Northern Monkey
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Aye, it's DEFINATELY the West Ham chairmans fault that our chairman decided to make a stupid, poor-business decision. The baldy foreign twat.
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Good squad player, end of thread.
wrong.
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You could say "why bother" about a number of players, including ones who WILL be on the bench, if not the pitch, for us on Saturday.
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4th
Only got to displace one of Liverpool or Arsenal, rest of the league is poor.
Spurs went backwards last season as a team - relied too much on Berbatov and have spent poorly (not on poor players but not on the right players).
Bolton and Everton weaker than last season
Pompey could do well but will probably start well and fade
Man City and West Ham have bought upper mid table players
If we get a good start and get the crowd going at St James then 4th is a possibility.
Reach for the stars and and worst you might reach the moon!
only got to displace Arsenal or Liverpool!
Best laugh of the day, that:
(a) you believe thats ALL we have to displace, and that we are automatically better than all the other teams, and
(b) we coudl ever, ever dream abotu displacing them at this point.
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If Luque & Shola did go, it would be useful to have Gudjohnsen given the current injury situation with Owen.
Here's hoping.....
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Players make themselves key. David Rozehnal and Geremi have done it already...
:D a handful of friendlies, come on mate
think back, how many players showed a bit of promise, but are now regarded as failures?
jj, parker, viana - dare i even say bramble, the list goes on...
its that kind of slavish, blinkered worship of players who've done fuck all, when combined with an inability to take off the black&white-tinted glasses, that has some fans still thinking shite liek Shola and the likes of Dyer will still fulfil their so-called potential.
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Thts how he alsways looks on telly, in fairness. Like no-one else wanted to do it and he got the short straw.
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I used to put 20 quid on them every year to win the Premiership. I haven't done it since Sir Bob went and clueless came in. This season I'm going ew on them. At odds of 200-1 and a totally refreshed side, you never know. So 1st or 2nd. Optimistic, yes. Ridiculous... I don't think so... HOWAY THE LADS......
Afraid you're wrong htere, that IS ridiculous.
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04-1 we'll murder them
all out attack
4-3-3
<snigger>
Yes, yes of course we will. Murder them. I'll be surprised if they even bother turning up, tbh.
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We'll play a 4-4-2 (because Sammy Lee will be expecting a 4-5-1) and get a bore 0-0 draw. I think both managers will be overly cautious and this will spill over to the player selection and last minute instruction. No one wants to lose this game and that fear will probably kill any inspiration.
Its not sodding "rock-scissors-paper".
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Players make themselves key. David Rozehnal and Geremi have done it already...
Get. To. Fuck.
I'm not saying they haven't impressed, in the FRIENDLY run-outs they've had, but made themselves key?? Do me a favour.
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None are natural centre halfs or a left back - so no.
If the next player we get in isn't a defender, then someone needs shooting. -
Bollocks. Look at ameobi's overall contribution to a game and it's mimimal. Who really expects him to do anything with the ball?
i expect him to give it away then foul someone trying to win it back.
at least when he looses the ball he trys to win it back unlike some players
he would be a excellent player at portsmouth or fulham and other teams like them, i would love to see him start for us but with our good strikers he wont get his game as much as he would like
You'd LOVE to see him start for us?? You must hate Newcastle.
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A very good comparison: Riquelme.
You either take a gamble by building the whole team around him to make him shine,
or simply just don't use him cause he's shit as a team player.
At that time he shouldn't come to Newcastle, who's ruled by Shearer. No one will let Viana to take up the key player role.
He didn't show anything like the ability to deserve or retain the "key player role".
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They can piss right off!
well done. your belief it may be true validates that spaz Oliver.
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When was the last time he wrote something without unsettling one of our players?
Fucking tit.
if THAT pile of utter drivel unsettles Nobby, he'd be best off fucking off.
That last bit should say 'But when I asked Allardyce today if he had decided on his captain he replied: "Not...hang on, who are you? Are you that wrong-faced little twat who makes stuff up about the team i manage, and used to suck Shepherd and Souness off?. Fuck off, and stop phoning me or i'll have the law onto you".'
Fair point! I should have re-phrased it as "...deliberately trying to unsettle one of our players".
He's the worst kind of local hack, Oliver. There's a boss at the Chronicle somewhere who should be shot with shit for that cunt still having a job.
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When was the last time he wrote something without unsettling one of our players?
Fucking tit.
if THAT pile of utter drivel unsettles Nobby, he'd be best off fucking off.
That last bit should say 'But when I asked Allardyce today if he had decided on his captain he replied: "Not...hang on, who are you? Are you that wrong-faced little twat who makes stuff up about the team i manage, and used to suck Shepherd and Souness off?. Fuck off, and stop phoning me or i'll have the law onto you".'
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The game against Sampdoria (and one instance in particular) reminded me how depressingly turgid Shola is with the ball at his feet.
But then he can look quite clever with his feet as well...maybe he should stick to easy stuff like laying it off instead of twisting and turning with the ball...but then he wouldn't be a handful any more.
Can we really ask a PREMIERSHIP striekr to "stick to the easy stuff", and not expect to look like twats?
Don't really understand what you are saying. Can you rephrase it?
Where do you think our natural position currently lies? 6th to 9th in the league?
If so, and i think it is in honesty, then how can we have a "young" striker on the bench, who we might have to bring on for tactical or injury reasons, who's ability is so limited that all we can ask him to do is lay the ball off?
Out "second choice" strike force should be pushing and pushing for a first team spot, not someone we wince when we realise we HAVE to play them for soem unfortunate reason.
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The game against Sampdoria (and one instance in particular) reminded me how depressingly turgid Shola is with the ball at his feet.
But then he can look quite clever with his feet as well...maybe he should stick to easy stuff like laying it off instead of twisting and turning with the ball...but then he wouldn't be a handful any more.
Can we really ask a PREMIERSHIP striekr to "stick to the easy stuff", and not expect to look like twats?
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Decent squad player whos ambition is beyond his ability (which is why I dont think he is settling for a place on the bench) and I would prefer that than someone like Babayaro who seems to pick and choose his games.
That said it would be interesting to know exactly how many of his last 50 or so games he has been fit for he has had to settle for the bench? I am guessing he will have played quite a few of them and I am pretty sure he would have been a first choice last season.
Obviously this season he is going to have a lot more competition but as said his ambition is beyond what he can actually perform to so in his head I dont think he is just settling for the bench.
He isnt as bad as people like to make out and I seem to remember some very good defenders (Sol Campbell for one) commenting on how much of a handful he is to play against.
I agree. If Shola went elsewhere, I don't think it's beyond possibility that he could do quite well as a target man. Injury-free, he is definitely a handful, and not a bad finisher. I don't think he's quite ruthless enough for a top club though - but I'd be happy to see him on our bench.
I hate the idea of a player on the bench with such a lack of vision/ability. He would be a good striker in the Championship, but even WE are above his level, and we aren't a "big" club. He might even fit into a Wigan, or a (pre-biscuit millions) West Ham.
If we can get rid, and get a young player with soem potential, i'd be a damned sight happier.
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At the moment we have Martins up front ahead of Viduka, possible as a two with Smith or a lone striker. I can not Sam putting out a team at Bolton without Viduka up top. Personally I'd use Martins as a sub, if needed.
Sam talked a few weeks ago about players like Viduka 'using their experience' to get through these first games.
Viduka looked well off the pace against Sampdoria, though I'm not sure if that'll have any bearing on his decision. If Viduka was to start against Bolton, I'd have thought he'd get more than 45 minutes against Sampdoria. That implies he's easing him back. Ameobi and Martins only got that but then Martins has had plenty of match-practice and Ameobi played the next day.
I've even got a sneaky feeling he might go for Ameobi (though I haven't picked him in my 11), as he'll provide the height up front and should be more ready for it than Viduka, and Bolton won't expect it either.
No, you're right. They'll be shocked that we are so fucking stupid as to play that pile of donkey shite.
You could have hit on something there. Gonzo team selection.
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I suggest a £40 fine will solve this particular issue.
Paid all at once, or suspended?
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The only solution is to come down like a ton of fat birds on clubs whose palyers or fans are PROVEN to make racist comments, etc.
In Europe, they get a 5 year ban, and fifa MAKES the national association relegate them from whatever domestic league they are in.
However, you'd have to be careful, as any idiot can (as we have seen on football pitches, the media and even on here) ACCUSE someone of racism. And an accusation isn't the same as fact.
Spot on.
It's all in FIFA's hands anyways, and the individual clubs and leagues. Living in North America, which has had such an illustrious history with racism, such shit would never ever be stood for in North American sporting arenas, or any public venues.
Certain parts of Europe seem to still be living in the dark ages.
If it wasn't for the fact that the underlying message behind the racism in parts of continental europe is so abhorant, the fact that such outdated - and frankly fucking childish - behaviour goes on at all would be comical.
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The only solution is to come down like a ton of fat birds on clubs whose palyers or fans are PROVEN to make racist comments, etc.
In Europe, they get a 5 year ban, and fifa MAKES the national association relegate them from whatever domestic league they are in.
However, you'd have to be careful, as any idiot can (as we have seen on football pitches, the media and even on here) ACCUSE someone of racism. And an accusation isn't the same as fact.
Hammers eye Solano move - More Oliver bollocks?
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Yes, because a piece written by A OLIVER to back up a much-derided piece by A OLIVER fucking must be true.