to think Take That should have told Robbie to sod off!

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First of all, I used to love Robbie. I was never hugely into Take That first time round. But then when Robbie left and got good I loved him & went to see him in concert every chance I could - was a huge fan basically. Then when his music (IMO) started to get a bit duff four or five years ago and I got sick of hearing about his (reported) costant moaning and 'me me me-ness', I lost interest in him completely. I have really got into Take That since their comeback and think their new stuff is fantastic.

So I don't understand why they would give Robbie the time of day now? He used to be so rude about them all & how they've all amounted to nothing and he's so fantastic, etc. I'm sure that if Robbie was still as popular as he was ten years ago, and they hadn't had the big comeback they have, he wouldn't want to know them anyway. So why, when they're now doing really well without him, do they take him back?

BTW, the Take That stuff I've heard that they've done with Robbie so far, doesn't sound anything like as good as their pre-Robbie stuff, IMO!

Just realised how much I've waffled - so - AIBU?

All the stuff I've heard post comeback has been Robbie Robbie Robbie and the other guys doing some vague woos in the background. He was never the best singer in there anyway!

Still sulking hubby didn't pick up on the "TAKE THAT TICKETS WOULD BE A FANTASTIC COMBINED XMAS/BIRTHDAY PRESENT AND THEY GO ON SALE ON THESE WEBSITES AT 9AM" small hints! I thought they were relatively man-proof hints too!

Well GB said he felt very guilty about how Robbie was treated in take that as he was so young at the time.

I suspect they've just grown up and realised that it made sense to capitalise on their fame whilst they can. Also further cements GB's image as a good bloke.

Gary Barlow has aged well, hasn't he? Remember when he had that terrible Ivan Drago haircut in the '90s? I wouldn't have touched him with yours.

Euphemia - ewwww, memory bleach required.

What disturbs me most about their new single is that you have to rhyme "understood" with "flood" for it to work.

I wonder if Girls Aloud did the same?...

Of course, but they don't normally "sing northern". Like all pop-stars, they affect this sort of mid-Atlantic twang.

Euphemia, I agree...it is the boy band law that one of them has to be gay or bisexual...one Boyzone (RIP), one Backstreet Boy, one Westlifer, one NSyncer, one of Blue.

Robbie used to allude to it, but not sure if that's just him being an attention seeker, yawn.

Who is the gay Take Thatter, then?

I will punh anyone who says it is Jason Oranges.

The Proclaimers doing cover versions would be fun. They could do Take That:

"Wha'eeevur ah said, wha'eeeevur ah did,
Ah didnae mean it (uh-huh),
Ah jess wan' yuh back fer guuuude!"

Jason Oranges is 40 and has never married.

I'm just saying.

i always thought mark owen was the gay one

I always thought Mark was the gay one but evidently not!

Understood and flood do rhyme?? (is a filthy norfuhner)

Oops snap VT!

He's only not married because he is waiting for me

I agree, they are better without him and I liked the fact that it was would have been wiping the smug smile of his face.

I am not a made Take That fan but he was unnecessarily spiteful, to Gary mostly and a bit to the others.

They must be very nice people to have let him back in is all I can say.

Jason Orange is at least bi.

He was holding hands with a bloke and stroking his thigh in the sauna at Champneys last June.

I was actually in the sauna so this isn't a friend-of-a-friend stuff.

They looked very happy together. I had no idea who it was (don't like Take That) til Frank Bruno came in and started chatting to him about the tour.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

They took Robbie back as he completes them and their artistic integrity. Without him they are merely an ex-boyband, now they are genuinely talented singer/songwriters that are in no way cashing in on nostalgia. Either that or they needed an icky-looking-and-a-bit-podgy-but-you-still-would member.

And Jason gay? No No No this cannot be he's waiting for me...

Regarding Jason Orange, I don't remember his voice being as camp as it is now back in the nineties.

Is it true about him and Lulu though?

Eugh I would never "still would" Robbie. He looks like Norman Wisdom when he does "yes Mr Grimsdale"

It's true about Jason and Lulu. Perhaps she turned him? Thanks a bunch, Lulu

Does anyone remember Jason Oranges attempting a career in acting? He was in that dreadful "Killer Net" thing, the Lynda LaPlante "Teh Internetz is coming to get you" paranoia thriller, which would no doubt be hilariously dated now.