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This is one of the three occasions on which I have seen us play live, btw.

Change my is to was or originated as then you pedantic bugger. my point still stands with regard to the popularity of the current war/occupation. No it doesn't because that wasn't what we were arguing about in the first place.

I don't see what's so absurd about me just wishing that we could show a bit of respect. Perhaps my line of work makes me biased.

I mean, I'm sure there are some people out there with Celtic shirts, just not enough to be considered a "marketing coup." That would be like looking at me waltzing around in my '05-'06 Scott Parker and remarking "wow! there must be a large Newcastle following in South Korea!"

Someone in the Seoul municipal government decided several years ago that the City would look nicer if we got rid of all the rubbish bins. Eventually people realized that it was a terrible idea and started putting some back. Still not enough though. Said person has now moved up to a bigger job, btw. Guess who.

Fair enough. In my mind the "top six" have always just been the six leagues that used to be selectable when I was playing Winning Eleven

Our lastest signing, Cheick Tiote. I see you made this statement well before we signed him, but from what I can gather the club has done a decent job. Don't forget the likes of Vuckic and the interest in Arevalo. Excuse my ignorance, but are the six not England, Spain, Germany, Italy, France, and Holland?

Agreed. In Korea I never saw anyone wearing those shirts. A good few people wearing Arsenal jackets, who to my knowledge have never had a Korean player. I never saw Celtic shirts worn in Korea or Japan either, despite Nakamura, Ki Sung Yong and Cha Du Ri. Wearing football shirts is not that common in East Asia, and I don't imagine it brings in much revenue at all. Those clubs with Korean players are always on TV in Korea, so perhaps there is some TV money but I don't imagine it amounts to much for the British clubs. Many games are often on at stupid-o-clock in East Asia due to the time difference. Park Ji Sung was signed simply because he's a good player, as was Lee Chung Yong. I'm aware that proven Premiership players don't come cheap and I agree Ashley would be unlikely to release the kind of funds necessary, but I put his name forward as the kind of player the club should aspire to sign if we want to build for the future (as is Ashley's stated aim). He is exactly the sort of player we need, a young talented right winger who will also work hard for the team. He adapted very quickly to English football and I still think we are a bigger draw for players than Bolton. It's not a ridiculous suggestion, though I agree he wouldn't be cheap. If we stabilise in the Premiership this season we'll be looking to improve our first team which means looking at players like him or cheaper unproven foreigners. We may land another Tiote or fluke another Williamson on the cheap but to improve on your first team you generally have to spend a bit, espescially when you're in the Premiership. A point I've made during the summer that still holds true. While we've been doing an excellent job digging up relative unknowns from the UK and Western Europe, the "global reach" of our scouting team seems to be non-existant.

And nothing for the rest of the world? I might be wrong but I don't know another place where religion influences professional football to the degree it does in Glasgow. The Korean team playing in the Asian Champions League finals is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Moonies and we have a second-division side called "Hallejujah" that won the top division in the nineties?

Yeah, cos Bolton will happily sell him. Seriously people? We missed the boat on him bigtime. Should have been in for him while he was banging them in for my local club over here and was willing to go for peanuts to any Prem club that would have him. If he moves at all it'll be to one of the 4th~8th place clubs. i've just mentioned him in another thread, think he is a cracking player and would fit in our style well and i would love us to sign him. Biggest problem would be getting Bolton to sell though. The bonus of getting him would also be the extra money we could make on the merchandise side of things over in Asia and the far east. This is a myth by the way. Man United sells shirts in Korea because they're Man United, not because Park plays for them. I have literally never seen a single person walking around in a Wolves, Spurs, Reading, West Brom, Boro, Wigan, Bolton, or Celtic shirt around here. Are you sure that they wouldn't be more likely to support a successful club if one of their players played for them? That's been my experience. They stick with the biggest clubs but change allegiances if one of their compatriots make it to the the upper echelons. Maybe it is different in Korea, but when Kanu was at Arsenal, 99 percent of people supported Arsenal. Now that Mikel Obi is at Chelsea, there are embarrassingly massive "Mikel" advertisements by the major roads in Lagos and 90 percent of people support Chelsea. No one gave a damn when Okocha was at Bolton or Martins was at Newcastle, though. Well, yes, if a Korean signed for Chelsea or Arsenal or those relegation-strugglers from Merseyside I'm sure sales of those shirts would increase significantly. It wouldn't help for us or any of the other mid-to-lower table sides though. That was kind of what I was trying to say.

He'll never get over the fact that he failed miserably at his first and only chance at managing a big (well, sort of semi-big ) club, will he?

Yeah, cos Bolton will happily sell him. Seriously people? We missed the boat on him bigtime. Should have been in for him while he was banging them in for my local club over here and was willing to go for peanuts to any Prem club that would have him. If he moves at all it'll be to one of the 4th~8th place clubs. i've just mentioned him in another thread, think he is a cracking player and would fit in our style well and i would love us to sign him. Biggest problem would be getting Bolton to sell though. The bonus of getting him would also be the extra money we could make on the merchandise side of things over in Asia and the far east. This is a myth by the way. Man United sells shirts in Korea because they're Man United, not because Park plays for them. I have literally never seen a single person walking around in a Wolves, Spurs, Reading, West Brom, Boro, Wigan, Bolton, or Celtic shirt around here.

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Yeah, cos Bolton will happily sell him. Seriously people? We missed the boat on him bigtime. Should have been in for him while he was banging them in for my local club over here and was willing to go for peanuts to any Prem club that would have him. If he moves at all it'll be to one of the 4th~8th place clubs.

You think they fought in WW1 for them? It was a stupid imperialist war that turned a generation of young men into cannon fodder, not some abstract-idealist good vs evil bullshit. Absurd faux-intellectual nit-picking nit picking aside, fact remains that if men and women in uniform weren't throwing themselves at bullets in shit-ass trenches in France a century ago, you wouldn't have the life you have today. (Replace situation with your own veterans in war of your choice if you're not British)

Forget Given, would anyone take Milner back? I would.

Bunch of charvas who've never even seen a firearm much less ever had to use one should not dare insult the memory of people who've died for them. The end.

Of all the players who left, who would've thought that Duff would be the one who was getting games as a productive Premiership footballer.

I can't even begin to fathom who England could play in central midfield to partner Nolan and do all the dirty work for him like Tiote does for us.

Sad thing was they were actually a very likable, interesting team before the Arabs came in. Looked a very young, dynamic team with Richards, Onohua, Ireland, Johnson and the like.

Watching the South Korea v. North Korea Asian Games group stage match on my iPhone at work. Technology is wonderful

He's getting a nice, authoritative "Mourinho" vibe about him with that suit

Routledge on for Barton, Saylor on for Simpson, Sol on for Willo are the only changes I'd feel comfortable making, if any

In the current English public consciousness, Kevin Nolan = Wayne Rooney ...

In the end it looks like he left at the right time to clear the way for a new era of competition between two very exciting young goalkeepers. Just like relegation, Given fucking off was something that hurt like hell when it happened but doesn't really bother me anymore.