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  • @canton-mike said:

    Damn near. I'm 67 & the Browns WERE one of the dominant teams in the 50s & 60s......UNTIL Modell. That's when it started downhill. They were also a very entertaining team many years later, but woeful since "the return". It's unfortunate you seem to have no GOOD memories.

    Mike...I may be old, but I'm sure as hell not dead!!

    Good stuff, Mike.

    Anyone that is old enough to have any memories of the Bernie Bernie Dawpound years knows how magical Cleveland is when it has a good football team.

    Some might be just old enough to remember the 94 team, and they at least have that.

    I really feel bad for the early 30's and under crowd, the poor bastards haven't seen shit, and they are still loyal.

    This fanbase is going to EXPLODE if we ever get this thing right.

    I live over 1,200 miles from Cleveland and we had over 100 people at our Browns Backer bar when we were 4-5, coming off that win against Baltimore and playing Cincinnati. By the end of the season it was just us 50 or so diehards again, but even that is impressive.

    I became a fan at a very young age, and Leroy Kelly and Bill Nelson were still playing. I was a teenager through the Kardiac Kids, and was in my early twenty's partying years through the Dawgpound era.

    I was thirty years old when we last won a playoff game in 1994 and now I am going to be fucking 50 this year.

    Twenty years with Nothing ... three of them with no damn team.

    My hat is off to all Browns fans, especially the old ones that stick with the team and the young ones that have blind faith that has never been rewarded.

    Our day is coming. And it is going to be SWEET,

    Did you read about the Steeler fan that suing the league because his 8-8 team didn't make the playoffs?

    http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baltimore-sports-blog/bal-san-diego-chargers-nfl-playoffs-injunction-20140108,0,6127233.story?track=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

    Let's all be glad we aren't Steeler fans. Damn glad

    Week 15 ... Browns eliminated from playoffs, five game losing streak, playing the Bears for absolutely nothing ... Steelers clinging to playoff hopes, playing division rival, first place Cincinnati:

    Browns Attendance: 71,513

    Steelers Attendance: 45,873

    Eat a dick, Pittsburgh.

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    Zombo said:

    Did you read about the Steeler fan that suing the league because his 8-8 team didn't make the playoffs?

    http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baltimore-sports-blog/bal-san-diego-chargers-nfl-playoffs-injunction-20140108,0,6127233.story?track=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

    Let's all be glad we aren't Steeler fans. Damn glad

    Wow that's sad. You can't tell since the court documents are scanned in black and white, but they are probably wrote in crayon.

    Good stuff from you too, Zombo.

  • Just as an aside for you guys, i'm a supporter of the soccer team that Randy Lerner bought in England - and basically every fan is now calling for a new owner, someone who is interested, turns up to games and will put some money in; and that the reason we can't attract good players is because there's no ambition at the club.

    I thought some of you might like the irony in that 😛

    @gftchris said:

    Just as an aside for you guys, i'm a supporter of the soccer team that Randy Lerner bought in England - and basically every fan is now calling for a new owner, someone who is interested, turns up to games and will put some money in; and that the reason we can't attract good players is because there's no ambition at the club.

    I thought some of you might like the irony in that 😛

    Same with my team Spurs. Seems I can't get away from underachieving teams with questionable owners !

  • jay gruden hired by the skins.

    @miktoxic said:

    jay gruden hired by the skins.

    Redskins didn't waste any time..

  • @gftchris said:

    Just as an aside for you guys, i'm a supporter of the soccer team that Randy Lerner bought in England - and basically every fan is now calling for a new owner, someone who is interested, turns up to games and will put some money in; and that the reason we can't attract good players is because there's no ambition at the club.

    I thought some of you might like the irony in that 😛

    Same with my team Spurs. Seems I can't get away from underachieving teams with questionable owners !

    @londonbrown said:

    Same with my team Spurs. Seems I can't get away from underachieving teams with questionable owners !

    I'd love for the villa to be as underachieving as spurs. Give it time, and someone that isn't Tim Sherwood as manager, and you lot will be fine.

  • @londonbrown said:

    Same with my team Spurs. Seems I can't get away from underachieving teams with questionable owners !

    I'd love for the villa to be as underachieving as spurs. Give it time, and someone that isn't Tim Sherwood as manager, and you lot will be fine.

    @gftchris said:

    I'd love for the villa to be as underachieving as spurs. Give it time, and someone that isn't Tim Sherwood as manager, and you lot will be fine.

    A lot of fans of other teams say that but we've been run like a business for too long, every time we get close we auction off the players to the highest bidder.

    Mind you that's probably a discussion for another forum lol

  • @gftchris said:

    I'd love for the villa to be as underachieving as spurs. Give it time, and someone that isn't Tim Sherwood as manager, and you lot will be fine.

    A lot of fans of other teams say that but we've been run like a business for too long, every time we get close we auction off the players to the highest bidder.

    Mind you that's probably a discussion for another forum lol

    @londonbrown said:

    A lot of fans of other teams say that but we've been run like a business for too long, every time we get close we auction off the players to the highest bidder.

    Mind you that's probably a discussion for another forum lol

    Well, if you will support the yids 😉 I do think that selling Bale was the right move, though, AVB just tried to replace him too quickly with too many players that will need time to settle. Lamela already on his way out on loan?

    It'll be a cold day in hell before Zombo creates a soccer forum on this board!

  • @londonbrown said:

    A lot of fans of other teams say that but we've been run like a business for too long, every time we get close we auction off the players to the highest bidder.

    Mind you that's probably a discussion for another forum lol

    Well, if you will support the yids 😉 I do think that selling Bale was the right move, though, AVB just tried to replace him too quickly with too many players that will need time to settle. Lamela already on his way out on loan?

    It'll be a cold day in hell before Zombo creates a soccer forum on this board!

    @gftchris said:

    Well, if you will support the yids 😉 I do think that selling Bale was the right move, though, AVB just tried to replace him too quickly with too many players that will need time to settle. Lamela already on his way out on loan?

    It'll be a cold day in hell before Zombo creates a soccer forum on this board!

    He has created a soccer thread in the Barber Shop section. So don't be surprised if these posts end up moved over there.

    This is, after all a football forum, not a futbol forum.

  • You live in Birmingham Chris?

  • Zombo said:

    Did you read about the Steeler fan that suing the league because his 8-8 team didn't make the playoffs?

    http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baltimore-sports-blog/bal-san-diego-chargers-nfl-playoffs-injunction-20140108,0,6127233.story?track=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

    Let's all be glad we aren't Steeler fans. Damn glad

    Wow that's sad. You can't tell since the court documents are scanned in black and white, but they are probably wrote in crayon.

    Good stuff from you too, Zombo.

    @tml1138 said:

    Wow that's sad. You can't tell since the court documents are scanned in black and white, but they are probably wrote in crayon.

    Good stuff from you too, Zombo.

    I would say that this guy epitomizes the Pittsburgh Steeler fan base: A. He is in prison. B. He is borderline illiterate C. He is spoiled like a child C. He is ignorant of the fact that a dozen other calls in various games probably went the Steelers way to even get them into a position to being in contention. If he wants this call overturned, then they should overturn all the calls that went the Steelers way so that they would end up like 4-12....thus making his motion moot.

  • Is this where we have to repost Canton Mike's and Zombo's posts to

    get back to the subject of the thread?

  • You live in Birmingham Chris?

    @londonbrown said:

    You live in Birmingham Chris?

    From Bedford - middle of nowhere in football terms - but moved to Birmingham to study so that I could get a season ticket. Now live in London (Bermondsey).

  • @londonbrown said:

    You live in Birmingham Chris?

    From Bedford - middle of nowhere in football terms - but moved to Birmingham to study so that I could get a season ticket. Now live in London (Bermondsey).

    @gftchris said:

    From Bedford - middle of nowhere in football terms - but moved to Birmingham to study so that I could get a season ticket. Now live in London (Bermondsey).

    Halle Berry is from Bedford. George Bailey was from Bedford Falls. Know any of them?

  • jay gruden hired by the skins.

    @miktoxic said:

    jay gruden hired by the skins.

    Good. The only reason people like this guy is because his last name is Gruden.

    I bet cincy fans are celebrating.

  • I think its pretty clear Adam Gase is their first choice.

  • Soccer was called soccer in England up until about 1970.

    Then, England switched to "football."

    Fun fact: The 3rd place finisher at the very first World Cup, held in Uruguay in 1930, was the US.

  • I'm getting this very powerful James Franklin, Johnny Manziel, Jordan Matthews vibe lately. I think it would be received quite positively on the national level, actually.

    @shep said:

    I'm getting this very powerful James Franklin, Johnny Manziel, Jordan Matthews vibe lately. I think it would be received quite positively on the national level, actually.

    And another vibe bites the dust...

    XxDaBuckeyexX said:

    All (Manziel) has to do is realize he can't take the hits and learn not to risk his health for 3 extra yards.

    Yup... but to do that Manziel has to reign in his competitiveness...

    @mike-h said:

    Every QB is one hit from being on a stretcher. If that's the only concern you've got, then hop on the Johnny train. If you have an issue with his size and durability, you have to question Hoyers, who missed most of an NFL season already.

    (Manziel) can also make more would-be tacklers miss than most.

    IF he sees them... Manziel's issue is the frequency with which he puts himself in severe injury situations.

  • @mike-h said:

    People said that when Chip Kelly passed on the Browns too. Gus wrote the book on uptempo offense

    Literally.

    Good read.

    It's why I'm on the Gus Bus. He's adapted his to both the high school and college levels and found success. He's a coach who adapts his offense to his players skills, not the other way around.

  • Agree on Malzahn, but read that he is staying put.

    I am also kinda intrigued by the Seahawks DC, Quinn.

  • Anyone who wants the job is fine with me. I will laugh if we don't have coach by Draft time. would not be surprised.

  • @mike-h said:

    Could explain why McDaniels wasn't offered the job.

    he was offered it, but turned it down.

    YEP, that's how bad the state of affairs is in berea right now.

    @mike-h said:

    @miktoxic said:

    he was offered it, but turned it down.

    URL?

    YEP, that's how bad the state of affairs is in berea right now.

    http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/josh-mcdaniels-no-longer-candidate-for-cleveland-browns-job-010814?par:fscom:traffic_fan

    ok, they couldn't offer him the job because he is still in the midst of the playoffs. i thought it was a given that lombardi was pulling for mcdaniels, at least the was the consensus on this board.