happyterryb

Just think.... He could buy the Tic's out and pick himself well into his forties.

I have had time to read trough your post again and agree that I may have responded a little touchaly. For that I apologise. Now... As to the style of Management i would like to see. Praise when it's due... a round of applause when something is done well on the pitch. A rocket when a professional makes a stupid error... Taylor on the right. It just seems that this is not happening at the moment.

Whilst I accept you have a point about training etc. I would like to point out that after we went two-one up on Saturday I was an extremely happy person as the team I support was winning..... However this happiness didn't seem to permeate down to the touchline as every time I had the misfortune to look in their direction there they were..... cussing somebody out once more..... I KNOW that a roasting is appropriate from time to time during the game.... Just not for the entire 90 minutes. It is coming to a stage on here where to have a view on something is to be sentenced to death. Just watch the two of them on Satdi.... I'll watch the game..... if I think someone needs a for doing something wrong I'll do it.. Oh no... that would be construed as moaning wouldn't it.....!!!!

Who's attacking anybody.... All I and others are saying is give the lads a little encouragement for Gods sake.

Because we were crap for 40 minutes thats why!! However it is not over until the fat fan sings as the saying goes!!!! (Or is it Lady)???

Sorry, but what's a whoosh? This is a legitimate point!!

Thats were me and me Dad made our first appearance at BP. He used to stand at the back with his Bus driver Mates who were on overtime on the Footy specials and I would get passed down to the front to sit on the wall. OOhhh happy days.....

I may have mentioned this before but wasn't that the game when Ronnie Blair scored with a cross but it wasn't seen by the officials because it hit the section of goalpost which used to hold the net back from the actual goal posts themselves...???

Are Sheridan and Wright.... I never heard one word of encouragement even during the second half's improved performance... It's no wonder the crowd gets on the players backs when they hear the Management team doing just that. I am coming round to the belief that the team are performing quite well in spite of the Management, not because of them. The only time TW comes down the steps is to berate a player for something he's done, be it good or bad. Now before you all say it... I'm not advocating getting rid of either because I don't know who we would replace them with... But a little encouragement would go a long way. I mean, thats what we all ask the fans to do.... The Manager and his sidekick should be capable of this too. Shouldn't they???

I got to the ground early yesterday and watched the players warming up. I honestly thought Davies woldn't make the starting 11 because he was holding his groin and wincing all the way through warm up. Even had a mini fitness test away from the other players!!! Must have been something to do with those Oranges he was wearing on his feet. It was nice to see him getting his head up and looking for the pass. He seems to like playing alongside Allessandra as they were well chatty all through the game. Swapping over and looking for each others runs. Someone else has said that Jarrat was the difference in the second half which I agree with. Rightly got MOM. Livermore looks like a decent player at this level. For the second week in a row I was exactly 10 off the Strike it lucky winner. Gutted....

The whores of Ipswich aren't quite the same. Their families had largely disowned them and they were law breaking trash. Not much sympathy there from the general public. Not going to sell newspapers. Obviously whilst on the run this bloke was a risk and posed as news, but once that was done it was relegated to the back of nowhere. NB. Children are obviously more worthy of our pity than someone who has knowingly put themselves in a dangerous situation. Whilst I agree with you about the children. None of us know why those women turned to prostitution and ended up as the victims of the alledged pscho. They are no less deserving of sympathy than anyone else. I would also contend that their deaths Do sell papers. Just look at the Yorkshire Ripper enquiry. Press could'nt get enough of it.

Scuuuussseee Me... Ex PREMIER!!!! Don't you mean World Class Talent!!!!

I'm not knocking the McCanns for what they are doing. Just railing at the injustice of a society which lets money talk so loudly. .... (Ouch that hurt me head. Felt like Tony Benn for a minute!!!!!)

Left there in 1974. What about Mr Street getting time for abusing those Kids????

Its all about money and media manipulation in the McCann situation. I remember some 10-15 years ago a little lad disappearing in Greece or somewhere whilst his family were on holiday. There was a bit of press for a short time but Jordan got her boobs out or something and the newspapers lost interest. Plenty of money been has been raised to keep the McCann child in the public eye. I am not hard hearted but I feel for the first family whose kids been missing for ages but have become a little hardened towards the McCanns because of their manipulation of the media. As far as a minutes silence is concerned I agree with several posters who have said that some one like Mr Ogden should have his life celebrated with a minutes applause whilst tragedies like Dumblane and Munich should be respected with a minutes silence..

Why is there a hole in the top of a meat pie? So Latics fans can pick four up at once...... I'm here all week....

Something weird is happening in the money jungle of professional football: players are growing a conscience. And Scottish footballers have the biggest, it seems. In the past year, Garry O'Connor (Hibs to Lokomotiv Moscow), Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock to Rangers) and Daryl Duffy (Falkirk to Hull City) have returned their signing-on fees. So take a bow Russell Anderson. If you have not followed Aberdeen's rollercoaster ride of under-achievement over the past decade, you might not know Anderson was their captain until last week when, to the astonishment of everyone but those who know him, he donated his £90,000 fee from Sunderland to the Dons' academy. Maybe he took a lead from Niall Quinn, who donated the £1,000,000 raised in his Sunderland benefit match in 2002 to charities in Dublin, Sunderland, India and Africa. When Gary Kelly and Tony Adams sent their fees back, it seemed we might have a trend on our hands. The trickle did not turn into a deluge but there have been encouraging moments. Particularly generous, says the agent Lee Anderson (no relation), are South American footballers playing in Europe. Many of them, including the religious Kaka (himself from a privileged background), send large chunks of their income home. Now Anderson has joined the party. His generosity was much appreciated by the club's director of football, Willie Miller, who described it as 'a magnificent gesture'. Fans on Aberdeen websites have responded with a mixture of awe and admiration. One described Anderson as 'an effing legend'. Another said: 'His gesture of giving his fee to the AFC Youth Academy should tell you what kind of man he is, and he deserves this shot at the big time. Here's hoping he'll be going into Europe with the Mackems!' So, they are not all bad. In recent seasons, David James, Andy Cole and others have done a lot of ambassadorial work in Africa. The England cricket team recently signed up for an Aids awareness campaign in West Indies. Lennox Lewis set up an academy in east London. And you would be surprised who Mike Tyson gives his money to. Thats what I'm on about. Thanks BB. I thought it such a worthy article I would reproduce it in all its glory. If our premiership players are worthy in this respect then their stature goes up in other ways. Does anyone know whether that "Give a days wages to a Nurse" idea ever came to owt??? I think it was last season..

Agree to a point.. However since the TV money poured into the Premiership it seems that the Players find themselves in the middle of a money making enterprise. My point about Gregg was his humility amongst all the madness of that day and since. He seemed genuinely surprised at the attitudes of the people he had saved..... He also turned out in the cup game some 17 days after the crash. Some of us would still be having counselling.....

The school was probably St Albans which was on Warren Lane off Abbeyhills Road. Next door to Abbeyhills Estate.

Was the Charity "Sunderland FC". They could have done with the money. In truth that was a magnificent gesture on Quinn's part. Not in the same league as Gregg though

I watched the One Life programme on BBC TV last night. It was about the Munich Disastor in 1958. The United Goalkeeper Harry Gregg revisited the airport and spoke to people who had been present at the time. It also showed what a truelly amazing Man he is. He was a hero of immeasurable proportions who does not glory in the repute he gained from his actions. My point is this really. Are there any people left in the game of Football who can stand side by side with People like Gregg. In these days of highly paid Prima Donna's it would be nice if anyone could think of an ex or current player who does or did????

I'm sorry but I must really take issue with the catch phrase you have tied to Lemonade. The lead singer used to say "I'll just have another slurp" between numbers. We followed them all over the Waterhead area during the 80's and early 90's.

I try to tick them off but my pen won't work on the shiny paper...