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Post by NorwichStokie on Feb 6, 2004 14:29:45 GMT
JimmyG Yep, you get a mention. I told Winger not to put you in, saying that you shouted at him so much during the OO game. But, he just won't listen ;D
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Post by jimmygscfc on Feb 6, 2004 14:31:15 GMT
Mark, I'm not ready to eat humble pie yet but will be happy to if necessary Enjoy life in the land of 'Last of the Summer wine'.
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Post by mcf on Feb 6, 2004 14:37:07 GMT
He's great Uncs...end of
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Post by OldStokie on Feb 6, 2004 14:40:56 GMT
Jimmy...he looks a bit like Cleggy. Should suit him fine up there. At least he's out of harm's way. BTW, did you read my message about having seen 'Life is Beautiful'? I'ma evena beginninga to talka lika dis. At first I thought it was a an Italian spoof film but as I stuck with it, it all came together and was meaningful. Rat-a-tat-tat. I couldn't believe it! I so wanted a happy ending! Boo hoo. Mick.
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Post by ParaPsych on Feb 6, 2004 16:50:43 GMT
I hope my fucking name is in it.
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Post by mcf on Feb 6, 2004 16:53:59 GMT
It is
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Post by Admin on Feb 6, 2004 16:56:28 GMT
Actually, I've been in contact with the publishers recently and they will be running a special offer through The Oatcake fanzine and this web-site where you'll be able to get your copy for £5-50.
All should be revealed in about two week's time.
Cheers,
Smudge
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2004 16:58:28 GMT
seeing as winger has been giving his other books away to that bitch ParaPsych for nothing shouldn't we all get this one for free anyway?
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Post by Admin on Feb 6, 2004 17:00:03 GMT
You get a special mention Smudge Is that "special" as in "special needs", or something nicer? Bet it's the first one... D'Oh! Smudge
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Post by mcf on Feb 6, 2004 17:06:44 GMT
I think he called you a philospher, which is a bit below the belt in my opinion.
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Post by Admin on Feb 6, 2004 17:08:53 GMT
I think he called you a philospher, which is a bit below the belt in my opinion. The bastard! That's fighting talk where I come from
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Post by ParaPsych on Feb 6, 2004 17:11:16 GMT
I get them for free because I'm fucking ace, now piss off.
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Post by RAF on Feb 6, 2004 17:21:17 GMT
Well, if he has mentioned me without my permission I'm sueing the fucker!!!!
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Post by OldStokie on Feb 6, 2004 17:28:20 GMT
Oh yeah RAF! I can just see it now. In the high court of Justice....case number A/12354367854/b/21....RAF v Winger. LOL. ;D Still running fast Raf! OS.
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Post by OldStokie on Feb 6, 2004 17:32:35 GMT
Para...your name is in it and I quote.....'Bitch dressed in black/Paraspike'. LOL. Great stuff Smudge. Delete that other thread now. OS.
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Post by Trout_Licker on Feb 6, 2004 17:41:32 GMT
Doudt im in there, i havent been using the oatcake MB for long
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Post by Pricey on Feb 6, 2004 17:54:06 GMT
2 weeks ey. Smudge, will this mean I can just stroll upto your house on the morning of the Wigan game (providng there is an OBPU that night- they are my coming home conditions), give you my £5.50 and get a book to take back to uni a couple of days later? Very convenient if I can!
Hang on, isn't that the day of the Supporters Trust meeting as well?! Winger, you can set up a little stall in the Holiday Express Inn, make a fortune!
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Post by RAF on Feb 6, 2004 18:32:33 GMT
OS, I am like lightning for about ten minutes then I'm shagged out!!
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Post by mattybscfc on Feb 6, 2004 18:54:10 GMT
You like ligthening RAF ;D
Whatever your smoking i want some. ;D
I hope that i'm not in it
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Post by slangking on Feb 6, 2004 19:26:01 GMT
GUARDIAN 'Somewhere between Julian Barnes and Nick Hornby' Synopsis 'If I have an idealised still of my childhood, it's of standing amongst a small group of like-minded boys beside the player's tunnel as drizzle falls through the beam of the floodlights waiting to see which one of the team will come out to talk to the presenter...On an absolutely perfect occasion, on completion of his work in front of camera, the player might autograph my programme and possibly ruffle my hair and maybe even refer to me as mate. Sometimes on a Sunday I'd bike down to the ground and circle its silence, reliving the day before...' Last season Stoke City were unexpectedly propelled into the dizzy heights of the First Division, rare oxygen for a club that has been known to have three managers in one season. Stephen Foster, a diehard fan, who now lives in Norwich, follows the fortunes of his dire team as they struggle to retain their hold on this slippery peak of glory. From Icelandic owners, hopeless managers, hapless players, and a ground to rival the best of East German architecture, this is a marvellously mordant account of one fan's helpless obsession with a team that nearly always manages to let him down.
Nearly always manages to let him down? hmmm 7 wins out of 8 not good enough for some eh? Sounds like this one was published at just the wrong time.. the Nick Hornby comparisons,jaysus that's a kick in the balls, Fever Pitch is to the true football fan what the Satanic Verses is to an islamic fundamentalist, the worst book I've ever read bar none.
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Post by lurcherthelurker on Feb 6, 2004 22:44:29 GMT
Dont you just wish some people would actually digest what is written?
Have we had 3 managers already this season? I'm sure it refers to last season, but I could be wrong.
Also isnt it a look back at a whole season?
Hopefully we have more games to play this season so it cant be this year surely?
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Post by Hooky on Feb 7, 2004 6:39:38 GMT
I actually enjoyed reading "Fever Pitch" , one of the few footballing books not connected with Stoke, that I have finished.
I'm terrible for it, get half way through a book & get bored, but I finished Fever Pitch no bother at all, even our own players Biographies, once they leave Stoke in it I tend to loose interest.
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Post by JoeinOz on Feb 7, 2004 7:26:25 GMT
Yeah I like Fever Pitch too. Articulated many of the little quirks many of us (football supporters) have in our psyche. My only gripe would be that he goes on about ddisappointment when he actually supports Arsenal! Even ntaking into account the fact that when the book was written they aren't the force they are now its still slightly galling. Apart from that no great problem with it. At least he's aware of the fact that theres an element of gloryhunting about him and wrestles with his conscience coming to terms with it.
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Post by slangking on Feb 7, 2004 8:29:05 GMT
well spam69, this book according to the review wants to be flogged on the back of Stoke being a failure of a football club,doomed to lose, how embarrassing that it should be coming out just as we are enjoying our best season for ages. Hopeless managers? Does this refer to Pulis? I'm tired of this negative shite that has surrounded the club for so long, this book seems to want to peddle the line that we are crap, no wonder we are having to be bribed by the club to buy a season ticket at non-league prices.
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Post by greyman on Feb 7, 2004 9:09:34 GMT
slangking
So are you saying that Stephen or his publishers wrote the review if that's how they wanted Stoke City portrayed? Or do you just find it hard to think straight?
And how come you moan about negative portrayals of Stoke and then slag the club off all in the same sentence? Clever stuff.
Of course, you could just go out and write your own upbeat book rather than whinging about somebody else (and a solid fan) who's got off their arse to actually do something.
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Post by slangking on Feb 7, 2004 9:18:02 GMT
Where exactly did I slag the club off Greyman?? I'm presuming the person who wrote the review read the book and it appears to him to be a total slag off of Stoke and how crap we are.
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Post by JoeinOz on Feb 7, 2004 9:33:19 GMT
no wonder we are having to be bribed by the club to buy a season ticket at non-league prices.
That can easily be perceived as slagging the club off.
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Post by slangking on Feb 7, 2004 9:45:00 GMT
I suppose if you aren't clever or find it hard to think straight it does..
Then again I could get off my arse and make some money off this, after all what a waste of time it is writing messages on here, of course if i wrote a book I'd have to lie a bit, makes it more interesting for the publishers.
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Post by JoeinOz on Feb 7, 2004 9:53:41 GMT
Well its you who used the word bribe. If you use inflammatory terminology like that you have expect suggestions that you are being critical.
For yonks supporters have asked the club to alter the policy of season ticket pricing and they try to do something and its suggested that they are bribing the fans.
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Post by slangking on Feb 7, 2004 9:58:12 GMT
Weren't the season tickets cheap enough already? The club is having to bribe fans because they have become a bunch of fucking negative whingers, this book looks to be destined to become their bible.
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