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I remember the Smoking Monkey, James. Also witnessing the Penguins with diahorrea on one visit in the 1970's.

Although they did seem to brush another 'gobbing' offence by Jamie Carragher under the carpet and forget about it fairly quickly.

Sad to hear he's passed away, have heard good stories of George O'Brien. He was before my time, but older relatives rated him highly, and on hearing their admiration he was a player I wished I'd had chance to see. Interesting how after he finished playing he became a publican, sub-postmaster and then a taxi driver, What a different era.

Why would they do that if the season is cancelled for reasons completely outside their control ?

I've also wondered what becomes of the transfer window in the event this season ends in June/July, as players have tended to move 1st June. Perhaps it becomes a transfer fortnight. Shouldn't affect us though as we tend to look to ties up deals on the last day.

I noticed that as well. Trouble is we all knew he was sh!t, the only two who missed it were Wilson and Les Reed.

See your point but if Toby A had such an interview attributed to him whilst he was at Saints would you feel so gracious about it ? I say attributed to as of course we know journalists often spin or twist things, but in this blokes case he's got a reputation for his inflated ego so it seems to fit with the territory.

What a knob. Antwerp gave him a lifeline for a career going nowhere and he gives an interview saying he's above them... and would consider a top Dutch club

I don't disagree with you but you can predict now it will be subject to legal challenge by a team missing out on promotion (Leeds for example), or one who goes down.

Another big question though - what would Greta do ?

Certainly a turning point for me. The previous summer we'd had the Toby fiasco. Although many will say this was out of Reed's control his interviews and blustering over it left him looking a hapless buffoon, an image he didn't recover from with the following poor transfer windows.

I suspect Red Bull 2020 = Paul Allen 2007. Unless of course Help Me Rhondda or Morph appear from nowhere to tell us otherwise.

If they're interested in us - big "IF" I think - then they hold all the cards, probably knowing there aren't many other interested parties*, and will want to see which division we're in next season before going further. * excluding the Mickey Fialka/Barry the Briefcase Consortium of course.

Isn't this the bloke linked with Newcastle ? A bigger and better proposition I'd have thought. According to Wikipedia his full name is : Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saud Not easy to fit in to a song, but as an old terrace chant " Give us an "M"... " might be a challenge

Sponsorship aside I expect the FA would put more restrictions on RB re naming etc. Personally I think they'd be a massive upgrade on Gao, but certainly don't fancy the name change and what appears their standard white shirts/red shorts kit, although I think RB SAlzburg are r/w stripes this season. As for the concept of cororate ownership, having seen the stagnation under a penniless individual, I'm more relaxed about this now. Don't see any Wolves fans protesting about Fosun.

Thought he was now resident in Monaco or somewhere, so unless he fancies this as a bit of a retirement project in a few years (presumably after his luxury pad on stilts is built having now obtained planning agreememt) I can't see this happening. We might be a cheaper option thanChelsea at £2bn, but sadly the skates at a fraction of the cost Gao is looking for might represent a better return. This looks fairly clear in ruling it out, but things can change.

Saw a clip on the internet from China where they are tapping feet as a greeting. Looked like a rehearsal for a Chinese morris dancing team.

Indeed.I was hoping for a suspension or two, along with an injury to someone like Shelvy who always seems to score against us. Unfortunately the only injury he might have sustained the other night is a splinter in his ar$e from sitting on the bench at West Brom. Unlikely to keep him out on Saturday though.

Is that from March 2002 ? Certainly seems he's been injured for ages

Agreed. Could have been us going through, but not to be.

Thought we'd already agreed a further two years.

I remember Terry Paine held a similar honorary role under NC and this continued whilst Koeman was in charge as he made presentations at the end of season awards.

They couldn't wish for more accommodating opponents next week to end that then. Newcastle are away to WBA in the Cup on Tuesday. Maybe that will help us.

And a Gk. And another striker capable of scoring more than 4 a season.

New agent of course, all part of the master plan to earn a move to a Top6 club.