Kitman

You don't like the guy then? Andy Townsend= Clueless C*nt See what you mean about a Testicle Heed. Judging by comments on you're not alone in your dislike of him.(he does seem a bit of a tool ,like) Hoplite 1766 "Tommy Smith sucks, being in the states I have to put up with this Irish twat, he is fucking clueless one of the worst commentators in the biz, just terrible" Sounds about right

Is this a wind up?

You don't like the guy then? Andy Townsend= Clueless C*nt

Totally agree

Anybody who's ever heard Tommy Smyth's appalling commentary would put him as the first name on the worst of all time list. He imparts no knowledge, speaks exclusively in annoying cliches, is a Man Utd obsessive, looks really ugly - like a testicle with teeth and glasses - and has the most irritating high pitched nasal voice I've ever heard. Even the Irish are ashamed of him. He ruins any build up or match and I'd honestly prefer to listen to a random pissed up gadgee from the pub commentating than him. He's like Andy Townsend, turned into a horrible high pitched leprechaun, and endowed with the mystical power of talking constant drivel without the need to breathe. He makes Donkey from Shrek seem like tolerable company and has very similar teeth. Thank God ESPN lost CL coverage, as he's clung on with them for years, stupid Americano pigdogs.

and Eric Clapton....

The good doctor turns out to be the undertaker. Which portly owner of a football club does that remind me of?

Exactly, surely it's too early to tell. I wouldn't write him off on the basis that Ameobi was never capable of improvement, so neither is he. Truly exceptional strikers like Shearer and Rooney did the business from an early age but no-one's claiming Ranger's in their league. I remember thinking Saha never looked anything special when he was on loan with us as a youngster and then I saw him take us to pieces a few years later at Craven Cottage.

Considering we've already lost to Blackpool I reckon you've got a point there Know what you mean though

We all have to start somewhere

As I said, I was told by this mackem - a partner in a corporate recovery firm - that the club would have gone into receivership if we'd gone down to the old third division. No way of knowing if that's true but he had no reason to lie.

I can only assume they're younger fans and don't understand what he's done for us as a player and manager. I knew a mackem in corporate recovery who nearly handled the receivership of the club in those days.

Those were the days

Attain goes to Haberdashers school btw. Its a very posh school for jewish kids in north london. Hmmm Haberdashers? It sounds like a pre-school nursery I thought it was where Mrs Slocombe and Miss Brahms worked Probably not the sort of guy you'd want hanging round a school tbh Astrology lessons? "Are you free Mr Humphrey?" "No, I'm working on a model of the planets. My thumb's stuck in Uranus"

For me the dirty tricks campaign against Keegan points to Ashley staying. Why bother otherwise?

Attain goes to Haberdashers school btw. Its a very posh school for jewish kids in north london. Hmmm Haberdashers? It sounds like a pre-school nursery I thought it was where Mrs Slocombe and Miss Brahms worked

Is there no end to this man's villainy? Will no-one rid us of this cancer?

shit you is ITK and no mistake innit?

Why buy a club? Because he expected to make money. Why run it into the ground? Because he hasn't got a clue how to run a football club. I think it was ChezGiven who mooted the possibility that Ashley bought the club in the expectation of flicking it on to a rich Arab at a profit, but was left high and dry. Forced to hang onto the club, he filled it with his clueless drinking buddies and the rest is history. Sounds about right to me. Personally I doubt it's got anything to do with Geordie hating cockneys, it's all about money imo.

Seems a bit presumptious to talk about going back up after a handful of games imo

It's a bit sad to peddle this line. Personally I just want to know the truth about what happened, I'm reserving judgement till then. You've worn out the 'unconvincing smiley' btw If it was Big Sam in the same scenario as Keegan he'd be getting head hunted by a group lead by Stevie. You all know it's true.

It's a bit sad to peddle this line. Personally I just want to know the truth about what happened, I'm reserving judgement till then. You've worn out the 'unconvincing smiley' btw

You've no substance to suggest he isn't. You just like being contrary. Find me another manager who has walked because of transfer interference and then sued the club? But you've no real idea exactly what led to his resignation, have you? Did you work at the club at the time? Or are you on the tribunal? What do you think they did? Changed the lock on his office door? Poured paint thinner on his car whilst he was in a training session? I think it's well documented that it's all over transfers, Keegan said as such through the LMA. No, personally I think it's all about control. And I doubt it's about two transfers, as you assert, I think it's about a whole series of events which came to a head culminating in Keegan leaving. I don't pretend to know the truth but I don't buy your version which I think is simplistic and facile.

A police spokesman added: "The homeowner was threatened with a knife and forced to hand over jewellery and the keys to his Range Rover car." Depends on the range rover, innit