percyvarco

This thread is spot on, it appears to me that everybody else is to blame apart from the Cheeky Chappie Scousers. Funny how it didn''t happen last year with Arsenal, Ok the Stade De France is bigger but it is a lot easier to get too. Luckily there was no loss of life on Wednesday.  

[quote user="Smudger"] Very true... It is an utter disgrace that over 20,000 tickets were given over to corporate guests for a game that means so much to both sets of fans. The FA have allowed the money men and touts to run big games like this for far too long... It is about time that the FA were shown up for the bunch of money grabbing old farts that they are and returned games such as these back to the real fans!!! [/quote] I agree but it ain''t never going to happen. Sadly the FA have an expensive stadium to pay for thats why we also get the daft event of the FA cup semi''s also at Wembley next year.

[quote user="GJD"] Well here''s hoping, since 5 million still buys quite alot if you spend it wisely. However giving the club five million to spend, while only having a 1% stake in the shares of the club seems very generous indeed. I can''t imagine the ''Turners'' have aquired their wealth by giving money away for no return! [/quote] A 1% share ownership and both of the Turners made Directors in return, imo this is the start of a bigger role for them. Sucession plans are key to any Business and the Suffolk two may have just found part of their plan.

excellent memories of him, but get him back , No. Along with Sutton he should stay in the fans memory and not as part of the future. Good luck to him

Make him Captain next season, he is the best motivator we have

The figures are out and despite a healthy ammount for a club of our capacity Delia and Co are loosing custom. 20096 season ticket holders 06/07 17786 renewed, 12% didn''t 1431 are on the waiting. Assuming they all still want a ticket after last seasons showing there are still 879 season tickets available. Its a start of a trend that people have voted with their feet.  2310 season ticket holders saw enough last season and  the waiting list currently stands at minus 879

are some of the facilities, ie the pool as it cost too much to run, etc still turned off for prudence sake?

Sorry but bye bye to them both. Etuhu - lazy waste of talent Hughes - all effort but not upto it if we are going to progress next year. Both have had thier chance, neither have done enough, unless we are happy as a mid table team

The Spin that wafts out of Carrow Road is the worst idea. Season tickets are great for business. I bet that there are many businesses who wish that their customers would pay upfront for the year no matter what state the goods were. Also if the waiting list is so full why did the ticket office continually phone people who had not renewed just to remind them, and in some cases I know when the ticket holder had stated that they were not going to renew in a previous call?  

aren''t rolling contracts sort of indefinate as each day you wake up your contract starts again. I am sure that the Egyptian Shopkeeper has defined the length of the rolling contract for paying up purposes.

Whats with all this we need a cheap old hand experianced keeper. If PG had used his loaf we could have played Lewis at the end of the last season when we were safe so that the pressure was off him. Whats happened to finding another Gunny, a 33 year old in the twilight of his years (cue Dion replies) is not looking to the future.

[quote user="Salahuddin"]I pray that its true, as long as it isn''t Chase![/quote] But without Chase this board would not have had any land to sell. Now that its all gone they have no ideas how to use the cash they have generated so a fresh approach from a sucessful property chap would be most welcome

I have a copy of the On The Ball City book from the John Bond days signed by all the players. Running it close is a Kevin keelan signature on the back of a Mr Keelan menswear card from his shop in Anglia Square!!

Can''t be them, I have seen Captain canary get the ball in the net!!

SakaGP - what is a real fan? it appears it is one, who in your eyes, is happy to applaud any dross that is served up. Were you happy with Saturday''s performance? If so please explain because in my 30 years at Carrow Road I am struggling to remember such a disinterested disorganised rabble of a team. I pays my money I makes my choice and the "apreciation" shown at half time was well deserved.

perhaps we can get good money if we transfer the groundsman??

it looked like one of those occasions where it was thought that it was the correct thing to do but in reality it wasn''t

Ryan belives his own hype with the sponsored BMW and poncy gear, he seems to have forgotten what got him these toys and should focus on his football again.............elsewhere.

Sad to say but on his recent visits to Carrow Road he has put in good displays 

[quote user="ricky knight"][quote user="Jimbo_Jet_Set"] Remember that Roy Keane has spent a hell of lot more money at Sunderland than we have. Who has Grant been allowed to bring in? Brown, Chadwick and Lappin came for peanuts and I am afraid it shows. I know it ain''t going to happen, but I reckon if you gave Grant the money Keane has spent (around 8million) then at the very least we would be challenging for the playoffs next season To me this is the key aspect for the summer. Just how far are the board prepared to go to back their man. Give him 3 to 4 million and we have a chance. But if we are reduced to taking a punt on non-league players (Robbie Simpson etc) or Scotish journeymen (Fozzy) then I fail to see how anything is going to change unless we get very lucky.  Doncaster has got to put some money where his mouth is or him and his boardroom friends are going to face a long, difficult season. [/quote] Its not just money, its Keane''s standing in the game which also attracts players to sunderland, the sort of standing Grant does not share. Grant has obviously come here to make the best of a bad situation, where as Keane wants to be a winner, Grant talks a good game, thats it so far, we will see in the summer months what he is made of. [/quote] This is why Grant has appointed Gunny as Transfer Man as he has a better standing in the game than Grant.

Forbes and Stringer

[quote user="Cobain18"] [quote user="percyvarco"]why o why did Ronaldo get both awards, the winker played a big part in our world cup downfall and we give him an award..................come on. Forgive and Forget Major, sorry but not just yet.[/quote] maybe he got the award because he is the best player in the premier league right now and maybe the world, the only reason he played a part in our world cup downfall was because he is a good player - i''m sure even wayne rooney would agree  [/quote] goading the ref and play acting.........not my idea of a good player, but watching Moan U players do it week in week out it must be installed into them. I do happen to think he is a good player but he didn''t have to get the awards, this typifies the current want of too many to lick and cuddle all things Moan U. (and exactly why are they refered to as United by the press and thier fans, there are other Uniteds in the Prem its not solely for thier name). Rant over and 1-0 to Milan would be good enough

rumour has it all books are closed and you can''t get a carrot on Paul Ince being Leicester manager next year

why o why did Ronaldo get both awards, the winker played a big part in our world cup downfall and we give him an award..................come on. Forgive and Forget Major, sorry but not just yet.

I think that the Anglian MD is from that neck of the woods