TaylorJ_01

Joint lowest scoring team in England in 2014. Also not scored in 17 out of 22 games or something daft. Copyright Happy Face.

'Someone with knowledge' is the journalistic equivalent of 'Mag on a horse'.

Didn't they say the opposite?

If you're relying on Jones, Evans, Smalling and Rafael you're gonna have a bad time.

Where's Sammy gone btw? As much as I slag him - he got sent out to slaughter, played fairly well then Pardew got confused and dropped him anyway.

He says in a thread about betting. Soz, know what you mean. Couldn't help but think in Ian W terms - some teams will win, some teams will lose, results will change over time quite unpredictably. I meant a 'higher risk' not just a risk. I'm going to hit you.

Am I missing something? I have genuinely only counted 20 assists through his whole career Suarez got that in like half a season.

He's all about the teamplay. Aye, tbf he's had about 20 assists.

Remy + 10 in any random combination

I dread to think where we'd be if it was all up to Pardew. Gosling and Perch in midfield, Ameobi up top, Willo and Taylor at the back. Not far off it actually

That "was" stuff is really irksome. How so poppet?

Will stick something on - not sure what. I don't like betting when Mourinho is involved as there's always a risk of completely random results happening.

I did this 6 years ago, never ever again. :lol: Sounded like a hans moleman thing - "winey hands ruined my life, I'm only 18!"

Blackburn can hopefully get in, I like them. I think it's because they also have mental owners - I empathise with them.

Grim that's a good one. We're not even close.

fwiw I don't believe Man Utd have played good football in quite a few years given their playing staff. Ferguson's tenure the last few years was saturated with horrid, ground out 1-0 wins - something that Moyes failed to do this season.

No although they are testing them now at least. Can hear them dinging past the office trying to get Asian tourists to stop standing on Princes street taking pictures of them coming towards them.

I have a big problem with people winning contracts by promising greatness only to go ah well actually what we said wasn't possible within the budget, we'll do some of it though". Good example being the Edinburgh trams which now cover about half the initial route they were meant to and run through the busiest bus route possibly in the country. England's bid would have been totally manageable and was remotely realistic, as shown by the wonderful Olympic games. The Qatar thing is so obviously corrupt it's ridiculous. Also, don't FIFA spend more on flights/accomodation/entertainment for themselves than they do on grass roots football? b******s.

And aye he'll be going to the World Cup and rightly so.

He is indeed half-owned by Juve. I'm still not entirely sure how that even works. I believe any buyers would have to agree fees with both teams and, usually, these would spiral out of control.

Absolutely grim. Conference level stuff, that.

Yeah this is where I'm at. Thank you for writing my feelings down for me, much appreciated. You're walcome.

Celtic would be the easiest job in the world for him. Should imagine that there would be some clamour for him there too. Due a change. I think sacking Lennon would be harsh, as much as I hate him they are so far away from the rest of the league it's hard to distinguish between bad and good managers. He did OK in the champions league too. Will take Rangers another 5 years to compete with them and we aren't even sure they'll make it. Hearts were close but have now gone into admin and been relegated. Motherwell will never make the final step up as they simply cannot compete financially. So, in the meantime, Celtic/Lennon are untouchable. Bit of a tangent, sorry.