who phoned zamora?

[Blackadder]

Is it possible to withhold the identity of a text sender?

If not, presumably it would be fairly easy for BT (or whoever) to "trace back" to said offenders!

 

[Caveman]

I think what was said ... "a move to the scum would certainly kill your career for sure".

It must have been a bad line.

 

[trueblue]

Was it Charlie Oatway? He scares ME

 

[Gullet]

This story's a load of old bollocks. No player allows their carreer to be dictated by the fans. Look at the abuse Sol Campbell got when he moved from Spurs to Arsenal and Alan Smith when he went from Leeds to Man Utd. Players take this with a pinch of salt. If they took fans feelings into account they probably wouldn't move anywhere.
It can work the opposite way as well. If Cullip had thought about us fans when the offer came in from Sheff Utd he would have stayed here seeing how greatly he was treated by us all. But he had to think what was best for himself.
This type of press story can cause a lot of talking points but ultimately can also do a lot of harm.

 

[Buckingham]

If this is true it is very very sad, the mans a legend for us whether he goes to Palce and scores a hatfull or not. Whoever it was needs to grow up.

 

[Gritt23]

Complete rubbish.

For a start, where the HELL would we get £1m in the first place?

Plus, I doubt West Ham will hold out for that much.

Finally, there is no way a Brighton fan would be issuing him death threats. Why exactly would any of us?

"Oh, that fecking bastard, loads of goals for us, some absolutely sublime, back to back promotions, both as Champions. Grrrrr, I'd kill him if he came near our club again."

For Chri5t sake who could be that deranged? Oh hang on, FG, was it you?

 

[fatboy]

Complete rubbish.

For a start, where the HELL would we get £1m in the first place?

Plus, I doubt West Ham will hold out for that much.

Finally, there is no way a Brighton fan would be issuing him death threats. Why exactly would any of us?

"Oh, that fecking bastard, loads of goals for us, some absolutely sublime, back to back promotions, both as Champions. Grrrrr, I'd kill him if he came near our club again."

For Chri5t sake who could be that deranged? Oh hang on, FG, was it you?

 

[Marc]

Gritt, I think you missed the piont of this one

 

[alan partridge]

Complete rubbish.

For a start, where the HELL would we get £1m in the first place?

Plus, I doubt West Ham will hold out for that much.

Finally, there is no way a Brighton fan would be issuing him death threats. Why exactly would any of us?

"Oh, that fecking bastard, loads of goals for us, some absolutely sublime, back to back promotions, both as Champions. Grrrrr, I'd kill him if he came near our club again."

For Chri5t sake who could be that deranged? Oh hang on, FG, was it you?

That's certainly in the Packham MOM league

 

[Seagullible]

Complete rubbish.

For a start, where the HELL would we get £1m in the first place?

Plus, I doubt West Ham will hold out for that much.

Finally, there is no way a Brighton fan would be issuing him death threats. Why exactly would any of us?

"Oh, that fecking bastard, loads of goals for us, some absolutely sublime, back to back promotions, both as Champions. Grrrrr, I'd kill him if he came near our club again."

For Chri5t sake who could be that deranged? Oh hang on, FG, was it you?

So when's the name changing to Coppell23 or Dowie23?

 

[Silent Bob]

I heard it was because Jordan wouldn't pay agents fees as with Cisse and Cahill.

I'm sure this is far more likely though.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

So when's the name changing to Coppell23 or Dowie23?

Freudian slip from Gritt23 there - a traitor in our midst has been outed. It's no wonder we've been playing second fiddle to Palarse all these years when our number one website has been so heavily infiltrated by undercover scum. Anyways, I'm off to iron me blue and red underpants, oops I mean blue and white ones.

 

[Gritt23]

Hands up, I never read the start of this properly, and just saw an opportunity to throw a dig at "FG", a favoured past time of mine.

Oh well, that'll do me for a while. I'll crawl back under my rock until I have time to read the posts properly first.

 

[Gritt23]

So when's the name changing to Coppell23 or Dowie23?

Incidentally that wouldn't really work in the same way. The "23" is relevant to Steve Gritt and the Great Escape season, when we were desperate to scrap ourselves up to 23rd in the bottom division. League standing-wise that was the summit of our hopes and dreams.

Worth remembering next time you are wandering away from the ground complaining about dropping slightly nearer the relegation zone 2 whole dividions higher.

If it wasn't for Steve Gritt and the successful fight for 23rd spot ........ well, we've been there before, I don't need to remind you all.

 

[Sweetie]

The same article also stated that Cahill found a couple of Millwall "fans" waiting for him on his driveway one day when he was allegedly on the move to Palace as well...

 

[Biscuit]

My nan did it.

 

[5 Litres]

The threats came from Palace fans not Brighton fans. Bobby used my taxi company a lot when he lived down here and he said himself he'd received death threats from Palace fans when he was first linked with the move before Christmas.

 

[Yorkie]

You'd have thought he would have changed his mobile number ..... and who would have had the original?

Miss Marple is needed

 

[Lush]

Does Lush have his mobile number?

Unfortunately not.

I suspect the truth is here - although I don't think the Palarse fans really want to believe it...

From the Indy

Dowie turns on Jordan as Palace fail at the sales

By Gordon Tynan

03 February 2005


Iain Dowie has questioned the ambition of the Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan and fears his squad is not strong enough to stay in the Premiership.

The Palace manager voiced his frustration after seeing their relegation rivals Southampton, West Bromwich Albion and Norwich City strengthen their squads during the January transfer window, while his own efforts to sign players proved fruitless.

Dowie missed out on Dean Ashton, Bobby Zamora, Nigel Reo-Coker and Marlon Harewood, with Jordan apparently reluctant to deal with certain agents and pay transfer fees in full and up front. Palace are four points above the relegation zone and secured a point at West Bromwich on Tuesday night with a last-gasp equaliser, but Dowie fears Jordan's lack of investment could cost the club their top-flight status.

"We haven't shown enough ambition," Dowie said. "That's the business we're in. Do I feel that we should have got some more bodies in? Yes, I do. I said before the window opened that getting a couple of players might prove the difference between us staying up and being relegated, and I stand by that.

"We're in the real world and we have to deal with agents - if you speak to every other manager, they will say the same. Every Premier League club, with the exception of one or two, have brought bodies in and we haven't. It's frustrating."

Dowie signed 12 players after winning promotion to the Premiership last season, but saw deals to bring midfielders Tim Cahill and Aliou Cissé to Selhurst Park fall through at the last minute after Jordan refused to pay fees to the players' respective agents, SFX and Willie McKay.

"We had the same situation with Cahill and Cissé, so I'm not surprised it's happened again," Dowie said. "We have to get on with it but, given where we have come from, we need some support. We have a playing squad who are totally committed and a staff who are totally committed - I can control that. But I can't control the other things.

"At Manchester City a few weeks ago, we had two youngsters, a couple of lads from Chesham and a boy from Luton - a lot of managers wouldn't be prepared to take that group on. But the boys we have here have shown that they want to play for Crystal Palace, and that is enough for me."....

 

[NMH]

"We offered £1m for Bobby Zamora who apparently didn't want to join because he was getting death threats on his mobile [from Brighton fans] . . ."

come on own up

Stop trying to distract from the TRUTH - he said "I don't want to sign for a shit club like palace"