lovejoy

i suppose he did say a manager from the continet, so he doesnt exactly narrow it down does he! i would be disapointed to see sam leave though, i think it sends out an awful message, especially so soon, plus i do think he will get it right and improve the club from top to bottom. crumpy is a fairly reliable source, so i have to say im a tad worried. unless of course jose was to walk in....

I'll wait to see if there's a source for this info before agreeing with you. me to, bit i seriosly htink we're fucked if he does go. cant see many wanting the job. unless olivers bollocks about an agent delivering europes finest is true, which i fucking doubt

if you got fined for dribbling, how/why did okocha showboat so much? just watched season 02/03 and he used to do it week in, week out. he scored some screamers as well, must have knocked his wages a canny bit.

Great scenario cheers! i thought yours was class as well

what would you do if..... alex ferguson left man united so we laid big sam off and fergie came here and sam went there and then the won eveyrthing going and we got relegated 4 seasons in a row and then fergie said fuck this im off and went to darlington and won them the european cup and then we ended up with another crap manager and..... i would just do a joey barton, i would be soooo gutted and al that

agreed. very good news if true, would like to see him given some much needed funds in january, creative midfielder is a must

agreed

was awesome today by all accounts

for some crazy reason, i fancy us today. 2-1 toon

that kaboul is one of the worst players i have seen in a while (if i forget boum). pair him with dawson and your well fucked. they could do with big sol back

aye, saw that. its a shame that the mongs also think we wont rest until shearer is appointed.

duff has come out and supported sam today,saying they should take the blame, not him

beeb also carrying it

the best thing he cold do imo would be to swallow his pride and go to 4-4-2 which is what we have the players to do

if sam goes, it'll be shearer, no doubt

his world interview carries a lot of the quotes, but i dont think the 'my future in their hands' shite is on. sounds like he is flagging

lovejoy, Allardyce is taking the piss when he blames the players. I don't think anybody was that bad today, none were that good either and that was down to the way we tried to play, it was horrible to have to stand and watch, it was almost as if we were just going through the motions for 93 minutes. I couldn't work out what we were trying to do and I was just watching it from a distance, it must be a mare for the players trying to adapt to that sort of s**** all of the time. Given and Smith have had a bit of stick but Smith was playing in a roll and in a position which the manager asked him to play, he gets no blame from me as I think he did the best he could in the wrong position. i'll take yor word as it sounds as if you were there and i wasnt. although i must agree i have wondered what the fuck our plan was in the last few games

No he doesn't. Tell me why? because belive it or not there are still stats that back him up, and although i agree we have been dogshit lately, this is what happens when you undergo mass change. as i said in a previous post, i still think he will get it right, but its getting harder and harder to defend him.

What did he say about Emre? He's having a f****** laugh picking on individuals like. So Emre goes out, who replaces him? Barton presumably, who he binned from the sixteen this week? nothing in particular, just stabbed at our 'creative players' and blamed them. lets be honest, emre is our only one! i doubt he would have been having a go at duff as its his first game back, and milner was 'out of position' on the right so it cant have been his fault!

i have to say, i am still with the stick with him camp, but things are starting to get worrying, and it is difficult to argue with a lot of points that are being made against him. his post match interview (on world) was interesting, doesnt pull any punches and i think some heads (emre's) will be rolling (although i doubt the one that should, smiths, will). he deserves the rest of the season imo. if he would only go 4-4-2, which is the formation best suited to the players we have here, he could be succesfull (a lot quicker). one of 2 things need to happen, we either need to under-go mass changes on the playing side and ship in players who suit his 4-3-3, or simply go to 4-4-2. i dont think its going to take a genius to see which will be best.

Think we've missed the boat there, personally. i fear you may be right

i dont agree. i reckon shay has cost us around 5/6 points this season. not good enough

still a very interesting stat

he should have saved it, he stepped to his left first and then couldnt get across to his right. starting to agree more and more that we should cash in while we can

exactly how i feel