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Even from you, I can barely believe what I'm reading.

So Chelsea didn't sign Parker and Inter Milan didn't sign Emre? 97265[/snapback] But but but..........what about Luque? He's GREAT you know.

Another 'number 9 to worship', then.

Funny enough that's what often happens.... CND, anti Vietnam, anti cruise missiles, anti S Efrika, N Ireland Peace marchers, anti poll tax riots, pro hunting demo's, Fathers For Justice.............................. they all marched and chanted and faded away of course we could have rounded them all up and put them in prison I guess - now who would haave suggested that??? 97179[/snapback] You're being blinkered here Rob. Islam has been going for 1505 years it isn't going to fade away. Plus you have said that anti vivisectionists are the most violent you have seen. They didnt blow up people on public transport. I don't know what is going to happen but what we have is a clash of cultures one old and one new. We are the new culture and at the moment we control things. The last time we had a clash of cultures due to religion a lot of people got burnt, literally. For me Religions shouldnt get any special protection. A person who believes the crap that is spouted in the bible and the qu'ran deserve every piece of ridicule they get. 97238[/snapback] Couldn't agree more.

Why is it, when I saw your name as the last poster in this thread, I knew, whatever your opinion, it would be a militant one? 97132[/snapback] Militant? Nah, that's not militant. I'm trying to keep out of trouble with the do-gooders on here and the PC brigade. Here's what I really think though. I'd line the dorty twáts up and shoot the lot ot them. They way they think it's ok to drop their tab ends all over the place, the 'bin' for tab ends just happens to be anywhere they can drop the fúcking thing. As long as they stub it out eh, like on the carpet in a hotel, restaurant or pub. Do they do that at home? Course not. Selfish bastards. I pick up the shit from both of my dogs when I'm out with them, maybe I should just take the bag and empty it on the floor of a pub, or how about emptying it on the bar, just so the bar staff can get a good whiff of it, like? Or stick it in an ash tray, gives them a more healthy use, like. Shoot the bastards !!!!! Rant over.

I've got my fingers crossed Kenny D doesn't start 96604[/snapback] Bless tbh. 96804[/snapback] He's still a cunt! 96859[/snapback] More effective than Luque and a better partner for donkey than the " Lion of Gosforth ".

Aye, I saw it coming 'cos I know that as well as posting shite, the tosser posts lies anarl. 96681[/snapback] Puddemuuuuup. 97021[/snapback] Disgrace. " Offering me oot, eh?"

Distribution is a very important part of the game for a keeper. Unless he's lumping it down the pitch 50/50, he needs to deliver the ball to someone without playing them into trouble. He needs to work at it ( I'd be amazed if he isn't, he doesn't seem to be stupid ), it's one of his few weaknesses.

About time anarl. Just wondering why we have to wait until summer 2007 to get these dirty twáts habit out of our face? Shame it's not a blanket outdoor ban, means you could still be sat next to some filthy bastard at the match.

Peasant

Aye, I saw it coming 'cos I know that as well as posting shite, the tosser posts lies anarl. 96681[/snapback] Another N-O recruit! 96701[/snapback] Hmmm, let's see. A couple of minutes easy research as I sip my glass of Remy. Today's teaser.......who is this idiot on about? Well, you can't be on about GF........ Geordie Fish Total Cumulative Posts 1838 ( 8.8 posts per day / 1.91% of total forum posts ) Me.........Joined Aug 05 Total Cumulative Posts 688 ( 3.5 posts per day / 0.71% of total forum posts ) You.........Joined Oct 05 Total Cumulative Posts 241 ( 2.1 posts per day / 0.25% of total forum posts ) I know who you're on about, you're on about yourself !!! Having worked that out pretty easily, all I have to say is .......... Fúck off back to N-O, leech.

Aye, I saw it coming 'cos I know that as well as posting shite, the tosser posts lies anarl.

I can understand why some people don't want to see comment about the twát. It's because they wouldn't hear a bad word about their hero, despite it being obvious for at least 12 months he was wrecking the club, telling everybody he just needed more time to build his own team, and have players come back from injury. Must be fairly embarrassing for some to look back at the shite they posted.

I'm surprised anybody pays any attention to what this wanker says tbh.

Bloody hell! That's right.

93851[/snapback] Childish, but I like it. 93858[/snapback] Well it made me grin.

Totally agree. I thought Lard Lad might have learnt his lesson after last time and having seen the effect top european coaches have had on Chelsea and Liverpoo. It looks like he is going to be as insular and myopic as ever (I'd love him to make me eat my words mind). 93850[/snapback]

I was the only sensible poster on that board! 93309[/snapback] But but but.....what aboot mandiarse?

Conversation stopper, that one.

Agreed. I don't think he's a man for the job.

My name is not Brian Clough. For the record, if I was above Freddie I would tell him that he had been a good employee but had made a bad mistake and was on his last warning, and to stop stealing from the staff kitchen. On the highlighted point above, I can't agree, industries are always evolving, football's a particularly good example of that. If he can't be held responsible for footballing decisions then he can't hire a footballing person, he has to hire someone with the credentials to do that, I think that may well be the norm in 10 years time. Football is one of the most laughably incompetent industries I've ever witnessed, I'm not convinced that's a good argument for backing Shepherd. 93082[/snapback] And he generally does that. Appointing Dalglish would be like appointing Wenger now, what else has he to go on other than track record? Gullit was also a manager with credentials as was Robson. The only one that always looked like a mistake was Souness, although some thought this a great appointment because he'd won the League Cup and so also had credentials of a sort. I think your criteria is obviously different to mine. I've supported the club during periods when everybody wondered where the money was going, because players were only signed when we looked like we might be in a relegatin battle. We sold our best players and often just survived. The Board was happy with a place in the top flight, they had no more ambition than that. A bit like Sunderland right now, and for years gone by. It's very frustrating for supporters, far more frustrating than the present time. All I want from the Board and Fred is that they appoint a man and back him until it's obvious he's the wrong man. At that point they should sack him and try again. There are no guarantees that any particular manager is going to be a success. As others have pointed out, it's the same Arsenal board that appinted Rioch, but then later appointed Wenger. It's the same Liverpool board that appointed Souness, but later got it better if not totally right. They even sacked Hoolia after winning 5 cups because their ambiton is so high. This was a correct decision imo and is how I supported my opinion that Fred should have sacked Robson after we finished 3rd. I thought then he could take us no further, so it was a mistake by Fred imo not to move him on then. I never said FS makes no mistakes. I'm just wondering what criteria people are judging him against when they say he's shite, because he's far from shite.

I agree, much as he did for us early on; honeymoon period. He pulls the wool over people's eyes because he's a "nice boy", but he doesn't have the strength of character, things will start to slip for him there as they did here. There may be some bitterness skewing my perspecitve... 93081[/snapback] He never looked better than average for us, even at the start, which people so often mention. At the time of this 'start' people were making excuses for his poor performances because he was out of position. It's amazing how many have forgotten the reality of that time. The same people were making the same excuses for Viana when Robson was selecting him wide left. Jenas pulled the wool over people's eyes when he knocked in half a dozen goals at the back end of one season. That's all he's done. He's too lightweight and is too easily knocked off the ball, he can't tackle properly and he can only pass sideways or backwards most of the time. He does have this " he's a nice lad " image, which is how he gets away with his studs up, diving in type challenges.

Sorry HTL, but that's just not true. As a boss, anyone who I hire is my responsibility. Their incompetence is my incompetence. Fred knows where the buck stops, why make excuses? 93064[/snapback] There are not many directors or chairmen who are football savvy, so they employ a manager specifically to run the football side of the club, the business side is run by the Board. Failure to make correct decisions of a footballing nature is the respnsiblity of the manager. Football club managers stand or fall by the decisions they take, that is the way of it in football. Always has been and it always will be. Other than Abramovich supplying the cash, nobody thinks the success of Chelsea on the pitch is anything to do with anybody other than Mourinho. He sets out the team, so he gets the plaudits when they win, he'll get the bullet should they fail. Just to be clear on something, dotbum. Are you suggesting that whenever a manager in any company screws up, the Chairman of the Board should resign?

"Find his form?" Blimey. He's no better than average and I don't think he will ever be better than average. We got a great deal getting shot of him imo.

I haven't changed my mind, Craig. I know Fred has made mistakes, I've mentioned them more than a few times. But the fact remains that he is not to blame for the subsequent poor footballing decisions made by any manager of the club.