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I'd have Shepherd back in a heartbeat.

Spot-on.

What rubbish.

Maybe the third time eh?

This. And a negative cunt to boot.

Can't have Dortmund going through instead of Real, man. Worked out fine last year.

Clearly don't want to use him unless they absolutely have to. How f***ing good is Reus? Ridiculous player. Shite at diving though.

Fuck sake, another great chance!

Fuck, should have been 3-0 Dortmund

You mean the ugly mug parade?

Bayern Munich is the problem, basically.

You've got to love BVB.

No. As repeated in the statement, the target for this season was/is a top 10 finish. I'm sure they'd be over the moon at having to pay bonuses out to the staff and players. Not sure what you're saying, do you know for a fact there's a bonus? "At the beginning of the season all our staff and players were incentivised should we finish in tenth position and above, and our commitment to achieving this will continue right up until the final whistle on 11th May. Ah, missed that one. Let's say it really exists. Why offer a bonus? Did they think that a top 10 finish was out of the question? Doesn't really make sense. Not sure what's difficult to understand - we finished perilously close to getting relegated last year, which meant we had to spend money on transfers. Never again. Point taken

No. As repeated in the statement, the target for this season was/is a top 10 finish. I'm sure they'd be over the moon at having to pay bonuses out to the staff and players. Not sure what you're saying, do you know for a fact there's a bonus? I thought you said you read the article. Hadn't memorised it word by word, my sincerest apologies.

No. As repeated in the statement, the target for this season was/is a top 10 finish. I'm sure they'd be over the moon at having to pay bonuses out to the staff and players. Not sure what you're saying, do you know for a fact there's a bonus? "At the beginning of the season all our staff and players were incentivised should we finish in tenth position and above, and our commitment to achieving this will continue right up until the final whistle on 11th May. Ah, missed that one. Let's say it really exists. Why offer a bonus? Did they think that a top 10 finish was out of the question? Doesn't really make sense.

No. As repeated in the statement, the target for this season was/is a top 10 finish. I'm sure they'd be over the moon at having to pay bonuses out to the staff and players. Not sure what you're saying, do you know for a fact there's a bonus?

A chance to do what exactly? Deliver on his strategy of stagnation? A chance to do his job, work within the limitations that have been set above him and hopefully take the club forward. He's smart enough to know the best way to improve the club on a shoestring budget is get the best out of the players we've got, which means getting rid of the useless c*** of a manager and bringing in someone who can. I heard before weekend it's a matter of when not if with Pardew and at the latest he'll be gone by the start of June. This news of a new MD strengthens that for me. He'll want to make his mark now he's in charge, I really thought today Pardew would have gone, shame that didn't happen for whatever reason but it's only a matter of time. Good post TT. While I don't share your optimism regarding Pardew being gone by June, I don't really see this statement as a confirmation of him staying.

No. As repeated in the statement, the target for this season was/is a top 10 finish.

The bottom line for me is: I don't really care if we only sign 1-2 players a year, if we prioritise the league, if we prioritise a solid economy, as long as we play attractive, entertaining football. In other words; if we were to replace the manager with a good, positive one I wouldn't give a s*** about statements like this one. Basically.

Rubbish. What we're seeing on the pitch is a direct result of the policies set out by the board of directors, and it's abundantly clear from that statement that there is no ambition whatsoever to make this club challenge for anything above existing in the Premiership. It's not something new of course, but that reads like a BoD statement of every other corporation. Absolutely no understanding of football, fan passion, etc. Hurts more than getting dicked on the pitch every forthnight. Remember Joe Kinnear? That was a disaster. This just confirms things we already knew.

Some right hyperbole here like. It's an official statement to present the new MD, they're not going to say "Alan Pardew is a useless twat who we'll sack in a bit". Yes, things are looking grim but there's no reason cutting your wrists because of this statement.

Catts for me like

Much like running a spell check on his articles then. Very good.

He just recently got a new job with newly promoted Falkenberg, won their first game ever in the top flight on Saturday.

He was dominating in Allsvenskan where he played for BK Häcken a couple of years ago. Very pacy, scored 23 goals in a season. Not sure he would do well in the PL though, a bit limited, a bit Oba Martins.