Lol. Do you go shooting with your boss and pretend to like a good cigar?
No and never liked cigars, like guinness its something I would like to but find it disgusting.
How could you not like Guiness ?
Have you never been in a Devonish or Badger beer pup whn the only thing to drink was Guiness because you knew where it came from?
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Just in case there was any doubt. Baz will claim being the 1st to state it on here but hey
https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Global/Issues/2017/08/18/Finance/Southampton.aspx
Premier League side Southamptonâs new owner funded his ÂŁ200M ($257.5M) takeover of the club âwith a loan from a Chinese government-backed bank in Hong Kong,â people familiar with the matter said, according to BLOOMBERG. A Chinese investor group led by Lander Sports Development Chair Gao Jisheng âsettled the bulk of the acquisition cost with a loan from Hong Kongâs Nanyang Commercial Bank Ltd.,â according to the sources. The consortium reportedly purchased an 80% stake in Southampton in a deal completed this week. The borrowing is âbacked by some of Gaoâs assets outside of China, including those in the former Portuguese colony of Macau.â Nanyang Commercial Bank was bought last year by China Cinda Asset Management Co., a financial group whose âbiggest shareholder is the Chinese central government.â By obtaining offshore financing in Hong Kong, Gao âskirted a Chinese regulatory clampdown on companies buying trophy assets overseasâ like sports teams, film studios and luxury hotels. Lander Sports, which has a market value of $1.4B in Shenzhen, said earlier this year that it agreed to buy control of Southampton from team owner Katharina Liebherr. Gao âlater decided to pursue the transaction in a personal capacity,â after the listed company said that it terminated its involvement due to âchanges in domestic policies.â DealGlobe acted as financial adviser to the Gao family in the transaction. A representative for Gao declined to comment, while a spokesperson for Nanyang Commercial Bank said she could not âimmediately commentâ ( BLOOMBERG, 8/17 ).
There are equally numerous unfounded allegations around that allegedly Gao/Lander are in default on the loan. Not being fluent in Mandarin and unwilling to rely on google translate it is better not to post some of those to save Pap from a Libel Suit
Mind you Pap in a Libel Suit may look sartorially preferable to Bletch in a shirt
This seems like a good enough thread title for this post.
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True, but you would have thought his shirts would have affected both teams 
Iâm talking about the libel cases.
Whilst I donât doubt it being a factor it also sounds like a lousy excuse to me.
Itâs OK, itâs in the Fail, so can be ignored safely
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Yes but.
One line in that about the nice guy tough guy style they had together followed by âbutâ Ralph still has their supportâŚ
Which of these sources is less reliable? Itâs like choosing between a kick in the bollox and a kick in the bollox.
Always back the opposite of a Crook assertion.
So weâll get both Dave and Erik? seems a bit overkill but desperate times I sâpose 
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In which case, âwelcome Erik Stoffelshausâ!
I donât really care who they appoint. I just want players that are proud to wear the shirt and show it in every game, win or lose
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And are hot
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