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[Emerson Crane]

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> > > Still in the same City though Jah.

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> > > Any club having their office over 200 miles

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> > > does seem a bit daft.

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> > True dat, well in Anna.

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> Erm, it's the corporate office...sponsorship,

> global client stuff. The club administration is

> still at OT and Carrington. Maybe you should read

> the article rather than just picking out random

> words that suit your (rather poor) joke.

Calm down dear, you are such a sensitive soul.

[Sandperson]

Not really. Just pointing out that you are wrong.

[kpc]

Sandperson Wrote:

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> Erm, it's the corporate office...sponsorship,

> global client stuff. The club administration is

> still at OT and Carrington. Maybe you should read

> the article rather than just picking out random

> words that suit your (rather poor) joke.

I posted on this originally because (maybe slightly naively) I was a bit surprised that they would base this part of the operation in London and the overall size of the operation - overheads on rent, rates and salary alone are of the order of ?3.5m (plus). Scary what goes on in the background of a football club.

[Bluerevolution]

It was the only way to get actual Utd supporters to fill the vacancies. I applied but having a Mancunian accent ruled me out ! :))

[Annasfield]

....two elephants walk off a cliff......

Personally for me, I'd be quite annoyed with my club if they did that. Irrespective of your locality, football clubs should be local institutions providing jobs etc, for those in the surrounding area. I know that when Liverpool were looking at the new stadium a big fuss was made when it was mentioned that the builders would be from a company that wasn't local. I know it's not exactly the same, but being a traditionalist when it comes to these things, I just think it's a shame.

[Emerson Crane]

Sandperson Wrote:

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> Not really. Just pointing out that you are wrong.

It must be great to be right all the time.

[murphy]

Reina hints at Utd or Arsenal

Sure either side would be pleased to get him, Arsenal seems a more likely destination though. Any chance Gerrard might be tempted to move/or Liverpool to sell or is he there for good?

[Keef]

Think Gerrard is there for good now, although i'm not sure I'd blame him if he fancied a couple of years abroad!

[Keef]

West Ham who backing from Olympic bosses, to take over the Olympic Stadium. No offence to Spurs, but I'm glad that was the result.

[Atticus]

Me too, though not sure most spurs fans wanted it anyway.

[mockney piers]

Most West Ham fans are ambivalent too to be fair. I'm not sure what to think. May have a better idea after a day at the olympics I guess.

Still, be nice to be rid of those awful plastic hammers on the side of the west stand. How, ...just...who...how...?!?

[Emerson Crane]

murphy Wrote:

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> Reina hints at Utd or Arsenal

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> Sure either side would be pleased to get him,

> Arsenal seems a more likely destination though.

> Any chance Gerrard might be tempted to move/or

> Liverpool to sell or is he there for good?

I'd have Stevie G tomorrow, top player.

[murphy]

Great news for Palace if West Ham win as they should be able to move into the NSC at Crystal Palace Park. I wonder what guarantees will be put in to ensure West Ham don't tear the track up after a couple of years and what access local kids will get to the stadium. I aslo think that West Ham should be forced to to give money to Leyton Orient over a long period, as long as the money is used for community projects and not just given to Hearn.

Oh good to see all the comments on the England game by the way, all big fans are we? Missed the gamem myself but heard Wilshire played well.

[Emerson Crane]

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> Oh good to see all the comments on the England

> game by the way, all big fans are we? Missed the

> gamem myself but heard Wilshire played well.

To be honest, I can't see the point of a meaningless freindly 3 days before prem games and a week before Champs league games. If players get injured in these daft games, the club and the fans suffer. But yeah Wilshere had a good 45 minutes.

[Sandperson]

Here, here. Waste of everyone's time.

[Jah Lush]

I watched it. Pluses for the England's were of course the boy Wilshire. I thought Scott Parker and Ashley Young were very good in the second half too.

Glad West Ham won their bid. It's important to stay in your own manor and though new stadium that Tottenham plan to build will now cost us an extra ?200 million at least (hopefully) it will still be in the same area around White Hart Lane and the Tottenham High Road.

[murphy]

Football supporter map of London

Thought you might be interested to see an attempt to show on a map where London teams get their support from. "The map should show traditional supporters and no glory hunters"

[mockney piers]

Nicely summed up by:

"But the England manager now has some difficult choices to make before the next competitive match as to what excuses he trots out for picking the same players.

Rumours from inside the England camp suggest he will drop Wilshere due to the blue bits in his aura and retain Gerrard because legend tells that the Liverpool midfielder can pull the mighty Excalibur from the stone whence it came."

see also Parker etc.

[Emerson Crane]

Scotty Parker, for me, has been the best English midfield player in the Prem this season.

[Jah Lush]

I have to agree with you there. He has typified a never-say-die spirit for his club. A great a attitude. You hit him, he gets straight back up again. None of that rolling around nonsense feigning injury. He's always been a great little player.

[Atticus]

Agreed on that really surprised he hasn't been snapped up by a wealthier club, arsenal?

[Jah Lush]

Spurs have been in for him but he's not for sale.

[Emerson Crane]

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> Agreed on that really surprised he hasn't been

> snapped up by a wealthier club, arsenal?

To be honest he'll be 31 this year and I think that doesn't appeal to Wegner, usually anyone over 30 gets shown the door or gets a year by year extension. He was a decent player at Charlton, toilet at Chelsea, regained some of his reputation at the Toon and has enhanced it at west Ham. I fear his time at the top is limited. Shame.

[ruffers]

Karen Brady's slightly weird letter from the future as West Ham host their first game at the Olympic stadium - http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/sunsport_columnists/3402516/Karren-Brady-reveals-her-vision-of-West-Hams-future-at-the-Olympic-Stadium.html - that running track must be behind someone's head.

[ruffers]

And Hodgson for West Brom? I like him but seems like a mistake to me as it usually takes him a few games to settle in and they ain't got that luxury...