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This. Just hope we start to play with more invention to get those wins. Also hoping that JFK keeps Bassong in the side.

:clap: Fuck yeah! Was shitting my pants over this one - thought we'd be fucking hammered. I didn't believe any of the optimists on here predicting a win.

We've had worse - we've got some real quality, the problem is that they're injured - Oba, Viduka, Jonas, Beye etc. I'm sure the prospects would've been better if these names had been on the teamsheet. Our problem is that we have a paper thin squad which lacks premiership quality when we have too many injuries. We won't go down this year. Things will pick up soon enough, I'm sure of it - as someone mentioned earlier just look at Man Shitty.

Ashley has almost certainly improved the financial position of the club and for that I am grateful. His vision, on paper at least, appears decent and workable. In practice, however, I don't think that Ashley has any idea as to how to run a football club - the appointment of Dennis Wise and to a certain extent Keegan is a testament to this. Personality aside, Wise has neither the credentials nor the experience to have been placed in a position of such authority and sway at the club. Ashley is a visionary. He is a successful businessman who believed that NUFC was a club that could be moulded to fit his idealistic model. Ashley's problem is that he has grossly underestimated the difficulties arising from managing a club with a fanbase as large and as impatient as ours. Many fans will not tolerate the way they feel that they have been fucked around over the past few weeks. Nor will they tolerate the lack of communication from the board regarding our recent turmoil. I thoroughly believe that if Ashley's plan had come to fruition, we would be in a far sounder position than we are at the moment. That said, this may have taken many years - years which many fans will not have waited, especially when we are consistently seen as the farce of the football league. In all, Ashley is probably right to put the club up for sale. Too much water has passed under the bridge and wounds have been inflicted that are too deep to heal. A fresh start and a clean slate is needed. Let's just hope that whoever the new manager and new owner(s) may be, we will give them time.

Cannot for the life of me see the logic that move from Spuds' perspective (if true of course)

Don't worry lads, he'll get minimal time on the pitch even if we were not to add anyone else to the squad. By January the useless piece of shit will have twigged that he ain't going to be first choice here.

Thanks for this - am e-mailing the fuckers as we speak!

My only worry is that we'll not be able to find a replacement. If we sell now without other players lined up then we'll really struggle considering the size of the squad. Other than that, as many on here have stated, if any club are prepared to pay the right price then sell him.

Great result. Played lads.

Does anyone else think that Zoggy is playing LB because KK doesn't rate Enrique or is it just that KK thinks that Zoggy poses more of an attacking threat?

Makes sense to me - I think he'd be adept at filling the role that Owen played towards the end of last season. Any other sources?

Do people reckon Smith will be getting any minutes on the pitch tomorrow?

Sounds like pre-March. He's fucking shit man. (No, i didn't watch the game tonight, but that's got nowt to do with it, he was gash last season and i've maintained that from the word go). If he's still a mainstay in our team next season, then he'll hold us back as far as i'm concerned. Pleased that Guthrie's doing well though. If Barton can keep up his end of season form (he's got a better chance of doing so than the likes of Nicky Butt), then maybe we can just about get by with that pairing? Completely agree.

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned: 'We're shit and we're sick of it' Hope we don't hear that one EVER again!

HTT, I commend your position on the whole situation - very positive indeed, just what we need! Really hope, as you say, that this was an opportunistic deal that we lost out on rather than a targeted signing

What the fuck happened!! Logged off last night and he was all but signed, wake up this morning and find he's gone to those fucking cunts! Cannot believe it! Absolutely gutted, particularly since the gutter press will no doubt be creaming themselves and particularly since, as we all know, Modric is a decent player and is only likely to improve their bastard team. What's more, where do they get their money from? Still, as people have said, it's not in August and there are enough decent players still to bring in before the start of the season.

There will likely be a Termination clause in Barton's contract, which will likely take the (amended) form of the standard boiler plate clause as contained in normal contracts of employment. The clause would, if properly drafted, allow for NUFC to unilaterally terminate the contract should Barton go to prison. A basic Termination sub-clause might read as follows: i.e. "The Employer reserves the right to terminate the Employee’s employment without pay or payment in lieu of notice if it has reasonable grounds to believe the Employee is guilty of gross misconduct". In what is essentially a commercial contract, such as Barton's, the Termination clause would generally list everything and anything that could be caught (i.e. X.1 - imprisonment; X.2 - substance abuse, X.3 - gross misconduct as defined). The only issue with footballers is that they pay big money to specialist sports lawyers to ensure that any onerous clauses etc. are removed or have the edge taken off them. Rather like the Chelsea / Mutu saga? Did they have to pay anything out to him or just let him go? If Barton does go down, which is reasonable to expect, I don't think I could see KK getting rid, he seems to like him. If this is the case, would it be a matter of 'suspending' Barton's wages, so to speak, until his term is up OR would he continue to be paid?

;D

Completely agree. ITV have arguably the worst / bias commentators on tv. Sick of hearing their fucking voices. I'd love to shit through their letterbox!

Can't stand either team tbh. The ONLY consolation at the end of this tie is that one set of cunts will be crying in to their cornflakes next Thursday morning

Comedy gold

Great result, certainly would have taken that before the game. Once again it was a real professional performance. Can't quite believe that we're level with the Spuds, especially considering our predicament a few weeks back. Positives all round today, particularly for Owen. It just shows what a difference an attack minded manager can make! All in all, this sets me up for a fine week!

He's been great today. Got forward well and made some fucking ace tackles. Unquestionably player of the season

Thank fuck Smith hasn't got a look in - fantastic!

Amen brother!