Davvo

It was your "hiya" post the other day. I imagined you saying it with "jazz hands" and a Jack Nicholson expression, it made me nervous

Sorry, I think you misunderstood what I was saying there. I'm on record as saying that if he's not fit then he's not fit and we must therefore trust the medical staff and Rafa to play him when he's ready. I was just pointing out, in general, that playing it safe is not necessarily the best way to protect a 1-0 lead. I will also state, though I shouldn't have to, that doesn't mean "let the shackles off" or "go gung ho" is right either. I think you need to accept that people are allowed to occasionally be critical of the manger's decision's, it doesn't mean you are critical of him as a whole. It's just opinion's mate, and the easiest thing of all is to say "trust the manager" in response to any criticism of a decision. It really doesn't make you a better person or fan. I don't think there's anything wrong with people questioning the boss on this one, it's understandably confusing, and natural to wonder just how he's going to get his match fitness, and why it's taking so long to go from full training to getting some serious minutes on the pitch. As I said though, I'm not saying he SHOULD be playing, I just wonder how it is that he's not.

I'm not in the US, but the NFL's Giants and Jets in New York currently share a stadium. A new stadium is being built in the car park of the current one, to be open in 2010 I believe. The new stadium has various features to enable it to be kitted out with the right colours etc on game day's, including some kind of light/electronic facility that shades the stadium either green or blue depending on which team is playing. Not sure how the fan's take sharing, but I think the overall mentality of the fans is totally different to football fans here. Not sure a comparison with USA is relevant really. Be interesting to know how fans of Milan have felt sharing the San Siro, although doesn't that end soon ?

It's bad enough they soil our home once a year, I'd prefer they were relegated.

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Who say's Rafa's no genius. " So, Mrs Doctor, how can we reduce the cost of this superduper treatment of yours ? By having our own horse ? Hmmm, I think I have the answer" Question is, does Rafa know that placenta comes from Females ? Or is he thinking of starting a stud farm ?

Ha Ha, Matty, Matty Le, Matty, Matty Le, Matty, Matty Le, Matty Le Tissier.

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it was this that almost resulted in a s**** team who'd hardly threatened all game equalising. We had 7 defensive minded players on the pitch, that should be sufficient.

If the talk of Rafa's "redundancy package" are true, then you can bet your mortgage that Kenny would be in charge until Rafa get's a new job. A conspiracy theorist would say the timing of Kenny's appointment, in relation to Rafa's contract extension, was convenient. I don't think it's likely to happen, or at least I hope not, but IF they did sack him, and IF this "reduced compensation if you get a job within x months" is true, then the owners would not spend a penny on a new long term replacement til they were off the hook for Rafa's compo.

This is the second time on this thread where I get the feeling you are actually thinking more than you are saying, trying to be funny in some way. If it hadn't been for your previous strange response I'd dismiss it as just being ironic or sarcastic, care to add anything else ?

I don't like that quote, it's ambiguity worries me greatly. Shared stadium, lose identity, lose long term support, gain more day tripper/sky generation. f***ing nightmare scenario, and I don't like how Mr Shaw hasn't rejected it as an option, is it not a change in official stance?

All the work's going on underground, once the global market's open, the rest will only take a month or so.

I like the fact that after 31 pages of a mixture of bickering, great discussion, and downright muppetry, there are still occasional posts of just "NO" or " YES" . Don't know why but it tickles me to see a one word answer in the midst of dozens of long winded, hard thought out posts. Of course the request was for a simple yes or no, but it never turns out that way. I think this thread has been a bit of a turning point too after recent weeks, with some great discussion and honesty amongst the over flowing passion and knee-jerking. A good spin-off thread too. Also, has anyone else noticed that the majority of those answering in singular words to boot out Rafa, are completely unrecognisable usernames ? All in all, whilst it may not have started as a great discussion, some great opinions and view points have come out of it.

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