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If there's an England manager less likeable than Fabio Capello, it's Harry Redknapp.

It's solo Harry.

The Harry love-in on TalkSport at the moment is incredible. You'd think he was the second coming of The Lord. It's like Redknapp-porn, and that's not something anyone wants to see.

He said they were of good character and so the jury should tend to believe their testimony IIRC. Sounds like he thought the prosecution was a load of bollocks. Also they had paid a large amount of tax perviously and so argued that there was no reason for them to avoid a small amount now.

It is weird, I would have thought they wouldn't have bothered to charge him unless they had strong evidence.

After Cisse I'm a bit more confident that we will get most of the players we need. As to who they'll be, I haven't a clue.

True. Playing under him must be pretty hard going, except for Carra and Stevee Gee maybe.

I think Henderson will turn out to be quite good, Carroll might eventually as well. They aren't worth the massive fees, but they aren't bad players. It's just that they bought too many of the same type and didn't really end up with a balanced team.

Me too, he was probably the signing I was most excited about until his injury. Confident he play out wide or more central as well.

It wasn't the ignorance defence that got them off though was it? It was the fact that the judge instructed the jury to believe their word that the money was an 'investment' rather than anything to do with the Crouch sale.

The greatest legal mind of his generation.

That Krul one is unreal. What are the chances of two people looking like that? It's madness I tell you.

Definitely, Suarez scores great goals but I wouldn't bet on him getting more than Ba.

Wonder what I should call my perfectly legal offshore bank account? Pick the name of your first pet and your first house number, or something. Dino31 for me, not bad.

Wouldn't be the end of the world if Cabaye didn't play every game. He works his arse off and does look a bit burned out at times. He is better than Guthrie though.

Have I logged into a forum in an alternate universe where it's even debatable whether Allardyce was total unmitigated shite?

Would be gutted if we lost him without him having a fair go. Crazy to make such a brilliant signing and then waste his talent.

How hard can it be to get a head and shoulders photo of someone against a plain background? He's at every training session FFS.

Aye, he's been brilliant for them for a while now. Really evolved his game since he was just destroy/pass sideways.

I honestly thought it was impossible to win a game with a midfield of Perch, Raylor and Guthrie. Like you say, solidity and graft has got us far this season, and even though I want to see more of HBA I can see why Pardew has valued those qualities above all else so far.

I bet the cat cost about £25m.

Everyone keeps saying we don't have an amazing squad, yet we're fifth in the league despite missing a few keys players for a while too. Surely by any normal measure that means Pardew is doing a great job. Whether he's the one to lead us onto bigger and better things remains to be seen, but he has earned his chance to try.

HBA is miles ahead of almost all of our current players in terms of ability. The question is whether he fits into the system. My view is that he can, Pardew thinks it's better to go for a more conservative option. So far he's getting results, so I guess he can claim to be right. I still think now we're safe from relegation we may as well cut loose a bit more. But then again, if we got into the Champions League I would explode with excitement, so it depends.

I'll never trust you again Super_Hans!