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[Football] Taxi for Pardew



Rugrat

Well-known member
Mar 13, 2011
10,224
Seaford
I like the way the Sun makes it easy for their readers ... "footballers quizzed by cops after allegedly stealing a taxi" after which comes a big picture of ........ a taxi

(was it the taxi or a taxi ... this is important!)
 




Richbaggie

New member
Feb 9, 2018
29
Hugely embarrassing report, whats the fans view? Similar to your good self I would guess

One of disgust but no real surprise. The players were against going and aren't behind Pardew at all so it's not a surprise to me that something went wrong.
 


Buzzer

Languidly Clinical
Oct 1, 2006
26,121
One of disgust but no real surprise. The players were against going and aren't behind Pardew at all so it's not a surprise to me that something went wrong.

I feel for you matey. Pardew is poison and has form for encouraging a laddish drinking culture at clubs he's managed. Rumour has it Dean Hammond and other senior players at Saints approached the Chairman about Pardew trying it on with their wives.
 


Richbaggie

New member
Feb 9, 2018
29
I feel for you matey. Pardew is poison and has form for encouraging a laddish drinking culture at clubs he's managed. Rumour has it Dean Hammond and other senior players at Saints approached the Chairman about Pardew trying it on with their wives.

I am fairly close to the club and I know how littke respect Pardew commands. Players don't like him at all.
We have been so well run for so long, it's tough to see it falling apart and potential of return to the bad days of the 90s beckoning.
 






LlcoolJ

Mama said knock you out.
Oct 14, 2009
12,982
Sheffield
I am fairly close to the club and I know how littke respect Pardew commands. Players don't like him at all.
We have been so well run for so long, it's tough to see it falling apart and potential of return to the bad days of the 90s beckoning.
It does all sound a bit Sunderlandy.
 




Bold Seagull

strong and stable with me, or...
Mar 18, 2010
30,463
Hove
All the jokes aside, this has to be really serious doesn't it? Presuming they were intoxicated, they've got drink driving, driving without insurance etc. then you've got theft. Blimey, I mean you could be looking at a custodial sentence!
 




Buzzer

Languidly Clinical
Oct 1, 2006
26,121
All the jokes aside, this has to be really serious doesn't it? Presuming they were intoxicated, they've got drink driving, driving without insurance etc. then you've got theft. Blimey, I mean you could be looking at a custodial sentence!

I've learnt recently from the Spanish tax fraud cases that if the sentence is less than 2 years the judge can give them a suspended sentence. I've no idea how strict the judges are over there but I reckon the sentence over here would be minimum of 2 years so this could be interesting.

It's clearly a sackable offence though. They were there as part of their club. This wasn't a private thing.
 




Stat Brother

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Jul 11, 2003
73,888
West west west Sussex
I can't help thinking at 7pm on Brighton's warm weather training the squad will look something like this:-

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For fear of 'popping out for a quick one with the gaffer' turning into this:-

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#YouKnowWhatHe'sLike.
 






Richbaggie

New member
Feb 9, 2018
29
It does all sound a bit Sunderlandy.

The only positive is at present we are debt free.

However, rumours are that a fair few players don't have flex down in their contracts which was always the standard when we were yo yoing between the divisions in the noughties. So doubt we will be a club in black for much longer.
 






Birdie Boy

Well-known member
Jun 17, 2011
4,387
"Until such time as that investigation has been completed, the club will not be making any further comment."

And they couldn't say that after the Bong incident. :doh:
 


Couldn't Be Hyypia

We've come a long long way together
NSC Patron
Nov 12, 2006
16,719
Near Dorchester, Dorset
Like West Brom and really feel for their fans. They've never lorded it over other fans. Were the classic yo-yo club and one that many looked to as a role model. Such a shame for them and shows us how incredibly bloody grateful we should be to have Uncle Tony.
 


BensGrandad

New member
Jul 13, 2003
72,015
Haywards Heath
All the jokes aside, this has to be really serious doesn't it? Presuming they were intoxicated, they've got drink driving, driving without insurance etc. then you've got theft. Blimey, I mean you could be looking at a custodial sentence!

i remember a trip in Fuertoventura and the guide saying that there was very little crime because if anything happened the offenders got locked up for 6 - 12 months awaiting trial. Its a pity the same didnt happen to them in Spain where they were.
 


Buzzer

Languidly Clinical
Oct 1, 2006
26,121
The only positive is at present we are debt free.

However, rumours are that a fair few players don't have flex down in their contracts which was always the standard when we were yo yoing between the divisions in the noughties. So doubt we will be a club in black for much longer.

I reckon this could work for you in the long run. There's been so much gone so wrong that it's clear your club needs a complete clear out to get it back on an even keel. If it had just been one thing or another then you wouldn't have the momentum to push for wholesale change. Trouble is, in the short term, it's gonna hurt.
 




ROSM

Well-known member
Dec 26, 2005
6,771
Just far enough away from LDC
I feel for you matey. Pardew is poison and has form for encouraging a laddish drinking culture at clubs he's managed. Rumour has it Dean Hammond and other senior players at Saints approached the Chairman about Pardew trying it on with their wives.

Or some lovely stories from west ham where a certain manager was caught having an extra marital relationship while his wife was unwell. In an attempt to deflect the story the journalist was offered a story about a player's gambling debts and having his car repossessed in return for not running the original story.
 


maffew

Well-known member
Dec 10, 2003
9,011
Worcester England
If they wanted to do that it would have been more impressive if they had nicked a BUS or a police car. Nicking a taxi is TIN pot

My 2nd cousin did time for nicking a JCB, probably not wise for a pissed up 16 year old to take it down the M5

We werent much older when it was a few of us having a smoke on a combine harvester at 5 am on a nearby farm, which my mate pressed the starter. **** me those things are noisy and have incredibly bright lights. We were down that ladder and running FAST
 


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