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Dont know if many have seen the pictures of our beloved uppers being torn down , i cant help thinking our current form is a kind of revenge for our owners greed ,its a fact that most thought one maybe two points from the current run of four matches compare this to our form last year the fact is if we dont get our finger out we will go down and if that happens i personally feel it will be the end of this great club ,imagine 12 to 15 thousand in a 60 thousand stadium
We will be a laughingstock sky will have a field day .
Looking at the match tonight only comfirms my doomsday theary ,our lack of coincidence linked with a few very average players ,one shot on target and heads going down early means we are defiantly back to the bad old days of the last decade when we were up and down like a fidelers elbow ,i can only hope and pray that i wake up from this nightmare and soon

Just leaving for old trafford. £140 spent on tickets for wife me and the 3 kids. I have a feeling we might just do it but what about the rest of you. will it be money well spent or money down the drain ?

Cheikhou Kouyaté, Diafra Sakho, Andre Ayew and Sofiane Feghouli if fit could all be missing in mid jan to 5th feb because of the african nations cup add to that the rumour of us being in for the sunderland centre back Lamine kone for around (£15million)if true he would also if fit be at the African nations cup......so what will happen to our formation and players coming in during this time.....upfront we all know we are short but sakho showed against utd his turn of pace has clubs having to respect us a bit more and sit back so without him will we buy/loan sturridge as a replacement? kouyate will be a massive loss so ginge reid and ogbonna will be the back 3 Antonio/cressy as wingbacks obiang in middle with noble lanzini/payet and who knows maybe carroll(new that would make you smile) upfront....there would not be much depth on the bench fletcher and maybe samuelson making a showing but we would not have much room for changing players around so have to hope we stay injury free for that month but we all know our luck there.....so heres hoping for heavy snow to fall during those weeks....palace/citeh at home saints/boro away....3 winnable matches at a critical time and a tasty one that you never know we may surprise a few again...
seriously though it is clearly going to be a crucial time for us and I do hope those at the club are aware and plans are being made or we could be in the brown stuff even more than we currently are.

on talking about sturridge and him being an 'england international' it got me thinking, does this really count for anything these days? it used to indicate a players worth and value but can anyone honestly say that these days playing for england is any big deal to have on your c.v? my argument is what exactly has england done in say the last decade or more? can we say that sturridge is worth signing because he's an england international? whats the value of this these days? is it more than say a colombian international? or a russian international? or swiss? we are no better than a lot of the nations that qualify for tournaments and do nothing of note. Its with this in mind that i wonder why english players attract such a high premium still for prem clubs? i think it also says a lot about the nations football standards that gareth south gate is going to get the job. i know he's had experience with the youngsters but this is a man who was abysmal at club level. how does he end up with the top job in the country football wise? i do however believe that perhaps the right way to look at it is well actually the players are not very good so whoever is in charge is going to make little difference. south gate however tactically is going to get out thought by many a nation in my view especially if we get to the big tournaments. he even accepted himself that he is just a 'basics' man. all in all its a pretty sad state of affairs. we've got an ageing rooney who seems to still be the main man for england despite him being pretty hopeless. says a lot that we have to keep debating if he should be in the team or not as there is simply a lack of talent to choose from otherwise he wouldn't be anywhere near it. he reminds me of david platt….no real ball skills or incisive passing but could score goals…only rooney can't do that anymore.