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Dogem paying tax

Sinking pirate ship

Cork screw schools and charities

No need for sky or bt sports. Add total NFL coverage in there too.

Has mad dog been given the skate job?

you might be right, but what I meant was in the case of Shaw, MoPo and now Victor there isn't smoke without fire and I think that you can take it as red that Arsenal have been in discussion with Victors agent. Hopefully nothing will come of it.

which is exactly the reason why I won't be ignoring the recent paper talk about Victor. Direct quotes, followed by semi confirmation by the player and then a massive backtrack suggests to me that Arsenal have talked with his agent. I recall there was a `rogue/loose' tweet by Luke Shaw at the very start of the summer that indicated he was off to Man U. The tweet was removed, but obviously he went there. Incidences like thee should not be ignored as `paper' talk. There is a lot of that and its sometimes hard to see the wood for the trees, but when a manager is photographed at someone else's training ground with his sons in tow, that usually means he is off!

Ever since I remember I always wanted to be a gangster. I actually thought it was older than 25 years. Never gets old. Prefer it to godfather, but you're not allowed to say that are you.

If Pelle had maintained his excellent first half of the season form we'd of made champions league IMO. His lack of goals and no decent alternative (tried or not tried) have made all the difference.

From what I saw on Saturday the skates are a margionally better side now than they were this time last season, but that's not saying much as they were utter ****e last season. In their favour for next season, their `better' players are still under contract. The ****test players are out of contract. The new manager will have a relatively clean slate. The key is who that manager is and how is that money spent. There isn't a great deal of quality in the division. Bring in the right manager and the right kind of quality of player and they should be in the play offs, sadly. To be honest with their budget and those starting conditions I'd expect automatic promotion from the next manager. With a bit of luck they will **** it up.

When there is no one left in the ground to boo the team off you know you have problems. Those that did stay seemed to be long resigned to the fact this is one of the worst sides they have ever seen. Almost total apathy throughout, except for one old man coming close to a heart attack on the half way line due to bury time wasting. Just for a split second I almost felt sorry for them as yet another five yard pass went straight into the crowd. Having to witness your side being led out by a man in dog in drag mascot costume is surely punishment enough, but no, these chumps have to watch another season of Tubbs growing fatter before their very eyes. To be fair the skates huffed and puffed in the second half, no faulting their effort, but of course they created absolutely nothing as the team is full of talentless no marks. Wallace really is their only player, but his final ball still lets him down. Their famous 12th man seems to have been transferred. The new tesco is coming on nicely, and they have left just enough space between it and the beany baby stand to park a caravan or two.

The seven figure sum has been well spent, Nottarfkrap is like a totally new ground....nah, it's still as **** as ever.

I feel confident I will get an interview.

I think it's safe to assume that if you use the term `seven figure sum', the actual amount is less than £2m, and most likely less than £1.5m. I dare say the term `multi million' or `several million' would be used is it was close or more than £2m.

Mark Catlin: `We've had 150 applications for the managers job, and some are names you'll know'

The seven figure sum seems to have morphed into £3m in some skate circles.

I noticed that Clyne has covered his ass (in case we make CL) by saying he wants champions league football AND to challenge for the title.

Until Clyne goes on strike because we are holding him to his contract and won't sell him this summer, then I don't think there is much to complain about. The club holds the cards. We can either get another season from him and then he walks for free the summer after this or we get our £10-£15m this summer, count the profit made and hope that we can bring in a suitable replacement (hopefully one with pace, as slow fullbacks are like chocolate fireguards). I think we all know by now that these moves are agreed (between player and new club) months before they happen and this looks to be the case here.

How did that skate ever get into the Prem. He's terrible. Paul McShane terrible.

Barker got Bury out of the division, although that overstates things a little. He took over at about this time of the season and Bury went on to win six out of eight games to get promotion. They finished about 15th the following season. Funnily enough the Shakers have the skates this weekend. They will probably need a similar run to get promoted again. Three points at Sh*tpark will do nicely. If they are successful I'll give you a match report next week.

Wahay! The skates must have been playing all the right passes but not necessarily to the right players. Bring me sunshine...

He tugged him back for sure, but because the player had miscontrolled he was actually going backwards and not running clear. I don't think the ref quite read that so booked Vic because he thought was stopping a promising attack. It was therefore a little harsh.

Largely outplayed by Hull, which shows how off form we are, but teams like United have won more than their fair share of games despite being off par, so I'm going to look at it as a great win, ground out like good teams do when they don't play well. That said it would be nice to get back to where we were before the end of the season so we can try and carry that form through to next season. Chuffed for Pelle and JWP. Five point be hind city. A win for United and maybe we will start dreaming again...

Painful to watch that first half. Outplayed and beaten to almost everything by a very average Hull side. We have been woeful. Davis has had a mare and Long has shown exactly why he only scores 4 or 5 goals a season. He is so average it's not true. Collectively we need to improve big style, go behind and I just don't see us able to unlock a side right now.

When was the selection made? They tend to do these stupidly early from memory. It's interesting trying to pick a PFA team without any Chelsea players in it as Terry had to do. The Hair Clyne Fonte Koscielny Bertrand Coutinho VW Mason Bollassie Sanchez Kane