Best game of the season so far! - My thoughts on the Preston game

Just as a hobby, it is worth noting the Stock Market since its inception has gone in one direction, if you do your homework and are not greedy it is comparatively easy

 

MONEY

 

Best result was Commonwealth Bank, bought when it was first floated at $ 5.60 , took the dividend each year in shares , eventually sold for $95.50 , this was one of the few that I held on to for a long time, always remember that though a stock may continue to rise after you sell a profit is a profit and you have NOT lost anything

 

Money stops you dreaming?

Think you're wrong. Money doesn't stop you dreaming. Only lack of ambition stops you dreaming.

Ask Leicester City.

 

Exactly dangleberry and 6 and 5 make 11, not the 13 you originally quoted.

Or are you conveniently dismissing that little fact from the conversation?

Given that 5 of those honours occurred in the 19th Century i.e. 2 centuries ago, means that most people are going to have to dream about them....

Or perhaps you're actually Dorian Gray?

 

Probs more Gandalf the grey

 

Yes for Sunderland they did occur, for Newcastle not so often, Britain's greatness did not occur over the last few years, do you believe we should dismiss it ?

I find it very hard to believe I made a mistake as you have claimed, though if I think back there possibly may have been one time when I was wrong, but then again it could just be my conciliatory nature

 

I don't think we should dismiss it but it would help if we adopted a mindset that recognises that its part of our history and not necessarily relevant to our future. However with the current state of Sunderland it would be petty of us to not allow you to dwell in the past - after all you don't have much to cheer about in the present.

 

Nostalgia is all well and good but it doesn't change the cold hard facts of the present. Sunderland are heading in one direction and will likely pass us. It's galling for their fans to see their more illustrious neighbours doing well so they have to hold on to something. I'll give them that, after all, I'm sure Preston fans hark on about their 1888 team of invincible's or Huddersfield fans reminisce about their 1920's title wins.

 

Hahahahaha

 

Surely the record of the club you support is just that , good and bad from start to finish, you would not suggest we pick out the good parts and use that as a yardstick, for me the record of the club I support is very much a part of the present and as such very much envied by its near neighbour , which of course is understandable , it would be my attitude if the position were ever reversed however unlikely

I have to remind you all the season did not end last week and the games that are still to be played will be counted in the final analysis

One Newcastle manager was given an eight year contract on the strength of his achievments , food for thought

 

Try for a moment to give some thought as to why Newcastle and their opposition each week are in the second division , it will give you some insight

 

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I would even take you to task on your comment of relevance, after Dunkirk Britain's history was very much relevant to what would happen in the future

 

it did for Sunderland.

 

Hence the use of 'not necessarily'. So do you think that Sunderland's continual fights with relegation for the past few years are more due to:
- complacency that has crept in since winning the league in Elizabethan times?
- a poor transfer policy and lack of player investment since Short bought the club?

 

A combination of all three

 

Newcastle certainly have an advantage at present while they are striving to achieve whereas Sunderland could be excused for an attitude of " Been there done that "

 

When was that exactly

 

Surely you remember - it was between 1892 and 1936. You only have to pop over to the Sunderland Forum to read all their fans saying "I don't care how badly we are doing this year as we won the league back then".