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Sharon_H

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  1. Of course he's not beyond critism. Not blind faith, just a willingness to give him a bit more time.


    He has been managing with one hand tied behind his back due to the owners, he has to root around the bargain basement and also sell before he can buy.

  2. Annasfield Wrote:

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    > Like I said - can't be arsed going backward and

    > forward over the same argument. From another

    > forum, but this sums it up perfectly for me.

    >

    > I watched the reds go down to chelsea in the

    > champions league. After Torres scored I was on

    > cloud nine and after the game I was fairly pissed

    > off (obviously) at the result. I remember thinking

    > at the time that I really shouldn't be that

    > annoyed - for a start, if anyone could organise a

    > team to win at the bridge it was Rafa; but my main

    > thought was that I had been privileged to watch a

    > transformation in our side - we had gone from a

    > once proud club who had conquered all before us

    > home and abroad to a laughing stock. "Champions

    > league - you're having a laugh". One man turned

    > this around.

    >

    > His detractors said it was a fluke and that we

    > were lucky. Lucky Rafa then led us to the knockout

    > stages in 06, another final in 07, and knockout

    > stages in 08 and 09.

    >

    > During this time we beat juve, real, barca, inter,

    > milan - giants of the game. Top ranked in europe,

    > a name to be feared in the draw.

    >

    > It's only 11 months since then. Not even one year.

    > Yet some so-called fans are calling for Rafas

    > head. I know he has made mistakes but I can't for

    > the life of me understand why, after all he has

    > done for us, people want him gone so quickly. Even

    > if he had been backed to the hilt in the transfer

    > market he has earned another season but under the

    > current circumstances it is a testament to him

    > that he has stuck with us.

    >

    > We didn't win at the bridge but he gave it his

    > best shot. I felt down but not out - we'd be back

    > there or thereabouts over the next few seasons. He

    > has now had the rug pulled from under him

    > financially and I reckon this will be extremely

    > difficult to achieve - but if anyone can do it -

    > it's Rafa.

    >


    Is how I feel too. One bad season and some people want him out, it's laughable.

  3. Annasfield Wrote:

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    > Well in Pompey. Made up for you Ratty.

    >

    > Oh and Arsenal, win the league for me. ;-)


    Ditto! Twice!

  4. Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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    > Start by supporting your local team. That would be

    > Dulwich Hamlets or Millwall.

    >

    > Get warm underwear and big woolly scarf. Learn a

    > few phrases to be shouted at apt times, eg, "Who

    > is the elegant athelete in the black who seems a

    > trifle myopic?".

    >


    Haha, love it.


    As a Liverpool fan living Peckham my husband does regularly go to support Dulwich Hamlet and is now one of the pink and blue army.

    > Go with friends and consume lots of hot bovril or

    > beer. If you choose Millwall, the pies outside

    > the ground are better than inside.

    >

    > Enjoy.

  5. tommy Wrote:

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    > Scott - really looking forward to what The Vic

    > will look like and offer. When are you opening?

    >

    > Good food, selection of ales and a family room is

    > what we (and many others in the area) are looking

    > for. Hopefully your establishment will kick start

    > the road (and get someone to open up the

    > restaurant across the road as well). Also looking

    > forward to using the Vic for a coffee during the

    > day as well

    >

    > If you want a local family to try out any of your

    > menu (or bar) - let me know...

    >

    > Tom



    "Kick start the road" what exactly is that supposed to mean?

  6. rememberwhen Wrote:

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    > As a kid, when asking my mother or gran where

    > something missing might be, I was always told the

    > same thing

    >

    >

    > It's up in Annie's room, behind the clock!

    >

    > We lived in a bungalow and didn't know an Annie.



    I was always told that "it's up Ben's hole on the second shelf"


    I sometimes repeat to my son and then wonder why I get a blank look from him.


    Oh, another one was " It's cold enough for a walking stick" er, what?

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