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Maybe a 'Are you happy with the way the season panned out?' poll would bring a different set of figures? I still think some might see that as a personal attack on Shez, and would therefore state that they were delighted with our season rather than admit improvements were lacking. Tin hat on in anticipation again.

Chance of an echo would be a fine thing - It's becoming a ghost town lately. We can only hope next season's football gives us more to shout about.

Sorry to pick through your posts Youngen, but I remember agreeing to an earlier one of yours (Feb 1st) when you informed Max Damage; "You seem to be forgetting weve just made 500K on Trotman plus the 200k we made off Philiskirk in the summer. Wages saved on Ricketts. Thats how we afford half decent players. " I'm confused now, because I thought you were originally in favour of the sale of Trotman? It seemed good business to me under the circumstances.

You should be applauded for managing to get 'Shez' and 'Philosophy' into the same sentence. Now try to do the same with 'Allardyce' and 'Integrity'

I think it's safe to say the majority of Shez outers have already voted at BP - with their feet. Let's not kid ourselves, there are a lot of unhappy fans out there, and the dip in attendances is no coincidence.

Gregan is definately one of the best in the division, unfortunately he knows it, and won't accept his mistakes without finding someone else to blame them on. Bully the opposition Sean, not your fellow defenders.

How right you are. Based on our ability to beat 'Better' teams as proven this season, there is nothing to suggest we wouldn't hold our own in the Championship. In fact, it is our inconsistency that is one of the major factors of discontent with many of the fans - we have shown we are capable (With or without our top players) and we have shown we can be vunerable (With or without our top players). If JS has got a 3 year plan (As one or two have stated) then so be it - we will have an idea whether it is going to work by Christmas as a few people have said. All I would add to that is, by now he should have his team pretty much sorted for his third year, and ripping it apart close season would appear to be going back to square one. Surely the players he has are the ones he planned would take us up (Injuries aside of course), and he only expects to make one or two final adjustments for next season? We shall be able to see by Boxing Day - and I firmly believe that this should be his day of reckoning. No more silly comments, no more tactical errors and no more inconsistent performances - that would show me that we are finally moving forward.

Hey! I mentioned Brucie! Wasn't it Michel Vonk btw? There's also Ole Bjorn Sundgot Hasney Aljofree Miguel Roque Tomas Cwyka Luigi Glombard Lourenco and some African(?) striker we had on loan from Brighton a couple of years ago (Can't remember his name). I guess there are a few more if someone took the time to seek them out from the archives. Remember my dad calling one player 'Slingyourhook' in the seventies - but I'm not sure who it was other than he wasn't British - which was a novelty then. Oops! Just seen Crusoe's 'Michel' post, and Dave GTT's Molango- Yep! that's him!

Hmmm! Quite like the look of that.

Christian Colluso could have been a useful player for us if he'd stayed longer. Also, I believe a certain Bruce Grobbelaar had a half decent career record

Ha! Ha! I'd forgotten about that. Classic stuff from Ricky

That was my first thought on reading the thread. I also thought Gunnar had a good debut, and thought "This guy's gonna be a real star" when I first saw Tore Pedersen. Mike Fillery stands out for some reason, but I can't remember why

Bruce Grobbelaar. Laugh a minute - you could never go home diasappointed.

To be fair, it was a great ball in. Tough to defend those.

You mean it wasn't donations they were after?

I reckon 'Halved' would suffice, but I'm reluctant to quote this just in case there are UberPedants (Higher beings than myself I must add) who may point out a verb that correctly describes to the fraction the reduction of our squad. They're out there you know - just waiting to jump on the mistakes of us smartarses

Now you'll get me started on how crap the beer is at BP!

Could have complained about the pies, the stewards, the goalkeeper, the ref, linesmen, the numpties on this board, the weather, the half time score reader, the chlamydia stall, the music played, Shez not liking Jarrett, ITV, Constantine, The Sunday papers or any of the dozen other things that people have complained about in the last 24 hours, but that's all been discussed so I thought I'd go for something new. Tomorrow "The Groundsman's Wellies Are Too Dirty"

The Pedant in me wants to explain that decimating only reduces by one tenth..... but I understand what you mean. Agree with a lot of what you're saying but I won't be convinced until I see that he's learned from his mistakes by Christmas - only then will he have my full backing.

Your Dad tried telling me it didn't look a goal this morning - I put it down to too much John Willies

The answer's in your post - Everyone knows Taylor should be on the right

Fair point FB

I know full well that I couldn't please everyone, and took my fair share of abuse from those who didn't like me. I was well paid and in reasonable demand though so it was water off a duck's back. I also appreciate what Franny does for the club, and that unlike me, he is doing it for the love of the club - not money. Having listened to almost all the PA's in the football leagues, unfortunately I think Franny is a long way short of many of them - I particularly admired the professionalism of West Ham's PA, and also Southampton's. I have been to functions where Franny has DJ'd and been impressed with his music and control of the punters, but he honestly needs to leave out the in-jokes and the constant use of the word 'actually' when he's at BP, because there are a large group of people who I sit amongst who find it laughable. The original 'scary' owl that we had was poor when compared to the others at the time but we've seen a (Slight ) improvement there - So there is always hope for our PA. Maybe Franny just needs a few pointers from the others. I've certainly no qualms with him having a dig at ex players - A bit of fun is what he's there for. You're spot on about opinions though - I really liked Graeme Sharp (The player, not manager), but it seems he is the AntiChrist with most on this board.

And if that isn't the case?..................We're then back to the hard fact that no-one was having a go at the players when they were playing some of their most attractive football. Coincidence? Who knows?

Not passing judgement on him as a person - just his lack of talent. I had 17 years as a DJ and MC in places like Rotters, The Manchester Club (And most of Oldham's fleapits) so I recognise cringeworthy material. Just my opinion of course - but I guarantee a few share it.