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Not withstanding the fact that something like 250,000 Southern Irish served in the British Forces during WW2. He's a w*nker.

Reckon the thread is intended to be ironic.

Reckon we have our answer.

My thoughts too.

Thats got to be it. Another week. Another substitution/tactical f**k-up. Another defensive f**k-up. Another wasted home match. *awaits those saying "at least we are not bottom any more"

Typical of a lack of confidence in the team.

Now there is tempting fate...

I deffo prefer Hoddle if we are going back in time.

More to the point, it wouldnt work well suddenly implemented mid-season.

The programme notes seem to be the best opportunity for this. No journalist twisting it.

His posts remind me of the Vicar of Dibley, sometimes....

Ignoring the sad, silly abuse, how do you know I had to check ? I didnt say either way. All I did with my first sentence was answer the challenge. I just pointed out his name was in the filename with the second sentence. Seriously, its like an illiterate convention round here sometimes.

Deeply unfair, and totally impossible to prove either way since Lowe didnt attract a dime of investment.

This thread and discussion is a bit of a non sequitur, imo...

Well, we are about to find out.... Your name for NC is a bit silly, imo.

No, he wasnt. But NC hasnt failed yet either (although its looking a bit forlorn at the 'mo) Perhaps its abit of a tangent, but can you shed some light on whether Lowe ever really tried to attract investment/funding, or was he always worried about his power base being diluted ? I still cant forget how he effectively prevented Wilde being on the board after he bought that large tranche of shares.

No it hasnt, phil. Roger threw a hissy fit. Its over and done with. Agree with the rest of your comments though.

Half-Man Half-Biscuit at the Mayfair The first Pogues gig at the Mayflower after it re-opened from being the Gaumont.

Ungrateful ? I am fully aware of the significance of his contribution to our clubs history. But I am not going to rose-tint the bloke. For heaven sake, grow up.

Christ, another one of these threads. F**k me, its getting tedious.

I started having my doubts about the US a long time ago. But they were quiet, nagging voices. The thing that triggered it was after Saddam fell; the first thing the US did to improve infracstructure for the citizens was not restoring the electrical and water supplies, it was opening up a round of bidding about who would build the mobile phone network... You are right, the world would be different today if the British Empire still existed. I am not getting dewy-eyed or nostalgic, but if the Suez crisis had not occurred, I genuinely think the world would be a safer place today. To me that even changed everything. Britain was exhausted after WW2, and totally ripped off by the US over lend-lease; so much territory lost, and money was still being repaid until December 2006, but I still think if the US had not deliberately set out to smash our world influence over Suez, we would have had a much more calming, balancing influence during the Cold War and post-Perstroika eras.