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nailsy

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Jul 24, 2005
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So you've sacked off your old rivals because they're below you

You've invented a new rivalry

Your captain has talked the game up with BS about 'similar starts'

The game is at home

The game is straight after an international break when your captain and most of the team have had a nice two-week rest. Conversely, the vast majority of your rivals played twice, including their star striker who was already knackered.

Several other players in your rivals' team are also knackered, having not had a proper rest after the World Cup

Your rivals are missing their main defender who was in Team of the Season last year. Your rivals are also missing two England internationals and have four international players on the bench, because none of them are fit enough to play 90 minutes.

Your rivals struggled to beat one of the worst teams in the league in their last fixture

You spent nigh on £100m on new players in the close season. Your rivals spent fuck all.

The referee has a perfect view of a red card offence by one of your players and doesn't even give a foul.

Despite all this, you still lose 1-0.

So what do you do?

You go back to your old rivals...



I used to work there. If you think that's bad you should've seen it when The Chippendale's played there.
 

TheChosenOne

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Dec 13, 2005
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A tweet from yesterday ..


I'm not sure what he means by restraining himself - maybe a 'not bending her over' jobby ?
 

riggi

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Jun 24, 2008
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That fight is millwall and some travellers (not West Ham).

Lad from Peckham was fighting in the ring.
 

riggi

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Jun 24, 2008
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Riggi is a brave lad. Props to him.


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Lilbaz

Just call me Baz
Apr 1, 2005
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You gotta help me out here - I don't know what said that stirred your juices.

Going to be a sleepless night here in Four Acre, Ballyfrory elsewise.

Tco, you don't have to say anything to stir my juices, looking at your avatar is enough. In fact i'd prefer if you didn't say anything and just winked now and then.
 

'O Zio

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Dec 27, 2014
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Before we got involved West Ham were taking over the place. We were encouraged to bid to reduce their leverage then Levy made it so West Ham had to rent instead of own it and that the running track has to remain for 99 years.
If that is broken, Levy’s lawyers will be all over it ASAP.

Our bid was always the most sensible yet it was laughed off. Levy ensured that West Ham’s plans for the stadium were ripped up and at best, put on hold for a generation at least.
They’ll be in a different stadium within 15-20 years imo. Possibly further out in to white van land.

People keep saying this but on what grounds could Levy sue them? Yes his idea to knock it down and build a football stadium, then build a more sensibly sized athletics facility at Crystal Palace was a much beter idea than what they've gone with in the end, but as far as I'm aware having a proposal turned down in favour of another plan that turns out to be worse isn't any kind of grounds for a legal case is it?

I accept that the whole deal with West Ham absolutely reeks either of virtually criminal incompetence or just outright corruption (especially Seb Coe's links to the redevelopment of the site in CP) but what does any of that have to do with Levy and what would he actually be suing them for?
 

Blockbuster

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Jun 28, 2007
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White elephant?

Explain to me how a 35k seater is a white elephant. Who refers to Crystal Palace as a white elephant?
oh I'm not calling it a white elephant. its in all of West Ham's talk, they talk about how the staidum would have been a white elephant had they not stepped in and done the country a massive favour by taking it on!

i firmly believe the stadium would have been an inconic venue either with Spurs plans for zero tax payers money or turning it into an athletics stadium, West Ham's plans with Newham council are nothing short of criminal, especially considering the grants Newham gave a billion pound company...... while its residents are some of the poorest in London a lot using Food Banks.
 

whitesocks

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Jan 16, 2014
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People keep saying this but on what grounds could Levy sue them? Yes his idea to knock it down and build a football stadium, then build a more sensibly sized athletics facility at Crystal Palace was a much beter idea than what they've gone with in the end, but as far as I'm aware having a proposal turned down in favour of another plan that turns out to be worse isn't any kind of grounds for a legal case is it?

I accept that the whole deal with West Ham absolutely reeks either of virtually criminal incompetence or just outright corruption (especially Seb Coe's links to the redevelopment of the site in CP) but what does any of that have to do with Levy and what would he actually be suing them for?
I guess Levy could claim it is state aid which is against EU rules.
They've had a £40m loan off Newham - written off now, and effectively £10m pa off of E20.
I guess it could be argued the £8m pa needed to retract the seating benefits British Athletics rather than Wham, but once they are out of the equation, then it seems a clear cut case.

But we've had funding from the taxpayer to spruce up the area, so I'm not sure we'd be throwing too many stones. I think we've been bought off to an extent.
Plenty of other clubs/fans are not too happy about things at the OS though, so hopefully someone complains.

What gets me is this stadium is effectively worthless because of the crazy concession terms to Wham. That is another £500m effectively written off - money that belongs to charities as the lottery funds were raided to the tune of £425m to build the thing in the first place and that needs paying back right now.
 
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