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Halsey' s red was on the basis of ''serious foul play'' FIFA's definition of of ''serious foul play'' is; "Any player who lunges at an opponent in challenging for the ball from the front, from the side or from behind using one or both legs, with excessive force and endangering the safety of an opponent is guilty of serious foul play." As far as I can see it was an arm across his waist, then Jo thinks ''I'll dive''. Come on Halsey, be a man, admit you're wrong. Decision tomorrow.

....Hence the root of the problem. In several biographies time, guaranteed it will be shown that Grant as ''Technical Director'' , an Abramovich appointment, was the reason of Mourinhos departure. Ashley was nothing more than a '' Baddiel and Skinner, Loaded, lets make 'footy' trendy victim'' , who thought it'd be fun to play ''swapsies'' like he did with football cards in the play ground.

OK lets look at ''alcohol-free'' lager swilling from the stands, Buckinghamshire pile-em-high-sell-em-cheap wideboy masquerading as a real, proper Geordie Mike Ashley. Ashley - ''whay ay maaan '' wears a Newcastle shirt with 17 on the back out of respect for someone he considers to be a colossus of modern footballing excellence - er, Alan Smith. That sort of says it all. Keegan has his faults - there's no messiah in here, just a fucking mess, etc - but at least he has principles in a game that seems increasingly devoid of them. What did Ashley think would happen when, when he imposed Wise upon him? Did he think Keegan would say, ''Well, hell, Mike, that's a terrific idea, I wish I'd thought of that''? As Shearer pointed out, managers should be principally responsible for identifying the players to be bought and sold, and not foisted upon by ''Directors of Football'' or the parasites ''upstairs''. Mourinho anyone ?

Its taken one almighty fuck up after another by the man for him to come out with all that. Now he's scared and comes out with all the ''it takes time'' flannel. Nah fuck him. Too late for weasly words. Good thing about this is it shows fan power is alive and well.

Absolute dynamite -and I hold my hands up when at the start of the season I thought he was a liability, and a bit of a 'luxury' player. If you watch him and Lampard together it's a phenomenal combination, and compliment each others style of play.

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He'll be missed for the ManUtd game , but Alex is a sterling replacement. If you watch it again, Jo is just checked, waits a split second then decides to go arse over tit -both players should have been yellowed. Refs rescinding Reds are like rocking horse shit, but he'd be a big man if he admitted a mistake -come to think of it he is a big man, too fucking big, the fat cunt is surely too overweight to officiate matches. Probably why he gave the wrong decision, fat cunt couldnt keep up with the action. Only joking Mike, if you're reading this, you're a top ref. Now rescind that red you cunt.....

I'd like to see Zola back, but the reality is how will they do ? Clarke can do one. I can remember when we were in love with Hollins, top player for us, came back as a fucking awful manager. Same with McCreadie.

The club have allegedly refused his resignation, but it's only a matter of time. Scolari was round his house last night asking him to stay apparently. He tried to leave before, after giving it all the Chelsea till I die bollocks, and to me with lampard etc it just proves that the only loyal ones to clubs are the fans Ok So West ham have Zola, and Clarke now. To quote Obama , you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig.

Zola one of 15 out of 21 from Chelsea 1997-8 season who are now in management ; Good article in The Times Gianfranco Zola is latest to cross bridge New West Ham United manager continues trend of former Chelsea players trying their hand at the helm after retiring Gabriele Marcotti There must have been something in the air at Stamford Bridge in the 1997-98 season that has prompted Ruud Gullit's players to try their hand at management. Of the 21 men who made an appearance for Chelsea that campaign and have retired from playing, 15 have worked as managers and coaches, including Dennis Wise, Mark Hughes, Gianluca Vialli and Dan Petrescu. It is perhaps not surprising, then, that Gianfranco Zola, who has agreed a three-year deal to become the West Ham United manager, should be handed a top job without significant experience, in the same way as Vialli (Chelsea) and Hughes (Wales) before him. What is curious is the criteria that clubs employ in doing so. In most jobs in industry, let alone those at companies with turnovers north of £50million, relevant experience and body of work would be among the prime criteria. In Zola's case - as with the aforementioned, or Roy Keane at Sunderland or Gareth Southgate at Middlesbrough - there is little of either to go on. Zola was Pierluigi Casiraghi's right-hand man with Italy Under-21 although his official title was “technical consultant”, because when he got the job he lacked the necessary coaching badges). But evaluating an assistant's contribution is tricky because you do not know where one coach's influence begins and another's ends. What you can say is that, in terms of results, Italy Under-21, despite playing some excellent attacking football, did not deliver: they failed to get out of the group stage at the European Under-21 Championship finals in 2007 and were knocked out by Belgium - despite Italy enjoying a man advantage for some 70 minutes - in the quarter- finals of the Olympic Games in Beijing last month. It seems unlikely, then, that Zola's coaching CV helped to get him the job (forget the repeated references in the media to a glowing assessment from the Italian FA; it is not as if it was going to rubbish him). Clearly his footballing CV played a big part, as did his personality, which would have shone through in his interviews with West Ham officials. Zola is among the most universally admired Chelsea players of recent decades: a decent, likeable man who behaved like a gentleman and was often applauded by opposition supporters. In terms of image, West Ham could scarcely have done better. But Zola brings another quality to the table, the value of which is far more debatable: he is a star. And you have to wonder, especially when juxtaposed with another alumnus of that Chelsea class, Roberto Di Matteo, how much it weighed on West Ham's minds. Di Matteo is in his first season in charge at Milton Keynes Dons, the Coca-Cola League One club. He is a cerebral man who speaks four languages (German, Italian, French and English); a man who hit the books after retirement, earning a postgraduate degree in business along with his coaching badges. As a player, he has one Italy cap fewer than Zola and had a top-drawer career, but, partly because of his role as a midfield player, partly because of his laid-back, understated personality, he lacked Zola's star power. And the sneaking suspicion is that this may have something to do with why - despite his obvious qualities - he is learning his trade the old- fashioned way, working his way up through the lower divisions, rather than walking into a top job. Indeed, it is amazing how much certain clubs believe that a player's performance and personality on the pitch reflect on his ability to manage a club. There is the far too obvious fact that men such as José Mourinho, Arsène Wenger and Arrigo Sacchi were little more than pub players, while others who were genuine superstars crashed and burnt when put in charge. But there is also subtler evidence that playing style and management style bear little correlation. Take Keane, for example. As a player he had perpetual red mist issues, chasing match officials up and down the pitch, admitting to trying to injure a fellow professional and nearly getting into a fight in the players' tunnel before kick-off. As a manager with Sunderland he has been calm, detached and über-professional. Zola was typically humble in addressing the issue on Tuesday night. In these two years [working with Italy Under-21] I put a lot of effort into the job and I did my best, he said. I learnt a lot, I can only hope it will be useful. West Ham will be hoping the same.

He will hopefully just be being 'groomed' for SW 6. I wish him all the best, and I think if they score at the Bridge he wont do a Poyet, he'll be subdued about it - consumate gent that he is. Lets not forget how Hoddle, a yids legend came to Stamford Bridge, transformed the transfer policy, and is the catalyst for where the club is now...

I think Robinhos in for a shock and bemused as well -he thinks hes joined Manchester United, Hughes hasnt told him yet....

Paddy Power make WHam 8/13 to finish lower than they did under manic depressive Curbs. Zola has promised to "play the West Ham way" which is very welcome news - for the rest of the Premier League.

Definitely a case for not legalizing, but decriminalisation of drugs. Did a research policy paper at university Once they decriminalised heroin in Switzerland and Netherlands, and set up an area for addicts to get their supply , crime just literally disappeared. Pure heroin , diamorphine, is available to most doctors , and many are addicts that have an unlimited supply and function as normal unbeknown to the outside world. It is even beneficial as the doctors rarely get colds or flu, and most health professionals cite sugar as being a much more harmful substance to the human body. The average heroin addicts fix on the street is cut with sulphate, brick dust, salt and all manner of shit that causes infections etc. The nature of the drug and its addiction causes them to do anything -usually some form of stealing -to get their next fix. Remove the dealers, and the crap mixed with the drug -combine education with their fix controlled by the State and crime literally disappears. The real key though, is education about substances and removing the myths. Some drugs are bad, but the legal ones HAHAHA that they just happen to tax -alcohol and tobacco are just as bad if not worse when abused.

Some wag on Radio 5 dubbed it The Oil Firm Derby....

Failure to control our Groundstaff Surprise Surprise, lets get some more money out of Chelsea. Fucking joke, taking 5 months for them to come to a conclusion, and the usual accusation of racism. http://sport.setanta.com/en/Sport/News/Foo...thell-response/

Apart from England doing the business, fair play to Scotland -putting Gudjohnsens mob in their place, and unlucky Wales, beaten by a late Russian winner. The Dutch just scraping a win against Mighty Macedonia was unexpected, along with Finland drawing 3-3 with Germany. The biggest shock of the night was Luxembourg beating Switzerland 2-1. Switzerland were 33/1 on to win. Shevchenko found the net again, and a brilliant save from Cech denied Northern Ireland. Anelka scored the winner for France against Serbia, and Ivanovich scored for Serbia.....

Rebrov, an £11million flop in 2000, warned new boy Pavlyuchenko: "A lot of dark-skinned people live there so naturally the crime rate is higher than elsewhere. "It's not nice to be a robbery victim so I suggest he doesn't walk but drives around there." The Sun

Since his huge free lunch at SW 6......

So he'll do a deal with yernited, signed in red crayon in a colouring book by his uncle 'agent', eventually sign for us, and we give ManUtd £12 million in 'compensation'. Sounds about right.

When Grant was made from those body parts in that Laboratory....

Think 12 secs is about the best -that was some blind bloke -still incredible. The rest are quick because they run on those blade things. And the swimmers have little outboard motors.

Thats true B. Nothing wrong with a bit of incisive analysis. What I've noticed is that a player gets stick from a certain quarter, then it spreads like wildfire, and the next thing you have a medieaval horde with burning torches wanting to crucify some player without any individual thought....

Dont understand the sudden attack on Cole. What, should we be getting rid ? With the injuries and depleted squad, unless a player is absolute pony, they need support and encouragement. Yes he has the odd shit game , as do all the squad, but he is one of the most creative players at SW6

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