except there wouldn't have been a hint of irony.

One of the few players that I'm genuinely sentimental about. Shame it ended this way. Would love to see him get himself back to the standard of a few years ago and prove people wrong.

It'd end up for the inevitable phoenix club, surely?

Genuinely feels like the club's only hope right now. Not that I'd wish it, or owt.

Shot that down just as quick as I was expecting.

Feel like this exceeds simply 'daft' but here it goes.. Could a season ticket holder 'do' Ashley if they could make enough of a case that his lies of doing this and that for the club persuaded them to invest in their ticket, before he did his usual backtracking? I guess the fact he's not quite dumb enough to start bellowing exactly how much he would be giving Rafa for transfers etc would deem this no. But just thinking from a false representation kind of angle? I'm the other end of the country with no season ticket btw so this isn't wishing thinking, just pointless bored musings.

Says it all that this Stifler roast will be the best part about deadline day.

I'd live with this if I had any confidence we had a plan in place to replace him. As it is, we'll just recall Adam Armstrong.

All the players we refuse to release and are determined to get some sort of return for, no matter how paltry, I'd fucking love it if he was the one that they just went 'enough is enough' and released him. Would be completely deserved.

He was another signing in the Murphy mould except didn't have quite the same impact. We knew what we were signing him for. Nothing bad to say about the guy. Wish him the best of luck.

We'd still replace them with Carlton Cole on a free.

So the whole point of the meeting was to tell Rafa to shut up and do his job (which we know they'd never have the balls to say to his face, unless that sort of dirty work is what the lawyer's been brought in for. Could imagine Charnley poking his shiny little head over his shoulder like the pathetic little fart is as he gets someone else to do his job). Yet this talk was all supportive of Rafa? How does that work? Makes sense. Cheers.

I thought I was doing fairly well then realised I didn't swap my players again and I've only won once in three. I'm out.

So the whole point of the meeting was to tell Rafa to shut up and do his job (which we know they'd never have the balls to say to his face, unless that sort of dirty work is what the lawyer's been brought in for. Could imagine Charnley poking his shiny little head over his shoulder like the pathetic little fart is as he gets someone else to do his job). Yet this talk was all supportive of Rafa? How does that work?

The market's gone mad.

Well there's your problem. He presented a business plan. Big Mike doesn't need no business plan, Rafa, you fucking nerd.