S.S.R.

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"We will appoint someone huge, the socks are retreating." http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/2194/sockssy9.jpg

Chris doesn't even have to buy a new pair when they blow off. He can simply go to his nearest Sports Soccer; pick up a few Donnays, give the security guy a knowing wink, and waltz out like he owns the place.

Paradox. Basically he is saying that we will appoint someone who they consider to be inferior to Redknapp and be successful.

Spurs - Sacked Jol and replaced him with someone who has won the Uefa cup twice. Aston Villa - Sacked O'Leary and replaced him with someone who won virtually everything available in his time in Scottish football, and only cheated out of a deserved UEFA cup by Mourinho's cynical, diving, cheating Porto. Man City - Sacked Pearce and replaced him with someone someone who has won Serie A, the UEFA cup with two clubs, the Cup Winners cup with another, and got to a UEFA cup and European cup final with another. Contrast this with the mediocrity our club expects us to turn up and idolise without question. The above three clubs, Everton who were lucky enough to find a diamond in the rough, and needless to say, the top four, will finish above us for some considerable time.

Do Mort or Ashley need to stay much? We tried for Harry, he said no. I'd rather they spent their time thinking about who will be the next boss and making efforts to get that man in than telling us what we already know. We didn't know anything. We're left to rely on half-truths and snippets of information from London-based hacks. The club is in limbo, and the fans are just expected to turn up and shell out money on this shambles.

We're going into the transfer window with no manager, no prospect of getting any new players; and the silence from Mort and Ashley is deafening. Where's the reassurance?

Shearer would have put that free header away against Spain.

f****ng hell, man, you could've warned us. I've got a 22" monitor here, nearly shat myself. He's really gone to hell since Rainbow.

More than likely it's a Saggy dog story.

Beer taste, champagne money.

Stages of grief: 1) Denial - Don't be silly, it wont be Redknapp 2) Anger - It better not be f'n Redknapp 3) Bargaining - Please Ashley, don't appoint Harry. :'( 4) Depression - s***, it's Redknapp. We're doomed! 5) Acceptance - He might be alright, you know.

Comfortable with him giving time to a ho-hum manager that was the best that Shepherd could manage. Not happy with him appointing one himself. No worse than Allardyce, but it hurts that he's no better. Thought things would change. False dawn yet again.

If you suspected you had HIV, would you relax until the blood test came back negative?

The next manager will be publicly beheaded by the Chairman at full-time, having lost 0-6 at home to Bolton. Same would have happened to Allardyce, only they couldn't find a big enough basket.

Is that how many people have already renewed for next year? I'm going, as I'm one of the mugs who whacked down another £500 just to get Barnsley and Stoke free.

Nugent and Benjani Marco Boogers - While at West Ham

Benitez

Yes. SSN said earlier that they 'understand' the manager we are after is British and that we will go through the 'proper channels'. Proper channel being BBC One?

Two possible scenarios: A) Allardyce would have been allowed to stay until the summer, but Ashley/Mort wouldn't allow him any funds in January. Either Sam has told them to stick their job if they wont back him; or they had to get rid of him, fearing that the fans would start to sympathise with Allardyce and blame Ashley for not signing anyone. Resulting in the perfect excuse not to spend anything until June. B) Ashley had the manager lined up before he bought the club, but rather than give Allardyce an early settlement, gave him enough rope to hang himself. New manager quickly installed allowing for transfer splurge in January and the summer. C) Allardyce isn't actually human, but an Android from the planet Crelm. When Mort caught him topping up his energy levels via the electricity sockets in the Corporate Hospitality Suite, his contract was deemed null and void. D) Enrique's real name is Paul Edwards, originally from Bradford. He is an ex-plasterer turned DJ who Craig Allardyce met while on holiday in Ibiza. Their plan was to concoct a false identity, collect the £6 million and split it between the three of them. Luque was hurriedly shipped off to Ajax as he would realise Paul couldn't speak a word of Spanish. They were found out due to Paul's obvious inablilty to play at the highest level, and his tendency to pepper his sentences with 'Ay oop' so Sam had to leave with his tail between his legs.

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Any chance we could give Smith the old blackface and bundle him on a plane to Ghana?

Looks good on paper, but unfortunately about as strong as tissue paper.

Pattison looked lost and confused. Surprised Martins didn't pick him up and take him off the pitch like he did with that injured bird.

Most of the team played well,but were undermined by three terrible performances from Butt, Rose'n'crown and Smith. Maybe Viduka and Owen could have caused a Championship defence more problems, but considering the two in the middle spent the whole game passing to the other side,would it be fair to criticise them? Why didn't Allardyce bring on Cacapa and move Taylor to right back?