Ronaldo

Where exactly have I revealed myself to be insensitive to depression? I didn't say I had no sympathy whatsoever for the lad. And my post is far away from the most harsh in this thread, so why is it that it's my attitude being scrutinized?

When Reina (or might have been Dudek) f***ed up and it was pissing it down? Aye, I remember Bellers scoring first. We had about 2 shots and won 2-1. Martins.

I am not going to search you post history but IIRC I am sure were fan of Avram in the past, do you not think he is up to the job now? I don't think his heart's in it. And Allardyce is far better at winning ugly.

Let's see how Blackburn get on without him. Bolton almost went down twice.

Otter's last two posts have cracked me up.

What good was that to us? I wouldn't say we were going down, but regardless of what he's done in the past and where we were in the table, we were in relegation form when he was sacked. And you could say exactly the same about our record with Keegan. 5 wins out of 19. The point is, there is far, far more evidence to suggest Allardyce would have kept us up than not. His record with Bolton, Blackburn and even us to some extent, points to a fairly strong conclusion. 9 points from his last 12 games (6 of those points coming from a lucky penalty and a last minute winner) is all the evidence that I need That's relegation form to me. That's fine. It's also pretty selective, as we were about 10th. Are you really going to argue that Allardyce wouldn't have managed 4 more wins past January?

If he went to WHU i'd happily place a few hundred on them staying up.

What good was that to us? I wouldn't say we were going down, but regardless of what he's done in the past and where we were in the table, we were in relegation form when he was sacked. And you could say exactly the same about our record with Keegan. 5 wins out of 19. The point is, there is far, far more evidence to suggest Allardyce would have kept us up than not. His record with Bolton, Blackburn and even us to some extent, points to a fairly strong conclusion.

What?

:lol: I miss him.

I've got to say, i've limited sympathy with anyone who commits suicide, especially over a fucking woman. RIP.

Course we would have. It's hilarious that people try to weight-up losses to Derby and Liverpool against 10 years of basically doing an excellent job as PL boss. In terms of accumlating points, anyway.

Exactly. People seem to think we have more than one striker definetly capable of doing a job at this level.

There's no way we'd have been relegated under Allardyce, no way. He's too good a manager to have let that happened, as much as he's dislikeable as a chap.

What makes that statistic funnier, is the fact i've twice put a tenner on City to win 3-0 at home, and twice it's come off.

There's only been one transfer window since Smith was relegated to the bench, in fairness.

Considering this. It's part and treble with Degale (w) and Khan (w) and the last of a long boxing accumulator that started last month.

I don't think Nolan will be on higher wages than Carroll tbh.

Coloccini is Ashley's biggest signing. It'd be a submission of sorts if he were to sell him. Especially when he's such a key figure in the team.

Essien missed most of the season, too.

Yeah, John Obi Mikel is the reason Frank Lampard scores so many goals.

Lampard needed Makelele. Especially when he hit 30 goals without him last season.

I thought he was categorically shown NOT to be a striker or 'in the hole' player back in sept/oct - CM is by far and away his msot effective position as it allows him to have a much greater influence on the game and on the team. You mean he's more difficult to mark when there are two other strikers on the pitch.

Part-owned then.

If Liverpool win by 1 goal you're f***ed, mate. Personally, i'd lay that with 1-0 Liverpool and/or 2-1 Liverpool.