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With Wotte in charge, then I wouldn't say that was out of the question;)

That's if they've got any money left as they seem to be ploughing it all in to Qatar Airways. Have to say I was mightily impressed by the planes we flew in recently, best out of the Middle East group IMHO.

I'm guessing it would be UWE!!!!!!

I never thought The Mail had it in for us!!! Charles Sale as an individual was often used by Lowe to leak stuff and would often cosy up to him, but in general I've never viewed that any of the mainstream media (including The Mail) had it in for us. TBH we're probably off their radar, until we either bloodied the noses of one of the big boys or did something that got their attention (Woodward, Redknapp, Lowe's quotes etc). And even if The Mail does have it in for us, then it's even more remarkable that despite "having it in for us" they go on to praise us for a pretty decent gate. Maybe the idiot(s) out there who think it was a poor gate could give us an idea of what they would constitute a decent gate;) . I wonder what they had to say about the many 13k, 14k and 15k gates we got last year.

I'm actually quite impressed how the topic has been managed to be moved away from the bravado of the dark and depressing Trouble at Football and on to the more cheery topics of the benefits of co-ordinating your wardrobe, UWE vs Uni Of Bristol and the Liberal Democat influence on Portsea Island.

It's over four times that figure St Will. From the British Golf Association in January of this year: The number of golfers in Great Britain who play on a full length course remains just under the 4 million mark. This figure is supplemented by recreational golfers who do not play at full length courses, pushing the total number of adults in Great Britain who play some form of golf to just over 4 million. This equates to a participation rate of approximately 8% of the adult population. Golf certainly is no minority sport and amongst men the participation levels are comparable with football!!!!!!!

That's a fair and independent assessment of our gate, particularly given the problems with the late release of season tickets and the disaster of last season. Given our second home match last season had a gate of 15,000, then it is a decent gate for the Third Tier and following on from the rubbish we have had to put up with recently. Two 20,000 gates stand up to scrutiny and the Mail's unbiased view backs this up.

Nice, combine it with this And our little hardnut Bizzle could even manage one of these and look dashing:

It needs to match your shoes (and preferably your belt), so as long as you have Gold Prada slip ons, then I'd say you'd be able to carry it off.

An interesting fact is that nearly as many men play golf (9%) as play football (10%) in the UK. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_compendia/sport&leisure.pdf With 4 million people in this country playing golf (of whom half are members of clubs) http://www.franchisedirect.co.uk/golffranchises/188 , it certainly is big business. Maybe Izzle Bizzle is raking in the cash with his coaching!!!!

Oi Daily Mailer, tell me where I sign up:rolleyes::rolleyes: (and they eat babies you know:D)

It doesn't. There was an article in The Pink a few weeks back detailing other teams slide from the Top Flight since the 1980's. Successive relegations from Top Flight to 4th Division = 2 teams Succesive relegations from Top Flight to 3rd Division = 2 teams 2 relegations in 3 seasons = 3 teams 2 relegations in 4 seasons = 3 teams 2 relegations in 5 seasons = 5 teams (inc us) 2 relegations in 6 seasons = 4 teams Of the 15 clubs relegated from the Top Flight to the Third tier over this period, 12 have returned to the second tier within three seasons (5 did it at the first attempt, 4 at 2nd attempt, 3 at 3rd attempt)

Quite agree CB Fry. The only people who may be suggesting Pardew isn't the man for the job are the same people who were saying he wasn't the man back on 17th July. Football fans reflecting on and having a moan about performances, results and progress doesn't automatically translate into a concerted Pardew Out campaign. Football would be a rather sterile pastime if you take the passion, reaction and debate out of it.

Does he mention that Matthew Harding was also interested at the time??? Think I will have to pop out to Waterstones tomorrow.

I think the quote was alledged to have been something like "you could live like a king back home on what we're paying you". And then of course when Matty was still playing Hassan got his mega wonga move after playing off Ipswich and Villa. I'm sure the figure quoted was £30k a week at Villa on a three year deal!!!!!!!!!! Something like a £5m+ contract all in.

And maybe David Howells as well!!!!!!! And when Tiss was at the end of his career I'm sure his wages were eclipsed by Beattie, Bridge, Davies etc. Then again I'm sure some of those who played for us in the top flight before the Premiership was established would have been even worse off (at one point Rod Wallace and others were on YTS money!!!!!). Le Tiss not being motivated by money made me think if that great Danny Kelly tribute when Matty finally hung up his boots. http://henotbusybeingbornisbusydying.blogspot.com/2007/10/in-broken-french.html

£4k!!! but I'm sure Matty will also say there's more to life than money. I imagine he probably got close to double that over the length of the contract with appearance monies, bonuses and signing on and other contract payments, but still chicken feed compared to the salaries some are earning now (and were probably earning back then as well). No wonder he said he didn't have the cash to bail us out in the summer!!!!

Someone put something up here before about that, but can't remember, so spill the beans. I'm going for £5k.

Toomer, I think you know the answer to that question;)

I would wager a bet that this season's average will be better than last years (certainly up until the point when Lowe and co got the boot), which considering the delay in sorting out season tickets along with being relegated etc etc etc tells a rather different story than some loons are suggesting.

I agree in that the legacy left behind by the discredited Lowe regime and its Revolutionary Coaching Set Up still haunts us. The 10 point handicap, youth players affected by a baptism of fire and being blooded too early, a culture of failure, the disruption of this pre season, the general malaise and disruptions caused by a Revolutionary Coaching Set Up fighting each other, interference from outside the Revolutionary Coaching Set Up etc etc etc will all make AP's job that much harder. I haven't seen any games so far this season, but have to say 2 points from 12 isn't great, but when put in the context of what AP inherited then I think 4 games is way too early to be judging him.

I quite agree and my beef was with the small minority who were getting a tad hysterical about our impending doom and the few weirdo's on here trying to make out that everyone is in uproar and out for Pardew's blood. There's nothing wrong with expecting us to win every game (particularly at home) and having a moan if we don't. As I said in my post I don't see any contradiction in having realistic expectations, yet at the same time wanting us to win every game and having a little moan if we don't.

He wouldn't know which one of his pseudonyms to put down as the author;). Then again, maybe he could write a chapter under each of his many guises. He's our very own Jayne Ann Krentz:D

As much as I thought SCW could bring something to the party (although not our party at that point in time), I think a comparison with a man of Arnesen's experience (particularly with regards his experience in Holland and his success there) is somewhat pushing it. I saw the potential benefits in regards sports psychology, mental & physical preparation and administration, certainly not the spotting and grooming of younger talent.

Oh do you mean like posting a reasonable post (in a vain attempt at establishing some credcibility), only to throw in a touch of vitriol/antagonism in the last paragraph, or in a subsequent post??? This fella's octo-polar disorder now means we have more than one character in each thread and sometimes more than one character in each post:rolleyes:.