Football Focus

[Jah Lush]

His wife was Spanish. Barcelona are interested. You have to give it some thought. I agree about Cashley though.

[Jah Lush]

As ratty would probably say. All footballers a selfish cooonts.

[Atila Reincarnate]

Trouble is we, the fans, haven't helped. We've elevated these people to almost deity status and they've started to believe their own hype, so I guess it was kind of inevitable that we arrived at this point.

[matthew123]

Looks like to me David Sullivan is trying to coin it in by asking all staff and players to take a pay cut... and get the media to do his dirty work.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/8505540.stm

[Rhinestone Cowboy]

Going down! probably does not know it but we are going to finish 10th this season

[matthew123]

West Ham have plenty of work to do for survival but they're in with as good a shout as half a dozen others so why damage player morale with talk of wage cuts.

[????]

I agree..already heard Zola's not happy on this

[ratty]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> As ratty would probably say. All footballers a

> selfish cooonts.

Not all, but the overwhelming majority :)

[kpc]

Looks like Sullivan will playing bad cop and Gold good cop (good being comparative in this case) with Zola stuck right in the middle. It also looks like a case of getting your excuses in first and blaming everyone else for whatever happens for the rest of the season. Go down and it will be down to the greedy players, previous regime, etc; stay up and it will be down to Sullivan/Gold saving the club from the brink of extinction....

[????]

Zola's officially pissed off now

...on the other had, good results for us tonight on the whole. I guess Stoke to have beaten Wigan would have been better but other than that happy. Just need 3 points against your boys kpc;-)

[????]

I did the predicter thing last night - Champions Man U on goal difference to Chelsea, Arsenal 3rd and Liverpool 4th

Down Pompey, Wolves and Hull

West Ham 12th! So shows what I know.

[kpc]

Will have to give this predicer thing a go later. Ideal results tonight - besides for our 3 points - would be wins for Arsenal, ManU, Chelsea and Wolves (given the respective managers in the night's other game, frankly I don't give a damn). Football creates strange temporary alliances.

[ruffers]

Heard Gold (or Sullivan) on Sky this morning when asked if he thought the statement was an error come up with the answer that if they win tonight it was all down to him galvanising them with the statement. If they lose maybe an error (or more likely blame Zola).

[Rhinestone Cowboy]

Good to see I am not alone on West Ham 10-12th All good

Wonder what will happen to Man City and Mancini if they don't get Champs league

[????]

Yup, a bit scary Rhinestone but did show me that our run in looks a lot nicer than many of our rivals...5 wins should do it (with a couple of draws), needs better than to date but some very winnable home games...in theory.

[Bluerevolution]

Rhinestone Cowboy Wrote:

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> Good to see I am not alone on West Ham 10-12th

> All good

>

> Wonder what will happen to Man City and Mancini if

> they don't get Champs league

Makes no difference, Mancini is only with us til summer then Maurinho will be taking charge. Mancinis "6mnths and three years" statement wasn't a slip of the tongue !

[Sandperson]

Pompey saved!For now.

[ratty]

Gives us enough time to do scum! Fook the rest of the season. We die on the 19th and will start a new club. Already got permission in principal to use Fratton Park.

FC Pompey (some want to call it Phoenix Pompey but that is a coonts name!

[Annasfield]

Such a shame. Something seriously needs to be done about the debt in the Premier League or Pompey will be the first of many.

Really feel for you Ratty.

[Sandperson]

Anna! You're alive! ;-)

[Annasfield]

And you're hilarious ;-)

[Sandperson]

:))

[Atila Reincarnate]

Annasfield Wrote:

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> Such a shame. Something seriously needs to be done

> about the debt in the Premier League or Pompey

> will be the first of many.

>

> Really feel for you Ratty.

Yes indeed, what Anna said. Would be a shame if the same fate befell ManUre. Can you imagine the out pouring of grief on this thread.

[SeanMacGabhann]

It is a bit odd that there is much head-shaking about clubs going into admin (or close) to at exactly the same time that Wenger is under pressure to spend (probably) more money than he has available

A weaker man than Wenger could easily take us down the road of a Leeds

[Atila Reincarnate]

Inded Sean, but the counter argument to that is that Wenger should leave financial matters to the bean counters, but I'm with you.