Crassus 11:42 Sun Jan 24
PDC - was he really all that?
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Ok before conclusions are jumped he was clearly a magnificently skilled player who upon occasion demonstrated those skills, he also had a certain empathy with the supporters that prevails to this day
But, having grown up with Devonshire, Brooking and Bonds, also seen the end of Sir Bob and now witnessing that iconic potential with Payet, where does he fit in the pantheon?
For every moment of man Utd in the cup and that goal against Wimbledon, there was the sitting down on the pitch and the mysterious not travelling north incidents. Devisive in the dressing room yet a brilliant trainer and example setter to the youth. Bloke was a conundrum - so what are your views?
At the time opinions were split on the fora, be in no doubt of that. For me an enigmatic wanderer, somewhat unhinged who like a desert flower had brief flowerings of brilliance amid sustained periods of frustrating prickliness
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Pancho
8:27 Tue Jan 26
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Payet is better.
No he's not.
Could be.
But he's not.
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Grumpster
8:17 Tue Jan 26
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Am also guessing they're fans who didn't travel away themselves in those days def, as I saw him play away well over 50 times I'm sure.
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defjam
7:49 Tue Jan 26
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Kind of weird posters saying he went missing up North considering that's where two of his most notable games that people remember were...The Barthez 'Taxi' goal and picking the ball up at Everton.
Still i guess being an armchair fan now i know fuck all about football.
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HairyHammer
7:45 Tue Jan 26
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Di Canio was good but Payet is better.
If he stays for two years playing as he does now he will be a West Ham legend if he leaves us for a bigger club next season we will all hate him with a passion even a Frenchman has never seen, for at least another 20 years.
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Pancho
5:37 Tue Jan 26
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The site of him?
Well that's not right is it - when correcting someone's accuracy.
Come on Sprouts get a grip.
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Brussels Sprout
2:44 Tue Jan 26
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"Hero worship". Hahaha! This gets better and better. Keep up the good work griffin!
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stewie griffin
2:40 Tue Jan 26
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I don't think anyone that's followed your hero worshipping infatuation with me will find it in the least bit surprising
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Brussels Sprout
2:37 Tue Jan 26
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Pancho - I was being sarcastic. The site of him posting on completely the wrong thread has brightened up my day by a surprising amount.
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Pancho
2:35 Tue Jan 26
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Sprouts liking Griffin's work shows he's officially a spent force on here.
Sad to see.
Incredibly sad.
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stewie griffin
2:32 Tue Jan 26
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Ha..no, it's with the last year here deducted...since everyone seems to be omitting his behaviour from their memory
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Far Cough
2:31 Tue Jan 26
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stewie, is that with trips up north deducted?
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stewie griffin
2:30 Tue Jan 26
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*two and a half
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Far Cough
2:28 Tue Jan 26
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*4 years
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Terrywait
2:27 Tue Jan 26
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camel-with-3-humps 2:20 Tue Jan 26
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Brussels Sprout
2:27 Tue Jan 26
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I'm impressed by griffin's work on this thread.
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stewie griffin
2:23 Tue Jan 26
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5 years is an interesting revision of history
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Pancho
2:22 Tue Jan 26
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Likewise if Payet has a storming end to the season but has an Arsenal kit on next season he'll be branded a bigger cunt than Milly...
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camel-with-3-humps
2:20 Tue Jan 26
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Everyone running around with their cocks out and Kleenex boxes saying Payet is a better player.
Fucking nonsense. Payet's done for six months what PDC did for five fucking years.
People have short memories. The ball was like fucking glue to his feet. He used to single-handedly destroy teams.
If he turned up tomorrow and Payet was retired, you'd all be jizzing over him, saying he was the better player.
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mallard
1:13 Tue Jan 26
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As mentioned before - worth the entrance fee alone, absolute entertainer.
The only tarnish for me was his final season when we got relegated.
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Pancho
11:05 Tue Jan 26
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Not really. Said with love.
Now go and shit yourself on another thread there's a good lad.
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Hammer and Pickle
10:50 Tue Jan 26
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Pancho's a bit punchy this morning, isn't he.
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