Scaryscouse

It's been driving me nuts who Henderson reminded me of and this morning it came to me. Ivan Dobsky from Monkey Dust.

Phil Babb. Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named him Phillip Andrew Babb which of course in German means Waste of Money. I'll be honest, I don't think anyone knows what it means anymore. Scholars maintain that the translation was lost hundreds of years ago.

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It breaks my heart seeing those photos of sick kids, good on the lads for doing it.

What about the rest of my post? Racist no? And it's happening every weekend.

Just playing devils advocate here and could risk a ban, but in fairness what is it about the n word that sends the world absolutely crazy? This is coming from an Irish lad who has played against English, Scottish, Welsh and French Teams in Rugby and Football and have done my fair share of marshal arts as well so I've been in very hostile situations in all of the above. I'm not saying a guy shouldn't be insulted, far from I don't condone racism, but who hasn't been called worse? Haven't we all played sunday league when getting your nationality, sexuality and skin colour is fair game? We have all played amateur sports yeah? Once again if Suarez did it, fair enough throw the book at him. But you know what? I remember getting changed in the back of burnt out lorries at under 12's ....... and getting spat at by fans and parents at away games. I really don't feel sorry for him, even if it's true. Even though I once again will say if found guilty he should be punished.

Pretty sure his count stands at Finnan, A Chelsea steward, Suarez and I think he said it about Barcelona players at one point as well. If he was that wound up about it during the game. Stop and say it to the referee or confront the player during play and bring attention to it. To play on and then claim it in a French newspaper smacks of being a bad loser. Even if it is the refs report he didn't mention it during the game, which he should have. While it's fair to say Suarez is no angel, mud sticks and if there's no proof the book should be thrown at Evra, ditto at Suarez if there is.

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Yeah That was me who said that one about Aquilani or Meireles. Neither of them wanted to be here because in reality we did nothing, publically at least to show we wanted them there. It was pretty obvious we courted interest in either one. If a player doesn't feel like he's wanted, why would he stay? As Deathscar says, we needed thype of player here and considering we let those two and cole go is a bit of a downside on the transfer outgoings. We knew Gerrard was out and we don't have a replacement of that ilk having sold or loaned all 3 players capable of playing that position. We had to let some areas go? Perhaps, but we did that all in the one area when we could have kept at the very least one replacement. It's a fair comment to say we should have kept one, I can't understand how people can't understand that A hands off warning and the contarct discussions that Meireles was apparently pormised would have sorted that.

Can't argue that we should have kept one of Meireles or Aquilani and that is the only area where would could make a significant splash for a Hazard or the like. As We have to realistically start blooding in a new Gerrard replacement in the next year or two. We've had a bit of bad luck starting the season without Gerrard, Johnson, Kelly, Aurellio, Carroll still not quite 100% and now Agger for a bit. That's quite a lot of first teamers there. Unless of course thr right player becomes available due to their contract expiring in the summer or something or injuries I'd personally stay away from the inflated prices sh*t fight that is January. Hold off until the summer where prices are more realistic and duke it out for top players, you quite often have to settle for middle of the road in January. I don't think we have wasted a penny of our transfer budget. Each player brings something to the squad and those were the prices we needed to pay to get top english talent to fill our quota for years. It's been one of if not the best transfer seasons I can remember. A bit of a sluggish start but this squad certainly has what it takes to be in the mix by the end of the year.

I'm just glad Kenny and the board had foresight while we just have hindsight. It was the best thing to happen in years him coming to the club equally so him leaving. Delighted he's struggling and miserable purely because of the manner in which he left. Will also never forget the very positive contribution he made while he was here, when he was bothered. 50 million.....50 million! Thanks for your dirty russian millions dude!

Haven't followed the thread. I'm just a bit frustrated that we've strengthened our opposition. His pro's out weighed his cons for me and one or two injuries we could look in a spot of bother. That is of course the worst case scenario. The best case is that Gerrard comes back fit, then f*ck him who cares about him going?

I could actually feel my brain cells fizzle away reading that utter garbage. Honestly it's like they've resotred to the infinite monkey thereom and we are only 6 months in.

I'm not saying he's reasonably good, I'm saying that if we were to legally try and cancel his contract there's several factors such as international selection which would mean we can't claim he's not living up to his contract. I'm not defending him as a player in anyway believe me, but I am defending the position him and players like him are in. Also the short career arguement is valid, try telling that to my mates who were finished at 23 penniless and lucky to be able to walk. No one is saying they expect to retire but if you have a short window in your career to earn as much money as possible you should do exactly that. By all means most will go on and do something but many have forgone education at a higher level to persue a career, sure they've got time and cash assuming of course they've played at a high level.