sadoldgit

Every club buys players that for one reason or another just don't settle at the club but go on to have decent careers elsewhere. You can do all the due diligence you want but until the player starts playing for you that is when you know it will work or not. There used to be a time when the furthest a player had uprooted himself to play for us was Scotland. We have players from all over the world now including Japan!

marmite

In which case that is a good thing isn't it? It means they wont get poached by any of the top 4 clubs What about Vic? Hasn't he been linked to Arsenal though?

Serious question. Do you think any of our players are any good?

Raindrop

Teardrop

Mane is a top class player.

ditto!

We are also on the cusp of European football.

Can we also have a category of live within our means but also spend some dosh?

Good luck with that wish Norm!

As we all know, all clubs are selling clubs when the money is right. Unless we find someone who is prepared to bankroll us totally we need to pay our way. I would rather that than we became another Chelsea or Man City.

Portsmouth midfield trio?

coffindrop

backdoor

Now that is something worth thinking about!

I am not putting my fingers in my ears (would make no difference as I use my eyes to read not my ears). I do not dismiss the use of open intel (although feel free to twist my words). If the authorities knew who was going to carry out the attacks in Paris, where and when, how come they didn't stop it? There is a massive difference between information being picked up and information being broadcast.

I am sure information comes in all forms. That is why if you want to run a successful operation it is not ideal to start yakking about it where the security forces can pick it up. I am not saying it doesn't happen because the recent case shows that it does. Hence a failed plot.

I am sure GCHQ are carrying out sophisticated monitoring and I am sure that there are more sophisticated terrorists out there than the moronic couple from Reading. That has been my point all along.

Flying in the face of popular opinion? So I am wrong in thinking that we are not at risk from the majority of Muslims in this country? What other information do I not understand that the rest of the world does?

Its not the value I am worried about though it is just the concept of betting on your own team to get relegated!

Which is probably a fair reflection given that we did slip down the table after a bright start.

I expect that the intelligence services monitor whichever area of activities they are concerned about at that time. If the IRA were still a threat it would make sense to monitor their activities. As the current threat is coming from IS then it would makes sense to put most of your resources there. I wouldn't rule out the Ginger threat though. Seriously though Whelk, what type of question is that? Still, as the terrorists all seem to be walking about telling anyone who will listen what they are up too it seems like the security forces have any easy job

You haven't seen my porn activity! But seriously I am sure that there are coded messages flying about all over the place but please don't expect me to believe that the Paris terrorists went on FB to tell their mates that they were going to launch an attack on Paris with all the details or that they sat in their local bars or cafes talking openly about their plans. Terrorism works precisely because they keep their plans secret. It fails when the security forces know what they are going to do, where and when.

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