had to laugh at this

[StevieC]

Adams received a telephone call during the birthday party of his five-year-old son Atticus to inform the former England defender he had been sacked.

 

Atticus Adams FFS.

 

Initials 'AA' too.

 

Pure genius.

[Redkop]

I had a chuckle at that too.... but cracked up at THIS

 

How the hell has the credit crunch affected WAGS? Have I missed out reading somewhere that Stevie and other players have taken huge pay-cuts?

[Gerry]

I had a chuckle at that too.... but cracked up at THIS

 

How the hell has the credit crunch affected WAGS? Have I missed out reading somewhere that Stevie and other players have taken huge pay-cuts?

 

 

Insult to our intelligence that is. "We're feeling the pain too" - b******s you are.

[Hassony]

I don't understand why people are spending less, never mind millionaire footballers!

[Gerry]

I don't understand why people are spending less, never mind millionaire footballers!

 

Because they have less money? ("people" that is, rather than WAGs).

[muleskinner]

I don't understand why people are spending less, never mind millionaire footballers!

 

Really?

[Hassony]

Because they have less money? ("people" that is, rather than WAGs).

 

I am talking about the people whose income hasn't changed, and their spending has come down (lower mortgages + lower fuel prices)

[muleskinner]

I am talking about the people whose income hasn't changed, and their spending has come down (lower mortgages + lower fuel prices)

 

Job insecurity perhaps?

[Hassony]

Job insecurity perhaps?

 

The problem is its all a cycle, people worry more, spend less, shops suffer, shops close down, more unemployment, more worry....etc

[Gerry]

I am talking about the people whose income hasn't changed, and their spending has come down (lower mortgages + lower fuel prices)

 

Not that you made that distinction initially, but even taking that into account, not everybody's mortgage has gone down - half of mortgages are on fixed deals, and if they're coming off a fixed deal with bugger all equity in the house they'll probably find they could pay more than before. Also take into account that savings income has plummeted and share dividends have been slashed - anyone depending on income such as that will be having problems. And perhaps, just perhaps people are looking at the unemployment rates rising and thinking "s***, that could be me" and deciding to actually pay off debt instead of spending more.

[muleskinner]

The problem is its all a cycle, people worry more, spend less, shops suffer, shops close down, more unemployment, more worry....etc

 

Its a fairly unprecedented cycle that no-one can predict the outcome of. Its only natural to try and tighten the purse strings if you don't know if you will have a job at the end of the week.

[Jacks Jackie Jackson]

And in the recent past, a lot of people were bolstered by the "value" of their homes and the thought that their house was (in some cases) making more per year than they were. Now that "security" is going in the opposite direction so folks don't have that theoretical safety net any more. Or they do but it's got a few holes in now and they don't know if it'll support their weight.

[Eskimo]

And in the recent past, a lot of people were bolstered by the "value" of their homes and the thought that their house was (in some cases) making more per year than they were. Now that "security" is going in the opposite direction so folks don't have that theoretical safety net any more. Or they do but it's got a few holes in now and they don't know if it'll support their weight.

 

That tends to happen during a recession.

[Des]

Atticus Adams FFS.

 

Initials 'AA' too.

 

Pure genius.

 

Looks like a little lightbulb appeared over our Tony's head while he was reading To Kill A Mockingbird.

 

Silly fecker.

[charlie clown]

Looks like a little lightbulb appeared over our Tony's head while he was reading To Kill A Mockingbird.

 

Silly fecker.

 

I think it was much more likely to have been 'watching'.

[Ostrich Man]

Nah...classic O Level book...isnt that what he did when he got sober...got an english O level.

[Chili Palmer]

Nah...classic O Level book...isnt that what he did when he got sober...got an english O level.

 

 

the mans a genius...