suewhistle

Swear box. Started off empty....

Ah you see, when you are an elite sportsperson like I am [not]....

Hmmm, Newcastle/Portsmouth relegation double..? For the price of a couple of pints/bottle of wine which we could all do without and wouldn't notice you could potentially have a very nice holiday... or stock a whole cellar!

Good summary. I never had much time for Lowe but I recall when Walcott had made n appearances for us Swindon were due an amount which arrived before they'd even remembered it was due. I think sell on percentages should definitely be part of the deal. Even a small percentage could be worth a bit to a nursery club down the line.

Where's Pilchards? They didn't cut his tree down, did they?

Hmmm, should we be worried about the one out?

"Ever Banega can report income more or less interesting to the Valencian club battered economy, so it would not be surprising to be put on sale. Offers by the player not lacking but the truth is that the last word will coach Djukic." Doubt it somehow, Djukic might fight to keep him but reckon the final decision will be financially based. Certainly Banega would earn more with a Premiership side..

"its", FFS, we don't want to descend to Mack's level of literacy! (Sorry Mack.:-) )

C****t, just beaten 2-0 by Egypt. Misplaced passes, poor finishing, awful! Pleased to say that JWP looked one of the few with any quality: one misplaced pass on 28 minutes and good movement, tackling and passing. But apart from that the team were dire: Bartlett, Pritchard, Cole all awful, Kane missed a sitter.

Interesting point, if nothing else all this talk is certainly raising our profile!

Yep, it's past June 16th.. Not sure about "manèged": is that a pony reference?

And you're boasting about it?!

Christ, that's rich coming from you spouting your Daily Wail tripe.

i.e. to add reinforcements to the squad list..

You could see why _he_ wasn't..

Try La Stampa, I was reading it in a bar earlier. No names associated with Saints, and I didn't read the article thoroughly or quite understand the mechanism of how they played about with money, but they noted it was mainly Agentinian, Mexican and (??) Chilean clubs [and ahgents] involved. Agents who didn't want to 'play' were dismissed.. (edit for another bit I recall)

Well, _that's_ certainly true!

I suggest they return the clock. Not working, of course, perhaps with the hands set at 3 o'clock. Then if the new club want it repaired they can try and find a firm who will do it for them, big deposit in advance and payment before restitution. Clock repairing can't be a very big industry: I suggest that they'd struggle to find a willing firm.

Hmm, I can't get onto betting sites where I am at the moment unless I faff around spoofing my IP address, but I'll be in the UK shortly. It's quite difficult to call, I agree, but the implosion scenario wouldn't be an entirely unlikely event.

A classic. They also get a physio in occasionally; like my amateur women's team. Always a popular gig..

He looks a little raw, but that's hardly surprising at only 21, but the power and drive is something we could really do with to add the other qualities our team already has.

Lucky he's not from Zimbabwe..

Surely we do deals based on a total cost to purchase, like when you buy a house or car you have to budget for additional costs? Agents work on behalf of the players and receive a percentage from them, so if a player feels loyalty to his agent and that he is worth it they can pay any additional sum. If the club have set a limit on what they'll pay - all costs included - that may be where the hold-up has occurred. I suspect, like in the situation with that Dutch player, that Cortese doesn't like attempts to retrospectively add costs and would have made the club's position very clear from the outset.

It's alright, he can learn to fry his own Mars Bars..

Bet Joe Kinnear is counting his blessings..