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He's right imo. We had MUCH better players then, and we only ended up in 6th anyway. And we pummelled team after team. Keegan never spent a shitload really, he still had most of the squad that got promoted. Beardsley, Albert, Peacock and Fox were the only ones he bought over a million. We topped the league with a better record, we had more points than we do now and we played brilliant football. Pardoo is on a run scraping points against teams that deserve to be getting more for the most part. Brilliant, but can't believe you of all people agree he's improving on keegan's work. He's not improving on Keegan's work at all, but sometimes you understand what people are saying to you but deliberately choose to ignore it. This is one of those times. Pardew's achievement IS bigger than Keegan's for the reasons I've given but you have chosen to ignore. Keegan had massive resources compared to the likes of even Aston Villa, Chelsea, Tottenham, Leeds and Everton in 1994, and as we know there was a hell of a lot left in the kitty too. The point is as well, although we came 6th a lot of that was down to something happening to Andy Cole, he didn't score for 11 games then he fucked off. Pardew has had peanuts, the nuts and bolts figures of comparative resources divided by actual results show that what he has done this season far exceeds what Keegan did then. There are similarities too, I also remember we were very lucky to draw at home to Blackburn and Liverpool before we lost at Man Utd. Once we lost against Bilbao we were never really the same again that season. Oh by the way Angus, Kitson cost more than a million too, over £2m if I recall correctly so za za.

Aye. If Jordan Henderson is worth £20m then he is worth £35m, but the fact is Henderson is not worth £5m of anyones money. We got a french international for that. £15m absolute max is Carroll's value. If he plays 30+ league games from the start he'll get you 15 goals, but so will Ba, and he cost fuck all. I'd have him back, as long as a clause in his contract involving misbehaviour is inserted.

Which specific comment? At the time it did look like step up from where we were. Weren't you furious with him at the time? Aye dummy flew out the pram, was just gutted it was to them cunts tbh.

Definitely, but I just worry about the strength in depth especially after losing so many from midfield. With the international break and the next 2 matches away in Manchester, those players wouldn't be considered for a midfield role for a few weeks anyway. By which time we should have Cabaye back. Bit concerned about Tiote as he has stayed with us rather than going off with the Ivory Coast. Gosling did alright yesterday, made the most tackles anyway. Wasn't overly impressed with Gosling although perhaps he was playing to orders as he was more or less an extra centre-half most of the time. I thought he was turd too. The people sat behind us were saying he was turd (they said Guthrie was too like so they're talking shite on that score)...but when you look at the stats, CG is spot on that Gosling did well in tackling, which is what we needed second half, someone breaking up their play in front of our back 4. I thought he did ok, nothing special but ok. You have to be careful not to judge him too harshly when you consider he was being brought into a midfield that only had one of our regular four and that we had Best in front of that midfield doing nothing but breaking down our attacks by constantly getting caught unecessarily offside or not being able to control the ball. The lad needs a chance to come in and play in a settled midfield alongside Tiote or Caybaye. Then we should be able to see his true worth. It was like we didn't have a centre midfield in the second half, but it's too early to say things like Gosling's shite, he's just back from an injury and it wasn't too long ago people were describing Ba as a CCC player. It will take time for Gosling and I'm sure he'll come good, mind I thought he'd get a much worse reception off the blue dippers than he did, if the shoe was on the other foot, he would have done.

Which specific comment? At the time it did look like step up from where we were.

I think we can come 6th realistically this season. I've got us down for winning 4 of our next 6 games and losing 2. Now look at Liverpool's fixtures. a. Chelsea loss h. Man City loss a. Fulham draw h. QPR win a. Villa loss a. Wigan draw If I'm right that would mean we're 13 points above them with 21 games to go. I doubt they have in it in them to claw that back. It's all ifs and buts but they're playing shite, how wonderful would it be to finish above them with Dalglish, Carroll and Enrique? h.

Rodwell is the only one who shouldn't of those names. Cahill is well out of form and walker isn't as good as Simpson never mind micah richards You must be joking?

Rodwell is the only one who shouldn't of those names.

He's right imo. We had MUCH better players then, and we only ended up in 6th anyway.

He does read it as well. On his match day live thing ages ago, I went you're an embarrassment with some of the things you say, quick as a flash "you're an embarrassment Stevie!". To be fair though I don't think there's much wrong with what he's written in his latest blog entry.

Would be better having a crashed helicopter in Vietnam embroided and a mushroom cloud.

No just us. As I said we're a special case. Why's that then? Typical comment from an Irishman. Why's that I'm guessing it's either you single-handedly saved the world from the Nazis, invented the game of football or just that generally without the British colonising half the world we'd all still be living like cavemen. Or possibly all three. Aye. With the first one being the fundamental one. The Russians did more than us tbf. The Russians didn't come in to the war till after we'd been fighting alone for two years, but granted in terms of combat fighting they did a lot more, and lost a lot more. 20m iirc, and more than half of those were civilians.

I would love to say we're gonna come 3rd or 4th if I believed it I'd say it, but we'll come 7th because we're the best of the rest and that's purely because we're well organised, not because (despite what the mackems say) that we're the Barcelona of the NE.

No just us. As I said we're a special case. Why's that then? Typical comment from an Irishman. Why's that I'm guessing it's either you single-handedly saved the world from the Nazis, invented the game of football or just that generally without the British colonising half the world we'd all still be living like cavemen. Or possibly all three. Aye. With the first one being the fundamental one.

No just us. As I said we're a special case. Why's that then? Typical comment from an Irishman. Why's that

No just us. As I said we're a special case.

From the Football Ramble after the Stoke game. I think 3 defeats are on the cards but if as the blog says, we emerge from them in the top 4, would we be contenders for a CL place? Would need Tottenham to basically lose all their games, for that to happen, we'll emerge in fifth place probably.

Fucking disgusting, I don't care about rules, we are a special case surely and a tiny symbolic gesture remembering the 2m brave British people who died to keep everyone in the world free, not just ourselves, should be allowed without even question. Added to that it's our game we should tell FIFA/UEFA to fuck off. We'll do what we want, we'll do what we waaaant, we're fuckin England, we'll do what we want.

When I was walking out there was two blue dippers saying "ey we desehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhved a point there.", I think he was wrong, they deserved to win, another shabby performance but another win. The midfield exposed just how weak we are in term of the squad, it was like we had no centre midfield in the second half, outplayed, out thought and so very lucky they don't have a good striker. Drenthe surely made a big impression on people in the first half, we need to get this player if we can.

If there's ten ways of judging the size of a club, then trophies won is one of them. They have four more than us. The other nine ways you could judge club size, it's one of the worlds biggest delusions for them to believe in their hearts that they are. It doesn't bug me, it just massively amuses me, the same as when Leeds fans think they're as big as us. How can you call yourself a big club when you're struggling to get 30000 in the Premier League it and they are pathetic.

hehehe, I was too young for Touche Turtle, I was more or less too young for Grange Hill as well, I remember some scouse cunt and thinking he was a mug, but that's as far as my memory stretches for it. God I bet you felt as bad as I did when the toon game got cancelled on account of a rich woman I don't know dying in a car crash. Aye, her again, I was well fucked off. Me Mam woke me up the morning she died at about half 6. On a fucking Sunday I might add. She was crying so my immediate thought was there'd been a death in the family. When she told me the crack my response was a terse "Is that it?" Mine wasn't even is that it, it was more ffs I bet the match is off. Was the dippers away, I was in London at the time, and up to date papers were in the shops by 830 "DIANA DEAD" so fuck. Next thing ye naa 2,000,000 people descending on people to pay their respects to someone they didn't know, who pisses and shites the same as anyone else.

hehehe, I was too young for Touche Turtle, I was more or less too young for Grange Hill as well, I remember some scouse cunt and thinking he was a mug, but that's as far as my memory stretches for it. God I bet you felt as bad as I did when the toon game got cancelled on account of a rich woman I don't know dying in a car crash.

Nar am not actually I feel wrecked. Astute Alex.

Aye. Dealing with roofing right now, new little facet for me with the other stuff I do like M&E. I didn't know there was as many things went in to a fucking roof. I thought single ply, was a singles neet in Plymouth till I did this side of the business. Loads of money in it though

What do you do for a living? What's on your CV? Completing the first level on Call of Duty 2 doesn't count. I thought you cleaned roofs for a living? When I'm not dashing about with my trusty sidekick, righting wrong(un)s. Which wronguns have you righted recently like? I'm sorry Stevie, can't break the Amphibious SuperHero Confidentiality Code. They'd have my cape. well they can't take your hair. Have you got it in my mind I haven't got a job or something? I've got the best job for the best company with the best salary I've ever had in me life. I'm in a lucky position that I usually enjoy what I do, I know you enjoy yours too, I couldn't dee it like, I get vertigo getting the lift up to Eldon Rec.