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I'm sure China's golf courses will provide him with the opportunity to maintain the thrill of competitive contest.

His second reference to drugs in two days - apparently said something about drug testing CEOs (or other executives?) Probably more likely that the person who made the 674m mistake was a massive cokehead, something Ashley didn't have a problem with until it lightened his wallet.

Gonna have to wait in line, Bruce has been hogging it during training sessions Quality referencing

Those “New Member” tags are surprisingly valuable...

? Oh back in the olden days of 1998 when we had no VPN and WIFI and had to use sneaker mail and write letters to people with our quills. Both ahve been around since mid to late 90s I think. Although I see the point that more people now are using them to mask their location in the days of illegal streaming / paranoia I’m not simple

Yeah, that was pretty fab NPW Trabzonspor kit

You're paranoid Both 30, joined 3 days after he was banned, very similar and repetitive I remember Dave would post common IP addresses to out duplicate accounts. I guess in today’s world of VPN and wi-fi there’s no point...

The whole story is daft.

Like failed drug test or ACL rinsed...

Wasn’t that completely fabricated (on here?)

QuAlIfIeS aS hOmE gRoWn WhEn We MaKe EuRoPe

17 goals and 20 assists in a season for a defender is pretty fucking decent like, even in a Mickey Mouse league. Doesn’t he take pens for them?

Just read some of the complete shite he came out with in his press conference - “I am in control of transfers” amongst others. Yeah, eat shit, cunt.

Does anyone know if he speaks English? Could make settling in tougher

It would be really cool if he failed to score before Easter, missing penalties at both ends of SJP in the months beforehand. Think of it - this is the relaunch of Ashley’s get-rich football scheme, on its biggest scale ever. Imagine if his shiny £36m toy flopped so badly he was flogged 12 months later for half that - that’s the sort of loss that might make Ashley question his ownership.

So their wages won't appear in the future accounts? What happens with players whose wages were put into that charge who subsequently left before the end of their contract? Will that show up as being repaid? The whole thing seems bloody stupid if i'm honest, what's the point? It’s an accounting trick, and as Matt says, the those wages that were written off in 17/18 should not appear in subsequent accounts. But who is checking? Recording future losses in current accounts that in fact do not turn out to be losses can even be a crime (depending on intent), but, again, who is checking?

Doesn’t he (Fekir) have Demba Ba’s patented ticking knee bomb?

I think he will prob be a good player but not with the manager we have and the lack of creativity around him, doubt he’s gonna fashion chances for himself Messi would struggle to lift a Steve Bruce side.

Steve Nickson is gassed on him and (has probably) convinced Ashley to sign the biggest cheque he’s written for the Toon - for a player Ashley twice rejected the opportunity to sign. You’re right, that doesn’t make him less a player by itself, but there is/was something about this player that Rafa didn’t like. We’ll see soon enough, although Ayoze is playing in a much better squad at a more ambitious club. If he doesn’t outperform Joelinton @ Mike Ashley FC, then he’s flopped enormously.

No idea if that second point is true or not yet like. Rafa loved Ayoze and didn’t want Joelinton - says enough to me. Ayoze also scored more last season fwiw. I’m comfortable with it.

I read recently that Schteeve Mac got a written warning for talking about transfers inappropriately. Looks like Brewcie is going to need one too

Pay £4m to downgrade from Rafa to Brewce. Pay £6m (net) to downgrade from Ayoze to Joelinton. Mike Ashley, retail genius.

Ashley’s loins stir as the new hero maturing asset rises.

I’m with Stifler - throwing myself into a competition possibly even worse than Canada’s, because it’s not Mike Ashley FC