Well somebody over at KUMB picked up on the article, left it six days for the dust to settle and has produced their own take on it, concluding with the judgement:
"A good player? Check. A fine servant during his time at the club? Check. A player who went beyond the call of duty at times? Check. But a legend? Not by following in the footsteps of Jermain Defoe and walking out on us as soon as the going gets tough, you're not."
It's interesting to watch the revisionism happening before our very eyes. Never mind the Judas judgement, there's also the interesting appraisal of Scotty's ability. Note, KUMB call him a "good player" - no hint of genius there then!
Over on the Org, positions are shifting. Now it's not just Fanno and Fareham who are putting the boot in to Parker, more and more are waking up to the way Scotty has milked the club. Just wait until he has joined Spurs! How the Parker Groupies will exult when Saint Scotty is benched by 'Arry.
But will anybody come on here and say, "You were right all along"? I'm not holding my breath for some reason!
I actually have always agreed with you on parker, a very average player made to look good on a field of shit....
ReplyDeleteBUT PLEASE for the love of god, save your abuse until we have sold him off and made a mint from the scum !!
Getting a good transfer fee out of Parker is paramount to big sam's budget i would expect...so please patience!!
Beelzebub
Your scotty talk is getting old...
ReplyDeleteYou reap what you sow HF - if no one will agree with you then perhaps you just don't attract like minded people, or perhaps you're just plain wrong. Either way I don't really care, as I'm afraid on this one it became a tad boring way back in December.
ReplyDeleteYou were right all along
ReplyDeleteNow start writing about how upson blows... He's a Puss
0017, old in the sense that others have now caught up and are saying it too? When will Dale jump on the banwagon?
ReplyDeleteBandwagon!
ReplyDeleteOthers are saying things about Parker based on facts at this time ie he wants to leave. You started on Parker years ago for no apparent reason and have carried on. With that kind of stance, you will be right about every player as it nearly always turns sour when they want to leave.
ReplyDeleteDale's always on the 'banwagon' HF! I should know!
ReplyDeleteSeriously though, what are the differences between Defoe and Parker leaving? Wasn't it Deane that first raised this? It's a good point.
I said it in January so no argument from me You and me and a few other unblinkered and ridiculed fools were and are right Long live freedom of expression
ReplyDeleteWell 0758, lets put this into context shall we? I said Parker wasn't as good as people were claiming, that he should have been sold, that he wasn't worth £83,000 per week as a salary and that he was no more committed to West Ham than he was to Charlton, Chelsea and Newcastle. I was right on all counts. Sorry if that is "starting" on Parker, I was simply calling it as I saw it.
ReplyDeleteNow who else did I start on when he was a "Claret and Blue God". That would be Behrami, who I said was a huff and puff merchant and nout special. I called for him to be sold when his stock was artificially high. Again I was proved right.
And also Green, who I said was not an England keeper. Right again.
I have criticised performances of other players and joined in the derision of some of the mugs allowed to wear our shirt - Spector as a left back, Boa Morte, McBenni, Mido, Tristan etcetera - but generally speaking, I have tried to be balanced. I gave Zola 15 months before I judged him useless and gave Grant far too long as it turned out!
Why spoil your whole comment at 15:43 with that last line HF?! :)
ReplyDeleteYou bought Dale's new book yet HF?
ReplyDeleteHas he got a new book? What's it called? "In Through the Out Door"?
ReplyDeleteDale jumps on a lot of things but I haven't heard it called a bandwagon before.
ReplyDeleteLOL Very good 1734. Or thumbs up!
ReplyDeleteBloody hell you two, I was just about to eat as well.
ReplyDeleteHe's promoting it on his blog, have a look.
Book? hahaha can you imagine HF writing a book? hahahaha not a cat in hells chance.
ReplyDeleteOh well HF I guess you can always dream - Mmmmmwwwaaaahhhhhaaaaaahhhhaaaaaaaa
Book? don't mention the book - you know how upset HF will be when compared as he always comes up short against Iain.
ReplyDeleteI'm not coming up anything where Dale is concerned!
ReplyDeleteWell until you write and more importantly get your scribblings published I really don't see how you can criticize him. As he is obviously a far more accomplished accademic than you could ever dream to be!
ReplyDeleteHe knows ish about football though.
ReplyDeleteWell there you go... HF is half way there already.
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