Allez17

I will happily give Paul Lambert my first born child.

[quote user="I am a Banana"]the doc?? drury? spillane? rudd? [/quote]Can''t see Rudd playing yet but I agree with the other 3. Not hugely taken with Spillane yet but he has a chance to make RB his own, as he was before he got injured. I think he''s more of a prospect there than Russell Martin.

I agree about fullbacks needing looking at. I''m unconvinced, as yet, by Russell Martin but I think Drury has another good year in the Championship in him. Maybe more, depends how ambitious we get. Midfield wise, you have to see how Smith develops. For all his good points, he is still looking lightweight in a poor division. I think he needs to become a bit more of a physical force to cope with the Championship. I imagine player turnover in the summer may mean a departure from the diamond, but what that says for Wes I don''t know. The front 3 will remain the same, almost undoubtedly, so again its tough to see where Macnamee fits into a narrow system....

[quote user="nutty nigel"][quote user="dhickl"]WH have had an average turnover of about £60m for the last 3 seasons, so their debt is almost double their turnover.  NCFC''s turnover last year was £23.8m, which is slightly more than the debt, so relatively speaking I would say West Ham''s situation is a lot worse than ours.[/quote] Is that the answer you were looking for Babes[:^)]   [/quote]Heh. Made me laugh.

[quote user="Scottlarock"][quote user="Allez17"]Yes. The thousands of people who voted Croft (and Doc, to that poster above) Player of the Season know nothing about the sport, and its the back seat managers on here who are the real experts. [/quote]How do you know how many people voted? Do you know how the votes are counted? Do you actually know that they are counted at all? Do you believe everything that is fed to you? Sorry for being a ''back seat '' manager - I missed your tenure as England manager. I used to work for the Club - you didn''t. [/quote]Ah, you worked for the club, and thus know the ins and outs of how the POS award is managed? The fact that you said "In fact it tends to go to the players on their way out, or that the club want rid of" tells me all I need to know. Recent winners:Gary HoltAdam DruryCraig FlemingDarren HuckerbyGary DohertyDarren HuckerbyDion DublinLee CroftOf the last 8 recipients, the only 2 "on their way out" were Dublin and Croft. As for who the club wanted rid of, well, you seem to be the man in the know - why don''t you inform us? Did they want rid of Gary Holt? What about Craig Fleming, after his brilliant promotion year? Darren Huckerby? We could go further back, and include Iwan, or even Matt Jackson in 1998....So the club rig the annual vote, a tradition amongst fans and honoured in the name of one of our greatest ever players (if not the greatest), to further their own gains, and use it to bestow an honour on a player they hope will leave. Oh yes. You worked for the club. Silly  me.

Yes. The thousands of people who voted Croft (and Doc, to that poster above) Player of the Season know nothing about the sport, and its the back seat managers on here who are the real experts.

Millwall started off very, very quiet, and only made a bit of noise once they equalised. Once they went 1 up they were a bit better, and we got a bit quieter. They also have this thing of making one long, repetitive noise. Like a klaxon. JUst everyone making the same sound for about 10 seconds. Very weird.

[quote user="GJP"]The manager has lost the plot. He hasn''t picked Grant Holt for the last 3 games.   [/quote]Strange that. You could still put money on him to score on Bet365 today.

Why do some of us always try to wind up opposition fans when they come on these boards? This guy hasn''t really said a bad word. Grow up.

[quote user="The gut"][quote user="Allez17"][quote user="Smudger"]Very true, but...We also drop deeper and deeper because the players upfront and in midfield are concerned that we do not have two quality centre halves.[/quote]Utter bollocks. Don''t project your bias against players who have performed fine for weeks onto other players who just haven''t. We lost today because of the midfield. We were pressed, marked out of the game, and only Rusty in the diamond turned up. Smith was lightweight, Wes was absent and Lappin was useless. The game was won and lost there. [/quote] You might have added fuel to the fire there [/quote]I''m really not disagreeing with the Lappin thing. I said in my ratings that he was poor. I disagree with Smudger using any opportunity to dig at the centre backs even though they were not responsible for todays defeat. His often repeated stat that Doc has played in X number of Y defeats, as if he is singularly responsible... But no doubt he will be back, excusing the midfield for only being wary of the defenders shortcomings. I do wonder if Smudger had a bad experience with a tall ginger bloke as a kid. His phobia really goes beyond reason.

[quote user="Smudger"]Very true, but...We also drop deeper and deeper because the players upfront and in midfield are concerned that we do not have two quality centre halves.[/quote]Utter bollocks. Don''t project your bias against players who have performed fine for weeks onto other players who just haven''t. We lost today because of the midfield. We were pressed, marked out of the game, and only Rusty in the diamond turned up. Smith was lightweight, Wes was absent and Lappin was useless. The game was won and lost there.

[quote user="Mello Yello"]Gobby Ginga.....I was stood 3 feet away from him......He was gobby. More vocal than the bobby with the red I thought the local bobbies did well.....Those Millwall chavtastics? Boy, are they something special....         .....needs. [/quote]He was being just very unfunny with the police officer. Trying to start chants that no one gave a toss about. Loved the sound of his own voice.

I do love a bit of casual racism too, smudger.

Aye... Millwall were the better team... can''t complain.

I was. I updated last night and set I normally wouldn''t bet on this game, but did a couple anyway. They both involved Norwich winning, so I lost, but I stick by my original point... this match was never going to be good for punters, so betting with emotion is a no no.