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http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/26/luke-shaw-manchester-city-manchester-united-chelsea? Man City now.

http://foreverwestham.com/2014/02/blog-topics/lets-hope-west-ham-fans-are-never-like-southamptons? And still they whine. What's that Shakespeare quote about protesting too much.

Definitely extended. I just bought London to Southampton for Liverpool and Norwich, £20 the pair. Here's a link. http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/Winter-Sale-Terms-and-Conditions.aspx

I'll save you the trouble of reading the article. It's not worth the trouble. "Would we be attractive to Mauricio, could we poach him? Why not! Southampton fans won't thank me for suggesting we should, any more than they'll like me saying that West Ham are a bigger club, but we are. We've a bigger ground, a greater fan base I think. We can argue about finances; both clubs have been in a parlous state in recent years; but surely we must be slightly better off?"

If PSG don't want him there's always West Ham. They're a much bigger club than Saints and with more money apparently. http://www.kumb.com/article.php?id=3374

Lallana's was a foul but didn't warrant a booking, especially coming towards the very end of the match. Also, it looked like he was being fouled himself beforehand. All happened right in front of the referee. Can't say it was vindictive but it was unnecessary. Something else I thought a bit odd was when, after one of their first half goals, Nolan went over to shout something to the dodgy linesman instead of celebrating with the others.

Just about anybody could have predicted his negative impact given his record, in particular the Manager who worked with him at Espanyol. He was not a credible striker in the first half of the season so nothing to suggest he was the player to push us on in the second half.

The Academy of Football eh. They sound like Stoke fans.

http://nothingbutnewcastle.com/2014/02/blogs/german-ace-to-choose-between-newcastle-and-southampton? He's ours then.

To be fair several clubs and their fans have issues with him. Everton, Chelsea and Saints have complained about him. I read an article this week on a West Ham fanzine listing their grievances going back years. He has a bias. It's Newcastle Utd but he's declared that to the FA which is why he doesn't officiate their matches or Sunderland's. I've seen him referee well. He's been poor when officiating our recent matches. I wouldn't single him out. They're all onanists.

So why don't they play their reserves every week then?

I saw him ref a match recently. Think it might have been Arsenal v Manu. He refereed it very well. He can do it when he tries. Let's hope we see the same high standards when we play lowly West Ham on Saturday.

Seems to be more about promoting than listening.

Low.

It's £30k.

I was going to make a cheap joke about a certain poster being a shoe in for this post but the advertised details kind of support what FF has been saying. Stuff about outgoing communication and presentation skills but no mention of customer feedback. The salary tells you how much importance the club gives it.

We can have 'em. West Ham, the porno brothers, Clattenberg. They're all rubbish. Have some faith. It's not like it's the Academy of Football or anything. Anyway, Pochettino and the players owe us one. Fat Bloke's rubbish too.

Professor Collins' response to the Mail article. http://metofficenews.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/met-office-in-the-media-16-february-2014-response-by-professor-mat-collins-and-the-met-office/

We get much more from him in Spanish than we would ever likely get were he to give interviews in English. Pepe Mel. Credit for trying and it's appreciated but you get little of substance because his English is so limited. I see he's reverted to an interpreter.

I understand the fans that went yesterday were vocal both during the match and after the final whistle. I'm no devotee of the Liebherrs. As owners go they have been good. That seems self evident to me when you consider what's been done to Coventry City and countless other clubs. I think the Liebherrs will sell. From an investment perspective it would make sense. The only thing that gives me hope that they may not is the money put into the academy and infrastructure. That adds value but it's also long term.

The halcyon days before the Liebherrs. I look back fondly to the Lowe years. His one eye wasn't myopia, he was using it to make sure he kept the fans happy and we were all happy weren't we? His other eye was on the shareholders. Oh and what about the era when we nearly got taken over by a hedge fund. That was Wilde. The club's never been run for the fans and it's disingenuous to claim otherwise.The best we can hope for is that the interests of the owners and those of fans overlap. They will never align entirely. As football club owners go the Liebherrs have been excellent for us.

What a load of b@llocks. The inclusions of the Mencken quote is interesting. May we conclude from this that you think the Met Office wants to rule the world.

You are quite right. For the DM to conclude from the professors statement that global warming did not cause the storms is faulty logic.

I saw it. Definite penalty. It happened right in front of him. No idea why he didn't give it.

Thoroughly enjoyed Arsenal v Liverpool. Great match, big crowd, fantastic atmosphere. Total contrast to our fixture yesterday.