derek smalls

one was VERY popular but scored 2 a season the other was a `lazy cunt` who bagged 20 a season which do you prefer

agreed with that. he`s an inspirational kind of player, a few moments of genius here and there. problem is if you`re belting up and down the line for 90 minutes then if you do actually get a chance to do something magical you`re too bolloxed to do anything about it a study of reeves v philiskirk springs to mind one had banana boots and couldn`t hit a bulls arse with a banjo but ran his nuts off the other was a lazy fecker but scored some tremendous goals. discuss.

john motson picked us for staying up on 5live on monday night given our fixtures v everyone elses. i`ll start with that and build up hope from there on in. its still well achievable. its looking ike the lowest points total ever will keep somone up. as for the future, repeat.....its difficult......

Aye, what you said there is what i meant. He was rested b4 stoke match then had a mare against Stoke and hasnt looked the same since. Maybe it was the Beardsley effect? Form dropped off a cliff and never came back, however.....we`re hardly water tight without him. Not sure how people pick him out as the reason for our poor results. Difficult to see much difference from where i`m standing with or without him. And if you think he was bad last season there`s fuck all point trying to have a rational conversation with you as you clearly know fuck all about football. there! i`ve said it!

aye, i did say i was trying to be positive. its difficult.....

I`m putting some seriously rosey specs on here but maybe we`re in transition. OC has changed our playing philosophy. We`ve done away with the SKD style and swept in a more attractive method. granted its all gone dogshit but maybe (please god) we might come out the other side with a younger, easier on the eye team. I`m overlooking some of the bobbins signings here and thinking eventually they will be squad players. actually im struggling to convince myself that this isnt bollocks

best player in the team up until he was `rested` for the Stoke semi last year. granted he`s had a poor season but good luck to the lad. maybe he wasn`t pretending to give a shit. maybe he did give a shit. unlike some of the current bunch who don`t even pretend funny how people see what they want to see

they do have disciplinary procedures at football clubs you know how about `listen fab, you`ve been a bad lad so im dropping you to the bench` as a rap on the knuckles? rather than fuckin ell you`re still pissed. have a black coffee FFS

you`re presuming he`s telling the truth there aren`t you. footballers, bank clerks, factory workers - none of them like their boss, none of them like being told what to do. he`s only a young lad. maybe he got a bollocking and he`s took the hump?

maybe someone should tweet that to him then if hes responding to tweety stuff

i heard he was out on the piss and didn`t get in til 3am and they found out 3rd hand info from someone who `knows stuff`

My black friend says its all a load of bollocks

Agreed with that. The rest of you can carry on apologising for being white englishmen

what a load of old shit. I often wonder when the producer of `Love thy Neighbour` will be dragged before the courts and charged with being a racist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Thy_Neighbour for the younger readers amongst you

the tactics bus with andy townshend. what was that? there was no clock or score on the matches on the highlights program and yes we got 2 minutes just before midnight. at least they managed to copy that bit from auntie BEEB

theyve gone all soft again, dont like it up em 3-2 to the whites, alan hansen will be having palpitations at the shithouse defending 25,865

ficklefingeroffootballfate says sheff wed

so basically he got rid of some of the backroom staff and brought his own in? which players were universally against him? was it the useless fuckers that sammy lee brought in that couldn`t spell football? or the under achieving first teamers coasting along without a care in the world as we festered at the bottom of the league? the team was doing jack shit, he came in and gave them all a good fucking and quite right too. footballers are thick, they dont respond to having their tummy tickled. If you need telling that then you`re either under 15 or deluded

<sigh> ok, ive bitten the bloke produced one of the most amazing turn arounds in premier league history. he inherited the mutant cross breed of allardyces team, sammy lees tactics and a bunch of newly arrived, over paid shithouse players and he kept us up when we were utterly dead and buried. as for the uefa cup he fielded a weakened team for several rounds as he pointed out himself and the only reason people got arsey was because a) we eventually (accidently) reached a point when we could have made our mark and b ) the team never turned up the following weekend at wiggin as stated in this thread. had we been knocked out 3 rounds earlier then this thread wouldnt be here. he also made some fantastic signings that put us in a really good position. for that he deserves a lot of credit in my eyes. i didnt like the bloke, he had no charisma or passion. i was pretty indifferent towards him. i don`t really care too much about him or what he does but if i was him i would be pretty miffed as to why so many people hate him when his record and achievements as manager are there for all to see. he pretty much says they dont like me so fuck `em and for that you say how dare he say that, hes a cunt. what a load of hypocritical shite

couldnt of said it better

theyre not made of fucking glass. all they had to do was drive over, walk in sign some autographs and fuck off home. it speaks volumes that 1) they couldn`t be arsed and 2) they weren`t told to at least agree that one person would go

Nigel Reo-Coker??? Top Trumps Ratings Passion 100 Stamina 87 Shouting ability 92 Skill set 7 Pass Accuracy 9 Ball Control 4 Shooting 23 Falling over ability 81

back on topic, thats poor. I would also feel that if they can`t be arsed neither can I. I think I`ll cancel too PS Anyone know why I can`t change my profile signature until 27th April 2027 at 5:12am? Sounds a bit extreme?

maybe he`s pissed off and not on top of his game?