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LOL, further proof people weren't just annoyed at Keegan leaving but actually hate the man. This is embarrassing.

Hughton for England

6-2 Shola 2, Guthrie 2, Smith, Taylor

Our end of season review is gonna be mint, and last about 5 hours.

FYP

Paedos, saying Vuckic good looking

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Arshavin hair.

Too right.

Same old Shola... Didn't care about this game before, now I'm buzzing. C'mon!!!!

Hopefully

When they score terribly, when we score mint.

8k from Huddersfield tbh. 4-5k apparently

23k there

Butt off, Hughton = legend

So right about Enrique what Lowes said.

There only playing Doncaster, we scored 2 in 20 mins v Palace.

All over them tbh

Nolan in LuaLua position, Geremi in the middle and LuaLua right wing.

Keegan couldn't possibly know Ashley would use the excuse to put the club openly on the market and appoint the only manager he could find that would work on a rolling monthly contract, but saying this with the hindsight of this Summer, how on earth can you say Keegan leaving during the last transfer window would have made the situation better. If he had left during the Summer, I 100% guarantee he would have been criticised for "not giving the system a chance" and "ruining any chance of getting players in". "The system" was the bees knees last Summer remember. If he had left later in the season, I 100% guarantee he would have been criticised for "leaving in the middle of the season when it was too late to get new players in January/turn things around". If he had left at the end of the season, I 100% guarantee he would have been criticised for "if he wasn't happy with the players he got why didn't he leave last year". He left after giving them a chance to prove their system could work and at a time when it wouldn't interfere with their transfer dealings, but with a full season to get a new coach in who would work within the system's restrictions. If anything he left at the least damaging time. if he had left 2 or 3 weeks prior to the window shutting and was honest enough to say he couldn't work under those conditions but was leaving in time to give the club a chance to get players they wanted would seem fair enough. It would give the club a chance to get the players they wanted? They were already buying the players they wanted, this was the problem.

I still think Terry-Rio is our best partnership, when did Lescott suddenly become a world beater anyway? No-one was desperate for him to be in the England team at Everton.

Mowledge for me.

So the whole radio argument started because I asked where I could legally listen to the match?

I agree we don't know exactly what went on behind the scenes but the evidence seems to point towards Keegan being shafted, IMO. BTW, my arguments have nothing to do with me being a 'Keegan lover.' If the same things had happened but he left in January I'd be pissed off (the reason I have much less respect for Given now). But the fact is he left with plenty time for the club to find a suitable replacement and move on. For all we know if Keegan knew what would happen (i.e. relegation) then perhaps he might have soldiered on. I'm just trying to be balanced, I don't know how anyone could pin the clubs woes on Keegan and why anyone would even try to. It's baffling.

as with the previous board. hurrah for the good stuff and booooo for the bad stuff. i personally think keegan as a manager was a spent force after england. at citeh he relied on spending power to get promoted and to stay in the prem without being anywhere near enetertaining. then got a decent newcastle squad to play moderatly well but nowhere near their potential. He was here less than a full season man, what did you expect him to do in that time? Pretty much confirms you haven't got a clue or just slagging off Keegan for the sake of it. or pretty much confirms you will defend him regardless. hey kinnear wasn't here a full season either,maybe we shouldn't slag him off ? Well no, because Kinnear's team wasn't on the way up was it? How's it defending him regardless? I'd give all manager's time unless they were showing terrible signs, but you seem willing to write someone off while the team is improving despite having only been here a matter of months. As I say, either clueless or on the wind up. And for what it's worth I won't defend him regardless but I've yet to see what he did wrong leaving in September. kinnears team was in much the same position as keegans. keegan was there from january. if it's not long enought o judge then it can't be long enough to say he saved us....can't have it both ways. did you at any point have a go at kinnear who probably had fewer games in charge than keegan ? happy to give him more time eh ? as for writing off, you'll see i started it with his time at citeh and england.......hardly a few months. what he did wrong in sept was pick the worse possible timing. if it had been going on all summer as the rumour goes what made himthinkm it would suddenly change. if he felt about the club the way many claim he should have went earlier to at least let the club sort itself before the deadline. He was waiting till the end of the window for the players he wanted (i.e. a LB), how would he know earlier he was going to get one? And if rumours are to be believed the club trying to flog Barton on the last day also tipped him over the edge. As many have said, West Ham were in the exact same boat except they finished top half we got relegated, neither of the respective positions were the fault of Curbishley or Keegan. come on,if as the rumours go it was going on all summer and the only player that was his was guthrie. he must've known but some can't even countenance the possibility that he timed it that way to get his own back. west ham had a more balanced squad with kids coming through to play their part then got lucky in appointing zola. As I said, some stuff only happened on the last day i.e. trying to sell Barton. What you on about West Ham had a balanced squad and kids coming through? So Keegan's problem was that he left when we had an unbalanced squad? Funny that because I'm sure that's why he was annoyed in the first place.