Ponz

Just die you fucking cockroach.

Wouldn't such an injunction contradict the first ruling, though? I would think the whole point of establishing the board's legitimacy is to also establish their right to effect executive decisions- sale included- pending further legislation. If not, what would be the point of RBS filing seperately?

Sent.

It's hypocritcal for rich people to spend their own money because Gordon Brown bankrupted the country? Silly manufactured outrage.

But what's his net spend?

The points deduction would leave us needing 43 points from 31 games to avoid relegation. That's 1.38 points per game. By comparison, we averaged 1.66 ppg over last season's dreadful campaign. NESV should be more worried about Roy's cluelessness than the point penalty.

I have nothing against Ian Ayre and have been impressed by Broughton's composed, no nonsense approach since the day he was appointed. Next week's verdict permitting, this Chelsea fan will have done more fo Liverpool FC in 6 months than self-proclaimed "true red" Moores did in 15 years. Purslow was appointed by Hicks and has spent the bulk of his tenure peddling his boss's propoganda about transfer spending and "player contracts". He's just appointed a patently unqualified manager on the basis of a single UEFA cup run and- regardless of whether one agrees with Rafa's sacking/resignation (I did)- acted unprofessionally in undermining him during a league campaign. He deserves no endorsement or apology simply for doing the bare minimum to avoid full scale corporate malpractice. The bulk of evidence suggests that he's neither trustworthy nor competent enough to run the club on a long-term basis.

1) Provide some semblence of a coherent attacking philosophy 2) Refrain from bizarre and defeatist public comments 3) Command the instant respect and backing of the playing squad 4) Command the instant respect and backing of the fanbase I have major concerns about Kenny's time out of the game but am fairly certain that the above factors would have yielded more than 6 points per 7 games.

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Nonsense. The WSJ is a conservative, pro-capitalist paper and they've done more with one article towards helping our cause than many lefty papers in the UK have done in 3 years.

We can debate the logistics of a match boycott until we're blue in the face but don't pretend that Hicks or his enablers give two shits about "symbolic" protests. Either target their cash flow in a tangible way or don't bother.

Sent.

We're supposed to believe Kenny discussed taking the manager's job with the board before clearing it with his wife?

Despicably corrupt refereeing by that Atkinson cunt. At a bare minimum, 60 seconds should have been added for the two goals. If the roles had been reversed, we'd still be waiting for the final whistle.

How exactly would RBS seize control of the sales process without foreclosing on the parent company? Threatening to enforce G&H's personal guarantees seems a plausible strategy but the Guardian doesn't explicitly make that point.

Hahaha. That's quality.

The fact that the government may make a "profit" on its equity investments is of little relevance to whether the bailout was justified. The purpose of saving the banks was to preserve their role as financial intermediaries in the economy(i.e. channelling its savings into investment). As indicated by the still anemic rates of money supply and credit growth, the interventions have not been successful on this objective. The rescued banks have either been hoarding cash to prepare for future write downs or making a risk-free profit financing the deficit (borrowing from the BOE at 0%, lending to the government at 3%) Allowing zombie banks to limp their way back to solvency over a 5-10 year period is nice for shareholders but the broader economy would have been better served by administration/receivership. A simple debt for equity swap, for example, would have replaced the insolvent institution with a well capitalised bank better placed to lend to businesses and consumers. One should also note that the current "profits" of Lloyds, RBS etc. depend significantly on the maintenance of ultra-low interest rates and the BOE's Special Liquidity Scheme (allowing banks to temporarily swap toxic mortgage assets for gilts). These policies impose their own costs on the tax payer in the form of future inflation risk and negligible return for savers. As for the stimulus, the other three articles offer pretty flimsy justification. One cannot simultaneously credit Brown for a potential economic revival (article 1) while blaming Cameron if it doesn't happen (article 3). That's a classic non-falsifiable argument. And the sudden rise in consumer confidence (article 2) is more easily attributable to the announcement of a credible deficit reduction plan than any lingering effects of the stimulus. And this "brilliant economist" left us the worst placed of any major developed country to combat the recession. Countercyclical fiscal policy doesn't mean racking up enormous deficits in the boom years.

Fuck him and fuck his wife.

"We're fucked"

Gets my goat that some of our fans compare this tedious, classless shit bag to Shankley. He's not worth a boil on Shankley's rear end.

Very naive tactics from Hodgson. Barry/De Jong/Toure were always going to steam roll over a midfield pairing of Lucas (anonymous) and Gerrard (not a holding midfielder). The Mascherano situation can't be helped but there's no excuse for leaving a destroyer-type like Poulsen on the bench facing such an obvious mismatch. Alternatively, Babel/Maxi out wide in a 4-5-1 would have given us far more balance than saddling Torres with a strike partner he neither wants nor needs. Even 3-2-4-1 with Aurelio/Johnson as wing backs and Agger alongside Carra/Skrtel would have been reasonable given the circumstances. Anything but kamikaze 4-4-2.

Spot on. Kuyt is the sort of player you sell when a new owner invests £100 million, not when the club is a basket case that can barely cover a month of interest payments with his fee. Too many people approach these discussions in isolated Football Manager mode with no regard for contextual factors. If we're very lucky, £8 million will go to the bank and the other £2 million will be spent on Marlon Harewood.

Nonsense. Even taking fitness into account, he's not half the player of Aurelio. Poor positional sense, lacks composure and offers little going forward. He's a good lad but a classic example of someone's birth place giving people a rose tinted view of footballing ability.

2007/2008: 6th 2008/2009: 6th 2009/2010: 6th Average net spend over the 3 seasons: £22.7m. I put O'Neil in the Keane/Keegan category of managers: good motivator when expectations are low but too much of a head case to make it at the highest level.

Was he a taxi driver by any chance?