OzzieMandias

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/oct/05/joey-barton-marseille-chris-waddle

Shola talking about God ... it's strange how all three of our strikers are very religious, always looking up to the heavens and having a conversation with the almighty.

Well happy with that. Nice confidence booster.

I can scarcely believe we got to half time with that scoreline, like.

By the time Shearer was partnered by Bellamy his role had changed. When Ferguson was brought in, the idea was that he'd win everything in the air, bully the defenders and make room for Shearer, who at that point was still trying to play as though he was as quick as he had been before his big injury. Bellamy was a very different kind of partner, the quick legs running off Shearer as target man.

I actually disagree with you, I think Pardew's Knows his weakness and buy fare players to hide his void. When Colo and cabaye is back in the team, we will look much better and people will stop whining but the truth is Pardew's has no offensive tactics and relies on the raw attributes of player to win him games. Not a sign of a trophy winning Manager.

James Perch, Ryan Taylor, Shola Ameobi, Hatem Ben Arfa...

Too much "we couldn't afford it" talk there. Nonsense, as we all know. So what's the real reason, then?

I see it as Stockton-on-Tees.

Don't like this "even Demba" in Taylor's quote. Reinforces the impression I've been getting that Ba sees his situation as one of competition with Cisse, rather than the two of them looking for ways to understand each other and play together more effectively. But, sorry, wrong thread...

Different era.

I have a mate who's a Coventry fan. He's very quiet about football these days.

We've done quite well out of Coventry, really. First Best, now Bigi.

How much is Cisse's illness (again) related to the stuff he smokes at Oasis i wonder??? You reckon it's lung cancer?

Touts will buy up the spare capacity.

How the fuck should we be grateful for what we have, we are still in profit over transfers in the last 3 years. For a club that is getting close to 50k a game, then we should be expecting money the club generates in transfers every season tbh. You don't seem to have read my post properly. There's a difference between being "thankful for" and being "grateful to".

In that interview, Pardew doesn't really say we should be grateful to Ashley, he says we should be thankful for what we've got.

It's the Liverpool thread, not the hillsborough thread. I didn't say it was the hillsborough thread, I just wondered if it was posted with reference to what has been discussed on the last few pages. Tooj said it isn't, which clears it up. It was pretty obvious it wasn't. Not really, take a look through the last few pages for some of the offensive, irrelevant bollocks people have been posting. Not that irrelevant, people may have opinions that differ to your own or have said things you dont like but it was clearly unrelated story and it just seems like you were wanting to have a go at someone, for anything. Anyway, an opinion you certainly won't like: Just because there isn't proof doesn't mean it didn't happen, and how many games in the 80s did you go to where supporters were all sober? WTF??? 450,000 documents, a 400-plus page INDEPENDENT report, unprecedented and unequivocal apologies from all relevant authorities (and The Sun), and you are STILL clinging to this shit? Dear God... You are massively naive (kindest way of putting it) if you think fans in the ground hadn't been drinking. It's what football fans do, even today and especially at semi finals. last semi final I was at I was paralytic, and so was everyone I was with. A guy 10 rows up from me got carried out for shitting himself and this was before kickoff. It doesn't alter the facts the police did a shit job and they are to blame, just the independant reports isn't unquestionable, not when you start thinking about what it's like to attend a football match, especially one in the 80s. also the total clearance of any government involvement is pretty fishy. Also I'm not clinging to anything, I don't really care, just find it interesting the way people are going on over this, not had a good word to say about the club, or the campaign for years, calling the scousers grief junkies are now on their high horse crusading alongside them. Its as 'sickening' as anything negative said in this thread. What has fans drinking got to do with anything? People drink before going to games. people drink before going to gigs. people drink at all manner of concerts, sporting events and public gatherings. So what? The report is saying no one was drunk. Well that is bollocks imo. It adds to the uncontrollable panic and chaos, and if you are going to have 400k of pages trying to clear everything up, at least be accurate, doesnt mean drunk or tipsy fans were to blame. Where does it say that? Heard it several times on Sky news yesterday. Had it on all day. 'Fans were not drunk' 'there were no drunk fans in the ground' You said the report said it. If so, it should be easy to provide a link to the relevant bit. But actually, no, you apparently just misunderstood something said on Sky.

It's the Liverpool thread, not the hillsborough thread. I didn't say it was the hillsborough thread, I just wondered if it was posted with reference to what has been discussed on the last few pages. Tooj said it isn't, which clears it up. It was pretty obvious it wasn't. Not really, take a look through the last few pages for some of the offensive, irrelevant bollocks people have been posting. Not that irrelevant, people may have opinions that differ to your own or have said things you dont like but it was clearly unrelated story and it just seems like you were wanting to have a go at someone, for anything. Anyway, an opinion you certainly won't like: Just because there isn't proof doesn't mean it didn't happen, and how many games in the 80s did you go to where supporters were all sober? WTF??? 450,000 documents, a 400-plus page INDEPENDENT report, unprecedented and unequivocal apologies from all relevant authorities (and The Sun), and you are STILL clinging to this shit? Dear God... You are massively naive (kindest way of putting it) if you think fans in the ground hadn't been drinking. It's what football fans do, even today and especially at semi finals. last semi final I was at I was paralytic, and so was everyone I was with. A guy 10 rows up from me got carried out for shitting himself and this was before kickoff. It doesn't alter the facts the police did a shit job and they are to blame, just the independant reports isn't unquestionable, not when you start thinking about what it's like to attend a football match, especially one in the 80s. also the total clearance of any government involvement is pretty fishy. Also I'm not clinging to anything, I don't really care, just find it interesting the way people are going on over this, not had a good word to say about the club, or the campaign for years, calling the scousers grief junkies are now on their high horse crusading alongside them. Its as 'sickening' as anything negative said in this thread. What has fans drinking got to do with anything? People drink before going to games. people drink before going to gigs. people drink at all manner of concerts, sporting events and public gatherings. So what? The report is saying no one was drunk. Well that is bollocks imo. It adds to the uncontrollable panic and chaos, and if you are going to have 400k of pages trying to clear everything up, at least be accurate, doesnt mean drunk or tipsy fans were to blame. Where does it say that?

I was going to say something similar. If the level of drinking was normal for a game at that time, then "excessive drinking" can't have been to blame for anything.

Before my time (just) and legend has it that it landed at the feet of Tony Cottee and John Cornwell (ex Newcastle) The lad that thew it, ended up at Northgate Hospital (I think) There's a picture here among some great old images of SJP in the '80s: http://www.soccer24-7.com/forum/showthread.php?t=179447 That old corrugated Iron stand. Absolute death trap. The old wooden west stand, dating from the turn of the century, was probably a bit of a death trap, too. It was (not good) The thing I remember back then was the rumble of 'thunder' as those in the seats stamped their feet when we got a corner or throw-in close to goal. It's amazing what you remember from back then! When I first started going to games, as a kid in the late '60s, I couldn't believe the unwashed smell of the crowd. This was before they'd demolished the old terraces in Scotswood and Byker. I guess a lot of those houses didn't have proper bathrooms.

I can also remember the entire crowd singing "The referee's a puff".

Before my time (just) and legend has it that it landed at the feet of Tony Cottee and John Cornwell (ex Newcastle) The lad that thew it, ended up at Northgate Hospital (I think) There's a picture here among some great old images of SJP in the '80s: http://www.soccer24-7.com/forum/showthread.php?t=179447 That old corrugated Iron stand. Absolute death trap. The old wooden west stand, dating from the turn of the century, was probably a bit of a death trap, too.

Before my time (just) and legend has it that it landed at the feet of Tony Cottee and John Cornwell (ex Newcastle) The lad that thew it, ended up at Northgate Hospital (I think) There's a picture here among some great old images of SJP in the '80s: http://www.soccer24-7.com/forum/showthread.php?t=179447