BottledDog

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Fucks sake Lyubimets.

Not a pleasant one.

Damn it Dummett.

Fuk.

Doing all right. Reckon we could nick this.

Mets has been on the ale again then. He's predicted Sunderland to win 4-0 tomorrow. He's definitely back on something. *cough*

Aye well, when Keegan gets his statue and it's made out of bluetack and shovels, don't come running to me.

The fuck has happened to the art of creating lifelike busts.

It is not the 'pathetic sheeple' that have given up on the dream.

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Nah, what's madness is to laugh off the choice like you just have. This is Martinez' first big job, he's done absolutely nothing wrong so far but it's still only 1 season. Although I think he looks a better manager than Moyes he's hardly proven it yet. In a theoretical debate on who I'd prefer to come in and get the best out of someone like Ben Arfa and give us something ambitious and fun to watch I'd pick Martinez every time. And that is far from being based on one season. Have admired Martinez since he first came to prominence. Great mentality. He may be a good manager, but still have considerably less love for Moyes.

People would take Moyes over Martinez given the choice? Madness!

Sounds plausible.

Impressive. Hmmmm. Possession stats placed handily to the top left of your Champ-Man-O-Vision specs, or the start of the end of of a free and critically aware society? The pervasive creep of the outsourced mind, sucking self responsibility into the cloud. The death knell of humanity.

Absolutely. Amazing how accurately any of us on here could have predicted the people who objected to this. I don't object to it at all if true. It's the kind of offensively negative shite that is an anathema to all of us. But whether or not he spouted it, that doesn't stop me feeling a touch of concern for the bloke and whatever shitstorm he's apparently offhandedly dropped himself into.

Hope the Guv gave him a heads up before writing that. Pretty much fucked him over, however much we might disagree with what he has allegedly had to say.

Putting aside the money argument which is desperate stuff. The idea that Shepherd was at least ambitious and exciting just doesn't hold water. The club was dying on its arse with Souness, Roeder and Allardyce his choices after 'shooting bambi', and an increasingly dour bunch of players on the pitch. Fucking delighted he took his wedge and left. Just as with Pardew, whether the grass is greener or not, it gets to a point where a change was needed.

That's it. Shepherd gets no credit for all that from me. Robson was not only an obvious choice, it was the only choice. It wasn't even a choice. Robson brought experience, respect from the world of football, ideas, tactical knowledge, player knowledge etc etc etc to the role and Shepeherd sat there watching, taking his millions and lapping it up. He hardly had to work. As I said, Robson carried us. Shepherd spent some money we made based on our GREAT manager's recommendations. That's all he did. That's the very least a chairman should be doing. Is he as bad as Ashley? No. Was he any good? No! Apart from the times when he didn't. Like going out and buying Carr because he didn't fancy Robsons choice, Miguel. Or this gem - "I wanted to sign Carrick for Newcastle in the summer of 2004 for £3million but my chairman preferred the cheaper option, Nicky Butt".

So you reckon Ashley is in dreamland seeing his team looking like they're walkovers, and players he's spent good wedge on losing value, in some cases considerably? Nope, not buying it. I doubt he gives a fuck as long as we stay in the PL. What had given you the impression otherwise? He doesn't strike me as someone who likes to throw money away, which is exactly the effect Pardew is having on his assets currently. For that matter, I struggle to see that Pardew guarantees Ashley Premiership safety either considering his teams propensity to panic and slump for long periods.

So you reckon Ashley is in dreamland seeing his team looking like they're walkovers, and players he's spent good wedge on losing value, in some cases considerably? Nope, not buying it.

Yeah, but at least unlike Pardew he talks sense and takes respo.... Ah wait, maybe not.

Only if you persist in trying to starve it to death. You're a monster!