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China's economy is a f**king mess.

They've already signed two itais on loan -a midfielder and a striker: would assume that's their lot.

Grand Central if they don't f**k up again. Scratch that, theyre significanty more than what I paid for the cup and recent league games.

Want to buy some magic beans off me.

How many mid-table prem strikers play regularly for their national side that's in the top 10 world rankings? You sure you don't go to Trent, mate?

At least, it will be a normal 3pm kick off for once. Hopefully means we'll take a fair few up there.

Let's finish this s**t off this time.

Rupes did a lot of good, no doubt.

True he and his sidekick Steve Walsh had very good links with United and Liverpool youth academies -and had some good youngsters: Gradel, Hobbs, Cleverley. But they also had some real experience, not least Oakley who was their captain (but also Chris Powell, Steve Howard, Wayne Brown, Bruno Berner -proper, savvy pros) Chasing promotion is a different task from staying up - the latter arguably places a greater premium on experience. If anything, the loans he brought in -Perry, Lucketti, Wright- was an indicator of how he would have played it if he had stayed on. Indeed, Perry was one of our better players in our relegation season.

Agree - been following Pearson closely at Leicester. We would have stood a much better chance of staying up with him - he wouldn't have thrown a ton of youngsters in at the same time and, at the very least, would have made us much harder to beat. Wotte added a bit of steel when he took full control; but that would have have happened a lot earlier with Pearson in charge.

If the CEO's objective is to maximise shareholder value, then it's the dumbest idea in the world. Shareholder value is a result not a strategy. The CEO's main constituencies are his employees, customers and products - if he gets all that right, he should increase the long-term value of the business that ultimately benefits shareholders. Not me talking but Jack Welch. Too many helmet CEOs -Rupes arguably being one- put the cart before the horse and become obsessed with their shareholders and invariably short-term results.

Shareholder value as an outcome or objective? This will be fun...

Didn't know Chrissie Waddle was a sports tycoon.

Because KD's quote -if thats what youre alluding to- can be understood many ways. For all we know KD could have been offering an ultimatum and olive branch. **** knows but I'm not going to put words in players mouths and potentially heap more misunderstanding on an already confused situation.

Whatever you do, please don't write that up into an 'article'. Its bad enough the real hacks are speculating over this ****.

Must put MoPo near the top of all four leagues in win %

My Eindhoven mates call him the Dutch Danny Fox.

Columbia still feels the freshest thing on it not only because of its aggression but also because Noel's pedestrian guitar playing is submerged in the lava of the mix. Gas Panic manages a similar effect.

I didnt have you down as a Trent type

This

Another scummers-bummers tie

No I said throughout that there was one other party whose identity and resources are still unknown. I would dispute that qualifies as plenty of interest. What the facts don't show is that when it came to the crunch there were half a dozen or so suitors as you originally suggested.

Three including ML/NC and only one other with whom Fry had serious discussions.

What were those serious bids? At the time, it was said that there was only one other to ML/NC. One singular -and frankly after Pinnacle, who's to know how serious it was. And then later on, Fry said that there was an additional one, though he didn't suggest it was serious. Keep drumming away that there was plenty of interest.