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| |  Posted 21/03/2007 13:01:24 | |
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| | In case you missed it, a bronze statue of Southampton legend Ted Bates was unveiled outside St Mary’s stadium last weekend. To the horror of fans the £112,000 statue depicted a midget-like figure with an uncanny resemblance to former Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric.  
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Supporters immediately condemned the work, with readers at the Daily Echo describing it as “shrek in a suit” and “an affable Oompa-Loompa carrying a Malteser”. The BBC say the club might now tear it down, members of the Trust which commissioned it “have not been able to sleep or eat”, while sculptor Ian Brennan describes being “mentally shattered” and even offered to add five inches to the legs free of charge. To quote Oscar Wilde, you would need a heart of stone not to laugh. But the tragedy is that all of this is the product of two years’ hard work from the dedicated fans who formed the Ted Bates Trust in 2005. It raised £50,000 from supporters while the remainder was put in by the club and former chairman Rupert Lowe. The root of the problem appears to be that Ian Brennan, the distinguished sculptor the Trust commissioned, specialises in wood carvings of animals and had never made a bronze statue of a person before. The comments of Trust chairman Dave Ford days before the unveiling probably didn’t help matters either: “It is very rare I am lost for words but I saw the statue last week and it is awesome - a tremendous tribute to a great man. Fans have waited a long time for this and it is going to be fantastic. I really believe it will be the best football statue anywhere both in size and the amount of detail.”
I suppose there are two morals to this story. Not only do the best intentions in the world mean nothing if you have poor judgement, but failing to consult the fans can have disasterous results. How bad is this then!  Looks like an umpah lumpah! (sp?) |
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| | | Posted 21/03/2007 13:04:41 | |
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| | | Posted 21/03/2007 13:09:43 | |
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| Ha ha!! Looks like it's been done by a bloody 4 year old.
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| | | Posted 21/03/2007 13:20:36 | |
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| East Stand Massive (21/03/2007)
Ha ha!! Looks like it's been done by a bloody 4 year old.And £50k raised by the fans! At least we didn't pay for the "B" of the bang (well not directly anyway). |
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| | | Posted 21/03/2007 13:22:30 | |
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| That is rude. How bad does it/he look?
Surely they have to re-do it?
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| | | Posted 21/03/2007 13:24:43 | |
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| Kieran the cougar (21/03/2007)
That is rude. How bad does it/he look?
Surely they have to re-do it?
They have reportedly offered to make his legs longer. |
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| | | Posted 21/03/2007 13:37:15 | |
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| | If you're short never wear double breasted suits as they will make you look even shorter. Try a single breasted jacket with vertical stripes instead as this will elongate the body. Does he not watch Trinny and Suzanna? 
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| | | Posted 21/03/2007 13:41:23 | |
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| I hope the old boys dead, otherwise this would kill him
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| | | Posted 21/03/2007 13:48:18 | |
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| Our Tommy (21/03/2007)
Kieran the cougar (21/03/2007)
That is rude. How bad does it/he look?
Surely they have to re-do it?
They have reportedly offered to make his legs longer. Look at the length of his fucking arms though, totally out of proportion.
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| | | Posted 21/03/2007 15:07:25 | |
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| | £112 000? How much could they have saved by nipping down to B&Q for one of these and a pot of paint? 
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