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How come, does he hate Carrick? I've never been that massive on him either tbh but it's a no-brainer on an 18-month deal given our other options, him being local, and his considerable experience. If we're determined to play 2 central midfielders as we have been then I think we'd see much better results with Anita-Carrick than Anita-Colback.

Luckily I can. Honestly, I could go on and on and on, there are dozens of these. The way you paint yourself as someone who warned against the dangers of getting rid of the loathsome cunt is absolutely unbearable. Fucking hell.

He did leave for a team that where in the bottom 3 like, I don't think he was loving it. Aye, it was definitely Mike Ashley that forced him out, not the fanbase that made it perfectly clear how loathed he was. He couldn't believe his luck, having been plucked from the lower leagues with his reputation shot and then growing his reputation via his own hot air over the course of 4 years, then having another Premier League job to stroll into when it was clear he'd outstayed his welcome at NUFC. His career was done before we hired him and he's managed to squeeze another 5-10 years out of it through sheer sycophancy, arrogance and cynical PR skills.

If we're talking about Spurs they started the season really slowly didn't they? They've been drawing too many games all season, otherwise they'd be top of the league or thereabouts given that they haven't lost since the first day. Only them and Leicester have 1 loss.

It's Mike Ashley. Certainly, those that at the time felt we would move on to better things when he left are looking stupid now. As are the people that felt the heart of the problems of our club was Alan Pardew. By the time he left the team was shit and was doing much better than I expected. He's landed on his feet at Palace though. They have a core of really good players that seem a good group. Any average PL manager (of which Pardew is - he's better than good Championship coaches but rubbish PL coaches like Warnock & Holloway) would have them safe. Throw in an ambitious owner who is willing to back his manager you have a great situation. He knows it won't last, best bet for him is England.

Looks like a library built in the 70s.

Aye, and all of his previous clubs went from strength to strength when he left. Other than Southampton it took them all years to recover (IIRC), and not for good reasons.

He didn't asses the team, he assessed the club. Aye and this was years ago when we had a more talented and balanced squad than we have now.

Mike, man. Come back this time next year with that bollocks, he's had a good first 18 months most jobs he's been in. He's never surpassed that.

We'd benefit so much from a couple of experienced heads signed on short-term deals in January like, would probably keep us up. Carrick + a centre half whose not getting in their PL side at the minute, have lost interest to the extent that I can't even tell you who that could be.

He supposedly said something negative about Ben Arfa. That seems to be the main reason he gets the hate on this forum. In the main, he's done well since he came in, especially since he is playing with an injury. It was more that the comments he made showed how far he was in with Pardew, saying we were "about where we should be" when were vastly underperforming at the time.

He'll get his, man. He'd have to do something he's never done before otherwise, i.e. keeping a honeymoon period going for beyond 18 months on the strength of pure bullshit and luck.

Fantastic result for Bournemouth and they played really well. It's a bit early to judge him but Howe's doing a smashing job, wonder if he'll go on to be a top manager. Think he's got more about him than similar examples of late.

England 4-2 West Germany (AET)

He did brilliantly before spooning it one of those times tbf, but aye needs to score.

Unbelievable what these 2 sides cost in comparison to each other, and the way the game's been played.

Lamela has been at Spurs for 2 and a half seasons, cost them £30m, and has done next to nowt.

Aye they need to do something to make the Europa League important again like. If they're really intent on the Champions League being the be-all-and-end-all then they should do something that makes the Europa League become more of a gateway to that tournament, for example cutting back the automatic league qualification positions (3 maximum in each country) and say that those teams that make the Europa League quarters get a CL 2nd last qualifying round place, semi-finalists get a place in the final qualifying round, and finalists get into the groups (the winner seeded). This would be a way to mix things up and fast track good European teams to the main competition. Spread the money around in other words. And get rid of the group stuff as it's been a disaster, make it a UEFA cup-style knockout competition. Also have the matches on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, let's not pretend many watch on Thursdays anyway. Get it on terestrial TV when the competition has been given more value. Both the group setup and the Thursday kick-offs that are not hyped whatsoever compared to the hype-machine of the CL has made the competition an after-thought. It used to be a big deal, the Cup Winners Cup was a bit of a joke by the end but even that was better than this is. I'd actually prefer a more extreme version of the above where there was a max of 2 qualifiers in each country and the other competition(s) were given more worth, but something like that would be a decent start.

Norwich 1-2 Everton Crystal Palace 0-1 Southampton Man City 4-0 Swansea Sunderland 1-1 Watford West Ham 0-1 Stoke Bournemouth 0-0 Man Utd Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal Liverpool 1-0 West Brom Spurs 2-0 Newcastle Leicester 0-0 Chelsea

If it's not John Gregory they're not interested.

Exactly, such a nothing game. Clearly due to viewing figures like, same reason they've been on 400 times in a row.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/11/manchester-united-fa-cup-televised?CMP=share_btn_tw FA Cup 3rd Round ties for live broadcast: Exeter City v Liverpool 7.55pm Friday 8 January, BBC 1 Wycombe v Aston Villa 12.45pm Saturday 9 January, BT Sport 2 Manchester United v Sheffield United 5.30pm Saturday 9 January, BT Sport 2 Chelsea v Leyton Orient or Scunthorpe United 2pm Sunday 10 January, BT Sport 2 Tottenham Hotspur v Leicester City 4pm Sunday 10 January, BBC 1 WTF, they're not showing the Everton game?

http://www.espnfc.com/story/999134/ask-norman-defenders-hat-tricks-and-the-fattest-footballer

http://www.themag.co.uk/2015/12/unbelievable-latest-email-sent-by-lee-charnley-to-newcastle-fans/