Interpolic

Marseille 3-2 down to Nice at HT man, fuck off.

Erm, he used to be in charge of us. And we got rid sharpish before he managed to shame us with this kind of embarrassment. We got off lightly for the damage he can actually do. OK. I like West Ham, don't really mind if they stay up or not. Allardyce is a prick and so are the owners but I'd sooner have them in the league than Hull, Wigan, etc.

That's seriously not on mate, you should tell someone.

Erm, he used to be in charge of us.

Real Madrid to win, Marseille to win, Juventus to qualify, Chesterfield/Rochdale to both score.

Well at least somebody is.

<a href="http://www.howdoyousaythatword.com/word/quenelle-quenelles/">quenelle, quenelles</a> ... man, that took them long enough.

Another correct prediction by N-O btw, that's 6 out of the last 7 spot-on (3 wins, 1 draw, 2 defeats. Win incorrectly predicted at West Brom).

If they did, it would be just about the strongest way they could say 'you're not a threat' I can think of. Aye I was thinking the same, but they are a threat - if not this season then next, and they're still in the Champions League. Chelsea never seem to sell to rivals.

Would be a great signing for them, would be surprised if Chelsea went for it though.

He was unavailable less than 5 games last season IIRC. Always injured.

Everyone seemed to hate the Cup Winners Cup when it existed FWIW.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11890/9125456/ballon-dor-franck-ribery-angry-at-missing-out-to-cristiano-ronaldo

Remy. http://www.calendarclub.co.uk/p-1226-newcastle-united-fc-official-2014-wall-calendar.aspx#

Oh so he's genuinely mentally unbalanced, what a shock.

One of the biggest oddballs in football.

Fair enough, don't think he likes him now though.

Who said that, and is it about Ashley?

not for this season, doubt there would be a profit for last seasons ones considering the jan spend without that much in sales. We got money for Ba, Best and Forster and also got the likes of Smith and Xisco off the wage bill - we'll see but I wouldn't be shocked if there was enough for him to take money out again. Hasn't he already said he's not going to? Sure I read he cancelled the next 'installment'. Didn't see that.

not for this season, doubt there would be a profit for last seasons ones considering the jan spend without that much in sales. We got money for Ba, Best and Forster and also got the likes of Smith and Xisco off the wage bill - we'll see but I wouldn't be shocked if there was enough for him to take money out again.

Aye fair do's, I can't see anything other than ever-increasing chunks being taken off Ashley's "loan" anyway tbh, the sums don't feel like they add up otherwise.

Did we magic up a top 5 quality side (according to at least one person on here) out of thin air? Ashley's not some evil lunatic ffs. If we can get better players for a realistic price, of course we'll invest. Where's your evidence that we'll ever spend more than we bring in on transfers? Eh, none. Not sure where you got that from, I'd be absolutely staggered if that happened as I can't see us spending more that the club can finance itself any more. I do believe the quality of the team has got progressively better over recent seasons. If that's the case, then I'd say that's evidence enough that we're not adverse to investing in players and improving. I mean in terms of having more going out on incoming transfers than comes in via outgoing ones, not living beyond our means. Ashley saw fit to take around £12m out of the club the season before last while not equipping the squad for a Europa League campaign, he also chooses not to sell advertising space which might give us a few more quid to spend as well. I'll be very interested to see the next set of accounts with all of the additional TV money being received and us being the only club in the country to spend the square root of fuck-all last summer. He equips the manager to survive in the league fairly comfortably, nothing more.