Duppy Conqueror

yes i like it ..i am half welsh and half english..because i support England at football i have always supported Wales at rugby..my great Uncle Alan (Pask) played for Wales and the British Lions in the 60`s. he`s dead now tho,his house was on fire and he got everyone out..the dog was still inside, so he went back in and didn`t make it out.. he was a wonderful man,a true gentle giant off the field. had the biggest hands i`ve ever seen in my life, he played number 8 but was fast and could keep up with and even catch some of the backs. he would have been a great in this era too. he was a geography and P.E teacher when not playing Rugby..as well it`s not that long ago the game went pro is it. have a lot of relatives that played at various levels but he was the most decorated. he had 26 caps for Wales, i can`t remember how many caps he got for the Lions,i`ll have to ask my ma the next time i see her,see if she remembers. i guess there`s not anyone old enough to remember him on here? i only got to see old footage of him ,mainly from the house he had on a mountain in Blackwood,(same place as most of the Manic street preachers come from) it was funny but when he would tell his stories it would be about the other players as if he was just a fan who happened to be there..when in fact in the mid 60`s he was arguably one of the best forwards in the world and was captain a few times!

i suppose if we went in for him and signed him we could atleast pretend he`s English with the name Lewis Holtby. *in a John Thaw voice* Lewisssssss

that`s the one i would choose too..

update: they sayimg 43 dead 2 survivors now. R.I.P

they just announced it on SSN. i didn`t catch the name of the side but they were 3rd best team in Russia last season on their way to play in a big club tournament. only 1 survived..i don`t know if i`d class that person lucky or not..he must be going through hell now.

there`s ignorant cunts in all works of life,every country,every race,every generation... even liberal people can be cunts too... e.g. if i had a fight with a hetro white person then people would ask me what it was over. if i had a fight with a gay guy it would be automatically presumed i`m homophobic. or if with a person of a different colour ,it would be presumed i`m racist. i`m for true equality and therefore my opinion of each person comes from their personality and nothing else..

he`s a thoroughbred whose been used as a donkey for the last decade..maybe he`ll never be able to get back to how good he was but i know starting in 60-70 games a year for club and country as he has done for so many years is not the answer. i hope he retires from international`s soon..i can`t see him playing past the Euro finals anyway,but can see him being scape goated when we get knocked out. he shouldn`t be starting every game for us and when the season is over i don`t see him being the midfielder who plays the most minutes for us during it..if he started say 30 games a season for us in all comps and was used as a impact sub,then i think we all would be pleased with the results. i think AVB has the same idea and that is why we went for a Merieles. we needed someone to score from midfield and understands like the majority of sensible fans that Lampard`s 20plus goals can`t be kept up forever.

hi my name is Andy i am 35. i am from Hammersmith originally but currently live in Wales.(i am half English-half Welsh) i`m a trained killer but i`ve worked as a people person the last 12 years,helping folks with mental health problems in various roles. used to be driven by ambition and held some great job titles in the past but i`m just trying to keep my head down now and getting through life with as lil trauma as possible.

he will be eligible to play for the first time this season against Sunderland. no reason to think he`s not loved by AVB.

i`m fine with the signing ,somebody who will contribute and give the usual midfielders time off to keep them fresh without too much of a dip in production.

hope we sign him,but keep him. exciting times.

Olympiacos. greek teams are quite hard to beat on their own turf in the CL..would not surprise me if Arsenal came away from there without a win.

i was one of the ones who said they had an easy group,but that was before i knew they had Dortmund. no Sahin for them now so it`ll be interesting to see how they do,but the team was a lot more than just Sahin,so hopefully they will win their group.

i don`t know mate..she is cute tho agree. all the away days are pretty easy for Chelsea fans in the u.k to get too..i like that.

wonder if having Genk would push through a move for DeBruyne..clutching at straws maybe i know..

i know. always in the groups they do.

pretty tough group so far. not bad away days tho.. Ballack returns to the Bridge and Mata returns to Valencia..have they got their new ground yet?

i don`t see him as being a LB should we sign him,but if we bid 18m and they have demanded 30m i don`t see it happening now anyway.

very good post. i think you hit the nail on the head.

lost me now mate ...don`t know why you brought up lukaku changing numbers so Modric could have 14. never mind tho,don`t look like we`ll be getting Modric anyway.

he may have a love for Arsenal but Lille won`t just give him away..we offer more we get him.

i think if you re-read what he said you`ll find that he values Hulk at 45m too. :eyebrows:

Lyon has just scored with 4 minutes to go...can count them back in the pot now.

i can live without the risk of being chased around town by some knife weilding maniacs.