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or another theory, is that there is no plan at all, and he's just hoyed Kinnear in for the fun of it, being old chums that they are. If it is a method to drive Pardew out then it's massively calculated. Pardew's the only b****** who's refusing to go. Everyone else from the Chairman to the chief scout are throwing the towel in so if it's a plan it's not going too well at this point. If he's clever and astute, how come he bought the club without carrying out due diligence? People giving Ashley too much credit here jesus christ man Jesus Christ man what?

or another theory, is that there is no plan at all, and he's just hoyed Kinnear in for the fun of it, being old chums that they are. If it is a method to drive Pardew out then it's massively calculated. Pardew's the only b****** who's refusing to go. Everyone else from the Chairman to the chief scout are throwing the towel in so if it's a plan it's not going too well at this point. If he's clever and astute, how come he bought the club without carrying out due diligence? People giving Ashley too much credit here

I want to believe this, it's almost nice. I will cling to this with my eyes and ears shut from now on. It's all going to fall apart now, isn't it. I really needed to read something like that. Like you comment, its almost nice. Though one has to admit it all falls apart with the apointment of Kinnear. He just cant be the right man... Yep, I'll be burying my head in the sand and clinging to this for the next few weeks. ITK or not, it'll keep me going for a bit.

The only way I can deal with this at the moment is to laugh, otherwise I'm not sure what I'd do. Just imagine if he tried to say Gaël Bigirimana on TS. Oh my days.

Those gates were at the Gallowgate end of the Milburn. The gates mentioned today are the main gates level with the Leazes on Barrack Road. They may not be that historical, but to be fair they look pretty good.

Wait until he sees the divorce settlement. Apparently there have been several 'agreements' signed so she won't get loads, although she'll not go hungry either. Seems the old fucker learned from the last one.

Can't see how this could be feasible, but...... http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jun/14/rupert-murdoch-summer-contest-football Rupert Murdoch plans summer contest for football's top clubs 16 teams from European leagues would play in cities around the world under plans by tycoon's global broadcasting company Rupert Murdoch's broadcasters around the world would air matches from the competition under the plans. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Rupert Murdoch's global broadcasting company is exploring an ambitious plan to create a summer football competition featuring Europe's top clubs, including English Premier League sides, with matches to be played in cities from Los Angeles to Shanghai. Leading clubs such as Manchester United and Chelsea would be invited to participate, should the tournament come to fruition, competing with the biggest clubs from Europe's other top leagues – the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich. The idea would see a 16-team competition run for 10 years with a potential start date of 2015 in the close season when clubs traditionally play exhibition matches. Matches would be aired on Sky and by Murdoch's other broadcasters worldwide. The mogul's 21st Century Fox company – being separated from publishing business News Corporation later this month – also owns broadcasters in Italy, Germany, Asia and the United States. One source described the plan as akin to the "Formula One-isation of football", with cities from Europe, Asia and the Americas bidding to host tournament matches. The Guardian understands that approaches have been made to a number of cities by executives from Murdoch subsidiary Fox International to explore partnerships to host the exhibition-style tournament matches. But the proposal is at its early stages. "One of the major issues is if it gets to the stage of trying to pull the empire together and paying what they think is a fair share," said a second source. With more than half of the clubs in the Premier League in the hands of overseas owners, and five of those now owned by Americans including Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, the desire to go global has increased. Manchester United, third behind Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid in terms of overall revenues, have shown the way in commercialising their overseas fanbase, vastly increasing their income by tapping into international sponsorship markets. As such, plans for overseas tours in the close season have also become increasingly ambitious. Chelsea, for example, headed to the US to play Manchester City as soon as their marathon season finished and will head to Thailand, Malaysia, India and back to America before the start of the 2013-14 season. Manchester United will go to Thailand, Malaysia, Japan and Hong Kong. It is in that context that Fox International executives have drawn up their plan, but they will have to convince club owners it represents a better bet than forging their own path. The Guinness International Cup, featuring eight clubs including Milan, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Juventus and LA Galaxy would appear to be a dry run for the more ambitious scheme. Early rounds will take place in Europe, with the finals in Miami in August. The thinking may also be influenced by the fact that Fox has lost the rights to live Premier League football in the US to NBC for the next three seasons. In what is expected to be a watershed moment for the appeal of football in the US, NBC will show every match live including 20 on its main network. Murdoch has made several attempts to shake up sports – in the 1990s News Corp set up its own rugby Super League in Australia, forcing the sport's national governing body to partner to create the National Rugby League competition. Earlier this year it emerged that BSkyB and News Corp were interested in creating a new world series of cycling – while in 2011 Murdoch's media group made an unsuccessful attempt to take control of Formula One. Plans for a European Super League have been proposed with various degrees of seriousness several times in the past decade. There was a detailed plan doing the rounds in 2009 and again in 2011, but the Uefa president, Michel Platini, has been alive to the threat and sealed a deal in 2012 with the European Clubs Association, representing 137 of the biggest clubs, that will hold until 2018 and should keep them within the Uefa fold. With the idea of playing regular season games abroad torpedoed in the short term by the negative reaction to the Premier League's unusually half-baked "39th game" plan in 2008, attention has turned to the close season. News Corp and BSkyB declined to comment. Drawing up ambitious plans for a close season tournament would allow the clubs involved to avoid clashing with their domestic leagues and the existing European club competitions, although Fifa and Uefa may have concerns over what is becoming an increasingly cluttered summer football calendar. The fixture list has become a battleground for the ongoing political battles between the clubs, leagues and governing bodies jostling for control of the calendar. Any thoughts?

By definition, they are both cocks of the highest order just for appearing on that radio station.

f*** him, he's gone. Best thing that could happen to the the FA's pathetic respect campaign. He had his luck and is clearly good at motivation, but f*** him and his club,would love to see them in mid-table at least

No chance,what about their shirt pull on I think it was Cisse?

He fell over way after Taylor let go, neither a pen or a red card. If that was a red card then we had a similar one.

p*ss off man, it wasnt a pen. If it was, then we had a similar incident. The only pen they could have had was for handball. What exactly should Taylor have been sent off for?

“I am not political, I do not affiliate myself to any organisation, I am not a racist and I do not support the ideology of fascism. I respect everyone. Far too carefully worded. You can just imagine the conversation, Mackem woman from press conference: c'mon, just say you're not a fascist. PDC: No, Paulo's friends are fascist, the values Paulo's parents gave him are fascist, Paulo has that ludicrous tattoo and Paulo has been photographed numerous times being fascist. It's Paulo's way or the highway marra. Mackem woman from press conference: can we not just put in some waffle about ideology and support, it won't actually SAY you AREN'T a fascist. PDC: Paulo says yes.

Gordons Alive? Brilliant.

This. Our own performances are poor at best a lot of the time. People just need to pipe down a bit about the derby, save it until it's finished.

Getting fined for not carrying out media obligations http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21691929

That top pic must be one of greatest pics of all time, especially on when it's on this thread. The irony of what is written on Modric's bib and what is going on around him Quality stuff and quite embarrassing for whiskey nose. Been a long time coming.

About 1.5% of what he's paid. Btw Redknapp himself said the other week Bosingwa is on £65k. I thought he knew nothing and didn't deal with any of the financial stuff ? Just like his taxes?

That really got me chuckling, good stuff.

Frank Mcavennie seems to jump out for some reason, despised the twat as well. Don Hutchison was a try hard twat. Letissier definitely, would agree with the comment about Shearer at Blackburn as well from earlier. Speedie I remember Blackburn away in the cup in '93 I think it was, the whole Darwen away end.....we've all shagged your wife, Speedie, Speedie. Think the little bastard scored as well. Also Dennis Wise.

Yeah that was the replay I watched, looked like he got it bang on from that

Plus I have to listen to Dean Sturridge waffle on during the replays. Good job it wasn't Daniel being sent off he would have imploded. Still the 35 degrees and the afternoon in the pool with a few beers sort of makes up for the shit footy coverage.

There was definite contact. Fair enough, I'm watching in oz so have only seen it twice whereas sky have probably showed 20 times with military satellite footage

Tbh on the two replays I've watched it didn't look like there was any contact with Torres. Think he's got both sendings off.

Without a doubt, it's like the anti-Christ of football this match