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Yes, it always amuses me that footballers' "wages" are still referred to "per week".

I know a guy (sorry but it's the best info I've got) who works for one of the football agents and he reckoned that over the summer, the maximum that Cov could/would pay was £3k per week.

Is he the guy that Pol Pot thought was Eric Black?

Wise words. The daft bit is that I wouldn't have been surprised or particularly upset if Thorn had gone at the end of last season. I don't like unfairness though and try as I might, I do sometimes find it difficult to ignore the vitriolic half truths that the chosen few continue to post...

Personally I'm interested in how the club is being run. I've had to tell a good number of people that they were out of a job. I've never enjoyed it but I always tried to do it so that they kept the most dignity - for the avoidance of doubt this would exclude doing it by phone. I think...

I guess the key "fact" was that he was sacked by phone. Presumably if that wasn't true there would have been a statement from the club refuting it.

I don't claim to read every post on this site, but I can't recall any "AT is the best since Hill" posts for quite some time - so if I understand you correctly that your posts referred to above are a deliberate overstatement in response to them, perhaps you can drop them now :)

Sadly over recent years, it seems that much of what is said about CCFC by those in the know (or those who should be in the know) is (choosing his words carefully) open to debate.

True, Thorn was given four games with the new squad.

Yes, I would also have been happy with that - incidentally it was strongly rumoured that RR favoured him too. I was just thinking that your faith in him must have been tested by him not being "snapped up" by another club over such a long period - given that it seems you hold this measure in...

Yes, I've noticed you trot out this line on a number of occassions. I presume that you were dead set against the appointment of Robins given that he'd not been snapped up in the 18 months or so he was out of management - and so was, by your reckoning, obviously not "a man of such talent". :D

You're obviously quite easily confused :) It was a quite reasonable decision to appoint Thorn after the way he turned around a side that had looked destined for relegation (in my view). The problem was that the Board then decided to drastically cut the playing squad. The second decision...

I think it's fair enough to exclude penalties because you'd expect them to be converted on say 9 out of 10 occassions. Free kicks is rather different. What percentage of free kicks would you estimate we've scored off in the last couple of years?

I share many concerns over Baker, in particular the issue that he tends to lose possession far too frequently, however..... talk about bending "facts" to fit the argument - "0 goals in the league from open play" - a statistic specifically constructed to ignore the goal from open play in...

Not sure how long you've been following City, but perhaps you might remember the credit that was frequently given to Ray Clark when he was our scout in Europe? Or is that an awkward fact that doesn't fit the agenda?

Just a guess - but perhaps people think he played a part in them because he was Chief Scout.

So best stay in bed eh......

I'm a bit confused by what you're trying to say - 2 million people marching through London to protest against war in Iraq - nothing happened BUT I'm all for standing up for what you believe in if your actions would realistically have a chance of making a difference. So you'd need what, 5...

What a little bundle of positivity you are.....;)

People who still care about football and doing things the right way.