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    Macintosh got a reaction from S8TY in The Administration Thread   
    If you're going to forget all the play-off matches, going to Wembley, breaking the transfer record to bring in Vydra, some wonderful loans and players singed, a youth system bearing fruit and sacking managers because so many fans here said so. Then forget those times, his fortune thrown at this club to chase that dream. But be happy with any new owner and any lack of ambition that may likely follow.
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    Macintosh got a reaction from angieram in The Administration Thread   
    If you're going to forget all the play-off matches, going to Wembley, breaking the transfer record to bring in Vydra, some wonderful loans and players singed, a youth system bearing fruit and sacking managers because so many fans here said so. Then forget those times, his fortune thrown at this club to chase that dream. But be happy with any new owner and any lack of ambition that may likely follow.
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    Macintosh got a reaction from The Scarlet Pimpernel in The Administration Thread   
    If you're going to forget all the play-off matches, going to Wembley, breaking the transfer record to bring in Vydra, some wonderful loans and players singed, a youth system bearing fruit and sacking managers because so many fans here said so. Then forget those times, his fortune thrown at this club to chase that dream. But be happy with any new owner and any lack of ambition that may likely follow.
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    Macintosh got a reaction from jono in The Administration Thread   
    If you're going to forget all the play-off matches, going to Wembley, breaking the transfer record to bring in Vydra, some wonderful loans and players singed, a youth system bearing fruit and sacking managers because so many fans here said so. Then forget those times, his fortune thrown at this club to chase that dream. But be happy with any new owner and any lack of ambition that may likely follow.
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    Macintosh got a reaction from kevinhectoring in The Administration Thread   
    If you're going to forget all the play-off matches, going to Wembley, breaking the transfer record to bring in Vydra, some wonderful loans and players singed, a youth system bearing fruit and sacking managers because so many fans here said so. Then forget those times, his fortune thrown at this club to chase that dream. But be happy with any new owner and any lack of ambition that may likely follow.
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    Macintosh got a reaction from LERam in The Administration Thread   
    On the radio today, a caller phoned in with a proposal to end the Russia–Ukrainian war. Noting that Putin is a huge Beatles fan he suggested McCartney and Ringo do a free concert at the Kremlin if they agree to pull out. Maybe something similar is being planned to soften the deal with Ashley, meet Angelina and One Direction get back together for a one-off Pride Park concert.
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    Macintosh got a reaction from CBRammette in The Administration Thread   
    On the radio today, a caller phoned in with a proposal to end the Russia–Ukrainian war. Noting that Putin is a huge Beatles fan he suggested McCartney and Ringo do a free concert at the Kremlin if they agree to pull out. Maybe something similar is being planned to soften the deal with Ashley, meet Angelina and One Direction get back together for a one-off Pride Park concert.
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    Macintosh got a reaction from Mostyn6 in The Administration Thread   
    On the radio today, a caller phoned in with a proposal to end the Russia–Ukrainian war. Noting that Putin is a huge Beatles fan he suggested McCartney and Ringo do a free concert at the Kremlin if they agree to pull out. Maybe something similar is being planned to soften the deal with Ashley, meet Angelina and One Direction get back together for a one-off Pride Park concert.
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    Macintosh reacted to NottmRAM in The Administration Thread   
    I think you're misreading people's minds. I want Mike Ashley in but for the oposite reason to that which you state. Mike Ashley is incredibly good at buying businesses in distress and making them profitable. We have had an owner who tried to get us to the promised land with the shortest journey. He took a sort cut through hazardous waters, icebergs, sharks, storms. He nearly sank the ship. Now we need an owner who will get us to that promised land but who will take the long way around - through the calm waters. Mike Ashley was at Newcastle a long time. We need that, not some investment company with a three year exit strategy, but someone who will take us to the Premier league without breaking rules. It might be five years of finishing mid table before we see a top six but I will take that over the risks that MM took.
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    Macintosh got a reaction from Maxwell Baxter in Stars on the shirts   
    Asterisks.
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    Macintosh reacted to Stive Pesley in The Administration Thread   
    The only exciting bit is that I'm running a sweep on how many articles the DET will squeeze out of it
  12. Cheers
    Macintosh reacted to bimmerman in Incomings/outgoings and re-signings   
    But he's our donkey so we love him anyway
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    Macintosh reacted to Gerry Daly in Louie Sibley   
    But the opportunity is clearly here for any young player who is able to stake a claim. He needs to buckle down and take an opportunity like Bird, Buchanan and Knight have have done and like Thompson and Plange are doing. He doesn't need to go anywhere else
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    Macintosh got a reaction from C-stand in Rams Memorabilia.   
    Durban, Webster, Rhodes, Young, O’Kane, Ferguson, Hughes, Curry, Hopkinson, Mansfield, Matthews, Waller, Richardson, Roby, Rowe, Clevely, Daniel, Barrowcliffe, Cholerton, Parry, Saxton, Boulton, Ward, Wright.
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    Macintosh got a reaction from loweman2 in Best book about dcfc   
    All these are still available from the northbridgepublishing.co.uk website.
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    Macintosh got a reaction from Carl Sagan in Best book about dcfc   
    It got updated twice. The last one was 2006 by Gerald Mortimer. A funny story about this cover, a transparency had been chosen from Raymonds News Agency, a lovely action image of Alan Hinton volleying the ball, everyone thought it worthy of the jacket. Then we looked closely and found out it was Steve Wicks.
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    Macintosh got a reaction from RoyMac5 in Best book about dcfc   
    All these are still available from the northbridgepublishing.co.uk website.
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    Macintosh reacted to 24Charlie in Our own song (yes this again)   
    They played it at the ground today. 
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    Macintosh got a reaction from SFox1993 in Alan Nixon Breaks Silence on American Billionaire Bid   
    I wonder if it is possible to call off administration? It just seems a bigger mess now than it was a month ago, and the administrator's costs are killing us.
    There are three, maybe four interested parties now to talk to that weren't around before, nearly all the debt has to be paid anyway, so would it make sense for Mel to start afresh, call off administration, get the 12 points back and increase our chances of staying up? Put everyone out of their misery, him especially. 
    He could offer a percentage of the stadium to Dell for that debt, pay off HMRC with his own money, even try a deal still, and then one of the interested parties takes on the rest, they get the club for approx £30million-ish? That would make it a more interesting proposal for all. Morris saves face and still has a part share in the stadium. Surely, somewhere, there is a low-interest loan for £28million to be found?
    Or even a share issue, offered to all parties, discounted to Dell.
    Is that allowed, you can backtrack, call the whole thing off? The EFL did on Jack Marriott, and the Maikel Kieftenbeld transfer from Birmingham. All those owed money would then get paid in full, including this site.
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    Macintosh got a reaction from Kathcairns in End Parachute Money   
    It makes sense if the relegated clubs get promoted the next season because it saves the PL two further parachute payments. It also makes sense to loan the better players to the relegated teams because it improves their chances. They certainly will be hopping mad if a team like Newcastle went down and they won't be happy Brentford are spoiling the party right now.
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    Macintosh got a reaction from Ram-Alf in End Parachute Money   
    It makes sense if the relegated clubs get promoted the next season because it saves the PL two further parachute payments. It also makes sense to loan the better players to the relegated teams because it improves their chances. They certainly will be hopping mad if a team like Newcastle went down and they won't be happy Brentford are spoiling the party right now.
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    Macintosh reacted to Ram-Alf in End Parachute Money   
    "with the vice-chairman of West Ham, Karren Brady, vocally defending the parachute payment system. Arguing that clubs would go bankrupt without the money, she wrote in the Sun that Tracey Crouch had “fallen into a do-gooder trap” by proposing reform. “Maybe Tracey and [EFL chair Rick] Parry confuse competition with fairness,” she wrote"
    It's fair if the parachute payments are shared by other clubs, There is NO! competition when other clubs start off with a war chest of 10s of millions when relegated.
    The smaller clubs in the Premier who fight against relegation most seasons will be against this proposal...imo
  23. COYR
    Macintosh got a reaction from Inverurie Ram in 1971-72 season scrapbook   
    Here's one of Phil he may not have seen, and in a team picture. The legendary Jack Bowers front right, when Brylcreem was a must.
     
    Is that Ian Buxton between Ralph Hann and Alan Durban? Ralph was another who lost his job during the Clough clearout in 1967.


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    Macintosh got a reaction from loweman2 in 1971-72 season scrapbook   
    Here's a team of just memories now. 
    And a legend.


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    Macintosh got a reaction from Inverurie Ram in 1971-72 season scrapbook   
    Here's a team of just memories now. 
    And a legend.


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