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So fans feel blackmailed that if they seek a refund they're taking money from a charity, so the club can look good by donating someone else's cash.

Pretty harsh way of looking at it. I think the club are just trying to do the best thing following something a bit nasty that is not their fault. The club (like most) do plenty of good without this so its not like they need it to increase their image: http://www.burnleyfccommunity.org/

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Out of the Carabou Caraboo Beverage Cup in R1. Result! Now to focus on the league.

I don't think that many fans were expecting a refund. They weren't obliged to give anything per the T&Cs and the club didn't have any choice after the police told them to call it off.

Plus our PR department isn't that good. It may have been a ploy to avoid the admin of dealing with a load of returned tickets though.

A record third super cup final defeat or tech proving offside..

Danny Rose making some moves...

I will say this too, I will play up north. I don’t know exactly when
but I will get back up north and play some football somewhere. I am
going to make it my priority before I retire to play football up
there. I have been away for over 10 years now and I don’t get to see
my mum that often. I’m not saying I want out, but if something came to
me that was concrete, I’d have no qualms about voicing my opinions to
anyone at the club.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/10/danny-rose-play-up-north-tottenham-signings-spurs

This probably means he'll sign for Chelsea tomorrow.

Word is he's coming to Chelsea...

Along with The Ox, Danny Drinkwater and Ross Barkley... #loadofbollocks

Drinkwater,Rose and Ox would be good squad players, Barkley no thanks.
I like Oxlade Chamberlain and would push Moses in that right back roll.

What a cunt. Not played for months, undermined his own team 2 days before the season starts. Who the fuck was he when he signed for Spurs? I certainly hadn't heard of him. Spurs consistently don't spend big and consistently end up at the top end of things.

LOL.

why so angry?

Rose has been consistent in his views for the last couple of months.
I have issues with him giving an interview to the Sun, which sensationalised his comments, and the timing of them, seeing as we're a couple of days away from the first game of the season, but his point of view, is his point of view. And I'd rather he had one and spoke openly about it, than did media speak in front of camera/microphones and leaked all sorts of opinion as "sources say"

US Spurs blog with a breakdown of the pull quotes vs what Rose actually said.

https://cartilagefreecaptain.sbnation.com/2017/8/10/16122094/tottenham-hotspur-news-danny-rose-the-sun-interview-transfers-wages-playing-in-the-north

I'm an angry guy!

Just disappointing - don't bite the hand that feeds you etc. (I'm not a Spurs fan).

(I'm not a Spurs fan)

Why... Would... You... Care..?

(I'm not a Spurs fan).

Everyone is a little bit.

Only just clocked your profile pic. <3

Word is he's coming to Chelsea...

The word on the street on your idyllic penninsular outside Brisbane? I suspect that, what with no one watching Neighbours anymore, they have little else to talk about.

The word on the street on your idyllic penninsular outside Brisbane?

Waiting for the DoTW match preview.

Brisbane have a soccer team, right?

Coutinho hands in a transfer request. Liverpool's season over before it's already started.

In all seriousness though £120m or whatever for him is crazy money, but the market is so overinflated they won't be able to replace him.

OK. Predictions. Top six and bottom three.

I will start:

Liverpool
Spurs
Arsenal
City
Everton
United

Burnley
Huddersfield
Swansea

We're not doing this 'Chelsea will never amount to nuffink' thing again are we?

My predictions:

Chelsea
City
United
Arsenal
Spurs
Everton

Watford
Swansea
Huddersfield

Man City
M United
Spurs
Arsenal
Liverpool
Everton

Swansea
Palace
Brighton

*at present chelsea outside of top 6 on current squad status.

*edited after thinking a bit.