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At the risk of being smug I think long term we'l show our way to be the better way. West ham have a reputation for a cracking academy and quality football, neither of which are likely to be embraced under allardyce, hopefully we'l kick and build in the right way. Only major spanner in the works if the very iffy deal with them getting the olympic stadium. How they're getting such a stadium with the facilities and non matchday revenue stream oppurtunities for a pittance while other clubs, such as ourselves arsenal etc, have to rack up large debts to build our own is a bizarre arrangement and one that will likely be questioned later on in line with the rules of football clubs not being able to be backed by govt/councils etc that are currently stirring up trouble over europe.

Cracking picture has to be said, shows a bit of genuine emotion for their teammates sad loss, always nice to be reminded once in a while that footballers arent too different from the rest of us and we seem to have, on the whole, a cracking bunch of people at the club.

Just dull to watch. Me and my brother went and were playing "how long till its pumped long towards crouch" we counted a record high six passes before a big punt towards crouchy Fair to say Fonte handled him well too. Have to say though we haven't beaten them home away so good football only counts for so much without end product .. Either way fair play to the stoke fans a vocal bunch, honourable mention to their keeper and owen in his last game (I know views differ on him but growing up he was one of the best strikers around, not just for england, for my generation).

Was a total di ck h**d! Him and his pikey mate had been told off by the stewards earlier on in the game and his mate tried to have a pop at one of the stewards trying to frag him out. Shameful!

Clyne > Shaw However Clyne 4 years older so ... Shaw + 4Y = Clyne or Shaw + 4Y > Clyne ..? Either way what a dilemna to have eh

They were done as mock ups for our championship season, we used something nearly identical to the home mock up that season. Im a massive fan of the blue but it seems more likely we'l end up with a more modern looking black kit.

and this one ... old mock ups I know but new to me, would do the job for sure, pretty keen on the blue away in particular (if the posting of pictures doesnt work apologies, never attempted it before!)

Entitled to your opinion of course but I disagree. Not a strong follower of football north of the border but seen enough to think he would be a quality addition. Besides im sure if we do bid for him he's not an unknown entity, he'l have been sufficiently scouted

I think Wanayama has shown class in europe for celtic. I'd take him in a heartbeat. On another note somebody, prize for remembering you, claimed we had a deal lined up for Wells at Bradford. He's scored today. Seems like more of a reading signing to me but chdaju?

The black and gold is nice actually but reminds me of a recent liverpool one so i'd be happier with the silver. To be honest as long one of the kits has red and white stripes and looks ok I wont grumble too much. Could even have a red and white third kit just for the "lolz"

Was one of the more committed players trying to keep us up and, more then anything, came across like a good honest lad. Ok he had a mare against pompey but it happens! High pressure game a slight miscue ... Hope he gets a decent reception, certainly better then jumpship jones!

Sorry to hear that! Last time we had a ticket issue, they hadnt turned up, they sent a new set that arrived two days later (of course the originals turned up the same day!).

I sure had fun celebrating alongside the players in the promotion seasons and I think they enjoyed the moment too, especially the first time round. Getting out of league one was a massive moment of euphoria and relief for all involved after the decline in seasons gone by!

Ahah ok fair enough lad. Have to see how our summer goes before we all stick our necks out!

Dodd, Howe the new lad at accrington? Maybe Strachan fancies one last hurrah!

The monsters!

Nobody is unreplacable but, I think should circumstances come that we had to accept offers for our better players, we would not be able to shell out sizable sums on their replacements.

Another person added to the ignore list ... there is realism and there is being a boring smug wum.

Oh honestly, none of us, including you, actually know whats going on between Cortese and the Liebherr trust. Im not suggesting head in the sand and that we should ignore it but any chance for you to predict doom and misery just so on the off chance you'r right you can be a smug tw*t about it. Honestly do bore off ...

Value is subjective. He is that important to us then his value is simply the price at which we'l sell. Personally I wouldn't sell for a jot under twenty unless morgan really wanted to leave.

Fair play, no harm being a pessimist so long as you can be objective. I'd like to think we could push into the top half and I'd love a run in the fa cup but anywhere above fifteenth i'd be ok with myself though I imagine NC may well feel otherwise ...

Ok the all conquering talk may be a bit much but do you not fancy at least a mid table consolidation season next term? Bookies have us at a 10-1 shout to finish in the top six and 7-1 to go down ... looks like even they fancy us for upper mid table

Ok you've admitted your wrong, fair play. Nobody quite knows with all the behind the scenes talk but, on the assumption Cortese stays and the status quo remains, fancy making an honest prediction for next year? Dont want to be too cocky but none of the sides coming up, including either of the play off hopefuls, worry me too much and I firmly expect hull, play off winner and one other to go down. A spot I dont think will go to saints

He has shown the ability to get forward and run with the ball but I think he just needs a bit more confidence in doing so. Also between him and Morgan, with our full backs pushing up high, one of them is always likely to sit deeper and with Morgan being a more powerful runner and cork arguably having a little more ease of distribution it just makes sense he'd be the one to sit. Hopefully he can get a goal nice and early next season and grow in confidence so that when he does have a chance to push forward he takes it. Has good control of the ball at his feet and, even without being the fastest, could well run at men with the ball at feet.

I can only remember them singing champions of europe and chelllsea chellllllsea ... two great songs, one of which they wont even be able to sing next year.