--- Mark Humphries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not the point is it. You said noone else had spent > the kind of money we had > done on strikers. You were wrong.
Hang on , hang on a minute Mark. Let's analyse this. C.Palace - Morrison 2 million Leeds - Hulse (850k), Blake (800k), Creswell (1.2 million) , Healy (undisclosed but lets say £250k - it won't be any less). Total = I can't add up but it's more than 3 million. So who is wrong ? and in any case I was on about in total. So if you add up all the other expense - the left backs etc we've spent more than them all. Mark - if I said white would you say it was black ? cos if you then changed your mind to white I would go for black. One question for you though , and don't give me a politician's answer , it's got to be yes or no. You know my answer to this (it's no by the way). Do you think Kevin Blackwell is a good football MANAGER ? Remember just a yes or a no. I bet you won't answer the question as I have stated. > > Johnston is on the England stand-by squad, and > Morrison is a ROI current > international forward. > > We have the Northern Ireland forward. > > No disrespect but Northern Ireland are the worst > team of all the home > nations and ROI. > > On paper Crystal Palace have a better strikeforce > than we do, spent as much > (if not more) money on strikers last season whilst > keeping a £8.5mil rated > striker, and they finished below us. > > They have one of THE most business savvy chairmen > you can get and they > finished below us. > > Their chairman wasnt going to get rid of Dowie, > despite having all that > financial support, despite having only come down > from the prem the season > before, and they finished below us. > > How do you rate Dowie as a manager? Better or worse > than Blackwell? > > If you were a Crystal Palace supporter last season, > having kept Johnston and > spent £2m on Morrison, what would have been your > minimum expectations, given > the utter shiteness of the league? > > I really dont understand what you are still moaning > about. It was clear > from before the start of last season that Blackwell > would not get sacked - > regardless of the entertainment value - if he met > Bates' public expectation > of top 10 finish. He was never going to be sacked, > no matter how much you > moaned about it. He is never going to be sacked > before the season starts, > no matter how much you moan about him. > > No matter how much you go on about how shit we were > last season, we did as > well or better than MOST of us hoped or expected. > > We are ALL pissed off with the performance and > result of the playoff final. > But for MOST of us, a win there would have been a > total bonus in terms of > the football season. Like all bonuses, you > shouldnt expect them to happen > because they are, by definition, a bonus. > > So, to summarise, regardless of how you try and > paint it, most of us had > expectations for last season which we believed were > realistic, and those > expectations were met. > > Now the good news for you - MOST of us have now > raised our expectations to > almost your level. We all expect promotion. We all > expect top 3. We all > hope to win the league. We all expect the team to > be as transformed in > terms of style, as it was this season from last - in > other words we expect > decent/attractive football. > > If that doesnt happen Blackwell will, and should > be, sacked. If we aren't > up there by xmas he will probably be sacked then. > > There are bound to be specific differences of > opinion as the season unfolds, > but you will find that MOST people will be much more > critical if things > dont go well. Its what MOST of us have > expected/said all along. We arent > all coming round to your point of view, we have been > on the journey from > relegation to promotion. You, on the other hand, > have been standing there > waiting for 2 years! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Richard Walker > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 31 May 2006 13:54 > > To: Mark Humphries > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [LU] He might just have learnt > something > > > > > > > Crystal Palace bought Morrison for £2m last > august. > > > > So ? They were premiership the season before so > had a > > bit of cash - I bet Dowie still didn't spend as > much > > as Blackie. In fact he didn't ! > > > > > > > > > > Maybe you're right here. I think we had the > best > > > > strike force on paper but as you look at some > of > > > our > > > > > > Better than Andy Johnston + Clinton Morrison + > > > Dougie Freedman? > > > > Not a lot to choose between them to be honest. > Johnson > > is the only premiership player amongst the lot of > them > > although I think Cresswell could play there and > Blake > > has proved that he can in spells. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list > and > > > the list administrators accept no liability for > the > > > personal views and opinions of contributors. > > > Leedslist mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > > > > > Hello Andy, most observant of you! > > > > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and > the list administrators accept no liability for the > personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > oh alright then :-) > ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! 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