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Apr 6, 2013 17:09:37 GMT
Post by stokieoldgit on Apr 6, 2013 17:09:37 GMT
IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise: If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, ' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch, if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
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Apr 6, 2013 17:12:09 GMT
Post by stokiejoe on Apr 6, 2013 17:12:09 GMT
IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
you clearly don't know what is going on
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Apr 6, 2013 17:12:56 GMT
Post by thehoof on Apr 6, 2013 17:12:56 GMT
Are you proposing Kipling as Manager, despite the fact that he's been dead for such a long time - in fact round about the time that Pulisaurus came up with "The Neanderthal's guide to Football."
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Apr 6, 2013 17:14:22 GMT
Post by pretzel on Apr 6, 2013 17:14:22 GMT
Throwing ourselves into Rudyard lake is more appealing that Kipling at the moment mate.
I'll look forward to someone bringing this prose up to date to suit the current mood.
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Post by Fred Astaire on Apr 6, 2013 17:15:00 GMT
Are you proposing Kipling as Manager, despite the fact that he's been dead for such a long time - in fact round about the time that Pulisaurus came up with "The Neanderthal's guide to Football." If nothing else at least he makes exceedingly good cakes
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Apr 6, 2013 17:15:55 GMT
Post by metalhead on Apr 6, 2013 17:15:55 GMT
Great poem, but unfortunately I don't see it working like it did for Mike Bassett/Jim Royle/Ricky Tomlinson in that film. Still, I live in hope that things will work out.
Hope is the important word there.
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Apr 6, 2013 17:16:31 GMT
Post by pretzel on Apr 6, 2013 17:16:31 GMT
If you can keep pushing away at square pegs and not give a jot that the hole is round...
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Apr 6, 2013 17:16:38 GMT
Post by GRUMPY 1 on Apr 6, 2013 17:16:38 GMT
Thought from the Greatest Living Scottish Thinker--Billy Connolly.
"If women are so bloody perfect at multitasking, How come they can't have a headache and sex at the same time?"
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Apr 6, 2013 17:19:02 GMT
Post by stokiesteve on Apr 6, 2013 17:19:02 GMT
If you keep lumping it forward You'll go down my son
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Apr 6, 2013 17:29:09 GMT
Post by OldStokie on Apr 6, 2013 17:29:09 GMT
That poem is as big a load of bollox as the nogger we're watching. Had Kipling ended it with "And - which is more - you'll be a God, my son!" then it would have had meaning. Now back to the nogger... or lack of it. Pulis out! OS.
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Post by basingstokie on Apr 6, 2013 18:03:51 GMT
If you can play a striker who scores once since September If you can sign £8m players and never play them If you sign the next Maradona and ditto If you can let your third and only back up centre back go out on loan If you can avoid signing a full back for 8 transfer windows If you get a boner over anyone who was in Englands 2004 Euro squad If you think anyone under 25 is a kiddie If you'll happily pay 10m for 30 year olds with no resale value If you can shout Goooaaaarrrnnnnn Jon, 50 times a game If you can view any away game as a bonus If you could big up Blyth Spartans If you 'lack a bit of quality upfront' despite the whole squad being your signings If you turned down Demba Ba coz of injury, but signed Woodgate and Owen If you can see we are a sinking ship, but you can't plug the leaks
Then please, if you love our club, step aside and let someone come in who can save us.
Please, before its too late.
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Apr 6, 2013 20:05:22 GMT
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Post by basingstokie on Apr 6, 2013 20:05:22 GMT
I worked hard on last post, don't want it to sink without trace, so ...
Bump
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Apr 20, 2013 20:50:31 GMT
Post by stokieoldgit on Apr 20, 2013 20:50:31 GMT
IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise: If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools: If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!' If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, ' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch, if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
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Apr 27, 2013 17:15:57 GMT
Post by stokieoldgit on Apr 27, 2013 17:15:57 GMT
Well done Tony the main man!
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Post by PotterLog on Apr 27, 2013 17:18:40 GMT
If you can come out with a load of bullshit meaningless platitudes..... I'm afraid it still won't make you a poet. Or a football manager.
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Apr 27, 2013 17:19:37 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2013 17:19:37 GMT
If my auntie had a cock she would be my uncle
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Apr 27, 2013 17:22:37 GMT
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Post by jarhead on Apr 27, 2013 17:22:37 GMT
That's a pisser Clyde!
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tayterz
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Me Owd Tayter...
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Apr 27, 2013 18:02:00 GMT
Post by tayterz on Apr 27, 2013 18:02:00 GMT
Mmmmmm Mr Kiplings cakes........
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2013 18:04:46 GMT
If you can scrape enough points together against the league's shittest teams, and play up survival as some kind of achievement...
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Apr 27, 2013 18:37:16 GMT
Post by shiftyfifty on Apr 27, 2013 18:37:16 GMT
If you can scrape enough points together against the league's shittest teams, and play up survival as some kind of achievement... It's good enough to make Martinez a fantastic manager according to most of your kind on here.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2013 20:06:03 GMT
If you can scrape enough points together against the league's shittest teams, and play up survival as some kind of achievement... It's good enough to make Martinez a fantastic manager according to most of your kind on here. 'My kind'? Fucking hell Adolf, are you going to round us all up? I don't rate Martinez and wouldn't want him here.
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Apr 27, 2013 22:29:51 GMT
Post by stokieoldgit on Apr 27, 2013 22:29:51 GMT
Martinez = dead man walking.
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Apr 27, 2013 23:11:10 GMT
Post by shiftyfifty on Apr 27, 2013 23:11:10 GMT
It's good enough to make Martinez a fantastic manager according to most of your kind on here. 'My kind'? Fucking hell Adolf, are you going to round us all up? I don't rate Martinez and wouldn't want him here. Wish I could.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2013 23:16:23 GMT
'My kind'? Fucking hell Adolf, are you going to round us all up? I don't rate Martinez and wouldn't want him here. Wish I could. Springtime for shifty.
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Apr 28, 2013 14:40:25 GMT
Post by stokieoldgit on Apr 28, 2013 14:40:25 GMT
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same;
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Apr 28, 2013 15:02:17 GMT
Post by PerCyfilth ....Captains Log on Apr 28, 2013 15:02:17 GMT
Being the Boss doesnt make you right it just makes you the boss....Milton Metz The buck doesnt stop with me-it doesnt even slow down when its passing....Henny Youngman
If that guy counted his balls twice he 'd get two different answers...Denis Leary
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May 6, 2013 21:45:21 GMT
Post by stokieoldgit on May 6, 2013 21:45:21 GMT
Well done Tone and the boys, another good away point!
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2013 21:52:12 GMT
Well done Tone and the boys, another good away point! If you can see a weak opposition lose a player, but steadfastly refuse to go for the win...
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