Micky

Spot on - I don't think we even need to turn up, it's a 'gimme'. Let the rest fight it out for second place...!

Yet another minute of my life - wasted.

In that case I hope that they get (yet more) 'special dispensation', because they are a 'special case' and really shouldn't be expected to play by the rules that everybody else has to observe. Let them in (I'm sure the Everton fans wont mind), they are a deserving case - nobody, absolutely nobody deserves to be publicly humiliated on the field than they do. PFC for Europe, I say.

Good post - pretty much par for the course though for successfull business people, there is nothing sinister - just good sound business practice. BTW - Perhaps you could post this in the Lounge on the PFC thread - they might be able to see where they have been going wrong all these years...!

What is eerrrrr it...? Male or female...? Should I be at Specsavers...? Defintely not...

This amazes me as well. How any PFC fan can be happy with him as the 'iconic' fan of their team makes me laugh. Thank the lord we do not have a similar 'media mong of a fan'.

Some might consider that HMRC have been a little heavy handed in this particular case. From the information in that article it would appear that they are only 20 days in arrears for one months tax return. Nowhere near the scale of the PFC debt owed. However, when all is said and done, it you draw a line in the sand, I think you'll find that the taxman (annoying though it may be) is on the right side and the clubs are in the wrong. If they are seriously considering winding up PNE over one months arrears - they should have put a match to PFC many many months ago IMO.

Lake Garda would suit me down to the ground - could combine my normal annual holiday destination with pre-season games - everyones a winner...!

Tend to agree - would have preferred that they used the font that was employed on the dates either side of the crest. Other than that though - it's growing on me.

Exactly how I saw it, as for others perception that MLT, along with other 'old boys' would be no longer welcome at SMS - rubbish. NC is simply pointing out that whilst these people may form their own opinion, thier past relationship does not make them any more ITK than any of us. Obvioulsy some of these opinions are then transmitted via the media and can be percieved to have some substance - when in fact they are no more worthy of debate than many of the posters here. I don't think that NC is alienating anybody at all - just pointing out that if you want to know the truth, go seek the 'horses mouth'.

Strangely a certain Mark Hughes appears amongst the favourites for the position.

And you thought some of our referees were quick to brandish the cards...! http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/Referee-In-Croatia-Gives-Yellow-Card-To-Player-He-Thought-Had-Dived-But-Was-Actually-Dead/Article/201005115627614?lpos=Strange_News_Second_Strange_News__Article_Teaser_Region__3&lid=ARTICLE_15627614_Referee_In_Croatia_Gives_Yellow_Card_To_Player_He_Thought_Had_Dived_But_Was_Actually_Dead

Perhaps this guy could help out - he's got a few spare...! http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/Chinese-Boy-Undergoes-Operation-To-Remove-Extra-Fingers-And-Toes/Article/201003415582439?lid=ARTICLE_15582439_ChineseBoyUndergoesOperationToRemoveExtraFingersAndToes&lpos=searchresults

I find it incredible (and more than a little distasteful) that, having just got out of a recession and with unemployment at an all time high, these people effectively want to hold their employer to ransom. Perhaps they should take a walk down to the local job centre one afternoon, check out the hoards of people clammering to find work and then reconsider their (priviledged) position. If you work in a public sector industry, you should think twice before alienating your clientelle - there is always choice - shun your customer base now and they will shun you in the future.

Strangley, (and as you should well know) BFBS! Me and my old gaffer used to have a bit of a competition to see who could win the most prizes - we used to target a sort of 'gadget show' - can't remember the name of it. He won about 5 or 6 decent prizes, including a PC and television set, I was less lucky in that I won a PC encyclopedia and a box set of some old tv series (name escapes me - but Joanna Lumley was in it, I think). However I also walked off with a guitar signed by Gordon Haskell - sweet. What do you mean Gordon who...?? Google it, bloody google it....!!!

Ummm, bad day huh.....???

Ahhhh right - so you're the one that believes that managers take jobs because of the 'size of the potential' and not 'the size of the paypacket'. We may be big hitters in this league, but I doubt that we are paying the going rate of the Prem League managers just yet. Probably easier to demonstrate the potential of a club already in the Prem League than one that needs, not one, but two, promotions just to get there.

7 teams in the Premier League failed to get 40 points this season - there will be plenty of vacancies for Mark to consider in the top flight next season. Why would he want to work two leagues down?

From the lack of comment, I take it that nothing much is happening at SMS and we are going out like a damp squib on the last day of the season in front of our own fans...?

SKy too...

Nope - there are 5.

Exactly, we is masive init.....

I believe that he is currently also protesting his innocence as well - strange.

Shyte...!

Ricky to equalise and Martin to get the winner.... you heard it here first...!