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Quinn said Short would subsidise them if they got the 40k gates he sold Short on, when his push to clamp down on screenings and put on free transport to the game came from. They still couldn't be arsed to go so Short opted against pissing his fortunes up the wall. Also peaking at 10th wasn't to their liking. They deserved better, for some unknown reason not related to their recent history or income. What a terrible owner.

Just on this page alone - Zinchenko, Pacquetta and Pellegrini. Its luscious this. Even if its just eye candy, its plausible now and that alone is bliss

If they were bad owners for us a lot of neutrals and pundits would say they felt sorry for us. The very same owners being good for us and the same neutrals and pundits hate us. If i didn't know better I'd swear it was about the £ and its effect on them personally rather than anything virtuous.

Wont lie. I'm getting wet now. Whoever we'll end up with will be an improvement but if they get people that are obviously their first choices, knowing how thorough our staff are now, it will be very gratifiying.

First one in was the one that already had a foot in the door and an effective, sensible signing of an effecftive sensible player. Along with adding the infrastructure, its quite unnerving Chuffed for him

Well England's not the home of the World Cup, the European Championship or the sport of football (which is what is being referred to) so on all counts and either way - no

I'd love Sunderland fans to own Sunderland. They'd finally realise why that don't have money and are rarely good. Someone's on there on about why do they never get rich owners. They were subsidised by Drumville and Short for nearly 10years and every time they seem on the brink somehow, someone is talked into helping out.

As many have said, its a good move for all parties. He was decent for us and good enough to hold his own in the lower half of the PL -that were moving being 'decent' and good enough for a lower half squad being not being good enough here again is most satisfying

Zero compunction and as endearing as ever. History and facts under the Bruce preservation bus with the rest of them

Not true. I've just recently watched a Bobby Charlton's football scrapbook where he says we were his team and he used to go to the games. Don't think the other bits true either for what its worth

I prefer that aesthetically over the Owen's and Miggy's that are way more pace over ability. Suggests to me that he'll be a good footballer if he can get this far without noticeable pace. *whilst accepting its useful, it always felt like kind of a cheat to me.

"See Naples and buy"

The bigger their boundaries and the more fans they have in these areas the shitter it suggests their support is considering they fill their stadium 1% of the time surely, and.... oh no wait, yeah, mackematics. My bad.

I think all that's changed is the internet. Just amongst my mates I remember conversations pro and con about the grandad collar 95 shirts and how the beige one on the away strip looked like it was dirty. Then we all loved it. We'd have been kicking off on their instead of having a bit of craic if that was now.

That's exactly my thinking. He was signed as a stop-gap but it was a happy accident and worked out really well, so you roll with the punches and focus elsewhere. It would really be in keeping with the build we expect. Better than what we've got from Targett feels a bit ahead of ourselves anyway, that's pretty elite. Its the bittersweet of moving forward as a club we experienced with Kelly, Peacock, Sellars and co.

Its just a sponsor and its the most I've been teased in a post/pre season since the Andy Cole money was burning a hole in our pocket and nearly every forward in Europe was linked.

I know. Its like if you finish 7th you're only supposed to be able to get the 7th best sponsorship or in that ball park. Meaning everybody stays where everybody is, which is the whole point of the scam. When McEwans sponsored Blackburn they sponsored a middling 2nd division club. What level of sponsorship were they allowed to give - Premier League champions level or middling second tier level. Its absurd.

Leave the c*nt as is. Simple.

Another step towards mid90 PL's that felt so right. Anything that breaks up the Watford/Palace/Bournemouth/Fulham/Norwich combinations of nothingness

The football powers that be are brilliant. The UEFA Cup and Cup Winners Cup meant a lot more so they rebranded one, got rid of the other but have now basically brought it back and rebranded it and to distinguish them from the Champions League have made them all the exact same format for a distinctly 2nd and 3rd rate flavour. Bravo.

Yeah they have to and has to be heavy punishments including some of the stewards or those who organised them. This is the ground that two suicide bombers tried to get in ffs and people are climbing over fences and breaking in with backpacks.

Yeah. This Real Madrid team isn't even in the top 5 Real Madrid teams ever to exist and they're better than City and Liverpool

Never rule them out in this cup, just never do it. Some of their escapes over the years.

Amazes me how Quinn hoodwinked Short after Drumaville got spent into oblivion and how the other two convinced this kid - of all the clubs in the world, to get involved in this one, so if anybody would get subsidised yet again having time and again proven how unworthy they are of it it'd be these

Know what you mean. Whatever the opposite of an empire built on quick sand is, this feels like it. Feels like WWF as opposed WCW (only reference I can think of sorry)