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At this point I stopped reading. Other worldly? Yep, if you believe in hell.

Ah, good. Was about to go all Simon Taylor on their asses The monkey noises were all in your head, you filthy racist. they were actually coming from the room next door, going to have to explain to the missus it's just not acceptable in this day and age

Ah, good. Was about to go all Simon Taylor on their asses

Am I mishearing, or are the millwall fans making monkey noises at the black Swindon player when he gets the ball?

Clarification and context of something that just didn't happen? That'll be interesting to read.

Yep, I've worked for some pretty large organisations but without doubt, in my short time at Sky, they were by far the best run firm I've come across. Working for them was an absolute pleasure and as long as they keep up quality of football coverage and movie selection I'm happy to pay what I pay at the minute. There are far bigger cost injustices than that of Sky (see: pints of beer, packs of cigarettes, petrol). As an aside, when at Sky I met the person with what some on here may consider the best job in the world. He sat all day, watching 3 screens of porn, to ensure that no regulations were breached. We were told it looked fun but it got monotonous after a while. When we queried how long he'd been doing it, we were told give or take he had been there 8 years in the same job.

It's not in there at all But you shouldn't believe what Ernst and Young say like, they're part of the great deception together with Ashley and all that..... Maybe Ashley has had them store up $50bn off balance sheet... Cracking accounting jokes. My life is over.

On the plus side, might be some spares for Ipswich after all

I'm not quite sure I understand this line. Whilst I obviously get the difference between a loan and straight purchase I don't think there is any perceived huge difference in abilities at the stage at which we purchased Duff and Butt particularly. If anything, at the time we got Duff and Butt I would have had higher hopes for them than I would for Santa Cruz or Petrov.

Another list of the weird stuff: http://football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_6107304,00.html If that genuinely is £340k owed to a masseuse then I guess Avram let his players have access to similar massage services as he enjoyed.

Possibly the most ludicrous thing I've seen, they owe £1m to Spurs for Begovic, despite him never having played for or indeed moved to Spurs. http://football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_6106999,00.html

I'd disagree here. I think this is precisely where WBA have fallen down in past seasons, whilst they can play it around better than us at Championship level the pace of the premier league is a totally different story. I see nothing about West Brom that makes me think they're any more equipped than they have been any other season. I just don't think they've got enough physical strength in their team. I cannot wait to see Olssen and Tamas exposed at premier league level.

Fuck me, that's the most ill-conceived article I've read in a long time. Aren't these the people that are supposed to dedicate their life to watching football and knowing the game? It's not even achieved it's objective of being irritating as it's so obviously wrong in so many aspects it falls far more on the side of baffling nonsense.

Carlton Cole hasn't turned out so bad, certainly wouldn't mind having him here. Not sure about Mancienne but don't buy your logic

Would pretty much agree with all those marks. I did have to spend 5 minutes in the second half working out where the fuck Smith was on the pitch. I'd totally forgotten he was even playing.

We have signed Viduka, Geremi, Colo, Xisco, Smith & Cacapa while Ashley has been in charge. In fairness, all that list were signed in his first summer here (with the exception of Colo) I think? I'm hoping that they were more Fat Sam signings than the Ashley blueprint. They were & I can see why he no longer likes to whack the cash around. The youth recruitment below senior level does not look that good to me. I think we are more bargain hunters looking around for unhappy players, clubs up shit creek & soon to be out of contract players rather than the original plan of looking on a global scale for future superstars. Looking at Mike Ashley's wider business policies that certainly seems the most plausible definition of our recruitment system.

We have signed Viduka, Geremi, Colo, Xisco, Smith & Cacapa while Ashley has been in charge. In fairness, all that list were signed in his first summer here (with the exception of Colo) I think? I'm hoping that they were more Fat Sam signings than the Ashley blueprint.

I'd totally forgotten that! Was fucking bizarre.

It's a great cause and I'm really pleased so much money is going to it... but over £3,000 for Shola's shirt... Some people have crazy amounts of money!

He's another Damien Duff, Nicky Butt, Stephen Carr, Geremi waiting to happen IMO How the hell would you know that? I'm pretty sure IMO stands for In My Opinion. I'd echo the sentiment too, he hasn't looked like a top player since 07-08. I just don't think that you can really say that Keane is likely to come here play poor purely because Damien Duff, Nicky Butt, Stephen Carr, Geremi etc. have. Incidentally, Duff and Carr have gone on to play well and stay in the top flight. Duff may even have a medal for winning the Europa League this season. I still think Keane is a very talented player. His peak was 07-08 but he is still a very good Premiership player. When you say he hasn't looked like a top player since 07/08 I assume you mean a player that should be in a team competing for a European spot finish? surely your not saying he hasn't been good enough for a Premiership side since 07/08? I would not want Keane here unless the wages were low and the fee was very reasonable. I'm also warming to the plan of investing in younger players who can have a better return on investment, whether that be developing in to a good player, having lower wages or having a better re-sale value. Ah, now that's a bit different. If he was available on the cheap and with low wages then I'd be a bit more happy to gamble. But this is Daniel Levy, who is renowned for squeezing every last penny out of clubs, and Robbie Keane would see us as his last big pay day, would want a long term contract and some big money, so I don't think it's realistic to hope for a cut price deal with low wages. Closest to that may be a loan but doubt Harry would be willing to loan to another PL team. My opinion comes from sadly having a lot of Spurs fans as mates. Their opinion of him since he came back from Liverpool is that he is a changed player, offers very little to the side and gets the fans' backs up by skulking and stropping about the pitch arguing with the ref constantly. Don't think we are going to have any room for passengers next season, need everyone working their tits off. I'm actually a bit shocked his goal record is still almost one in 3 since the Liverpool move. Looking at the Premier League stats it's 16 from 53 (slightly worse) but I'm assuming quite a few would be from the bench there? But totally agree on the point re quality, we're not going to create as many chances as a Spurs or Liverpool team. Still leaves us back to square one and i have zero suggestions of who to go after, although i'm hoping we can unearth a few gems as we did a couple of summers back with Jose, Bassong and Beye. It's always a lot harder with strikers though as they tend to be a lot more noticeable if they're banging goals in.

He's another Damien Duff, Nicky Butt, Stephen Carr, Geremi waiting to happen IMO How the hell would you know that? I'm pretty sure IMO stands for In My Opinion. I'd echo the sentiment too, he hasn't looked like a top player since 07-08.

Agree with that, he was flapping about the place and should have claimed the ball before Jose tried to knock out Simpson.

Man of the Match for me last night, despite only playing the first half. He just seemed to be everywhere.

Yep, despite the fact i'd likely fall under the 'cockney' banner, I was really disappointed with the atmosphere last night. Couldn't have been more different to the Peterboro game, I just got strange looks every time I started singing in the first half, nobody around us made a peep. Moved to the back of the stand for the second half (surprisingly high number of empty seats for a sold out game) and the atmosphere was a bit better, but still pretty tame. Fair play to the Reading fans, best (section of) home fans I've heard in a while, especially considering at 2 down their season was effectively over.

this, although I think two central mids and maybe two strikers. Actually happy with 4 centre backs of colo, Taylor, williamson and kadar with Taylor at rb unless needed at cb. Not ideal but we have to cut our cloth accordingly