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free at the point of use is different to free. No one said it wasn't.

Apparently Matt Holland is really annoyed. He met up with Pards expecting a contract offer and all he wanted was Holland to go up to Shelvey and Racon and say, "my mate really likes you".

Does the NHS refuse heart bypass operations for people over 59? Does the NHS value 6 months of life at $22,750? Wasn't that the original point? Clearly you want to be angry at the NHS and that's fine but it wasn't really the point of the post in the first place. Try counting to ten or something.

Everyone's probably seen it before but it made me laugh:

Well we could all go on a rant about whether the NHS is good/bad and expensive/free but isn't the original post about treatment being based not on need but on cost effectiveness and the relative merit of treating the patient in question? Isn't it about whether it's true or not that the NHS would refuse certain treatment for elderly patients?

This is what happens when you take on the health care companies in the US. It's sad.

It's too early to tell. Pardew likes good football, played on the ground etc etc but he'll also know what it takes to get out of this division. That will be his priority. When it comes to getting a CB I doubt we'll be going for the ball playing type who will bring it out of defence - we'll have a tough fella who'll lump it away from danger. I would say the style of football will be "effective" and that means winning games or avoiding defeat. How that happens will be determined by who is available and who we're playing. For example if we get a pacy striker then we can expect a more route one style with Lambert getting the flick ons. If we've got Rasiak and Lambert up front then expect a more patient build up with the midfield expected to push on and provide a runner or two.

It looks like "Total football" to me.....

Oi, shut it. Your job is to provide rumours about new players - you haven't done that in the last post. You disgust me.

I want new owners with even more money. 2.7 Billion isn't really enough for me now and I feel we've sold the club to the first billionaire who fluttered his eyelashes at us. We should be playing the long game like Charlton and Pompey, those are the clubs with real ambition. Just one big signing this week smacks of apathy.

Pay to make a prediction? I think it's free even if you live up north....

Racon was an unused sub last night so while he didn't play he was still available for them. Does this mean he's now cup tied? Not that we've signed him or anything but it seems as if he'd cost a hell of a lot for a div 3 player and there'd be competition from CCC clubs as well.

Forget the spine....Alex Ferguson has said that the basis of a good team is a good big toe and that's the right back position - we're sorted there.

For you posh Dibden Purlieu types the match will be whenever you can make it.

Get in! Scottish Midgets Rule!

That's the other thing....why do we need just the one manager? I love new manager threads as well and to be fair we've never had enough managers for my liking. We need at least one per player or we'll be relegated. When that happens i want more than one chairman to blame as well.

Just what does this say about our owners? A total lack of ambition. I've specifically taken this week off because i was promised signings and so far....we've had one. That's not good enough. Not even any good rumours either just people saying who they think would be good. I'm prepared to rave about players I've never seen as long as we've bought them (and hopefully trebled their wages) but so far since way back yesterday there's not been a sniff of a signing. SKY Sports has just reported that there's less than 22 days till the end of the transfer window - that's not enough time to get the 300 players I feel we need to really make an impression in this league.

It's both tonight and tomorrow night. Northampton have agreed to a two legged affair (both at SMS) due to the unprecedented demand for tickets.

No doubt he's a good player and if he gave 100% then would be great for us but......would he be that committed? To be fair he's always looked like he's given everything in games I've seen so this is a more general "Is it worth spending a lot of money on players with good reputations in higher leagues but who will naturally see us as one last payday?" There are bargains to be had that won't cost the earth and if they have the passion and ambition then maybe that's what we should be looking at? Take that Tom Craddock fella - decent education at 'Boro and must be desperate to prove himself - he could be the guy who people want to sign for seven figures in two years time. Oh, and I know they play in different positions - I was just using him as an example.

I think I speak for all people when I say Pahars was no midget - he was 5ft 8". That's average. At a full 1 inch shorter Bryson falls into the stupidly tiny category. He's never seen without a box he can stand on and that's why they call him a box to box midfielder as the SPL gave him special dispensation to install two boxes in the penalty areas at Killie's home ground in case he'd need to make a header or such like.

He sounds like a carbon copy of Gillet. Is Pardew hoping to sneak the two midgets onto the pitch with one on the others shoulders and pass them off as one player? Or are we going in for dwarf throwing at half time?

Absolutely and tomorrow could be a great chance in a competition I doubt either side will take that seriously. Looking at the goals lambert scored is really good but the one thing that stands out is how much space the fella is given at this level. He wouldn't get that even in the CCC but fair play to the lad he can certainly hit a shot with power and precision. As pardew said earlier, he's looking at players that will get us out of div 3 and Lambert fits that bill to a T.

I've gone for Lambert and a new signing simply because I don't think the poles will be here at the end of the month. Simeon Jackson or Nathan Tyson would fit the bill for the second pacy striker very well. I actually think Patterson could do the job but he's still a kid and there's got to be doubts whether he could carry that role for a whole season, particularly as Pardew seems to think we've got too many young players in the first team. We've got to sort out the rest of the team as well though - it's not going to be any good having great strikers if we don't provide enough chances for them.

I think it may be due to a combination of factors. His age being one - sign him up on a 3 year deal and we're unlikely to get our money back. He lacks pace (by his own admission) and probably isn't going to do much of a job for any CCC side looking to get promoted once they actually get promoted. I'm playing devils advocate here and think he's probably exactly the kind of signing we could have done with when we got relegated from the prem. However, you can see how CCC chairmen would look at it as (probably) money poorly spent. No one would touch Lee Trundle either when he looked a great player a few years ago. Dean Windass should have been signed up by a decent club long before he actually did as well - some players seem to struggle to get a good move even though they deserve one.

Midfielder as I recall.