DP 10:49 Wed Sep 9
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What's this guys problem with West Ham seems to have a big chip on his shoulder - almost every day the same news story that he is really happy to be away from West Ham and how Bilic didn't convince him to stay and is glad to drop down to the Championship as West ham wont go above 10th place so nothing to stay and play for!
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BRANDED
10:50 Wed Sep 9
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Maybe Billic called him an underachieving cunt?
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Glenn Rodent
10:51 Wed Sep 9
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He's probably right.
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mallard
10:52 Wed Sep 9
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Really wish I hadn't read this..
Won't be able to sleep tonight
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ted fenton
10:53 Wed Sep 9
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And I thought he was shy well he is when it comes to tackles !
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Marston Hammer
10:54 Wed Sep 9
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Sounds like you're the one that can't let it go
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Hugh Monteith
10:55 Wed Sep 9
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He has of course every right to have an opinion.but it does appear to be flavored with more bad feeling than anything else.
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Hugh Monteith
10:55 Wed Sep 9
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He has of course every right to have an opinion.but it does appear to be flavored with more bad feeling than anything else.
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Hugh Monteith
10:56 Wed Sep 9
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He has of course every right to have an opinion.but it does appear to be flavored with more bad feeling than anything else.
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Bill W
10:56 Wed Sep 9
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Who?
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Marston Hammer
10:58 Wed Sep 9
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Where does he say we won't finish above 10th? A direct quote would be great.
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Steve P
10:59 Wed Sep 9
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I read this and it angered me a tad
http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/sport/football/middlesbrough-fc/middlesbrough-s-stewart-downing-west-ham-sunderland-not-for-me-1-7451061
Downing admits Middlesbrough was always going to be his chosen destination after speaking to Boro chairman Steve Gibson and manager Aitor Karanka.
“I’d spoken to the chairman and Aitor and they had good plans here and were looking to strengthen the team,” said Downing, who said he would rather be in a promotion-chasing Championship side than a mid-table or struggling Premier side.
“He wanted me to be part of that playing as a number 10 or as a wide man.
“For me, it was a very easy decision to make.
“The chairman asked if I was up for it and I said ‘if you can make the deal happen and you get me out of West Ham then I’m happy to come back’.
So, he was tapped up then? Get me out of here, because I don't feel the love? Or maybe we forgot his birthday cake?
I don't have a problem with him leaving, we got decent money for him at his age, plus we are far stronger in that position now we've unloaded him. He comes across as a bitter cunt, though - good riddance, fucking cowardly Northern monkey.
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Marston Hammer
11:05 Wed Sep 9
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Sounds like completely standard stuff a player says when they join a new club, hardly newsworthy.
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Eggbert Nobacon
11:06 Wed Sep 9
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I imagine the "not convincing him to stay" talk went along these lines
SD - So where do you see me playing next season
SB - Well we've signed a vastly superior player in your position but you may get a game in the Carling Cup or when Payet is out injured
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Sven Roeder
11:16 Wed Sep 9
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As I understood it he was approached as a 31yo with a 5 year deal at £70k a week by his home town club.
And cried and wheedled until we allowed him to leave for what is a ludicrously generous deal for him.
Disappointing that he wants to criticise us for doing good by him at his request.
I understand our fee received goes to £7m if they are promoted.
Given our last day recruiting he wouldn't get in our side now.
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i-Ron
11:20 Wed Sep 9
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A bloke I work with is a big Boro around the same age and lived up there and hung around in the same circles.
He said Downing was superb for Boro especially during the euro games, but was a coke head in his early days and let himself down a lot.
He reckons the people he's spoken to told him Downing returning say he wants to be a LEGEND around Boro and is right up his own arse so didn't surprise him at all that he wanted to come back and lap it all up locally.
He said he liked him as a player but thinks he's a cock as a person.
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Bungo
11:21 Wed Sep 9
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So he'd prefer to be going to play in places like Rotherham, Preston and Huddersfield than the prem grounds of England?
Yeah right.
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Willtell
11:26 Wed Sep 9
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It's the sort of stuff players say about their new club. How they wanted to go back and weren't really loved at WH yada, yada, yada...
31 years old and 5 years contract at £70k pw were the reasons he wanted to home though...
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Hugh Monteith
11:26 Wed Sep 9
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I was happy for him to leave from a football point of view.
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