A view from Oz

Could you believe that Tony Hubba-Bubba Gubba or whatever the f*ck his name is when he said..."That may be the West Ham fans you can hear singing..." as "Bubbles" & "H's Claret & Blue Army" reverberated around Old Trafford!? Are you f*cking sure Tone!? That's ALL you could hear, for the majority of the match....out-singing the Manc Shites on their own patch...and then we SCORED! Fucking Brilliant. OFFSIDE MY ARSE! Go On Paolo my old son!

And the sheer, absolute arrogance of Barthez...like, as if..."that's gotta be Off ref, so let's stop play and gimme the free-kick....French TWAT! Tthere's no doubt the Mancs are the best team since the dominant Scouse Reds of the 70s and 80', but didn't the 'Ammers come to play!

Cole and Carrick magnificent in midfield, Seb the Frog and Winters strong and relentless on the flanks and the patched up defence led superbly by Pearcey, with new boys Tihinen and Dailly confident and careful...there was no panicking and the one-touch stuff out of trouble was a delight....have you ever seen a West Ham midfield hassle, hustle and outplay such a good side? Where the f*ck was Nicky Butt! Goodonya H, you must've shown 'em the Fulham/Manc video after all!!...they don't like it when you get at 'em and show 'em no respect!

Our name must now surely be on the Cup!? I forgot to take the 40/1 on offer on Saturday and now they're @ 10/1!!...sod's law, but I'm as happy as a pig in shit...don'tcha just LOVE sticking it up those Mancs!!!....couldn't be more difficult than the Mackems away though...wouldn't it be typical if we made it to the Final for the first time in 21 years...and it's in f*cking Cardiff!!

Well I'm off to bed...I got through the whole day at work without knowing the result..... some of you tried ringing and emailing but I was too cluey for that!!.....and watched the tape in forever-increasing ecstasy!!....roll on a Glorious Cup Run!!...Go you Good Things!!

Allez Le Claret and Bleus! Look Sharp, Step Lively, Be Lucky.

PS. Dear Harry,

Just a quick note (impassioned plea) to advise what West Ham supporters world-wide expect from the team over the next 4 months....firstly, put the Sunderland hiccup behind us...they're a good team with an even better Manager (tactically superb-hope you were taking notes!!??).

After selling Rio for £18million, the last thing we want now is for the club to cry poor (via you) and settle for mid-table mediocrity...we DEMAND you go out and spend...Liverpool rejects Camara and Song won't pacify us (again you've gone for a short term remedy)...you should have bid for Fowler....I'd strongly recommend you look at Bridges (Leeds), Guppy and Izzet and Elliott (Leicester), Joachim (Villa) and Euell (Wimbledon)...all English, and all CLASS...continue to pursue Aussie Hayden Foxe with all vigour...he is also a class act.

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