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| Claridges Championship View; from the bbc | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 28 2007, 04:23 PM (706 Views) | |
| tim | Feb 28 2007, 04:23 PM Post #1 |
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Malcom Page
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Claridge's Championship view wtf** I used to like this slow coach!! nah, seriously still a legend in my eyes! |
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| Evo_paul | Feb 28 2007, 05:30 PM Post #2 |
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Dele Adebola
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Wow Claridge has used all of his brain power to predict the top five and has picked the current top 5 with a handfull of games left... Genius **thumbup |
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| hootanany | Feb 28 2007, 05:33 PM Post #3 |
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Mikael Forssell
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Hope he gets egg on his face |
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| Coorslite | Feb 28 2007, 06:13 PM Post #4 |
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Frank Worthington
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We will see ;) |
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| gypsum fantastic | Feb 28 2007, 06:24 PM Post #5 |
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Martin Grainger
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based on blues' recent form i think it's a relatively realistic prediction. i to hope he's wrong though. |
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| bornblues64 | Feb 28 2007, 06:32 PM Post #6 |
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Mikael Forssell
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Personally wouldnt like to even risk a penny on the outcome of this league, it as all the makings of last day nerves and the old harris twitching, i wonder if Claridge has had a punt on his predictions/feelings? |
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| proud2bblue | Feb 28 2007, 06:33 PM Post #7 |
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Ian Bennett
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you can see why he went bankrupt through his betting :LMAO: |
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| Mash | Feb 28 2007, 06:35 PM Post #8 |
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Paul Tait
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Lmao I wondered why he was still playin football |
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| bluejumper | Feb 28 2007, 07:14 PM Post #9 |
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Steve Claridge
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Not a legend in my eyes. Still remember him running out and taking the money from Leicester. Fair enough you might think, but then it was all the rubbish about, "There are things that people don't know about, it's not what it seems, etc. I will be telling my side of the story in the future" blah! blah! And guess what, I'm still waiting Mr. Claridge. Of course your side of the story is, you were offered more money, so couldn't get out the door quick enough, tell the fans, there's some mystery reason, so they won't think your a money grabber like the rest" As far as his predictions, well it's nothing new. All the pundits are now saying baggies and sunderland for automatics. Looks like you can't fool all the people all the time, and they are realising that we aren't actually very good. |
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| walker2831 | Feb 28 2007, 07:51 PM Post #10 |
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Bob Hatton
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Cardiff supporter on 606. I love how Steve Claridge is still getting paid by the BBC, Sky and ITV to talk such garbage. Football fans are not interested in his views. 'Preston, like Cardiff, are always likely to be caught out by their small squad size and over-reliance on one player. Preston depend too heavily on David Nugent and Cardiff on Michael Chopra.' Don't know about Preston but Cardiff rely on Chopra to score goals because...that's his job! If we 'over-rely' on him then we 'over-rely' on our keeper to stop goals going in, and we 'over-rely' on our midfielders to tackle and create opportunities for the strikers. Any moron can look at a goal scoring chart and say 'Oh, they're a one man team because he's scored x amount of goals' - but BBC, you don't have to pay him for it. touched a raw nerve there steve?! :whistle: |
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| salad_dodger | Mar 1 2007, 12:00 AM Post #11 |
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Paul Tait
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Yeah Steve Bruce keeps saying that one about leaving Palace, he still hasn't told us his side of it has he? the silence is deafing :ph43r: |
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| jackoblue | Mar 1 2007, 12:18 AM Post #12 |
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Geoff Horsfield
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Well said :applause: He signed his contract then wanted more and more money every few games. I often wonder if his career would have taken off if Barry Fry had left him with John Beck at Cambridge. Jackoblue |
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| salad_dodger | Mar 1 2007, 07:22 AM Post #13 |
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Paul Tait
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I was having a drink with Cleggy when he was down Torpoint on pre season with Leicester, when i was down there with the army, he told me that was all Bowl lox, he didn't keep asking for more money, he was told by BF & KB he was being sold, he wanted another season at Blues as he was confident we would have got promoted, but it wasn't to be, he doesn't like Ron Toss either he promised him a slot on his phone in, to give his side of the story, as he was upset at the rumours and loved the fans, Ron Toss pulled the plug on him doing it on the friday afternoon, strange that huh? |
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| bluejumper | Mar 1 2007, 08:40 AM Post #14 |
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Steve Claridge
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| Bluenose in Limburg | Mar 1 2007, 11:19 AM Post #15 |
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Martin Grainger
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My old hero and his 'wise' words! Sorry Steve, you just jinxed the top 5 because one of the reasons you have/had gamblingdebts is that you couldn't predict cr*p falling from a cows ar*e! |
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| proccy_blues | Mar 1 2007, 11:49 AM Post #16 |
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Joe Bradford
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:LMAO: :LMAO: |
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| jmsblues | Mar 1 2007, 02:36 PM Post #17 |
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Mikael Forssell
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I am worried about WBA & Sunderland but not derby or preston as they are inconsistent but atm wba are battering this league and playing brilliant football, and i was very impressed by sunderland at st andys and can't see them losing many games, i can see us & sunderland fighting it out for 2nd spot! |
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| salad_dodger | Mar 1 2007, 07:05 PM Post #18 |
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Paul Tait
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| petet | Mar 1 2007, 07:55 PM Post #19 |
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Geoff Horsfield
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It doesnt take an expert to predict what he has said given the current stats, but what he cant predict is the unpredictable, such as injuries and suspensions to key players that dramatically affect a teams performance, or the deflected shot like Clems against Derby that kick started our run some months ago... unless of course he has a crystal ball. |
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| jackoblue | Mar 1 2007, 10:08 PM Post #20 |
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Geoff Horsfield
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I have no doubt you've recalled the conversation correctly but it sounds to me as if Mr C is kidding himself. I remember his 'my story will come out' speech on Dross's show. Dross did give him the platform to speak but he really had nothing interesting to say. I rarely trust anything that comes from the mouth of a 'football person'. They're often full of their own self importance and ego. They live in a world where all they do is take and can see no wrong in their own actions. They very rarely get criticised but when they do they're just great at playing the victim. Jackoblue |
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| fathead | Mar 1 2007, 10:28 PM Post #21 |
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Steve Claridge
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has-been gamblaholic nobody! Get lost claridge you waster. :banghead: |
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| Oby | Mar 1 2007, 10:34 PM Post #22 |
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Mikael Forssell
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:applause: Seconded Fathead :applause: |
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| mr penguin | Mar 1 2007, 10:44 PM Post #23 |
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There isn't much to choose between any of the teams in top third of the Championship imo, which is why only 5 points separate the top 8 teams after 30-odd games. I don't know why people are so worried about Sunderland. They couldn't beat us with a goal start. Even if Sunderland average 2 points a game (champions form) for the rest of their season they would only finish on 82 points. We would only need to average 1.5 points a game (mid-table form) from our remaining games to match that. Twelve games left and we have a 4 point start on them plus a game in hand! If we can't hold on to a lead like that then we don't deserve to go up. |
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| blueberry | Mar 2 2007, 01:05 PM Post #24 |
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Frank Worthington
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I'm glad it's not just me who thinks he's got a real problem with Blues. He really does seem to dislike the club bigtime. A very bitter individual. tomatoes |
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| charliedontsurf | Mar 2 2007, 01:27 PM Post #25 |
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Geoff Horsfield
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Why so much vitriol, simply because he does not think that we are the best side in the division. Given the way we have been playing since Xmas, anyone who has watched at least 4 games will have seen at least 3 very poor performances. We apparently have a talent for grinding out reults (and an admirable and useful talent it is) but teams like Sunderland and the Baggies have been looking **** hot whilst we have been looking pedestrian. I can understand why he has said what he has. |
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