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by **GeoffSmith** » Sun 07.10.2007, 19:27

abmunro wrote:Don't you just love it when we win.

The week always seems a lot shorter! Did you go Tony?

by **paulrwebster** » Sun 07.10.2007, 19:28

One of my favorite ways of fishing for carp is to catch them "off the top" using floating bait.

Paul

by **abmunro** » Tue 09.10.2007, 11:47

geoffsmith wrote:
abmunro wrote:Don't you just love it when we win.

The week always seems a lot shorter! Did you go Tony?

Yes, Game was OK.... :-D

by **Dave Eds** » Mon 22.10.2007, 20:46

B*ll*cks

Edit - that was for conceding on half time.

Double B*ll*cks for the 2nd half.

Bring on Blackpool in the Carling Cup :smt100

by **DaveT** » Mon 22.10.2007, 22:13

Dave Eds wrote:B*ll*cks

Edit - that was for conceding on half time.

Double B*ll*cks for the 2nd half.

Bring on Blackpool in the Carling Cup

Must have that sinking feeling by now.........

D

by **GeoffSmith** » Mon 22.10.2007, 22:19

Sorry Mr. Eds and Mr. Farley.

End of first half (1 minute added time) stats: Newcastle 1 (71% possession or 33 minutes) Spuds 0 (29% possession or 13 minutes)

Full time (1+3 minutes added time) stats: Newcastle 3 (47% possession or 44 minutes) Spuds 0 (53% possession or 50 minutes)

So we can calculate:

Second half (3 minutes added time) stats: Newcastle 2 (23% possession or 11 minutes) Spuds 1 (73% possession or 37 minutes)

Or we can just be moderately content that we've beaten one of the teams in the relegation zone.

by **Dave Eds** » Mon 22.10.2007, 22:22

Get back in your loft Smiffy :twisted:

I'm just off to the basement :shock:

by **dapinky** » Tue 23.10.2007, 15:39

Beaten by the biggest team in Manchester, with an England reject manager :cry:

My only consolation is still being above the Spuds

by **GeoffSmith** » Tue 23.10.2007, 17:59

dapinky wrote:My only consolation is still being above the Spuds

Most people are. :-D

by **GeoffSmith** » Tue 23.10.2007, 22:40

Watch Jenas covering Milner before he scores. Strictly Come Dancing material that. :-D

by **Dave Eds** » Fri 26.10.2007, 22:28

Juande, Juande!:smt028

by Sunday or Monday?

There'll be no catching the Spuds now :smt117

he's got no job,
but quite a few bob,
Martin, Martin Jol.

by **GeoffSmith** » Fri 26.10.2007, 22:38

Juande, Juande, we can't wait!

'till second o' June, 2008?

:twisted:

by **Dave Eds** » Fri 26.10.2007, 22:43

Juande wrote:

To my friends - the Seville fans:

Today I would like to write especially to you. At a time when one´s feelings and emotions affect the daily routine, it makes it difficult to know exactly which path to choose. For me, Seville FC represents the most important period of my life, personally and professionally. What I have gained from the fans, directors and players is immeasurable – impossible to describe in words. I will be eternally grateful.

That´s why my decision to leave the Spanish team is the hardest I´ve ever had to make as a professional. I´ve always worked hard, and have never had an easy or simple career. It all started when I was forced to retire as a footballer as a result of an injury at too early an age. At that time I learnt that sacrifice can help you mature. Every step I´ve taken has always involved a great effort. I´ve had the pleasure of working at every level: youth, third, second B, second A and first divisions.

After an excellent winning streak for Seville FC, fate has presented me with the most ambitious challenge I have ever received at a professional level. But what about Seville FC? For me, Seville FC represents much more than just a team to be managed. My personal and professional life is very much tied up to this happy and sensitive city. I have to think about my family, who have suffered as a result of my profession, which is short-lived and unreliable, being dependent on results. In the same way that a manager can lose his job because of bad results, it has also been known for a manager to receive an irresistible job offer halfway through the season. This is precisely what has happened to me, not in June, but in October.

The passion in you may not allow you to understand my feelings and my decision, and some of you may even be angry with me, but sometimes an opportunity comes along in life that you just can´t turn down. There are trains that don´t come by again, or ones that don´t even stop at the right station. And today, my friends, I can assure you that in this case, after nearly 20 years in this job it would be unforgiveable not to accept a move which offers me the chance to grow beyond my wildest dreams – me, a modest person already in my fifties. It´s the culmination of a lot of hard work, as well as personal sacrifice and that of those around me.

Seville FC is much bigger than any one manager or player. The graciousness of their fans is something innate. It´s impossible to imagine the passion and devotion unless you´re a part of it. That is why I´m convinced that the professionalism and honesty of all the members of century-old club will make the best of this situation by steadying the course of a season that has got off to a dubious start. I was only a cog in the wheel of an organization which functions exceptionally well, and which will achieve great things once again this season.

The professionals there are extraordinary people who have great prospects for the future. Seville FC is going to be even bigger after my departure. This is my most sincere wish, because as a professional you can enjoy or suffer in your job, but as a person you feel it, with heartfelt passion. My heart will stay in Seville, but for the sake of my family and my profession, it´s impossible not to go to London. To my red and white family at the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium, I just want to say to you, that although I´m far away I can assure you that no one person could feel closer to you."

by **DaveT** » Sat 27.10.2007, 17:26

From where I sit the sound of baying wolves is totally absent- only the sound of tractors heading home......

D

by **Dave Eds** » Sat 27.10.2007, 17:27

DaveT wrote:8)

From where I sit the sound of baying wolves is totally absent- only the sound of tractors heading home......

D

that's why I'm making the most of the Premiership thread while I still can :cry:

by **DaveT** » Sat 27.10.2007, 17:30

You can bring the whole family to Ipswich next season and I'll feed the lot of ya!!!

D

by **dapinky** » Sun 28.10.2007, 13:03

A bit of a day of mixed emotions, really

There was me, all set for a season of (perhaps) dodging in and out of the bottom 3, with the one certainty being that at least they were a good team in the Championship.

Steve Bruce seems resigned to the fact that the Chinese guv'nors wont want him anymore...... (He must have real worries now, the Chairman has jut given him a vote of confidence :cry:

)

A bit of a hope that Bristol City may get promoted has more mixed feelings....

...will i only have to go 20 miles to see the Blues next year?.....

....will my season ticket cost more?.......

....worst case scenario, Bristol up, Birmingham down ...... a loser on all fronts

And then they go and pull one out from nowhere

KAPO - what a player :shock:

BCFC - now into double figures!!!!!!

by **Dave Eds** » Sun 28.10.2007, 13:30

Just off to The Lane in the pi$$ing rain

Tortured by the weather and probably by the football as well :cry:

But hey ho - the Elans are all tucked up nice and dry in the garage

by **GeoffSmith** » Sun 28.10.2007, 18:03

Dave Eds wrote:Tortured by the weather and probably by the football as well

Did you leave early? If you did, they scored the winner in injury time. :smt073

Becoming a bit of a habit, isn't it? Roll on Major Ed Anus (anag).

by **Russc** » Sun 28.10.2007, 22:16

Mr Ed`s. Didn`t realise you were going, could have met for a swift beer. God knows i needed one after the game.

Actually stayed till the end for this one, wish i had gone early........

Well at least my season ticket will be cheaper when we are in the Championship!!!!!

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