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I'm a few days into The Damned United and it's a fucking brilliant read. I know there has probably been some poetic licensce on Peace's part and it's probably a bit over the top but still, it's a great biographical account of his time at Leeds.

Surely that means that West Ham never owned his registration and should be relegated?

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Oh aye? How?

-Bored shitless -Want to go shopping for my holidays but lack of a bank card makes that impossible -Annoyed that wor lass is on lates meaning I wont see her till tomorrow -Unimpressed by the new Pumpkins album -I fancy a wank but really cannot be arsed.

I think I can guess who that is

Due to a fuck up at NatWest i'm current sitting here without a cash card. I rang up and I was told it would arrive within six to ten days. Not if the fucking Royal Mail have anything to do with it, it wont If it doesn't arrive before I go away on my hols i'm going to personally firebomb both.

He does go on to say he doesn't know whether Chelsea are willing to accept the bid in the actual topic, like. Just for all those who aren't signed up.

This lad is just that. Pretty much spot on in everything he says.

Course not It quite blatantly twocked. I've never contributed anything this good to the foruum before.

My boss at work used to work at a store in the town and went down one evening. As Wacky said it was full of old shop fronts apparently.

Weak as piss and not very nice tasting?

Bastid If you knew half the shit I had going on behind the scenes at the moment Matthew, you'd understand the reasoning at times.... Don't worry, I wasn't referring to anything recent Craig. You used to go a bit mental at times back in the day

It's a fair point, imagine Dalglish never joined and it was Robson as Keegans successor. If we'd bought (the equivalent) of those players we'd see him as fleshing out the squad, but in no way improving it. 10 years (jesus.. is it that long?) down the road and we're mired in inadequacy and our expectations have (rightly) plummeted. But I have hope, these signings aren't Shexy, but they're the road to sexy... I look at these players as the pokey Ferry, spattered with oil, paint flaking off the interior walls, that's taking us to Amsterdam and all the drink, drugs and dirty whores we can manage Sounds like one of Freddy's weekends away.

I wonder if that means Freddy's favourite Lee Clark will be out on his arse?

First things first, sort out the back four. Once that's done then we get to the more interesting and exciting tasks of improving our creative edge. As has been said, we cannot attract the big big players simply because, right now, we're not an attractive club to join. If we get into Europe for next season, then I'd expect some more exhilerrating players to get excited about this club. As it stands we're a midtable club, with no european competition, no stable team, in the middle of a transition period and an uncertainty over the style of football we'll be playing. a center back and a fullback or two, then start trying to persuade the Sneijders and Quaresmas of the world. Agree completely there. Look how well Pompy did last season with a good defence and not much else. exactly, they were stoic at the back and distinctly average up front. We should have at least two top quality strikers, a decent creative midfield and a combatative bite in the centre. I am quite excited about this season, but fully aware that the task of turning our fortunes won't be done in one transfer window. I think most people understand that, it's just the excitement of watching us actually being ran properly. It's sad but if we'd actually had a proper manager in over the past few years I can't imagine us getting half as excited over Viduka, Barton, Rozehnal and Geremi.

First things first, sort out the back four. Once that's done then we get to the more interesting and exciting tasks of improving our creative edge. As has been said, we cannot attract the big big players simply because, right now, we're not an attractive club to join. If we get into Europe for next season, then I'd expect some more exhilerrating players to get excited about this club. As it stands we're a midtable club, with no european competition, no stable team, in the middle of a transition period and an uncertainty over the style of football we'll be playing. a center back and a fullback or two, then start trying to persuade the Sneijders and Quaresmas of the world. Agree completely there. Look how well Pompy did last season with a good defence and not much else.

Happy Birthday. Hope you get a load of CDs by bands us lot are too uncool to have heard of

I'm not even going to post the link, it's right at the top of the page

Since Jimbo's been kind enough to do it I may aswell have a bash meself.... .../\......\o/... - Always thought he was Crimson Fault for some reason. Maybe his craics just as shite 2bias - Is brilliant at pointing out the obvious aimaad - Can't have an opinion as he doesn't go to games/live in the same country. As Jimbo said he's a loon but nothing on aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalan. Albert Kirkey - I like his name. It reminds me of Prefab Sprout alex - Kojak Ally - Seemed to defect to N-O for a while then came back like nothing happened. alreetlike - Never on here now as much as she should be. Andrew Flintoff - The first ITK'er I can remember. He worked in the club shop. Asprilla's foreskin - World Cup music, wasn't it? Baggio - Manages to be a pain in the arse and quite knowledgable at the same time. Bazooka_From_Viduka - If it's Vic, he's a twat. If it's not Vic, he's still a twat Bizza - Nice avatar, can't really say much else bobbyshinton - Atleast he's funnier than Catherine Tate Bridget - Germaine Greer Brock Manson - Looks like an Emo, listens to Enrique. Weird lad. catmag - If she's owt like her Dad she'll have a class tan and sense of humour chip2388 - Has he still got that Viana avatar? Craig - Capable of throwing mammoth hissy's when humour passes him by DanTheMan - Red tracksuit David Kelly - Kind of blends in ewerk - See above FCUM - Good, knowledgable poster. Got chased by some cretins for being a Manc IIRC Fop - The complete opposite of Vic but equally as annoying Gejon - Didn't he post a load of stuff about a lass he liked, get her to sign up to either here or N-O and then finished with her not long after? Gemmill - If the picture Fish posted is anything to go by he's Craig Bellamy's half brother. Glasgow Mag - I can remember him going a bit mental and them claiming his account got hacked. Howaythetoon - Very long posts that no one can be bothered to read and make very little sense. Followed by a hastily started Internet campaign. Isegrim - Typical, dour German, especially when it comes to Emre. Fantastic gardening tips though J69 - Easy to wind up, brings it on himself alot of the time. Jimbo - Looks like Phil Mitchell, great taste in comedians, the only person on earth to wank more than myself Lazarus - The Porn Baron LeazesMag - Like talking to a brick wall but more pointless Mad-on-the-rocks - Spastic Scouser, only beaten by wonitfivex Magma - Got up, had a driving lesson, not on MSN, am on MSN, watching TV manc-mag - To Gemmill what Bubbles was to Michael Jackson Mark - Hilarious. MattM4 - Shares my hatred of Shola which makes him a legend. Meenzer - Less gay than Gemmill menace13 - I can remember when he could barely type, now when he posts he uses capitals and everything! Papa Lazaru - Should have something to say about him but I don't. Possibly the only normal member on this board. Parky - All about the conspiracy theories Patrokles - Complete and utter music snob which gets on my tits massively but knows about football Peasepud - If David Bailey was a peeping tom..... Radgina - Pissheed number 1 Renton - Big Rob_W Waterloo? He was there. Agincourt? He was there. The Boer War? He was there! Scottish Mag - Ever reliable poster of news and gossip, when everyone else is still in bed. Shearergol - Quite simply dying to get into bed with Fat Fwank Sima - tbh. smoggeordie - Overfriendly Smooth Operator - Probably gets knocked about by his lass. Steve - He may protest but 'Graphic Novels' = Comic books. stevieintoon - Could well be skint if it wasn't for some people on here telling him to fuck off with his daft Baines bets sweetleftpeg - See Papa Laz Swindon Mag - Used to think he was hilarious, bit petty and daft everything that went on. Best not to go into it. T-Keith - Great taste in music, bar The View The Fish - Bigger than Renton Thompson - I wonder if he's still got that Berghaus? Toonraider - Not that Toonraider Toplass-101 - Pissheed number 2 Wacky Jnr - Short bloke with an attitude problem, good at winding people up though wellsy - Resident Aussie Woodgate27 - See above Zathras - That picture of that hat and a bottle of vodka

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I thought Amsterdam was pretty dull. I just had no sympathy for any of the characters either. Not read any of his other books though. Lettuce kna what 'All The Presidents Men' is like. Quality film. I bought it solely for the Journalistic side story. You're right about the characters, just seemed like two pathetic middle aged blokes fawning over a dead slag. Saying that it kept my attention just long enough but it wasn't a struggle to put it down. I thought the ending was fairly obvious aswell once you put the fact they were going to Amsterdam and the story that kept cropping up in editorial interviews together. The only other book of his i've read is Enduring Love which was slightly better IMO. I'll keep you informed about ATPM but thats the last book on my list with it being the longest. I'm betting that if I read it really slowly I can get it to last two weeks

All a bunch of losers tbh Not quite, looks like I forgot to include you

I think this whole thread is going off topic from what it was originally supposed to be about and I don't think anyone is suggesting Allardyce is doing a bad job at all, far from in fact, however people are just pointing out that while the likes of Viduka and Barton are going to have a good impact on our squad, we're going to need one or two quality additions to our squad if we plan on catching the likes of Spurs. I wasn't saying that either, infact I was agreeing that the likes of Viduka and Barton aren't going to get us into the top 5 or 6 by themselves. I agree we need quality, but we also need a strong squad.

I think people have just got to relax and realise that what we're doing at the moment is building a squad capable of performing week in, week out. Okay, they're not world class but what we've lacked over the past few years is a squad with someone capable in every position. Not only are we doing that but we're doing it without spending too much money, which will stand us in good stead for when we do start to look at the big names. Once we've got the bare bones of a top 6 or even top 4 squad we can start on throwing big money bids in for players and testing other club's resolve. It's a marathon, not a sprint.