At last the baggy eyed one has confirmed what I have been saying ever since the Great Escape, he wasn't the chief tunnel digger, the credit for us avoiding the drop belongs to the guys who officiated the Blackburn game! As the great egotist himself states, "People forget we scored a winning goal at Blackburn that didn't cross the line - so are they going to sue the linesman and the referee?"
It is a good point very well made Alan, but why has it taken you so long to make it? How many times have I heard you boast about how you saved the club from the Fizzy Pop and then lifted us to the heady heights of tenth place the following season? Now, all of a sudden, the caravan towing brown Volvo driver has pulled over into the lay-by and let the truth slip past. No tactical trump cards, no motivational miracles, just a huge slice of good, old fashioned luck.
Has somebody slipped him a truth drug perchance?
Regardless of whether you like Curbs or not, he quite obviously had a hand in saving the club from relegation that season.
ReplyDeleteTo be fair to Curbishley he has mentioned this a number of times when it has been brought up by whomever has been interviewing him... and he does have a point in amongst all the Tevez kept us up nonsence!
ReplyDeleteTo be fair to Curbishley, and I don't like him, he did his level best to relegate us. When he took over we were in a spot of bother, by the time we played Blackburn we were dead and buried after the most disastrous run in living memory: including 6-0 away to Reading, 4-0 away to Charlton, and 0-1 defeats at home to Watford twice in a month. Our results between the victory over United and the very very lucky victory at Blackburn, if spread over a whole season, would have given us a grand total of 11 points! Turds nearly destroyed us: Neill, Green, Noble, Tevez, Collins and Zamora spit roasted Lady Luck to save us!
ReplyDeleteWe'll never know exactly how much of a role Curbs had in our salvation but I'm inclined to believe not much. From what I understand he lost the dressing room early on (almost Brian Clough at Leeds style) and it's only when the players (marshalled by Lucas Neill) realised there was a very real danger of going down that they pulled together and did the necessary. Lest we forget, Curbs continually refused to start Green, Noble and Tevez and when he was finally forced to, things improved instantly. Lest we forget, until the final run, his points per game tally was less than Pardew's. So whilst he had a role, undoubtedly, I'd say it was more negative than positive.
ReplyDeleteCurbs is rubbish. I will never forget the 'too f***ing negative' chant at Fulham, it gave him a clear message and still he didn't get it. Thank the Lord he's gone.
Spot on DaDon! Apart from anything else, you needed a neck brace to watch football under Turds. Basic tactic? Pass it to Upson to lump it up-field. Dire!
ReplyDeleteDum Dum....de Dum de dum dum.....Dum Dum de dum de dum de dum dum. No IG It's not Laurel and Hardy or The Pink Panther; and it definitely starts with a capital Dum!!
ReplyDeleteGive it a break; is the old brown Volvo's road tax due again. Perhaps it's time you declared SORN on your Triumphant Spitefire and left it in the garage safely under lock and key.
ReplyDeleteI read the news today, oh boy!
ReplyDeleteAbout a lucky man who won the war.
And though his face was rather sad
Well I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph.
He blew our minds out, what a bore
He hadn't noticed that the times had changed.
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book, bought the claret and blue T shirt and accrued enough points to stay up for another year! (my apologies to Paul and John) And talking of holes in Blackburn Lancashire, I here big Sam's told the groundsman to let the grass grow so that our diminutive srike force can't see each other!!
I think West Ham will win 4-0
ReplyDeleteI like the cut of your tracksuit Hammersfan, can anyone come and play! But why the hatred of Mr. Curbishley? You use the sort of invective usually reserved for someone who is exchanging body fluids with one's nearest and dearest.....bitch. I think he did very well to keep us up and I'm sure that he's a very nice man. As for you, I'm not so sure that you're a very nice man, but I wouldn't mind slipping you something and see whether you come clean. Bye for now xx
ReplyDeleteCurbs done alright but im glad we've got Zola insted
ReplyDeleteHmmmm, think there's a wind up or two here! Why do I hate Turds? Because just like Defoe, he demanded a transfer following relegation and, unlike Defoe, then criticised the manager and club who gave him his break. I hated his style of football, I hated his signings, I hated the way everyone else was to blame except himself. And I hate caravan towing brown Volvos!
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