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Talented player who's been terribly mis-handled by numerous incompetent managers. I've got a feeling the lad's a bit of a handful and causes a few headaches but it's the managers job to handle the players he has and, well... manage them properly and get the best out of them. We could be losing a player for a pittance who'll have a very good career somewhere else.

There's having concerns and there's waiting for the worst to happen and fucking wallowing in it all. I've got concerns but there's very little I can do about it tbh.

When i said facts i meant: Added to Kinnear's managerial history and his own quotes which said he would be buying from the Championship. The rest of the post was assumptions based on the facts. And yet we've just gone to Stamford Bridge and held them. Drawn with Everton away and City at home (despite giving them a goal and a man start) and beaten Villa... Good this game isn't it?

Doom and gloom? Selling players? Going down? Fuck me. Doom and gloom - We have Joe Kinnear as manager, we will be lucky to see 20 points at Christmas, are 1 point off the bottom 3 and 4 teams have a game in hand. God knows when or if we will be sold. No one knows shit about the club anymore, is that not doom and gloon? Selling players - If Kinnear is manager in January he will break his back to buy and sell, Ashley wont want us going down for financial reasons, so could very easily let Kinnear buy and sell to make us stronger. Which is a disaster really. Going down - if Kinnear is here in January we will go down. Sunderland and Fulham beat us under Kinnear, we couldnt beat Wigan. These are teams around us at the bottom. He will be here to the end of December which is bad enough. Im just looking at the facts mate. Facts? Righto.

Doom and gloom? Selling players? Going down? Fuck me.

Chill out man Decky.

*Mutes tv.*

Scousers booed off. Still the best fans in the world though, natch....

Aye, that's exactly what I thought of straight away.

Attendances at Boro are booming man. Booming.

How you getting down? I'm getting the train, normally get the bus. Dont know yet mate, prolly find a bus somewhere. The X10.

Until things are a bit clearer behind the scenes then I think another month is fair enough. He's only lost 2 of his 8 in charge which is reasonable I suppose. Certainly better than getting gubbed every game under Hughton.

ftd surely?

No reason whatsoever why Taylor should come back in after that. Wouldn't rule it out though.

That's just it - he won't go to Hartlepool (or anywhere else). We haven't got 2 or 3 years to play with. It's either Harper or Krul and the decision has to be made in the next 6 months which one to keep and which one to bin. Krul has 2 1/2 years left on his contract. He can spend next season loan or rot in the reserves

That's just it - he won't go to Hartlepool (or anywhere else). We haven't got 2 or 3 years to play with. It's either Harper or Krul and the decision has to be made in the next 6 months which one to keep and which one to bin.

So Frank Lazarus starts eh? Who'd have thunk it?

There's an element of truth to the fact that keeping Harper on has made things easy for the club. (I don't believe for a second that there wasn't another keeper out there better than Harper but we never had to push for it and find him. We'll never know.) But his loyalty is now causing a problem. We've got the best young keeper in Holland who's hungry for games. By giving Harper a contract, we'll lose Krul. It's a no-brainer imo. Give him a painting of a spitfire and let him go. Edit: Exactly the same thing applies between Shola and Ranger.

You do have a point.

Not the best way to express it but Krul's just shown more ambition than Harper ever has. At least Krul sees the need to get games and has the bottle to leave and search for games. Then again I've been saying this for years..... *waits for the 'aye but he's loyal' shite to come.*

He'll play. They just have to say that because they pulled him out of the England match and have to pretend he's only 50/50 the day before so as not to arouse suspicion. Cockney wankers.

Looks like a couple of them came out of retirement for the day. Bad enough when young lads go to games to cause a bit of bother but blokes in their 40's and 50's is pretty fucking sad.

Guy Whittingham.

Yes please. The more information we have the better equipped we are to try to get it sorted. We know there are still problems and we'll do our best to sort them. Bear with us.