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Nothing I can say that already hasn't been said, just absolutely sickening.

I'm still chuckling at it me like :lol: Haven't heard someone called a vegetable in about half a decade

Nevertheless, you would have talked a load of s****. There'd have been grains of gold in that s*** though Heza, that's my point. Sweetcorn does not equate to gold, you fucking vegetable.

Probably replace the Sir Bobby Robson Bust with the Bust of Queen Vic from Eastenders next week

Sporting Clube de Direct

Probably renaming the club as well

Aye, it's like a thinly veiled attempt to distance himself for his punditry career. Like anyone cares.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce

If Germany have a 'remembrance day' and wish to display a symbol of respect for there dead innocent soldiers then why would you have a problem with that, Ozzie? In hindsight, this post from you looks incredibly odd now:

Said it before like, but Steven Taylor suffers from Mclaren syndrome. Must be hanging about with Tim too much.

The fact that money from the shirts/poppy symbol is going to support a military body is enough for FIFA to say, "Like fuck". They can't afford to set a precedent. It's nowt to do with international football which is what this boils down to. Sometimes matches occur that are played in politically-charged circumstances: matches with Israel, the Koreas, some African games, etc. FIFA has to ensure that ultimately the game is simply a match between two football sides. Fair point, I suppose that explains why they would allow the armband instead of a customised shirt. EDIT: I still disagree that the poppy symbol itself is 'political' like

"English/British national myth. Us vs The Continent" Aye because we are the only nation to wear a poppy to remember war dead... I don't realy understand how the rest of your post is supposed to support your theory like, innocent kids die in pointless wars due to political squables that does not involve them. The poppy (a symbol of death for centuries) is used as a symbol for there 'pointless' death, not as a symbol of the war they were fighting in. Anyway that's just my stance on it, it'll probably not change.

It's a mark of respect for dead soldiers, the fact that they have died in a war brought on by politics doesn't make the gesture itself political imo.

Bit off topic like, but seeing loads of "does my poppy offend you, fuck off out the country" etc statuses and likes on Facebook Cannot believe some of the shit half of the people I actualy like come out with on there man.

Pretty much my stance on it.

In that case it's never been political, religious or commercial; we've just never been bothered about having it on before, ever. Why are we suddenly arsed now? Genuinely interested to know what kicked this off. It is probably brought on by some random act of patriotism, as opposed to a genuine display of respect to the dead. I suppose I just don't see the harm in starting it. EDIT: The idea probably came about by some random act of patriotism I mean.

Whether it happened last year or not is also irrelevant in the current debate. It's not a political, religious or commercial symbol, therefore FIFA are talking shite.

Wouldn't many national badges, sown onto the front of the shirt, contain political or religious sentiments? Also why are Scotland allowed to sing a fucking song before each game about beating us in a war?

What a fucking puff

Cannot wait for this actually, even with the likely outcome been me hanging from my kitchen light fittings at 5pm, I'm still massively looking forward to it.

Still cannot believe poor Yorkie's 2 line comment was responded to by THAT. I would be fucking devastated if I was Yorkie like.

I think he's a very talented player that can have a big role for us, you may be surprised to hear that with the strawman arguments his fans have attempted to build up but if you read back through at no time have I ever said he isn't any good. The doubts I have are as follows... He will improve the current team: People seem to think all we have to do is select him over Best and we will become an even better side which I don't see as being the case. One of the main reasons we are where we are in the league is down to the amount of work our players put in when we don't have the ball, we're not playing teams off the park by any stretch of the imagination but we are putting a ridiculous amount of effort in closing down and tracking back when we don't have the ball, a good example of this is when I posted on Saturday about Ba not having the best of games but he still put the work in and that is the same for all of our midfield and attack recently, we've seen with Cabaye that he hasn't been up to his high standards lately that he set at the beginning of the season but he's still putting plenty of work in covering the pitch and the same goes for Ba, Best, Tiote and Jonas. Ben Arfa is different in that he's not going to graft but he's technically more gifted than anyone else in our attack, that's great when he's up to speed and if he settles into the team but at the moment he isn't which makes me think he could end up being a passenger which we can't afford to have, this opinion is backed up by people who watched the Blackburn game that he started and was anonymous for large parts of it apparently. People bring up how long Coloccini and Enrique took to settle in before finding their best form but the difference now is that we have a very good alternative in Best and Ba that have formed a good partnership, back then if we didn't play Colo we had Taylor who was equally poor and N'Zogbia to cover Enrique, I would hate to throw away our current position by attempting to get a player that isn't up to speed and might not be any time soon. Partnership with Ba: The second problem I have is the potential partnership with Ba, I think people presume that Ba is a target man type but I don't see this as being the case and at West Ham and before coming to England he's played in more a withdrawn role, a role he continues to play here with great success (15 goals in 22 Premiership games) so how do him and Ben Arfa play in a withdrawn position unless we're going with 3 up top? People have suggested that Ba could play more of a target man role but when he's been as successful as all but a few in front of goal playing this role why should he change to accommodate someone? So not only do I think he lacks the work ethic for this current team but I think him playing in a number 10 role with Ba could leave the whole attack imbalanced, all this while he' clearly not up to speed anyway. Team player?: In the 10 appearances he's made since he's been here for me he's looked anything but a team player which I think is important for anyone playing in the number 10 role, we've heard people compliment him on his dribbling skills and such but how many occasions can you say he was an important factor in making something happen for someone else since he's been here? That's not having a go at the lad but it's a pretty obvious thing to notice and something that he can get away with more out wide than when he's relied on to be the heartbeat of the team. People have said that it's because of a lack of options in front of him but if he is going to play that role then it's only going to be Ba there the majority of the time anyway, he's going to find himself in plenty of similar situations like he did against Everton but is he going to continue to play for himself instead of others like a VDV would? I know people think I'm being harsh on the lad as he's been out injured so long but I don't think I am, if people were not demanding him being in the starting line up up top now then I'd happily give him his cameo's to get up to speed like I am with Gosling, however if he is going to have a starting place for us then I expect better than what we've seen so far and I don't care how long he's been out either, like I said if he's not performing he's a luxury that I don't think we can carry and maintain our current form at the same time. Long term I think he's going to struggle to get in up top, not because of Best as I don't think Pardew rates him that highly but I see whichever striker he buys if it's Maiga or whoever I see it with a view of linking up with Ba, our biggest goal threat by some distance, so what I'd like to see is HBA played out on the right which will give him his chance to get his fitness back and then for us to buy a solid right back (OMG Santon is a right back etc) that is happy to sit and cover leaving HBA to have a more free role out wide, someone like Onuoha would be great for the role. So to summarise I don't think Ben Arfa is shite, I also don't think him having one good game, scoring a great goal like he did against Everton or getting an assist would have proven me wrong which some are building their straw men to mean, it's about looking at the bigger picture and seeing if the form of the team improves or drops off over a longer period than that. Here like, fuck this. What an absolutely disgusting thread.

Is that his son? Regardless of that Pards is definitely fucking his mar

He's a fucking right clip man The one on the right has lived a life of resentment towards the government and his local council. You can tell by that 1 image of the skinny cunt.

I think he's that wacky cunt holding up the EDL banner outside St James' personally.