Window Cleaner

7th means getting above probably Newcastle and Spurs, it's probably one place above where we should be but nothing of our current form tells me that it's a realistic possibility. Newcastle have obviously done far better than expected of them though.

Indeed but the real and only question is where does Nicola see us finishing. I don't think 9th or 10th is going to be really acceptable to him for a 60 million £ side so we need to do better and that despite injuries.

This view is however so easily negated by looking at a our home results against Villa and a very depleted Spurs side, we should not have lost those games but we did.

Ottery, I'd expect a man of your region to have greater knowledge of such things. Arabella is the wife Jude the Obscure trades at a local fair.

well no, i think he was pig farmer turned monumental mason.

I don't have any crayons, now if i could only remember what Jude swapped Arabella for I might offer you that.

Well what can you expect, now if you'd have got her a jumper with number 31 on it she'd have known it was the real deal. Women do not like to be associated with second (or is it 3rd or 4th) best. Probably reminds her that she could have married a NASA scientist or a prominent artist if she'd played her cards right :uhoh:

Chipped bone ? Probably not for at least another month to 6 weeks.

Which would explain why MP so desperately wanted a replacement for Cork and at that level of disapproval then you have to wonder why we didn't cover the position as well. No the problem here is JWP, he starts at DM when 2 of the 3 others aren't available but he really isn't good enough there, needs to be used further forward but Davis has made that role his own of late. Yesterday Mauricio turned them around after JWPs lack of presence for their first goal but it's didn't make much difference because Davis isn't all that good there either. The role needs players with exceptional defensive qualities and 4 players in that role isn't too much.

But he probably thought the gesture would mean nothing to the English and he'd get away with it footballing wise. The gesture was aimed at the French Government who as I say are considering banning Dieudonné from appearing in public. Anelka is much hated personality here for his part in the Knysna episode, the only one to have been banned from the French side permanently for it.

Are they not reviewing Anelka's case today ?

But is that what the only man who really counts wants, I mean a mid-table finish after last May's shennanigans with "the owners", do you think mid table is going to satisfy ambition like that. I really, really doubt it and am consequently concerned, do not forget I was of the few who saw the end of Adkins coming whereas the majority thought he was doing as well as could be expected in the circumstances.

The government here are trying to ban Dieudonné's shows, he's already been convicted of anti-semitism and incitation of racial hatred recently. The blacks love him, other people not so much. There is now a government enquiry into him. France is a powder keg, those of you outside it just cannot imagine how it is, rampant unemployment, merciless taxation to pay for benefits for people who've contributed nothing and never will, a totally useless president and the National Front running at nearly 30% for March's local elections with their lady leader in first place for the next presidential election if it were to happen tomorrow. Anelka knew what he was doing, the match was televised on Canal+ Sport (not a big audience) but every goal is shown all day every day on various channels so he knew his gesture would get noticed.

I'l happy as long as Nicola is happy, I just don't want to see a good manager sacked because of this youth policy that he's obviously had imposed upon him. To me it's a case of not spoiling the ship for a ha'porth of tar which continued reliance on garbage lke Fox amongst others might suggest is happening.

especially when trying to do it on bits with no snow. Schumacher hit a stone where there was very little snow and went ass over tit. He was skiing between domaines to avoid the riff raff in the ressorts I suppose.

Could be although I really doubt it, look at Everton yesterday Barkley isn't much older than our lads but he's already got 3 full caps. Young talent is good, top young talent is better.

Mauricio is a very good manager, question is can he get results with the club's youth first obsession.

What I am much afeared of is that NC looks at how someone he summarily sacked ( and I don't think he likes very much, just an impression) is doing with a squad that can't possibly have cost much more than ours, maybe even less, and the urge to react will well up in him. We're not there yet but we need to start winning some matches again, defeat against Chelsea will leave Mauricio with about 3 or 4 games to get good results I think.

he said he was staying here because we don't have the winter break so he probably is,yes.

he probably does yes, whether that will happen I just couldn't say.

those who saw the look on his face at the Spurs game might hazard a guess at what he expects, he was furax and showed it.

He expects the manager to give hm the results he wants, team management is the domain of the manager and his coaches and we don't have enough quality in reserve.

no but seriously DD the results are poor, Nicola judges on results. It's not something I'd like to see but the bloke is so totally unpredictable and single minded that it just wouldn't surprise me. I was absolute shocked by our performance against Spurs and when they showed images of NC on the TV you could see that he was as well, he looked dead flipping angry. I bet Mauricio got his ass kicked afterwards.

there's already a thread in the general sports I believe. Still when did that matter to people who think whatever they might have to say about anything totally un football related might interest everybody. Bloke has sking accident, happens all of the time, people die in the Alps every day but they're not former F1 drivers are they.

But has it really been a great season so far ? It was a very good start to the season but these last 6 weeks or so have been mediocre in terms of results. I'd be extremely surprised if Nicola is satisfied with our recent results, it just depends on where he's put the bar. To me we're not all that far away from another management change because our Chairman doesn't settle for average.