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  1. Slipperduke

    More Bloody Spurs Muck

    Gary Megson must have been furious when he woke up on Sunday morning and saw the backpages. The Bolton Wanderers manager had all week to look forward to a trip to White Hart Lane and then they go and boot out the floundering manager less than 24 hours before kick-off. The swift arrival of Harry...
  2. Slipperduke

    Young Guns Hit Five

    There is a swagger about Arsenal in Europe this year. Since the inception of the Champions League, the Gunners have struggled to take their domestic form with them when they go to the airport, reaching the final just once and crashing out early every other year. In that same time Manchester...
  3. Slipperduke

    The big question facing Portsmouth

    With an FA Cup and back-to-back top ten finishes in the Premier League supported by a raft of promising summer signings, the big question facing Portsmouth this season is whether or not they have what it takes to break into the private party at the top of the table. Are they good enough yet to...
  4. Slipperduke

    Rafa Benitez

    In an ideal world, Rafa Benitez would have flown back to England with the rest of us on Monday, tingling with excitement after watching one of the finest international tournaments in decades and clutching a notepad full of potential summer signings. In an ideal world, as manager of one of the...
  5. smudgster

    Euro 2008 bets

    Anyone got any fancies for upcoming feast of football ? For what its worth heres my fancies. For the outright ive got to go for germany, hardly ever impressive but somehow allways seem to be thereabouts. Playing in Austria is virtually a home match for the men from the bundesliga. Group B...
  6. Slipperduke

    Turkey striker, Nihat.

    While England’s footballers sulk in their sun-loungers, the rest of the continent will be contesting the 2008 European Championships. Iain Macintosh, who still won’t allow the word ‘McClaren’ to be uttered in his home, runs the rule over some of the potential stars of the summer. This week, it’s...
  7. sufcintheprem

    New ideas for TV shows

    Our five-a-side game at Mile End was one player short tonight so someone suggested having a reality TV show to find an extra player. Part of me found this so funny it needed sharing, part of it is undoubtedly self-indulgent but a big part of me is hopeful of getting more ideas from the good...
  8. sufcintheprem

    HT - if you were starting again today...

    ...(and pretty much you have been taken over by al Fayed).... What would you do? Basically, I have a pretty decent albeit slightly ageing squad for VI level (star player below) and about £3.5m in the bank. My coach I also think is decent for this level (solid trainer, solid experience...
  9. Somerset Ex-TTB

    End of Season Report (Slightly early version)

    Just thought I would cast my eye over the playing squad from this year and give my views. Flahaven - An OK season from the wee one, if a little inconsistant. Has made a number of uncharataristic mistakes (Wolves away, Barnsley home, Hull away), however has also put in some blinding...
  10. Slipperduke

    The view from Tufnell Park...

    My neighbours will never speak to me again. When I awoke on Wednesday morning to find my tongue stuck to the roof of my mouth and an empty bottle of white wine in my bed, I was dimly aware that something incredible might have happened. It took another 30 seconds for the memories to filter back...
  11. sussex by the sea

    New Stadium

    I have gone through the information on the Council's website trying to look the application objectively as a planner rather than football supporter. My first comments are a) that it is by no means certain that permission will be granted given the scale of the proposal but b) that there is...
  12. fbm

    My 2 cents

    Firstly, the stadium plans.  Well done RM, and in my opinion the plans look absolutely superb.  There is no way anyone can say that it looks crap - it may not look how they might want a ground to look, but it will be clean, futuristic, spacious and worthy of Championship football.  It may be...
  13. Southend/Leeds team.

    After watching the game to day i think we dont have much to fear if leeds are any thing to go by.If I had to make a combined team I would only pick three of there players.Miller/Derry/Lewis the rest are ageing journey men.I reckon even ColU would to alright against them.Well done to Watford no...
  14. fbm

    The fbm views and ratings

    Due to formatting problems the report isn't yet on the front page so here it is BLUES LAND TITLE IN ESSEX ONE-TWO The two Essex sides defied all the odds in League One by claiming both automatic promotion spots – with the Super Shrimpers deservedly landing the title. In fact, it was...
  15. Unless Tilson makes use of the Loan System...

    ...This goes down, in my books, as a rare but huge error on Tilly's part. Although the focus has been on the last week, we've had all summer to sign MUCH needed cover Upfront and who have we got? An ageing Striker who's here for a Season and is not fully fit. Eastwood's ban and Gray's injury...
  16. We really have come a long way!!!

    Trying to find some paper work last night i stumbled across a load of my old programmes the majority from 98 season ( i dont buy them any more) But looking at our team under Chipmunk its no wonder that we were relegated and almost went down to the conference! The team were terrible, and in...
  17. Andy_S

    If Premiership teams were women

    Arsenal - Angelina Jolie - Look good, a bit maverick at times and you know > they have the potential to really f**k you over. > > Aston Villa - Dido - One big hit. Fairly inoffensive really. > > Birmingham City - Maria Carey - Occasionally interesting, frequently &gt...
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