Two of today's BBC Football rumours that made me smile.

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:51 pm

Newcastle's new owner Mike Ashley has set his heart on seeing Raul and Deco sporting the black and white. (NotW)

And I've set my heart on slipping Halle Berry a large portion!

New Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra expects the club to be pushing for a Champions League place within three years. (Sunday Telegraph)

My earlier comment still applies.[/i]

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 7:36 am

Zulus Thousand of em wrote:Newcastle's new owner Mike Ashley has set his heart on seeing Raul and Deco sporting the black and white. (NotW)

And I've set my heart on slipping Halle Berry a large portion!

New Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra expects the club to be pushing for a Champions League place within three years. (Sunday Telegraph)

My earlier comment still applies.[/i]

Raises a coupla questions

I'm not sure of Halle Barry's diet even after trawling through the back issues of HEAT magazine, so a large portion of what exactly? I'm always interested to hear how the stars maintain a diet, because kebabs just aren't working for me.

Interesting that Frank is looking at 3 years to turn Citeh round who are even more appaling than Newcastle, on £75/80m yet the fat one is looking at 100m plus to turn Newcastle round and 5 years...

Abdoulaye's Twin · Post by **Abdoulaye's Twin** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:39 am

Worthy4England wrote: Interesting that Frank is looking at 3 years to turn Citeh round who are even more appaling than Newcastle, on £75/80m yet the fat one is looking at 100m plus to turn Newcastle round and 5 years...

Fat Sam as always is trying to lower expectation so failure doesn't look so bad. Makes me laugh, lowering expectation in the toon

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:49 am

well let's face it, "lower" is the only place it can really go

Abdoulaye's Twin · Post by **Abdoulaye's Twin** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:52 am

very true and very unlikely

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:09 pm

Zulus Thousand of em wrote:And I've set my heart on slipping Halle Berry a large portion!

I wish you well on your quest, oh great one.

If you ever do, I want photo's.

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:21 pm

bobo the clown wrote:
Zulus Thousand of em wrote:And I've set my heart on slipping Halle Berry a large portion!
I wish you well on your quest, oh great one.

If you ever do, I want photo's.

You don't, I assure you!