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A lot of West Ham fans that I know have got the right hump over the stadium move, it has been royally cocked up even the "state of the art" retractable seating they were promised has turned out to be seating on scaffolding which I believe means they cant play there for the first 3/4 games next season after the athletics is held there because it takes so long to take down and re-erect , and the seating has been a right balls up. I don't doubt they'll get something sorted in the end but I've been there and it isn't a football stadium !! If you look at the pictures of Spurs new ground you'll notice all the cranes are white and blue with cockerels all over them at the top. Allegedly there is/was a shortage of tower cranes so Levy went out and bought them new instead of renting them, which explains the paint job ! . Watch him double his money selling them to chelski in 18 months time

If it's half as good as it looks it's going to be fantastic we just need to make sure we don't get relegated next year playing at Wembley !! On the plus side next year I will probably be able to afford to take my three boys to a spurs game at the same time for the first time !. That 17k stand looks fantastic and the fact they have planned for safe standing makes it even better. Say what you want about Levy but it looks like he's going to pull this off with a young side actually playing some reasonable football all on long term contracts and the best bit about it is we get to laugh at West Ham playing football in the soulless mo-farah athletics bowl. ?? although I would say even I have started to feel a smidge of sympathy for them they really have ballsed it up.

Someone I'd like to meet for a beer if he was sober but not if he was pissed ?

Merry Xmas and happy new year to all on the TAMB have a good one all ;-)

Trust me my feckwit girlfriend is currently in a chair waiting in line to get in. I've got a leg of lamb in the oven and some nice red wine, even honey g couldn't tempt me ! although she does hail from the best part of London ;-)

Que ?

I've tried honest but no not for me . If you want real fear I got a text this afternoon the girlfriend got two tickets for the x-factor final on Saturday ? and wanted me to go. Luckily I've got my family over for dinner so I was gutted, and she's taking one of her friends instead ? Edit - I printed them off for her, you should see the conditions ! Dress to impress or you won't get in and yes they're free so we've issued more than we've got seats for so get here early. Feck that for a game of soldiers

Nope never liked her. Also can't stand the Rolling Stones, David Bowie and a large number of others that I wouldn't go to a pub for free to watch. Each to their own. I do like the Beatles but McCartney is an arsehole that nearly made me like heather mills ?

Disagree with that, I think we are developing some good young players. We don't know what to do with them on that I'll agree, it's the management we've always been shite at and that's not going to change with the current appointment. What it does highlight is that countries can pick people that really shouldn't be playing for them. It's been said on here before. A person may be eligible for more than one country and in this case he has three to choose from. First professional contract he should let FIFA know where he's from ! In the mean time let the kid get on with playing football.

Ok i'll bite, Quite how does the boy choosing to represent England (if he does) demonstrate "the entitlement culture and greed of the English system" ? care to list the English born players that have played for Scotland over the past 5 or so years ? My favourite was Bardsley who I believe had a father born in Scotland whilst on Holiday. I would also add the boys 13 !!! theres a way to go yet.

Pedants corner but I don't think she owns that one !

Tell me something I don't know ?

With the best will in the world and not rubbing it in but you've hit the nail on the head, so to speak ! Have a look at the English championship and pick a manager . Allardyce would get you to a tournament just my opinion of course.

But he does get a team playing better than the sum of their parts !

One outburst doesn't make someone a scumbag. I don't doubt what he said was out of order and warranted a lengthy spell on the naughty step. Trust me PB was no great mate of mine and we had a couple of ding dongs and I disagreed with a lot of what he said, but he was on here for a long while and I think I had the measure of the bloke, he clearly liked a beer and probably should've learned not to post when pissed but I would still happily meet him for a beer (or orange juice ?) and if he met me you or park life I suspect we would end up at least respecting each other. The internet is a weird place and people can act irrationally far easier than in real life. Give me a shout when you are down next month and I'll take the three of you out for a beer, if it goes wrong you can beat the English bloke up (I'll invite bzzzzz) and at least you can agree you had a good night ?

Don't tell anyone but he would probably get you qualified. Sssshhhhhhh

It was the only time on here I got a warning ! A couple of days later I asked how his dog was and got 50% put on my warn bar ! To be fair to the mod I objected and they removed it because we hadn't actually used sweary language at one another ? I think even park life got banned for a stretch once can't remember why but even he must admit he's good at getting a reaction out of people. It was a row between two people and yes PB was a bit of a twat on that occasion but he should be given the opportunity to apologise and put PL on ignore. The mods may have given him this opportunity I don't know but the board is a poorer place without him .

Really funny thing is that she's now my ex-wife so I agree with him now !!! I think people can take offence too easily these days. Not sure if he was pissed or not but I don't think he or park life set out to offend anyone these things just develop. pb said something stupid in the heat of the moment I don't think for one moment he's glad someone's brother passed away. I disagreed with lots that pb said especially politics but that doesn't mean he's not a decent bloke (which by the way I do think he is) we just have differing opinions on some shit which is what a chat forum is about and makes for interesting debate. I've been an interested observer on this site for years and have genuinely had my opinions changed on some topics because of the debates on here but it does seem to have changed recently. It's lost a bit of its edge. It needs more "please vote for my daughter and her mulberry handbags" now that was a belter that genuinely had me crying with laughter ?

I'm available if the price is right ? I would let pistonwibble back though . He did make this place more interesting. I had a quality row with him once and his 1am posts were worth the entry fee on their own ?

Did you not read Hertscots post ? Hoddle was at that time most definitely not mainstream Church of England !!!!!! Your comment appeared to be aimed at Glenn Hoddle because he did or does believe in reincarnation,which also happens to be a belief/view held by the Hindu religion which would agree with him . Im also not totally sure what his skin colour or social standing has to do with his religous beliefs ?

Then by that rationale you must regard all Hindus as "utter twats" ? I'm sure you don't ? Hoddle was a twat for talking about his faith in his position, that I'll give you !

I'm not knowledgeable enough to say "all" but I've yet to come across any religion that doesn't have some unpalatable beliefs or interpretations of those beliefs. and maybe it was karma ?

With the best will in the world pretty much anything to do with reincarnation is tied to religious beliefs in my humble opinion and there are billions of Hindus that go along with his way of thinking. Religion should have feck all to do with his ability to do his job as a football manager ;-) And we'll disagree over Hoddle because I think hes good enough .

His religious beliefs cost him the job last time this time round i would think hed keep his gob shut. Glenn would be my choice ;-)

What if the books were really overdue ?