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Allardyce doesn't have a point. In the time he was with the club, like Souness, he had every excuse under the sun except admiting he was to blame for the way they were playing. Smith was undropable (sic) because as Alex said, he had all the qualities of a fat fuck Sam buy, huff and puff amounting to fuck all stuff. The only reason people assume Smith was a Ashley buy is because the silly twat wears (wore) a shirt with his name on it. I've got one with N'Zogbia but he wasn't my buy (although I'm quite willing to take the credit for it.) Lastly can I just remind you, Allardyce spent 26m pounds in the summer and look what we generally got. It was his team that didn't perform for him, he allegedly sold those he didn't want, it was no-one else's fault. SA is as culpable as Mashley imo I'd agree with that. I think SA also wildly understimated the pressure at SJP and that must have got to him as much as anything else. Concerning the spend it has to be said the had to rebuild the whole def and these days 26m doesn't really buy you that much in all reality. It was 10m net or summat iirc. I don't think the squad as a whole moved forward that much because it was already carrying that much dead weight. It would have been impossible for any manager to put that right in one window with what was in all reality (taking into account the size and quality of the squad) with £26m. People are still think of player prices in terms of 10 years ago imo. There are a dozen clubs now in the PL who can and will match or outspend us. There is a quantum change on our ability at this point to radically alter our situation. I also think SA began to see that too late hence all the 'negative' talk of finishing just higher than last year. IMO Mashley won't prove to be big spenders. Maybe KK is the only man that can demand that, we will see.

I don't disagree with what you're saying at all and I have no reason to believe he didn't see enough plus points in bringing in certain players. But, his constant bigging up of the current squad and talking patent nonsense about Emre's creativity etc is pure delusion. Not sure who's feeding him this bollocks...But sure as shit he can have no idea of the current teams ability....Although he is beginning to realise it.

TBH if Boro hadn't shown us so much respect they would have won at a canter. When they changed formation for the last 15 min and came forward in numbers they were all over us.

Fucking hell and your proof for the truth of that statement is what? The shirt he wears??? Christ don't wet your pants. It could be bollocks. See here is where you look like a twat. Followed by Really does nothing for your agrument. So what are you Arthur or Martha? I can't be arsed to get into this. I take it back, wrong choice of phrase etc... His undroppability through endless games where he contributed nothing did fuel rumours that he was chosen as much by MA as SA iirc. The pure facts are we didn't spend enough and SA is moaning about it cause FS probably promised him £40m or summat or all the telly money. If SA is saying he had to change his targets I don't see why he would lie on telly Mort is a lawyer after all and the pay off must have come with legal strings. He has a point (SA). All the legions of nodding dogs are fucked off on N.O. cause they've just realised they've been reading the back of a cornflake packet. I've said for months we needed to bring in some attacking players and it was vital in the Jan window. KK said he didn't need anyone at the moment and he seems happy at not buying. IMO it has been a huge gamble and might yet get us into trouble. BBC results predictor hasn't to my knowledge saved a side from relegation yet.

Fucking hell and your proof for the truth of that statement is what? The shirt he wears??? Christ don't wet your pants. It could be bollocks.

He was after Anelka and another French player a winger can't remember the name. He repeated a strange phrase in the press a couple of times as well.."If the owner wants to give me a present that would be great.." Or words to that effect. I think there is some truth in this in the sense that FS would have promised him a lot more money than he ended up getting from Mashley. Smith being a Mashley buy I thought was common knowledge.

Lucky we didn't 'panick buy' eh? Yeah, the prospect of watching the likes of Alan Smith masquerade as footballers in a black and white shirt just thrills me... The midfield as it is, it's going to be difficult to score more than one goal against anyone. I know a lot of people thought today would be a walkover with all the KK hype etc..But I never saw it that way and I won't be far off my prediction of 3 straight losses. We didn't buy properly in the summer (as SA has attested too reg money) and we have been totally negligent this window. Might even be catastrophically so....I really hope not.

I said in August that if given the choice between a modest spend with complete debt write-off and too many average players brought in I'd prefer the former and I stand by that. Fair point, but our first 11 is seriously wanting.

Lucky we didn't 'panick buy' eh?

He wasn't given enough money last summer and that is where the problems began. Another window gone and a loss to an average Boro side saved by the width of the post Mashley still haven't grasped that to have a good side you need to buy good players.

This is a must win game...No it really is...

The recap is for people who have forgotten its people trapped on a mysterious island.

KK offerred him come in one day a week for heading practice. Well done Kev.

Basically it would have contd till ManU scored.

He needs to get a proper football job and shut the fuck up.

What does that mean?

That bloke in the bottom left looks familiar I'm sure I've seen him posted on here before? It's Victoria Toon.

Go to the loft and get the AK.

Legend Where is he now tho eh? Playing with Modest Mouse. Who for the record are fucking class. Earlier stuff was better like... I'm glad he's still working. He thought he was going to be Mr Superband after the split. These days guitar playing ain't enough you've got to have a trick and Mozza has more tricks than he knows what to do with.

Its an episode that's a recap.

Legend Where is he now tho eh?

AvP Requiem. Utter pap.

Lost is like Marmite, you either love it or hate it, I love it, but I am sure they are making it up as they go along, but I still find it enjoyable, it might be worth watching the recap episode rather than watching all the episodes you've missed. Lost is brilliant. Never imagined telly would reach such heights. Jericho and The Wire are my other two addictions.

You're just a guy looking for answers right?

You're demented Nicos. We'll lose the next 3 games straight and then it will be down to beating Blackburn at home in March. April is a good month reg fix and we might nick 3 wins. Who the fuck told you that? The guy from the newspaper? It's called an opinion Dave. I hope to god we do get summat from the Boro game cause there are 2 very tough ones after that.