Whitey Grandad

Or lend it to another stable.

I think he had time to take a touch first. At least he should have 'hit the target'

I would say that the horse is geed up and ready to go and is halfway out of the door.

ok, I''ll take Rasiak or John instead.

We can blame him for the substitution that changed our formation, presumably?

But having Saga might have given us an extra 10 points. So that's 10 points dropped, either way.

Totally agree. Just before they scored I said that we had completely lost our shape. I'm not impressed by this manager. And wtf was that substitution in injury time supposed to achieve?

Then why do they all talk like that?

I've just had a quick look and amazingly it could be true! West Ham would have 69 points and there aren't many games left between the teams at present at the top where Man U have 65. Of course the other teams aren't all going to lose all their games but with a freak set of results it could be possible. Am I sad, or what?

Didn't he mean when WGS was in charge?

Surely no true gentleman would ever do such a thing. It's tempting though, isn't it?

Talking about our 'Mick', I was in Winchester one lunchtime a couple of weeks ago when I overheard a young couple walking behind me. '...and apparently it was Mick Channon.' said the lad. 'Who's he?', said the girl. 'Dunno' said the lad. It makes you cry, doesn't it? Don't they teach 'em anything in school these days?

Then perhaps it's just as well that I'm not a betting man. It's bad enough running a business these days without relying on luck in order to make a living.

No, but they are still on the books as expensive assets which are depreciating.

No, it was him: But Berkovic said: "Every player is ambitious and wants a very big club. I'm happy at West Ham and moved there because they are bigger than Southampton, but there are five or six in England still bigger. "You never know, but if I play well for the next two to three years I might get the chance to go to an even bigger club." (October 1997) I get confused sometimes (apparently). So many players have left us for a 'bigger club'.

Thanks for the clarification. Perhaps I was thinking of Hassan Kachloul?

Agreed. Why buy them in the first place if we're not going to play them?

North Sea gas started to be introduced in the early sixties replacing coal gas which was ubiquitous until then. Most houses didn't have central heating relying instead on coal which was delivered by 'coalmen'. The streets in my patch of North London were lit by gas lamps, as indeed were many houses. My point was that the high price that we are now paying for gas - and other energy sources - is due in a large part to poor management at government levels. Bad management is one thing that Britain is still good at, and it is especially evident in the recent history of SFC.

Bad management at the highest level?

Betting odds are not the probability that an event will happen but are merely a reflection of the money that has been placed on that event happening. They therefore reflect the opinions and judgments of the punters. From these odds we may thus infer what others think the probability is, but as I understand it, the more that people bet on an event happening the shorter the odds become (whatever that means).

Whichever way you look at it, whatever slant you try to put on it, from any point of view, it is quite patently bad management.

When he left us, didn't he say that he wanted to leave for a bigger club.... ....and then joined West Ham?

Not at all. Assuming that we beat Watford in our game-in hand, then providing that we do no worse than Norwich over the other games we have to beat either Forest or Blackpool and match (or better) their other results. It doesn't matter in which order we acheive this provided that our points total from those other games is at least as good as Forest's (or Blackpool's). Forest also have to travel to Blackpool (13th April) so if we beat Forest and Blackpool then we need to better either of the totals of their other games. Of course if both Forest and Blackpool win all their other games then it would probably mean that we would have to win all ours, unless Forest win at Blackpool. If either Forest or Blackpool drop points over the rest of the season, then we can 'afford' to do the same (provided Norwich don't go on a run). Whatever, if we win all our games then we will undoubtedly be safe.

Survival is in our own hands. All that we have to do (!) is win our game in hand at Watford, then either beat Forest on the last day and also match or better the results of Norwich and the other games of Forest or do the same with regard to Blackpool instead of Forest.

All we can do is concentrate on winning the next game, and then the next game, and then the n......