It is our worst nightmare. Thus far, there has been no definite explanation of Ba's absence at Stoke. Initially it was reported he had been rested, then there were suggestions of a knock, then some tried to start a rumour that he had been dropped for disciplinary reasons. Through it all, there has been no official word from the club.
The Independent is now carrying a story that we are short of attacking options for today's huge game at Tottenham. Piquionne is struggling to overcome the injury he collected when scoring at Stoke, Keane can't play because we have him on loan from Spurs, and Ba is, apparently, struggling with an injury.
The trouble is, any suggestion that Ba is struggling carries with it a ring of truth. Waiting for Ba to break down is like waiting for the next earthquake in Japan. You know it is going to happen but you just don't know the extent of the resultant damage. Will it be the big one, the number 9 or 10 on the Richter scale, or just another tremor through the fault lines of Demba's jarred and grinding tectonic plates?
We desperately need Ba today. With him, we can get a result, without him, we don't stand a chance. Obinna looked ordinary with a capital O last week and Cole crap with a capital C. To get any sort of result, I reckon we need to score twice and I can't see us doing that without Demba. So, my prediction is that Tottenham will bag two goals; the question is, can we reply with two or more of our own?
Let's hope Demba is not as injured as some might have us believe!
yes there are people running stupid stories but i doubt wether the yare true considering grant and damba ba said last week that he was rested and hes back for tottenham . i have a godd feeling cole has a decent record for us against spurs
ReplyDeleteDemba Ba said yesterday on his twitter that he is ready to play today.
ReplyDeleteThere was another earthquake,Ba plays
ReplyDeleteGo figure
You can't use that language Fred
ReplyDeletesoz i was angry but its true da costa did not have that good of a game against stoke and for tomkins to be dropped when he is our best defender is a joke
ReplyDeleteBa named, teams are as followed:
ReplyDeleteT*ttenham Hotspur: Gomes, Corluka, Gallas, Dawson, Assou-Ekotto, Sandro, Bale, Modric, Lennon, Van der Vaart, Defoe
West Ham United: Green, Jacobsen, Da Costa, Upson, Bridge, Noble, Parker, Hitzlsperger, O'Neil, Ba, Cole
Looks like it'll be 4-4-2
Hes playing today.
ReplyDeletehahahaha Japan earthquake ha ha very funny you wag...... you're a hilarious and funny guy!
ReplyDelete6,548 officially dead, 380,000 people in evacuation centres, 10,354 missing and a level 5 nuclear emergency!
Let's all have a good old laugh.
ur well smart its blatantley 4-3-3 and says on the OS yet u think its 4-4-2
ReplyDeleteWho is having a laugh 1226? Do you think I want Ba injured? No. Do I want another earthquake in Japan? No. What a foolish man you are!
ReplyDeletebut why try and be funny about something so serious - there is nothing wrong with Ba - and joking about Japan and him is in bad taste - you are uncultured and uncivilized, in fact a complete heathen! shame on you.
ReplyDeleteNo, you are a fool. There is no joke here, there is a simile.
ReplyDeleteI have to add my 2 cents - it's dubious humour and not funny.
ReplyDeletewot you wrote weren't a simile... this is.
ReplyDeleteMy love is like a red, red rose
That's newly sprung in June:
My love is like the melody
That's sweetly played in tune.
Twice in fact, twat.
Oh dear, we have a moron! Use of "like" is the give away! "Waiting for Ba to break down is LIKE waiting for the next earthquake in Japan."
ReplyDeleteIt's a poem quote from Robert Burns you uneducated twit.
ReplyDeleteart and culture is not his strong point I'm afraid - I know that to be a quote http://www.examiner.com/celtic-arts-culture-in-national/my-love-s-like-the-melody-a-guide-to-the-best-robert-burns-song-recordings
ReplyDeleteJust because Burns uses similes, it doesn't mean mine wasn't a simile! Oh dear God, more morons, unless it is the same moron!
ReplyDeleteCritics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame!
Hang on there - what about your criticism of the word LIKE in Burns's poetry. According to you he is a moron.
ReplyDeleteYou moron! I am not calling Burns a moron but the moron using Burns to "prove" I have not used a simile. The use of the word "like" indicates a simile, and I used like in the original article! Dear God, talk about thick! And that's YOU I'm talking about, not Burns!
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