Lazarus

Basics: 1. Attend the game 2. Pride 3. Passing 4. Participate Got it. Its Mike Bassett

The fucking canteen

If and when this does happen the 'R' number will gan through the roof

The first sign the takeovers happenning will not be an ITK - itll be movement at companies house i would imagine. And itll be reported everywhere.

Replaced by Pulis later on. Theres one other who i dont think has been mentioned yet.... Brace yourself......

Heres the list of UK and continental managers available. Incidently, how would Brexit affect our hiring of a forrin? https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/trainer/verfuegbaretrainer/statistik

Wasnt Manquillo the 1st to respond to Bruce with improved performances? Then he seemed to vanish off the radar.

Id take that any day of the week.

Toon to go 1 nil up first half. Arsenal get one back early in 2nd half. Arsenal score another 2 in last 5 mins. Bruces reaction:

Wasnt it Hayden who was overheard during a match not long after he came here to say his tactics werent working?

Banter season

Clark or Lascelles managing the defence, hayden managing the midfielders, Wilson and maxi telling the attackers what to do. Ritchie screaming at them from the sideline during the game calling them all c***s to keep them concentrating. And everyone mysteriously fit

Its not me.

Rafa was canny fat as well like. Rafa carried it completely differently. I bet rafa likes chubby sex

Could be

This is what im a bit unsure of, ie how much influence this guys gonna have. Obviously hes not gonna be telling what brand of teabags the club should buy or whether smoked or unsmoked bacon is best. Nor will he interfere with the training methods to use at Benton or even what players to buy. The concern, i would imagine, would be the economic side, ie sponsorships and such like, FFP etc . But even then, how much influence will he, as an individual person, actually have? Not much, if any is my guess. PIF has a board doesnt it, of which he is chairman. Does anyone know how the board structered and how it reaches decisions? Not much point of a board if its one man calling all the shots.

I get adverts on facebook for the modern replica version which looks fuck all like the original. I made a comment to that effect and they deleted it.

More evidence for De Marco and co to show our takeover was subjected to far stricter scrutiny than any previous. I would have thought the government would have pushed for them to accept the bid. Premier league went to them.... I think they would, but the point is why did they feel they had to go to them. It’s meant to be a confidential process and if scrutiny of our takeover has been shown to be different to others, it all plays into the narrative that we have been treat differently. I expect to tell them that they are going to reject the bid and wanted to explain why (Piracy) or get more info on the buyers. Also we probably have been treated differently but I can't think of any club being bought while at the same time running an illegal sports stations that steals games. I'm still confused by this. Is it PIF that are illegally streaming games? Is this still going on? https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/6/16/explainer-the-piracy-case-against-saudis-beoutq-channel Think we all know if the Saudis wanted to shut it down they could. Probably could have but its still got nothing to do with PIF. Separate legal entity which is what do marco is trying to prove. I suppose its a bit like having a limited company over here. I am the sole director and shareholder of my company, i earn its money, i spend it, i have complete control over the business, its direction and its finances. But legally, its separate to me. That's where a problem arises though surely. As the owners and directors test has to find the parties who are have control over said company. With PIF describing themselves as the sovereign wealth fund of the state then the state surely has control over PIF. So it doesn't really matter if it's a separate legal entity in itself in that respect. The UK's legal framework that separates individual people from companies is very well established - in fact it goes back approx 150 years. Im not familiar with Saudi Arabias version or whether its as 'robust' as ours but its possible that the difference between an individual and a company is not as clearly defined. That being said, if it isnt, it hasnt stopped other investments in the UK. Maybe Saudi Arabia will have to amend its company formation legislation to align with ours. Maybe not. From a legal point of view, the whole deal is endlessly facinating for a million differnt reasons as im sure will be revealed in the years to come, regardless of the takeover happenning.

More evidence for De Marco and co to show our takeover was subjected to far stricter scrutiny than any previous. I would have thought the government would have pushed for them to accept the bid. Premier league went to them.... I think they would, but the point is why did they feel they had to go to them. It’s meant to be a confidential process and if scrutiny of our takeover has been shown to be different to others, it all plays into the narrative that we have been treat differently. I expect to tell them that they are going to reject the bid and wanted to explain why (Piracy) or get more info on the buyers. Also we probably have been treated differently but I can't think of any club being bought while at the same time running an illegal sports stations that steals games. I'm still confused by this. Is it PIF that are illegally streaming games? Is this still going on? https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/6/16/explainer-the-piracy-case-against-saudis-beoutq-channel Think we all know if the Saudis wanted to shut it down they could. Probably could have but its still got nothing to do with PIF. Separate legal entity which is what do marco is trying to prove. I suppose its a bit like having a limited company over here. I am the sole director and shareholder of my company, i earn its money, i spend it, i have complete control over the business, its direction and its finances. But legally, its separate to me.

Those passes per match are one of the highest in the squad

Shite or Brucie shite?

Must admit he hasnt made a good impression in his time here so far but im sympathetic. as i am to all the players at the moment. Hes got Bruce telling him how play.

Given our current form and assuming the takeover will actually happen sometime reasonably soon, The new owners will have to have a new manager (and his coaching staff) ready to go at a moments notice. There will be no time to waste.

Couldnt find all the xG type stats but found this https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier-league/formtabelle/wettbewerb/GB1?saison_id=2018&min=30&max=38&fbclid=IwAR0JiSOw4a60sgU0Jy74XNYLF86qc7azJWsVnBkf0evVYvjQnKG0pfAfKqo Basically states: 20th in the form table for the 1st quarter of season. 9th in the 2nd quarter 11th in the 3rd 6th in the final quarter. If it wasnt for that awful start..........