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Its hardly likely that they are going to spoil the cliffhanger and say "dont worry Jon is coming back next series" To me hes essential to the entire story arc It doesnt make sense to off him now, especially when Weiss & Benioff actually got permission from George RR Martin to do the show by answering one question "Who is Jon Snows mother??" Why would that be such a secret and such an essential question if his end game was dying at the Wall at the hands of the Nights Watch

I dont want him given any control of transfers He definitely wanted Allen and Borini at the club, they are totally his signings. I really woyldnt trust him with more money based on those 2 deals alone

There has been an epilogue missed out of book 3 BUT one part of the story has already caught up to book 5 and weve seen a glimpse of stuff that I suspect we will see in future publications!!! I suspect the next season we will see a lot of stuff that even those who have read the books (upto Dance With Dragons) wont know about

In the tv series the other "villains" left are Walder Frey and the Whitewalkers Oh and Littlefinger

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TonyBarretTimes Tony Barrett Andy Carroll got back from Ibiza yesterday - as I did - and trained at Melwood today - as I didn't. The arrest rumour is b******s.

From The Times <!-- BEGIN: Module - Advert:Top --><SCRIPT type=text/javascript><!--//Retrieve yaoo Cookie Valuevar yahoo = "no";var IsYahoo="no";if (GetQueryString("yahoo")=="yes" || get_cookie('YH') == "yes") IsYahoo="yes";if (IsYahoo == "yes" || get_cookie('YH') == 'open') {set_cookie ("YH", "yes", "", "" );yahoo = "yes";} else {set_cookie ("YH", "no", "", "" );yahoo = "no";}window.onunload = setYahooCookie;//--></SCRIPT><!-- For Travel Search --><SCRIPT type=text/javascript><!--var RStag = "";try{RStag = segQS;}catch(e){RStag = "";}document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/adj/sport.timesonline.co.uk/football/footballleague ;cat=;pos=sponsor;sz=143x50;'+ RStag +'tile=1;'+categoryValues+'yahoo='+yahoo+';ord='+randnum+'?"><\/script>'); //--></SCRIPT><SCRIPT type=text/javascript src="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/adj/sport.timesonline.co.uk/football/footballleague ;cat=;pos=sponsor;sz=143x50;tile=1;!category=sunoverlays;yahoo=no;ord=1307379407718?"></SCRIPT> <NOSCRIPT></NOSCRIPT><!--SECTION:parameter parameter="dart.server" /--><!-- END: Module - Advert:Top --> May 17, 2010 Striker Connor Wickham soon to cast aside his L plates <!-- END: Module - Main Heading --><!-- Print Author name from By Line associated with the article -->Peter Lansley <!-- BEGIN: Module - Main Article --><!-- Check the Article Type and display accordingly--><!-- Print Author image associated with the Author--><!-- Print the body of the article--><STYLE type=text/css>div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited {color:#06c;}</STYLE><!-- Pagination -->When it comes to understated inner belief, Connor Wickham reveals a level of driving ambition as he prepares to spearhead England’s attack for the European Under-17 Championship finals that start in Liechtenstein tomorrow. The Ipswich Town striker, who scored three goals in four Coca-Cola Championship games last month by way of celebrating his 17th birthday, is confident that he will soon be free to take to the open roads. But he also has his sights set on England lasting the duration of the tournament. “I’ve got my driving test in the week we get back from the Euros, in the first week of June,” he said. “I’ve had 25-30 hours of lessons. I’m confident I can pass.” England play group games against the Czech Republic tomorrow, Greece on Friday and Turkey next Monday. The top two qualify for the semi-finals and the final takes place on May 30. <!-- BEGIN: POLL --><!--This block will execute if an article of type Poll is attached--><!-- END : POLL --><!-- BEGIN: DEBATE--><!-- END: DEBATE--> <!-- END: Module - M63 - Article Related Attachements -->After becoming Ipswich’s youngest-ever player in the 2008-2009 season, at 16 years and 11 days, Wickham was a regular in Roy Keane’s squad this season, earning reviews that could have turned the head of a less grounded individual. But with a sound family background, the former Manchester United captain as his club manager and John Peacock leading this England group, the powerfully built striker is so eminently sensible that he sounds like a young James Milner. He has an agent — Paul Goddard, the former Ipswich and West Ham United player — but “I just leave it to my dad. I know he’s always going to be there for me so I leave everything with him and he’ll sort it out. Then I can concentrate on my football.” The 6ft 3in target man has signed a kit deal with Umbro but he knows not to act like a kid in a sweet shop. “When you’re a footballer, things are going to come your way and you’ve got to be responsible with everything you do,” he said. The one moment that did frazzle his senses was when, seven months after scoring twice in a Carling Cup victory over Shrewsbury Town, he opened his goalscoring account in league football with a stoppage-time winner against Scunthorpe United in March. “I just lost my head,” he said. “It was the best moment I’ve had in football so far. There’d been a lot of times when I’d got on [as a substitute] but hadn’t scored. “Because it was the 93rd minute, I just ran off to the touchline towards the fitness coach and got bundled by all the players. My parents recorded it so we’ve watched it over and over again.” After a few sensible words from Keane Wickham and his family celebrated with a Chinese takeaway. A Liverpool fan whose role model is Fernando Torres, Wickham spent four years on Reading’s books, living in Aldershot, before his father’s job in the Army led them to Colchester and trials with Ipswich. He made sure he studied sufficiently hard to gain eight A-C grade GCSEs before leaving Philip Morant School last summer. “He’s a very level-headed young man,” Peacock said. “I think he’s at the right club and Roy’s done a really good job with him, steadily developing him. He’s a goalscorer but he’s matured a lot in his build-up play. “Physically he’s a real specimen of a young man so it’s no surprise he’s dealing with the physical demands of Championship football. He’s had a lot of accolades this year but he’s dealt with it all in a very mature manner. Within this peer group, he’s just one of the 18. That can only be of benefit to the team.”

Isnt Wickham a Liverpool fan?

This is taken from elsewhere when someone suggested similar and Essentially I guess it means that there is little DIC can do to forcibly reduce Hicks' equity other than stopping dividends and hoping nature takes its course

I agree with your last point just dont think DIC can force Hicks to match their capital injection / investment For me it will be vetoeing dividends to Kop Holdings and forcing him to pay interest / loan repayments more than anything I honestly dont think it will come to that anyway, if they get Gilletts shares, they will get Hicks' soon after

Why will he??? The only pressure they could put on Hicks would be vetoing dividend payments to aid in servicing the Kop Holdings loan and even then they would need a majority of the shareholders / board to do this

DIC had a period of exclusivity, during that period (usually called an offer period) they decide whether to make an offer or not That period expired BEFORE DIC tabled a formal bid Because the offer period had expired we could talk to anyone we wanted and Statler & Waldorf duly gazumped them whereupon DIC threw in the towel and walked away Barry is pretty much spot on in what he is saying regarding timeline and blame

Football Echo - Saturday, August 12, 2006 By Chris Bascombe THE FINAL PIECE TO AN AGE OLD PUZZLE Striker can complete the jigsaw England’s national jigsaw championships took place in Surrey just a few weeks ago, fortunately, Liverpool weren’t’ represented. As anyone who’s followed the club for the last 16 years will tell you, the club struggles so often assembling “the last piece” they’re still in the process of completing a puzzle they started in 1990. By the end of the week Rafa Benitez should be unveiling the latest missing segment. When Dirk Kuyt arrives, which thankfully looks increasingly inevitable, major business will be concluded for another summer and the first serious assessments of the new Liverpool can proceed. Benitez has argued with some justification he doesn’t possess the financial might of Chelsea, but other than Jose Mourinho, nobody does. Relatively speaking the purchase of Kuyt for £10m will demonstrate once more that although the Reds desperately need more capital, any accusations they fail to back their managers in the transfer market are grossly unfair. Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness, Roy Evans and Gerard Houllier all broke the club’s transfer record, in some cases more than once. Benitez hasn’t yet eclipsed the £14m wasted on Djibril Cisse on one player, but after the latest round of spending no-one will be able to take future hints of poverty seriously. Proving Kuyt arrives, and that’s the key here, Liverpool will have signed six players for a combined cost well in excess of £25m. That’s a ball park figure because some of the fees remain undisclosed. It’s emerged Fabio Aurelio, for example, wasn’t a free transfer from Valencia after all. The Brazilian signed a pre-contract with a Uruguayan club last January, so Liverpool had to pay the South Americans to bring him in. it can also be argued a portion of the fees can be accounted for through player sales. But in the closed season, only Fernando Morientes’ departure brought any reasonable return. When any investment in the squad is compared to Chelsea, clearly Liverpool look like poorer cousins. You can take a figure of £25 m and bend it to suit whatever argument you feel like depending on whether Liverpool have won or lost their last match. Compared to the rest of the Premiership (aside from Chelsea, the ludicrous Newcastle who spend money that’s not their own and Portsmouth and their “mystery” backers) the Red are hardly misers. And if the vast investment in transfers since 1990 proves anything, it’s not how much you spend that matters most, it’s what you spend it on. Take a poll of the greatest signing the club has made in that time, and if the £2.5m for Sami Hyppia isn’t at the top, you’ve been asking the wrong people. Liverpool’s board will hope they haven’t any black cheques to hand the manager this summer has a positive effect. Benitez has stated regularly how his scouts have to work harder and take more care because mistakes can’t be afforded. The luxury of wasting £14m on a striker who is clearly not good enough will never be granted in the current regime and who’s going to argue? At times this summer it’s been easy to identify moments of mil discord, mainly when Benitez’s frustration with the lack of a conclusion with both the Alves and Kuyt deals lingered. Tension between the managers demands and the boardroom’s enforced pragmatism are hardly new. Since the days of Bill Shankly, the Anfield board has been handed a wish list at the end of every May, only to send it back with crosses through one or two names beyond the club’s resources. As another round of Shankly books are testifying, the legendary Scot offered and retracted his resignation on an annual basis when deals weren’t agreed for his number one targets. The echoes from history are eerie when analysing the relationship between Benitez and his board. Political contests are a deeply absorbing aspect of the game, and the current Liverpool boss has an expertise when it comes to battles of will. Of course, unlike Shankly, there’s never been anything so dramatic as a threat to walk from Benitez - even if the Real Madrid saga last spring was a bit close for comfort - but the age old problem of what a manager wants and what he can actually afford is as significant now as it’s ever been. Kuyt’s signature should ensure both the manager and board feel hugely satisfied with their summer’s business. Benitez began the pre-season hoping for at least seven new faces, and Kuyt would make six. If Jerzy Dudek leaves the club, or Scott Carson is sent on loan, a new keeper may yet be added. Of those top of the “wish-list” only Daniel Alves escaped Benitez’s grasp and he’s young enough to arrive at a later date. Early indications suggest Jermaine Pennant will prove a hugely encouraging compromise anyway. So smiling faces and pats on the back all round if Kuyt holds aloft his red jersey over the next few days. Now let’s hope that jigsaw is finally complete.

Firstly Reina should have gone for his actions towards Robben (as per the letter of the law) but retrospective action should be taken towards Robben for blatant simulation. If the authorities dont stamp down on this soon its gonna be a constant fixture in every game I want to pose this question to you.. "If Cech had raised his hands to Carragher (in the same manner as Reina) do you think Cech would have been sent off?". IMO the answer would be no because Carragher would never have reacted in the way Robben did Incidentally if you want to use the letter of the law Gallas should also have gone for pushing Reina (but Reina didnt do a Robben so Gallas got away with it) and Gerrard, Crouch & Shearer should also have gone in the Bowyer ruckus during the Newcastle game

I thought pre-contracts under the age of 17 meant nothing..ie werent legally binding Didnt Defoe tear his up when he signed one at Charlton and wanted to move to West Ham

http://www.upthetoon.com/ http://www.spursarmy.com/ I believe Dunk owns / runs these sites in addition to KT

Whilst the lad is a decent enough player off the pitch hes a headcase, only the other week he turned up for training pissed We have an extremely professional squad you would have to question the sense in bringing someone with that reputation into the club Still if Rafa wants to who are we to argue

Simao wants to leave Benfica "to play in a more competitive league", the chairman has said he can go for £12 million All their qualification does is stop us getting him at a lower price than £12 million (personally I think we are going to have to pay over the odds for any right winger we eventually buy) Unless Simao has a U-turn and decides to stay (this might mean him missing the boat completely) I think it will still go through We will also be offerring significantly more wages than he is on at Benfica Benfica are also struggling in the Portuguese League (they are 6th or 7th I think) and might miss out of the Champions League next season whereas chances are if he does join us he will be playing in that tournament

Cisse has scored 3 goals in the League from 8 starts and 4 more coming off the bench 1 a penalty, 1 a fluke (ok a cross) the other a genuine goal There is nothing to suggest that in the Premier League he would be a consistant goalscorer

Kuyt might well be one of those players from Holland ;)

Must be true if the Mail is reporting it :no

Rashid I thought you said we were also getting Duff

Rashid it is on the online Echo website at the bottom of the Kirkalnd article TontoB I think you are right that Leeds and the agent are haggling over the loyalty payments

Dont forget Blackburn as a possible destination