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Emerson Crane

Emerson Crane

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Stoke boss Tony Pulis believes Demba Ba is an accident waiting to happen after West Ham agreed a three-and-a-half-year deal for the Senegal striker. Ba's ?7.1m move to Stoke collapsed when he failed a medical because of a knee injury, and Pulis said he could not have gone through with the deal in good faith.


No sour grapes there then.

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Emerson Crane Wrote:

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> Stoke boss Tony Pulis believes Demba Ba is an

> accident waiting to happen after West Ham agreed a

> three-and-a-half-year deal for the Senegal

> striker. Ba's ?7.1m move to Stoke collapsed when

> he failed a medical because of a knee injury, and

> Pulis said he could not have gone through with the

> deal in good faith.

>

> No sour grapes there then.



If he just scores one more goal for us and it keeps us up it's money well spent!

kpc

kpc

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I wondered how much of a risk West Ham were taking given Stoke had turned him down because of his knee problem, but if he continues with his 'shoot on sight'* policy, should go a long way towards saving West Ham. And yes, Pulis is probably bitter about a couple of results going against him of late.


* insert cheap Ashley Cole joke of choice here.

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kpc Wrote:

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> I wondered how much of a risk West Ham were taking

> given Stoke had turned him down because of his

> knee problem, but if he continues with his 'shoot

> on sight'* policy, should go a long way towards

> saving West Ham. And yes, Pulis is probably bitter

> about a couple of results going against him of

> late.

>

> * insert cheap Ashley Cole joke of choice here.



Pulis is Hedging in case of two Ba hatricks in their two games against us coming up

kpc

kpc

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???? Wrote:

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> Pulis is Hedging in case of two Ba hatricks in

> their two games against us coming up


Can only presume that as Carew is on loan his dodgy knees weren't subject to a medical.


Forgot you had two games against them - Britannia Stadium's such a nice place to visit.

kpc

kpc

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Narnia Wrote:

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> So who do you think will be relegated. These are

> my guesses:

>

> Wigan

> Blackpool &

> Blackburn

>

> More B's than W's. Mind you Birmingham need to be

> careful.

>

> Any more guesses?


Dead right we need to be careful. Too many players carrying knocks for too long and today was a very bad day at the office (cliche no.33 in a series of...). Rumours we are prepared to throw our FAC QF at home against Bolton next week (obviously not official rumours).


Wigan yep. Wolves and Blackburn the other two.

Jah Lush

Jah Lush

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You Hammers fans should beware of Tottenham Hotspur losing to Wolves tomorrow. These are the sort of fixtures that are our particular type of banana skin especially as some of the players may well be thinking about the AC Milan game next week. Obviously, I'm sincerely hoping we win both but I know only too well what we're like.
citizenED

citizenED

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Good to see that, according to the BBC website, Rooney decided to administer his own punsishment for that latest act of thuggery; "Last month Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney went unpunished by referee Mark Clattenburg after appearing to elbow Wayne Rooney for elbowing Wigan's James McCarthy."
Jah Lush

Jah Lush

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Narnia Wrote:

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> I think you underestimate Wolves JL. I think

> they've been good for a lot of the season without

> getting the results they deserved.



Ummm... Narnia go back and read my post again. I'm certainly not underestimating them.

Narnia

Narnia

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Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Narnia Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > I think you underestimate Wolves JL. I think

> > they've been good for a lot of the season

> without

> > getting the results they deserved.

>

>

> Ummm... Narnia go back and read my post again. I'm

> certainly not underestimating them.


I think you should read your post again Jah.Banana skin suggests a superiority complex. Wolves are better than that.

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