McCormick

Providing we spend 50 million (that's potentially 15 on a striker, 9 on a winger and 6.5 on 4 other players) I'll be reasonably happy going into the season with McClaren in charge. By all accounts his Derby team played attractive football and does reasonably well in the cups so, while not exhilarating, there shooooould be at least something to look forward to this coming season. Knowing how this club has operated in the past though, it will be another underwhelming campaign (at best).

I'm not his biggest fan by any means, but McClaren's Derby team were great to watch.

at posters actually cheering for the opposition.

Cheer up guys ffs, we just scored an injury-time winner .

Bolivia.

Just glad he mustard up the courage to leave such a well-supported club to get some first-team football.

After you die Muslims believe that you will get judged, and that judgement will decide whether you go to heaven (janaa) or hell (jihanib?) ; your good points and sins are weighed against each other like a massive pros and cons list that spans your lifetime.

Is that genuinely part of the Muslim handbook? Growing a beard in Islam is compulsory, yes. No it isn't you get Hassanat (good points) for it as the prophet (pbuh) is said to have had one. It's by no means compulsory.

That's horrendous

When things are going badly TT goes into breakdown mode. 20 goals in all competitions is a lot, but its certainly doable with the right service.

RIP Bert. As many have said, an absolute gentleman and legend.

Except of course both they and Ashley see all publicity as good publicity. It's a nonsense. He plays in the Barclays League He wore a Virgin Money Shirt. He likes gambling in casinos He sits smoking shisha pipes in a scruffy cafe. It's a conveniant excuse to engineer either a move or a big pay rise. I wonder if he invests his massive pay packet in ISA's and High Interest Offshore Bank Accounts as well? What a load of tripe.

That doesn't count for a single thing. You have no idea what are the other players beliefs are other than that they are muslim? True but he is saying it is against his Muslim faith to wear the Wonga logo Not all Muslims are the same, man. No shit Sherlock. may be wrong but I am sure most of Muslim faith respect the part of Islam that is giving Cisee the dilemma. May be wrong here but I think all Muslims also do not gamble, yes Cisee does, I have Muslim friends some are totally devoted some will choose not to be so strict on their devotion to their religion. Would seem Cisse is like this so lets hope he can find a way to live with wearing the Wonga logo. It's true what you're saying;, Muslims, as stipulated by the qu'ran shouldn't be gambling but, as with most religions the extent to which certain sinful practices are frowned upon are dependent on different countries'/ families' interpretations of how these sins are weighted (in a moral sense). When a Muslim dies they believe that a set of scales (one side with sins, and the other with merits) decides whether s/he will go to janaa (heaven); so it may be more to do with what Cisse's views are as to the extent to which Riba is haraam. This situation isn't as cut and dry as many are making it out to be.

That doesn't count for a single thing. You have no idea what are the other players beliefs are other than that they are muslim? True but he is saying it is against his Muslim faith to wear the Wonga logo Not all Muslims are the same, man.

There's a substantial difference in Islam between banks lending money with reasonable interest rates and financial institutions that exhibit flat out usury (what muslims call 'Riba'). Most commercial banks are used by Muslims as they also offer shariah compliant financing; having Virgin money on a t-shirt is - in an Islamic sense- a moral grey area. However the extent to which Wonga adds interest to its loans makes it extremely haraam- there is no moral grey area- and any practicing Muslim would well in his/her rights to refuse to help advertise such "sinful"and "unethical" operations.

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Hodgson is easily the best English manager tbh.

Wat.

Interesting stuff, if true.

I suppose I'd take Carroll but not if it meant missing out on PEA. Obviously.

Also why would he come here? At this moment in time it would be a sideways step at best.

Disgrace.

Rightly or wrongly, there's no chance he's getting the boot this season.

This didn't happen. I'm sure of it.

Fuck this shit. Fair play to Di Canio, he knows how to pump his team up.