thedudeabides

Bollocks. We went from 2nd to near relegation in one season under Dalglish. We stayed in the same position under Gullit.

Where the fuck's Alan O'Brien.........would much rather see him on the left wing than Pattison the portly trundler.?

Quite ironic that you should mention the Aussies, as in cricket they quite openly refer to the Pakistan team as "The Pakis". Your thoughts?

Nail on head. I wouldn't sing it myself and am not going to make excuses for those singing the song, but I think it's more a case of ignorant banter than outright racism.

Anybody remember Tony Currie's for Leeds a few years back..........now THAT was what I call swerve.

Who gives a fuck what that balloon headed, monotone failure has to say?

I've heard from someone close to the club that Ashton is a done deal in January...........can't see it myself with West Ham's new found wealth and current predicament.

Absolutely. I went over on my ankle last year and damaged all the ligaments and didn't play for 5 months.

That sounds like a hell of a one-sided fight! tongue.gif It'll make the January tussle for Darren Bent more interesting, that's for certain. No thanks, he's just another one season wonder a la Phillipps, Ricketts, Stewart, etc.

I don't know why anyone is surpised by Nobby's performances.............he's played there many times for Peru and Boca and is still the best footballer and reader of the game at the club.

Exactly mate.......one decent game doesn't detract from the fact that he's a horrible little overpaid malingering shite hawk. For £4m a year, it's not exactly asking a lot of him to actually play well once in a while.

Well done Antoine lad. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/anderson/thunderbirds/images/520_hood.jpg

Agreed pretty much but would swap Irwin for Pearce and would have Robert ahead of Ginola.......his end product was far greater.

Does your manager fiddle with dogs?

Merry Poppins??? :obi: You fucking utter spastic.

Let's be honest though......there'll have been more than a few of our zanies who've cranked one out to this story.

Yep, I remember the Luton and Charlton games.........he was playing alongside Alan Brown and they looked superb together but Brown then failed his medical IIRC. Can distinctly remember going absolutely beserk in the benches with my old man, after the Luton winner.

As has been mentioned by others, we definitely need a physical presence up front. Anyone from Beattie, Davies or Viduka would do me............beggars can't be choosers and all that.

This isn't the old ... Shepherd is better than what came before him so he's a genius... load of tired old nonsense is it ? Charles Manson wasn't quite as nasty as Adolf Hitler, but I wouldn't want him as my next door neighbour, my bank manager or my football club chairman !!! the fact is, like it or not, they took a club ailing on the brink of oblivion and totally transformed it. Whether they have gone as far as they have is possible, but they are leaving a far better one than the one they found, and finding better is far from automatic. You can carry on with your blind hatred though. Sir John Hall was the best chairman this club as ever had, bar none, I don't think anyone would deny that..........but what the club achieved between 1992 and 1996 has next to fuck all to do with Shepherd's input. However, since Shepherd took over in December 96, the club has continually gone backwards (give or take the odd blip). Would you agree or disagree?

Did you go to school?? Emagine all the people. Eh eh eh eh eh..........emagination.

Nobby for me too.......still the best footballer at the club by a mile. I take it the people who voted for Luque are taking the piss?

If Shepherd was still there, I would stop going until he fucked off. Otherwise yes, I would still go.

Nope, Warnock and Sheff United offered to play the game on Sunday. Beggars belief.

Panic. Bigmouth Strikes Again. I started something I couldn't finish. Etc. etc.

thats a fair comment, so I'll give you a straight answer. If you want to know about the club before your time and learn from its history, why no try listening and taking it in ? FWIW, I don't mind and wouldn't mind at all - observations you make, but constant bluesleep.gif signs aren't contributing to anything other than giving the impression that you think what we say about the clubs history to be either incorrect or irrelevant, or both. You should also note that these sort of discussions aren't normally started by either myself of HTL, most of my posts are a response. My comments towards Mick are based on the impression that I have, which is that he is a KK bandwagon jumper. That is not the same as younger lads like yourself and others who can't support the club for geographical, financial or other reasons. I didn't used to think he was but I do now due to his opinion that the has club not made massive progress under this board, which is complete rubbish, nobody who supported the club earlier says this. This is absolutely correct, and has been backed up with solid fact, whether it has gone pear shaped over the last few years is a different point, the attitude and setup of the club whatever its faults is light years superior to what it was, and we can advocate replacing the board if we like but there is no guarantee a new board will be better, have ambition, have the interests of the club at heart, and won't be after a quick killing and sell it on again quickly, any scenario is possible. The club has not made progress under this chairman and that will not change, no matter how much you try to spin it out to look as if it has, 2nd to 17th is not progress, cash rich to debt is not progress. You're pathetic, you're trying to give Shepherd credit for what Sir John did while chairman, the record under Shepherd is of failure except for 3 seasons while Robson was manager, the rest is shite. Well said mate. What happened in the past under Westwood, McKeag et al is completely irrelevant to how Shepherd has managed the club in all honesty. Like you say, he took over a financially healthy and vibrant football club from Sir John Hall and has slowly reduced us to an average club with apathetic support, that is up to it's eyes in debt...........whilst rewarding himself huge sums of money in the process. I really can't see how people can honestly continue to support Shepherd. nobody is "supporting" Shepherd, but I can't honestly see how "anyone but Fred" can be good for the club. There are people out there who are far worse and would be. Do you think Shepherd/the current board would have sold Beardsley, Gazza and Waddle ? Like I said, what the previous boards did is totally irrelevant to how Shepherd has managed the club. You're right, it could be a whole lot worse with another Chairman........but it could and should be a whole lot better. I can think of at least 10 Chairmen in the Premier League who have done a much better job at their respective clubs than Shepherd has. Why should we settle for second rate management just because we had it in the past? The club is dying on it's feet and only heading in one direction, so personally, I'd rather take a gamble on a new owner than continue with the fucking shambolic state that the club is in at present.