thomas

How dare someone like a player. If you can't approach everything in life with dispassionate, detached objectivity then I pity you.

He got the replacements all wrong but let's not pretend either of them would have been available 100% of the time for us. Solano has been in and out of the West Ham side and probably has worse legs than Geremi at this point. Dyer BROKE a fucking leg and won't be back until May. FFS if he'd still been with us half of you lot would be circlejerking over how you knew something like this would happen and how he should have been shipped out in the summer. You know you would have so don't bother replying that you wouldn't. Probably was the right thing to let them go but the wrong thing to get Geremi and Barton in place of them.

2 out of 3 isn't bad. Butt ... dare I say it, I'd rather start Smith in midfield. At least he'll last 90 and complete passes in the 2nd half.

Current Mood: Numb.

I almost feel bad for exclaiming the exact same thing. Almost.

While I may take issue with the statistical accuracy of those who "backed" him I applaud you on your managerial judgment. Truly, well done! It appears we agree that he was a terrible appointment and Shepherd got it wrong.

Souness was a shite appointment and 99% of this board said so at the time. An overwhelming majority saw the trouble coming. Souness set us back, there is no question about it. No amount previous managers qualifying for europe changes that fact. No amount of current chairmen backing/not backing the manager changes that fact. No amount of pre-1992 boards changes that fact. No amount of previous chairmen backing/not backing the manager changes that fact. Freddy got the Souness appointment all wrong NE5. You're well and truly terminally deluded if you think that wasn't the case.

Joke of a fan really, he just wears whichever shirt he fancies that week. Three weeks ago it was a Man U shirt and then he went right back to Liverpool the next week. edit: joke of a show as well. They had Lalas on and were berating him as to why Beckham wouldn't show up on their two bit show. Completely full of themselves and I can't stand that Chelsea supporter host.

An epistemological debate over football managers, what next.

What I wouldn't do to see Zanetti or Cruz here though

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He may have been going off prior information that had changed when he made those statements? Actually I don't recall Allardyce being particularly talkative about transfers above and beyond saying just how difficult it is to get bodies in in January and how he doubted there would be much activity. However I'd like to clear up semantics. When we were talking "fractions of 100m" we were both talking substantial (15m+) slices of it correct? I'd hate for this to be a misunderstanding over the pedantic but correct figure of 1.5m also being a "fraction". £100m more? Yes I think it is. Make no mistake, I do to, but I would imagine the amount he'll back his own man to be a pretty hefty amount.

Why would you "must surely offer" a fraction of that to a manager you're going to sack? I'm afraid A doesn't follow from B here, as it pertains to debunking the 100m figure. If he knew he was going to sack Allardyce, why didn't he do it earlier then? Listen to yourself man . He was going to give some fraction of 100m (A figure I feel is grossly exaggerated as well, btw) to someone he was going to sack? The timing is irrelevant. Possibly? Is it so outside the realm of possibility to think that Ashley would back his own choice much more than Shepherds?

Why would you "must surely offer" a fraction of that to a manager you're going to sack? I'm afraid A doesn't follow from B here, as it pertains to debunking the 100m figure.

Aye. Under Shepherd there were bad times as well as good times but it's history. Hope Mort's getting his bad ones out of the way early like.

Kluivert sprang to mind instantly. edit: don't even know/care where he plays now, was just the posterboy for that kind of player. Can't disassociate him from that in my mind.

I'd rather have a kid playing than Smith, Butt, Duff or Barton. This, completely.

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First person I've ever seen allergic to question marks.

Contract is until 2012. 4 more years of it? Does it bear thinking about? What's he on, 50k a week?. at 40 paid weeks and 4 more years that's 50k * 160 or £8m. if 50,000 fans all donated £160 we could see if Mike Ashley would listen to offers to buy out his contract. I'm down for it.

You're having a laugh surely? Alright, maybe not the last. But he certainly doesn't show any more quality or put in any more effort than the current bunch of tossers. Probably the most hit or miss player we've got. How many games he just simply not turned up? Definitely not what you want in a relegation battle. He has more pace than either of them, has a decent shot on him, can trap a ball and move forward with it and can OCCASIONALLY at least complete a fucking pass. Trust me I'm not happy saying he should even be in the starting XI, but he should be starting over either of them. Compared to Butt and Smith he's Maradona.

We'd look fucking mint. I'd immigrate and pick up one sure.

Not picking up a card are we Alan? Can't miss some games, can we Alan? Why have you been anonymous today, Alan? Fuck off, ALAN.

first thing I've smiled at since this game started.