Lord Duckhunter

I cant believe what I'm reading on here, that some people still think SCW was a good idea and is somehow a loss to us because of his "sports science" knowledge.Every single Premiership Club and Manager (yes even dinosaurs like Redknapp) use it. Not one, despite being the highest paying sport, has approached, employed, or spoken to SCW about a role at their club.I doubt if one supporter of a Premiership side wishes they would employ SCW, I doubt if one Premiership manager has ever asked SCW for advise. The only person involved in Football that felt he needed his "skills" was Rupert bloody Lowe. And dont forget it was not just SCW that Redknapp and Harry Basset had to put up with, but Clifford as well. Why has no other club called on Clifford's services. Comparing NC to Rupert Lowe is like comparing The Beatles to Freddie and the Bloody Dreamers.

Sitting here 25 years on running the richest club in the world it's quite hard to remember quite what Fergusion has achieved. The Man Utd he inherited hadn't won the league for 20 odd years and were in Liverpool's shadow. His reign has conincded with them becoming so rich that they should be winning European Cups and Premierships year after year, but it did not start out like that, and his sucsess has played a large part in the monster that is now Man U. Commercially Liverpool weren't at the races and grasped too late the modern football world, they may now never catch up. That said both his European Cup wins were lucky. BM should have been out of sight by the time they fluked those last 2 goals, as they completely outplayed Utd that day, and John Terry would put that peno away 9 times out of 10.I hope they get stuffed on Saturday and that his luck runs out. People used to like and respect Utd under Sir Matt, but SAF and their supporters attitude and behaviours mean that most neutrals will feel the same way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRI4lCdcP0o

I remember it well and cant believe it was 20 years ago. CN suffered because he followed Lawrie, in hindsight he should not of gone.I wanted him to leave as I thought at the time (wrongly as it turned out) that he wasn't quite up to it. I was told by a local media man that my Dad knew well, that Lawrie had recommended Branfoot to the board, but dont know how true that was. My choice at the time was Harry Redknapp, who had done great things at Boscombe, and was yet to move to West Ham. That said I wouldn't have missed the Branfoot era, in a strange sort of way I enjoyed it. Some of the football was dire, but the "Branfoot out" campaign brought some good banter and camaraderie amongst the support. Not to mention the Newcastle game and Barry Horne's Bolton double, but the best thing about the whole Branfoot era was when Bally walked back into the club, and built the side around Matt.

I'm surprised a right winger Daily Express/Mail reader like Dune is impressed with Prince Phillip. I thought they were against people getting paid for doing nothing and his parenting skills come stright out of the worst sink estates. Oldest son, conducted long term affair whilst married, youngest son behaves like a Premiership footballer and has a friendship with a known paedophile.If Prince Phiilip lived in a high rise block of flats,Dune would be calling for him to get a proper job or be removed back to Greece.

He also said that the main reason the injuction was granted was that someone was quite ill when the story was going to break. He belives it was Pardew's wife, but was not 100% sure.

I know a press photographer, he said it's AP, but it is nothing to do with Saints.

Knowing his luck Antony Pulis will have a great looking bird, that his Dad pulled for him.

The League is going to be tougher and the challange greater than the one Norwich faced. Hull, Skates and Burnley were rubbish , West Ham and Birmingham will be better than them. If reports in the sunday papers are to be believed then Brum face meltdown, but if they manage to keep their manager I think they will be a threat.West Ham will be there or there abouts provided they appoint the right man and keep their heads. Would have preferred Wigan, but glad that Hollowhead will get the chance to meet our supporters again.

Do you think they will discuss the Newcastle manager?

Talksport has just named him on their sports news at 4.30 so I presume the super injuction has been lifted.

Brillant result

My lad is playing tomorrow so I will be there watching.Reading this thread, I am looking forward to watching a commanding display from Barca Saint.......

These are 3 of the best

Huddersfield deserve to go up, but it would be better for us if Posh did. If they lose CMS and Boyd, that will be one relegation place sorted (not that I think we'll be near the bottom), I would rather play Posh away than Huddersfield, but we'd beat the both at home.

Redknapp Snr has always been the same and still is. Look at the way he undermined Darren Bent, with his goals they may have made Champions League this season. He seems to want to slag players and freeze them out to convince the Chairman he needs to spend big. It was a disgrace that we went down that season, as WBA were utter shiete. Whoever had the crazy idea that Redknapp could work for Lowe and then alongside Woodward must need their head testing.

I remember seeing an interview with Sir George Martin, he said that Abbey Road was such a great album because they realised they messed up Let it Be (or Get back as it was originaly known as). He said that although it was never said everyone including him knew it would be the last time they worked together and therefore wanted to go out on a high.There was a tribute to Sir George that aired on BBC 4 the other night, and he came across as quite upset, even after all these years, about being "frozen out" of the Let it Be final production. It could have been a great album, but if you listen to Sir George that may have meant no Abbey Road. Such a shame the film was so sad in parts, particulary when Harrison and Macartney go at each other. They could still work together and have fun even as late as '68. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WBelmO65J4

You cant beat a pint of Tanglefoot. Although I am starting to worry I'm turning into some sort of fairy. I'm starting to prefer botles of Peroni or San Miguel to my normal Spitfire or Old Speckled Hen for home drinking.

I've been listening all day to Let it Be...Naked. What the album should have sounded like before that idiot Spector trashed it. [video=youtube;qR-SlkUgCRg]

Mrs Duck did the same for me when I was on 6 points, so I'm hardly in a position to condemn Huhne however much I cant stand the bloke. However, I am not an MP elected to the body that passes the law and I can't afford a driver to ferry me about if I lost my licence. IF he did it, Huhne is finished as an altenative to Clegg, which leaves Tim Farron in the box seat. He has called for an in/out referundum on the EU, so it could be a win win all round. That Clown Huhne out of Govt, and more pressure to allow the British people their say on Europe.

Spot on, 100% correct. We were stiched up by Grocer Heath and the rest of Euro loons, and have been for far too long. We'll never get a referundum of course, because they're too scared of the result.

Another thing which was special about Bally was the way he turned himself from a "fetcher and carrier" into a class one and two touch midfield Maestro. I'm slightly too young to remember him in his Blackpool days, but my old man couldn't believe how his game changed over the years. Lawrie used to say that in training he would play 2 touch and then 1 touch, Bally would call out "what about 1/2 touch".

I have a mate who is a media photographer, he reckons if Redknapp gets the job, some of them will go after him. The Sports journo's maybe in his pocket but people like Mihir Bose and the serious investigatory guys are going to be gunning for him.

The best Sir Alf story is the one Rodney Marsh tells. Evidently Sir Alf didn't like Mrash's style of play and told him in the dressing room before the game "Mr Marsh any of that fancy stuff and I'll pull you off at half time", to which Marsh replied "that's great , we only get an orange at Man City".