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I was under the impression that NC told him he felt he wasnt good enough and was looking for a replacement. How else can you explain the odd post-Coventry interview with the BBC ?

And we've been fortunate enough to play the bottom 3 in our first 6 games.

It does, but the incessant repetition of it is getting extremely tedious. Can we look onwards and upwards with ambition, rather than being made to feel meek and grateful and - for those of us who the think the journey is not necessarily at an end - ungrateful, greedy and impatient ? I am also happy to cut the sites facts-and-stats spin perv some slack on the fact that it was 4 years ago, not three...

Happy he is doing well at Reading. Did a great job for us and want him to prove NC wrong by getting Reading up and keeping them there. He knew during the summer he was on borrowed time; the comments after the Coventry match clearly indicate this. There is nothing to suggest that NC has been anything but straight with him, which makes the whole legal action rather odd.

I really respect your patience/tolerance/continued support of this player, Roger. You clearly get behind everything that sports an SFC club logo - my compliements. Sadly the only thing I expect is that he will be gone in the summer. While we carry on getting results he will be unable to get back in the team (he just doesnt have the fight about him, and why shoudl he bother on 60K per week ?), and imo its not even clear that he fits MPs style of play. I am not convinced that fitness is the issue here. Admittedly, p*ssing off on a 14,000 mile round trip every time the Uruguayan FA clicks their fingers and expects him to sit on the bench isnt helpful, but how long does an "only 22 FFS" require to get f**king fit ? Its 14 months and counting now, imo.

Lovren has made a massive difference, but we shouldnt lose sight of the fact that we've only played one (other) team in the top 10.

So Osvaldo scores one goal and Alps is a tw*t. Far from having proven his 15m tag, and lets face it, Ramirez looks a bigger waste of money with every passing game...

Jesus, are we really only 2 points from top ?

It'll never be 4-0

Goodo. Lets hope the dam has breached for these 2. What changed at HT ?

Still here, but my PC has been commandeered by the Teletubbies. Have we scored, then ?

On a business trip, if its any of your business. Still managed to comment on the post-match reaction thread

And Adam is away with the fairies, Puncheon playing for Palace, and Gashton treading water whilst his bank accounter gets fatter...

O, Halleluiah..........

40-50m spent on flair play (depending on which players you include) and after 6 games not a single goal in open play..

..the club chairmen seem to see NC coming...

This is getting f**king ridiculous. More cows arses, banjos and brothels come to mind. Osvaldo is sh*t. Totally disrupted the team. Cant believe some are thinking we should sell Rickie for him.

Quelle Surprise...

Aye, I am kind of fond of the crusty old bugger too, (via his portrayal by Lawrence Olivier, apparently it reduced Stuffy to tears when he first saw it). Never given enough credit for his achievements, tw*ts who did nowt like Portal and Leigh-Mallory were jealous and always out-manoeuvreing him. The RAF has always been as interested in political fights as it has real battles. Keith Park was also treated like crap too.

Just out of curiosity, why is your avatar a picture of ACM Stuffy Dowding ?

I think there have been quite a few nuclear weapon accidents, the one at Thule in Greenland was one of the worst : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule_affair But the Exercise Able Archer 83 incident was just about as close as we have got to all out nuclear war. Worst than the Cuban Missile Crisis. I seem to recall Reagan and Gorbachev started talking to each other pretty soon after.

Dunno. If these guys can mistake (or misrepresent) short-term temp variations for apocalyptic man-made global warming, they can probably mistake (or misrepresent) a squiggly-wriggly line for a hockey stick. Scientist = dishonest w*nker

Is this the famous Phil Jones "hockey stick" ?

What does "ruined" mean ? Its been used twice on this thread. Is it a particularly aggressive and nasty term to describe being sh*gged ?

How many of you have heard of him ? This bloke saved the human race 30 years ago. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24280831 Always wondered what was behind glasnost and perestroika