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Actually wouldn't mind him here, considering what the likely alternatives are.

We'll be chanting "thank you so much for 12 million quid" after he has a mare.

Have to admit that Xisco has looked utterly shit so far, but he's still quite young and it's hard for me to write him off given how devastated the Deportivo fans were at his departure.

Alright I'm switching to positive mode. Owen is back, him and Martins or him and Ameobi, either way, there's got to be goals in that combination. Jonas will have a f***ing amazing game and will be appearing regularly in Luke Young's nightmares for weeks. It's at home and the fans will be behind the lads 1000% It's either win and go to mid-table or lose and sit at bottom. The players know what's at stake, and the likes of Given, Ameobi, Taylor, Martins, Beye, and Barton, who all have genuine affection for this club, will surely be giving it their all. We'll smash them and f*** up their Champions League hopes. They'll be a little roadbump on our way to Europe. Howay the lads.

I'm praying that we get something from this. I really am. Hard not to be pessimistic given the state of things though.

I think we're entitled to a little bitching when every single team under us has won, we're down to bottom of the league, and we're going into a game which we have little to no chance of winning.

I would pay money for 17th now. Getting fucking unbearable.

Holy fucking shit. 20th. Jesus christ.

That is complete nonsense. I'll watch the Rugby WC for blind physicality. When I tune in to the premiership I expect to see football. I'm sorry but Stoke are a wretched blot on the beautiful game. Honestly, this lot make me miss Reading, Birmingham, Zaragoza, Parma, Metz, and Lens. I hope these fools go straight back down to the Coke league, and then go into administration and follow Gretna's path into oblivion. I mean at least Bolton brought the likes of Djorkaeff, Okocha, and Anelka to the Premier League. These cavemen have brought nothing except Rory "long throw" Delap. I mean f*** off. They contribute nothing to the league at all. Teams like Wigan, Hull, etc, make themselves hard to play agianst, but they still play the sport called "football". I just like to have teams that are different from the others. We've got plenty of teams that play "the beautiful game," what's the harm in having one that does it a bit differently? Would certainly rather have them in the top flight over the likes of Bolton, Fulham (although I like Craven Cottage,) or Wigan.

I find Stoke fun to watch in a twisted way. There's something to be said for gritty, no-nonsense "beat the s*** out of them" football armed with 40-yard long throws. Makes me wish we still had the Gooch. Premiership needs more teams with character like that. I'd be rooting for them to stay up if it didn't probably mean that we would go down.

oh fuck. I'm going to be shitting my pants if we get battered on monday as expected.

Holy fucking shit. Who abducted Kuyt and replaced him with that class imposter?

Think he's destined to go back to Bolton eventually. I think he's effective in the right situation, just not a good fit for us.

Stoke, WBA, Wigan all getting results. This is catastrophic for us.

s***, Stoke aren't going down either, are they?

Arsenal imploding spectacularly

f*** me, Rory Delap!

It's as cliche'd as heck, but he really does need a team to play a particular style of football to be truly threatening. Just look at how he was during our run last season under Keegan. Every time he got the ball near the box, you could see the opposing defenders shitting themselves.

classic misquoting and blowing passing comments out of proportion from the "media"

If you thought Shearer as Newcastle manager was a crazy idea... This is just....

His stats are pretty bad, and you look at him playing some times and it's so frustrating... But compare us with Oba and us without Oba, and it soon becomes apparent that for all his flaws, we need him.

It would do the people here good to note that attitude should apply to all of our players, not just the one's who've been to prison.

Does he s**** work harder than him. Hes being picked on his past. We've not seen Charlie get a good run of games on the lft in ages. Duff works very, very hard. Even when he's shit. I was sitting very close to the pitch at one of our home games and it surprised me how much he was pushing himself. He had the facial expression of somebody giving 110%. Zoggy really can't be bothered about 80% of the time.

Duff right now is about as effective as N'Zogbia has been for the past two years, that is, decent runs with 0 end product. Considering that he comes minus the attitude and works a LOT harder than Zoggy ever did, I wouldn't criticize any manager's decision to choose him over the Zog.

Public apology, Llambias and Wise out, a more clearly defined way of running the club, preferrably bring back Mort, and appoint a good manager that's not Kevin Keegan while backing him with enough funds for 1~2 players in the winter. Then we'll talk. Don't think Ashley can pull it off though. even if he does all that, there will always be a vocal minority of fans who won't accept him and prevent him from enjoying owning this club. He won't want to stay where he doesn't feel welcome.