Why we were relegated

...at least, according to MAF

http://www.theguardian.com/football...chael-jackson-statue-removed-mohamed-al-fayed

:think:

Perhaps he has a point.

 

What a crock of fecal matter. I've lost all respect for this guy now. It's a miracle how we got into and stayed up in the Premiership under this guy. Defenders who played like they were the statue got us relegated, not a curse for removing the bloody thing. I'll root for Fulham in the Isthmian League before I believe that hideous statue should return to Craven Cottage.

 

I've often heard Craven Cottage compared to Wrigley Field (historic, cozy, friendly old sports venue). Will the Michael Jackson statue now become our billy goat?

 

I was going to argue that he'd said that tongue in cheek. I'd question his level of taste, to make jokes at the expense of our relegation so soon, but then we've all known Mo is eccentric and a bit of a loon.

But then I read this:

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/9300018?

Let's start with that statue. We were pedestrian at best in Jol's 2nd season and absolute garbage during the 2nd half of that season...with the statue of that pedophile in place. There wasn't an ounce of luck in that thing.

Is he really criticizing Khan's spending after he barely spent a dime over the last three years? Perhaps he has a point, seeing as we have a complete rebuild ahead of us, but then that's largely because of the condition MAF left the club in.

Way to kick the club you supposedly loved and it's supporters when they're down. What a classless, narcissistic little troll.

 

MAF may just be nuttier then we thought.

 

Go support Chelsea?

 

I can't formulate a response to this due to uncontrollable laughter. MAF has lost his marbles.

 

Exactly what I was thinking, except maybe more along the lines of the Red Sox curse. Will they dare to find out? I don't think so

 

At least the Cubbies won a Series. Granted it was in the last millennium...

 

We were bad with the statue. The fact that we were worse without it isn't indicative of a curse. It just means we continued on our downward trajectory. Sheesh! :roll:

 

Re: FFC Firesale--Player Rumor thread

AWESOME! Hey, maybe we'll stay up....what's that? The season's over? We've already been relegated? Oh. That's very different. Never mind.

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/foo...for-instant-return-to-top-flight-9369032.html

 

This just makes me sad. Very sad.

 

I agree that you can't put all the blame on Felix and Khan, but the astonishing thing was as things started to go off track, the attempts at corrections just made things worse. That had to frustrating to Hangeland. Something, some aspect should have improved, but the bad decisions went from bad to worse with Khan imo. It was a nightmare. I too am a bit skeptical of Hangeland's version being the whole truth. However, if he had raised concerns regarding the clubs direction numerous times at some point they may have viewed him as a complainer who didn't support the management and needed to be shown the door. I would have thought they would have wanted some money for him, especially after all the money that had been wasted the past seasons, but who knows.

I understand why people would not approve of this interview by Hangeland but personally I have no problem with it. Maybe his putting it out there is what it will take for the club to take a U turn for the better. I probably would have done the same thing. So Don I guess I am an A**hole; I hope we can still be friends though. :banana-guitar:

 

Me too, buddy, me too.

 

I remember back when I first started watching and supporting with no real knowledge of how the Premier League worked. The first difficult pill to swallow was the realization that my team not only would never win a league title but at some point it would get relegated. We all love Roy, but even a team that had all its oars rowing in the same direction like he had molded needed a miracle to survive. I didn't bother to read Brede's comments, I wish him well but it's long past time to turn the page.