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#337543 Transfer Rumours 2016/17

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05 Jul 2016 21:18:55

Yeah that's far too high? Or Low? I'm not sure any more.

Pardew blates bought him for the banter as well.

#337523 EU Referendum

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05 Jul 2016 18:17:33

Imagine how much fucking money you could have had some foresight in the nineties to become an MEP - it wouldn't even have been hard

#337512 EU Referendum

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05 Jul 2016 16:07:34

By Franck | On 04 July 2016 - 10:39 AM BST

Nigel has announced that he is resigning like the charlatan and fraud that he is.

How?

#337185 Euro 2016 tournament thread

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03 Jul 2016 19:47:29

England got their tactics right in not bothering playing France.

#337011 Transfer Rumours 2016/17

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03 Jul 2016 10:00:53

Hate signing new players because the love in is so awful.

Dwight Gayle is a 'proven goalscorer' and Steven Caulker is the rock our defence is crying out for. And of course the Rafa effect - where you're best player fucking off is really a good thing.

#336620 Transfer Rumours 2016/17

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30 Jun 2016 16:38:34

Sack Benitez please.

#336457 Euro 2016 tournament thread

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28 Jun 2016 20:42:43

By The Platypus | On 28 June 2016 - 19:27 PM BST

Yet they're miles better than England

They've replaced Pirlo with Giaccherini and haven't gotten out the group stages of the world cup in 10 years. Root and branch review please.

imo the next England manager needs to be given a 2 year deal, stop trying to build a dynasty. No way for example Conte would have taken the job if he was expected to be there for 6 years. It will limit the the managers willing to take it massively.

#336407 Euro 2016 tournament thread

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28 Jun 2016 16:36:25

Might as well go with an England manager. - on the basis of I'd be against naturalizing non English players no matter how good they are - I actually think Pardew would be a very good choice, I think international management would play to his strengths and hide his weaknesses, and he'd probably go for it, which England have looked incapable of since before the World Cup.

And fwif people are obsessed with England's failures. No doubt Holland will have an 'outstanding philosophy' in a few months time. Zlatan's failure to look the part will be forgotten. Italy's failure to produce any player who is actually a top footballer.

#336278 Euro 2016 tournament thread

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27 Jun 2016 19:57:14

I miss the days when Rooney was England's worst player and a hindrance. Now he's England best player and a hindrance.

Walker and Rose are OK, but they're there for their physical attributes rather than technique. Rooney can't move the ball quick enough and tends to slow the play down. Dier is pointless, and always offers the choice to move the ball backwards when we're already playing a glacial pace. Alli is lost, as a number ten he's waiting for a ball that won't come. Sturridge, Sterling and Kane can't get the service. and will drop deep, but Iceland won't follow, they'll stay in regardless.

The obvious thing is to take a central midfielder off and go 4-4-2 with width. But wingers aren't very fashionable so we'll go out. At least we can put on Wilshere to recycle possession. Or maybe Barkley in an attempt to block the congestion by adding more congestion.

#336258 Euro 2016 tournament thread

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27 Jun 2016 17:58:01

Italy are so much better they got rid of them jabornis like Pirlo, Totti and Del Pierro for Parolo, Giaccerini and Pelle!

#336132 EU Referendum

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26 Jun 2016 19:53:39

I am having visions of Boris Johnson complaining about the stupid electorate voting wrong. He's currently like when they realise Springtime for Hitler is a hit - a tweet I saw earlier.

Sick of the Guardian though - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/24/david-cameron-resign-teflon-cockiness - feels like they write the articles first.

#336097 EU Referendum

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26 Jun 2016 17:50:13

Scotland Act of 1998 apparently.

tbh don't reckon article 50 is going to be triggered.

#335982 EU Referendum

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26 Jun 2016 00:47:49

I'm sorry he was elected to represent us. The genuine working class - but the people who will be hid hardest by Brexit are the people who overwhelmingly voted to leave it - Wales and the North East etc. Sunderland is about as pro-Labour as you can possible get, and Nissan will pull out, there could potentially be cuts to the public sector and possibly employment rights being a thing of the past. If any of these happens, Corbyn will be seen as smug Islington plastic leftie.

I genuinely think Labour is done in England, gone the way of the Lib Dems. I think there will be scepticism of a left-wing candidate, and it's clear a 'Blairite' candidate won't get popular support. I fear we're all Tory's now if we like it or not, and the split will be between the Ruth Davidson's of this world and the Boris' and the Farage's

#335898 EU Referendum

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25 Jun 2016 16:05:46

It's not that I disagree with him, it's that he seems inept. He made no attempt to offer any sort of leadership,

Either he's inept and will be ineffective to in an election. Or he is a politician who has kept out of it to not alianate himself from the working class - which isn't going to work when you're seen as the alternative to the elite.

#335885 Euro 2016 tournament thread

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25 Jun 2016 15:38:36

Give Taulent the front door key!

#335876 EU Referendum

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25 Jun 2016 15:07:38

By Ninja | On 25 June 2016 - 15:50 PM BST

Oh. Sorry. I think you mis-understood what I said.

The EU wanted to protect the steel industry (including in this country) from cheap Chinese steel dumps. That would have propped up our industry and would probably have lead to Tata steel staying. The UK fought tooth and nail to stop them from doing that for over 3 years, and in 2016, as I'm sure you're aware, that led to Tata steel pulling out, at which point the UK government refused to bail out the steel industry in the same way they did the banks.

The crisis of manufacturing in this country, like most other things, is entirely a problem of our own making.

And on the topic, the issue I assume you're talking about is the Bombardier/Siemans bid for the Thameslink contract. As far as I'm aware, the main problem was the process that was set out by the Labour government that the Tories followed (they said they would change it afterwards, but in typical Tory fashion didn't), again it was largely a problem of our own making.

How dare you!

The UK Govt, has done everything possible to save steel. They've even allowed buyers to walk away from the pension scheme. If that's not a victory for the workers, then I don't know what is.

#335874 EU Referendum

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25 Jun 2016 14:53:45

By Number 1 | On 25 June 2016 - 10:58 AM BST

You could say the same about his entire leadership tbf.

I've generally been supportive of him. It's been totally unfair when the Sun attack him and 'establishment' Blairite Labour undermine him. But the idea of Labour losing in the North East is unthinkable.

Corbyn seemed to absolutely half step this campaign. Offering nothing or attempting to motivate or persuade his built in audience. Sadiq Khan also sounded like an itdiot.

I think Labour are done. Lib Dems are done. Moderate Tories seems like the only option, save us Ruth Davidson.

#335767 EU Referendum

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24 Jun 2016 19:23:29

Did Corbyn do anything? He seems to have done absolutely nothing to stopping the North leaving

#335749 EU Referendum

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24 Jun 2016 16:20:53

Franck or I guess Jonas or any Europeans?

Is there actually anything in euroskepticism over there? it's weirdly reported 95% of the time Europe are a bunch of banana-bending self interested weirdos plotting against Britain. Then the other 5% they're on the verge of referendum.

#335659 EU Referendum

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24 Jun 2016 05:57:26

I hope Nissan closes overnight.

#335642 EU Referendum

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23 Jun 2016 23:41:28

By Ninja | On 24 June 2016 - 00:30 AM BST

Pound since the Sunderland result.

Fantastic result that. Not like 90% of the town work in the public sector. I'm sure sd the pound drops there will be more exports of the Council and NHS....especially when Nissan fuck off back to France. Incredible Stupidity.

At least Fat Sam will be happy. The big racist.

#335634 EU Referendum

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23 Jun 2016 22:21:48

Yeah that's what I was looking at.

The official reason for entering the wars were because Germany invaded Belgium and Poland. It's absolutely staggering that people seem to think otherwise. We fought alongside Stalin ffs not exactly a great friend to freedom or democracy.

I think it's because Americans say it. And at least it is half true when they say it. They fought a war which gave them more freedom, democracy and suffrage, ours was handed down over a period of around a hundred years for varying reasons. Thank Bobby Peel, Gladstone and the Marquess of Salisbury for the vote ffs.

#335622 EU Referendum

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23 Jun 2016 20:51:29

Amazing how many people genuinely seem to think that they're honouring Britain's Heroes of yesterday who died at the Somme etc.

My hot take from WW1 was poorer economic conditions + Nationalism + smaller, weaker and more isolated states = Jelly and ice cream for all.

#335620 EU Referendum

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23 Jun 2016 20:03:39

By Ninja | On 23 June 2016 - 10:48 AM BST

Yes.

I'm under the assumption that Shola knows that and is trolling though.

Not only is the £350m a complete nonsense (its the gross figure not including our rebate which brings the figure down to ~£190m ish) but theres also a variety of other reasons why its utter bullshit in order:

1. The value of the EU to our economy vastly outweighs the cost. Even ignoring most sensible economic arguments the value of inward investment from EU countries to the UK is about £50bn a year. That utterly dwarfs the cost of membership (and theres good reason to believe that £50bn vastly underestimates the influence the EU has).
2. If we vote to Leave the pound will take an utter battering, institutions that use London as a anglophone point of entry into the EU will leave (why would they stay?) and people will lose their jobs. Perhaps we could ride it out and come out the other side, but when Leave have offered literally no argument whatsoever for why on earth we would want to do that then, well, why on earth would we want to do that?
3. Leave's argument has been that we'd sign a trade deal with the EU to access the single market. To do that we'd have to pay a fee (Norway pays £245m a year gross although I'm not sure if the receive a rebate) so to do that we'd end up paying more, or at the very least not saving much, for less. We'd be beholden to the EU's rules (especially the 'nonsense' ones like bendy bananas that literally don't exist), and more than likely have to except freedom of movement as a condition - at the very least, both Switzerland and Norway were forced to accept that.

I know Remain gets branded as 'scaremongers' because Leave can't engage with their concerns, but they're right. The prospect of waking up tomorrow out of the EU is fucking terrifying.

In fairness I don't think I've heard Remain communicate this point at all. Like apparently the EU rebuilt Manchester after it was bombed and I haven't heard that at all. They seem to have made an error of allowing immigration to dictate the discussion.

My main concern isn't the economy it's reconsruction - if we pull away all the EU laws and allow the most right wing Government dictate new laws. I'm genuinely scared to think of what employment rights I may have in two years time. Imagine Michael Gove or Iain Duncan Smith being in complete charge of employment rights or welfare.

#335517 EU Referendum

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22 Jun 2016 22:50:44

It's just unthinkable a man with an ugly wife could become King. We'd become a third world country overnight. The EU would kick us out that's for sure.

Also have Austria ever apologised for turning heel on us during the Crusades? How can we trust them? We'll send David the Lionheart over there and the next thing we know he's held captive in a dungeon and there threatening to sell him to Korea.

Serious point, does the US not sort of creep you out with how venerated the office of President is like every President is seen as stoic, father figure. I find that weird, like the American ignoring Watergate because they couldn't believe a President could act without honour, much prefer the absurdity of Monarchy. At least in our system you're sort of encouraged to think the Prime Minister is a complete dick.

#335513 EU Referendum

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22 Jun 2016 22:33:12

By Ninja | On 22 June 2016 - 23:25 PM BST

Thats far enough I can see why you would like to vote for democracy and protecting our unelected monarch that the EU wish to abolish.

C'mon mate that was bad - are you really suggesting that the UK isn't a democracy?

Also in fairness the monarchy is elected, we generally kick out Monarchs we don't like. Everyone knows that the Queen won't die until after Charles as quite frankly it is the will of the Great British public.

#335508 EU Referendum

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22 Jun 2016 22:16:36

I am. I hate spending £350m a week on banana bending bureaucrats when that money could be spend on something useful like the NHS or Trident.

#335440 EU Referendum

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22 Jun 2016 17:08:51

So many brave men died to give you that vote - How dare you use it.

Where as the 'died for the vote' think came from. Britain has never fought a foreign war 'for the vote' - Who are we honoring the Suffragette's? Victims of Peterloo?

#335437 The Lower League Thread

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22 Jun 2016 16:58:44

By Rick87 | On 22 June 2016 - 17:44 PM BST

I know after being relegated your not supposed to be excited for the coming season but I'm actually finding it quite refreshing seeing the fixture list and all these teams we don't usually play, maybe be able to get some away days in at grounds I've not visited before.

Also there are lots of local derbies which should be fun. Derby, Forest and Burton are all closer to me than Villa Park is so convenience is also a bonus!

Same.

I don't get why football fans really cynical of the Premier League and money but then are scared to lose it.

#335436 EU Referendum

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22 Jun 2016 16:54:53

I'll be voting leave to honour our World War 1 dead - as that's what they would have wanted.