Abacus

I didn't read it that way. Funny that on the other hand the PL were keen to say the deal was still on, if we were successful at arbitration. Because if so, then there'd be no financial loss, and no basis for the case to proceed. Which is what they were trying to argue in the first place.

I really hope we've got the A-Team in place, if we have found them. Got that theme tune running around my mind in a loop now.

We should have zinged that slimy Lewis with that one as well.

We've the best legal team, the world has ever had...

That's having cancelled for a while now, rather than just threatening to cancel.

I keep getting a 'limited time' offer for £9.99 a year, or £14.99 a year depending on what day it is, to rejoin them which keeps popping up on my Facebook.

I feel Lewis will ask for a one hour delay whilst he finishes his sandwich. A motion backed up Charnley on Teams.

Ah, I see. I haven't been watching it, just following it on here.

If SJP Holdings is really a director, has it been assessed as such under the owners and directors test, as is supposed to happen to all directors annually?

Personal view, if the court has jurisdiction, it's a win that will scare the horses. If not, we're done and arbitration goes against us too. I base this personal view on very little of substance. You're welcome.

I like how rattled Luke is by even the words "wheeling out", hence using those quotation marks. He knows he has no response to the actual point made so instead responds like a cornered rat at even the suggestion he's defending his mate, by saying he's only passing on what he's heard. As if MA could even care less about playing entertaining football to start with, and he's the only one making the decisions. I can only assume Luke's 'source' is a photocopied butter-smeared fan letter written by a Mr Jonjo Shelvey, and personally signed by a certain Stephen Roger Bruce. Leaving all that to one side. Given we've run out of other candidates. Let's say you get a call some Sunday from a desperate Charnley who has tried all the other buttons on his special animal noises telephone, would you take the job?

I agree with the Eddie Howe bandwagon. Keep Jones on as a coach under him, perhaps. He's the best you could hope for under Ashley, and someone who could hopefully keep us afloat until Ashley is gone at least. Whoever thought Bruce was the answer to anything in the first place, except dealing with the European butter mountain, needs to be formally wedgied throughout the length and breadth of the city.

Some gigantic trousers

There's only man for this job. Flash Gordon.

The kebab shop reference is such a deliberate dig He's right though. Two poor teams can still play an entertaining game. But what everyone can see is a complete lack of purpose, organisation or structure.

Clearly, no-one or their family should be threatened. However, we only have his word for this and he makes things up or exaggerates for effect, as well as deliberately antagonising people. The whole "I'm allowed to have an opinion" view makes him a thicker grade Katie Hopkins clone. Boo boo, go to the police if you're genuinely under threat, but if you write for clicks don't then try and take a few abusive messages and claim there is an agenda because of your awful understanding of sport and because your so called quality of journalism is being questioned. His lack of hair is neither here nor there.

It's an awful thing for any human being to suffer and still less for the people around him. So, no stupid jokes from me, wish them all the best with the journey they are on. On a separate note, I'd recommend that Terry Mac autobiography on Kindle. There's probably nothing new in it for most of you, but it kept me entertained, a bit like a Roy of the Rovers book.

"Philosophies"

Stop it, I'm still daydreaming. Shay Given in goal, Albert and Woodgate in defence, Venison right back... Enrique left back? Wake me up when the horror ends.

I was going to say KK, but then I expect he'd have played them both together, probably alongside Ginola and with Beardsley at no 10, with Gascoigne as defensive mid. Plus an exhausted Alan Shearer knocking in all those chances. I am now off in a pleasant daydream.

On HBA, it's easy to forget that he had a horrific leg break right at a key point in his career, followed by an equally horrific manager in Alan Pardew. I agree with the mentality point, and he seems to have burned through managers anyway. You wonder what he might have achieved with a Sir Bobby in charge. He was probably the most naturally talented player I've ever seen live. At Max is just explosive, though. I'm not sure you can compare the two meaningfully. Again, whilst he's a libero and you might be best not to coach that out of him, again, I still think you'd see so much more with a decent manager. Again, Sir Bobby would have known what he had on his hands there

I agree with that. A loss against Leeds and he'd be wobbling (well, more than normal). That point gives him a few more games to keep his buttery mitts in charge and grease our way to relegation. 8

I was going to ask that, but there's quite a lot of information in there to start with.

5. I've always said, it's about the accumulation of pies.

On the last point, nothing really registers with him, that's the problem. Well, except for kebab shop closing times. He'll be an encyclopedia there - Mastermind specialist subject.