Mr. Cutler

[shorehamview]

While I am sure that it was a great occasion for the small child who created the new sidekick for Captain Blade, these comments sum it up.

......I was too distracted by the unveiling of Mr Cuttler, the deformed looking parrot that will be alongside Captain Blade from now on.

Heh. Any pics yet? There aren't enough deformed parrots on the public stage.

Me and my dad discussed this and he was certain it was the Palace mascot, till I pointed out that he had a blades shirt on, wierd looking parrot.

Do we need a second mascot? Especially one that's so buttock-clenchingly awful. There have been several attempts at making ourselves look ridiculous, and this seems designed to provide opposition fans with laughs and to embarrass us all. I'm sure there's a logical reason behind the idea to get some poor sod to flap his arms inside a fancy dress shop reject, but a parrot? What on earth persuaded the club that a piss-poor parrot was what we needed? My six-year-old daughter asked me "why is there an idiot dressed up as a rubbish parrot?" and I couldn't explain why. It made explaining the offside rule to my wife seem easy.

 

[SwissBlade]

This makes me feel sick. It was bad enough that we had the shittest mascot in the world and mascots are so shit anyway. Why do we need one?

And now we have a shitty 2nd one!

This is almost as sickening as a Chris Moyles and Christa Ackroyd double act!

 

[moDtheGod]

Wasn't it designed by a kid as part of some community project?

 

[Bladesman]

Could of got the kid to design something else surely.

I cant stand our current mascot let alone another.

 

[Paulus]

As mascot's go I think Cpt Blade is pretty good - He's a damn site better than some I can think of.

 

[Bladesman]

As mascot's go I think Cpt Blade is pretty good - He's a damn site better than some I can think of.

Our mascot is only worth keeping just to trip Ozzie the fowl when they have the mascot race. Now we have 2 I guess they will give Ozzie a good kicking at the next race.

Also another use is to let snipers have few shots at them from the roof of the south stand.

 

[happyhippy]

Danny Baker (who I think is very underrated, actually) once summed all this up by saying "There is no dignity in a football mascot".

Earlier on today I was watching these monstrosities make their stilted ways toward the Kop, and I expected Stuart Hall to be heard over the PA bursting into laughter, yelling "HERE COME THE BELGIANS!".

I have never been at some God(TM)forsaken match away at Northampton, Plymouth, or Crewe on a wet Tuesday night in February when we've drawn 0-0 and there hasn't been a single shot on goal* but came away thinking "Crikey! What a mascot!".

And for all those who say that "It's good for the kids", that's bollocks. What actually happens when Captain Blade (and seemingly now Foghorn Leghorn) arrive on the pitch is that the kids never see him/them.

They unscrew cash for pies they won't eat, and toilet breaks they don't need, and by the time they get back inside the ground proper after it has cost us parents a fortune, our beloved mascots have fucked off back into the warm to eat a pie and have a piss.

There is no need for them.

*Tuesday night is a case in point. Shite match. Nobody cared about Captain Sodding Blade.

 

[moDtheGod]

Could of got the kid to design something else surely.

I think it was a competition. They picked the best one.

I could be completely making this up, though I'm pretty sure I read something about it in a programme earlier this season.

 

[DuncDisorderly]

Sean Bean was right!

I missed the new one due to trying to get the little Disorderlys warm by standing as close to the 'library's' pie cabinet as we could, (about 15yds away). Actually I dont mind Capt Blade. One thing I do like is when he gets the opposition mascot and takes them to the travelling support before kick-off for a big cheer and round of applause. Its a very thoughtful and kind gesture and must be a magical moment for the kid. Not seen mascots do it anywhere else...but no doubt someone will have...

 

[essex blade]

bring back the original and best mascot the classic BERTIE BLADE !

 

[JohnDenver]

bring back the original and best mascot the classic BERTIE BLADE !View attachment 2660

What the hell is that, and why does it have a cricket bat for a head?

 

[LoughboroBlade]

bring back the original and best mascot the classic BERTIE BLADE !View attachment 2660

If only we'd had him playing up front when Rob Kozluk was still with us - he'd have been able to convert his crosses no problem.

 

[essex blade]

What the hell is that, and why does it have a cricket bat for a head?

everybody loves Bertie!!

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

What the hell is that, and why does it have a cricket bat for a head?

Good old Bertie Blade - that's going back a bit - sadly I remmeber Bertie Blade with his old fashioned knife blade for a head. Never thought of it as a cricket bat but you do have a point actually.

I wonder if the winning parrot mascot was desined because the kid that won was thinking that if Long John Silver had a parrot then so should Captain Blade!

 

[essex blade]

bring back Bertie!!

 

[moDtheGod]

Looking at those badges, Bertie Blade looks absolutely rubbish . He looks like a Swizzle stick.

 

[bricktop]

Yeah but i bet Bertie Blade could take on Captian Blade and Mr Cutler in a fight.

Bertie Blade is Rocks

 

[happyhippy]

I've got a Hall Of Fame t-shirt with Bertie on, and many uncleans still refer to us as 'Berties'.

 

[essex blade]

come on Bertie FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!!

 

[Oreyt]

I think he looks great, but you could see how just a tiny bit of editing would make him look like a giant walking penis.

 

[essex blade]

I think he looks great, but you could see how just a tiny bit of editing would make him look like a giant walking penis.

Smack him Bertie !

 

[Highbury_Blade]

There is no need for them.

No need for what? Kids or Mascots?

 

[essex blade]

Bertie Blade hes no mug !!!

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Jesus Christ some of you really need to get a grip.

"Opposition fans might take the piss out of our mascot"

To which your reply would be "grow up,you are taking the piss out of a kids mascot because your team is shite. Let's talk about the football or not bother eh?"

 

[essex blade]

before august of this year this site used to have a sense of humour!!

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

The let talk about football or not bother was in quotes Essex, it wasn't a dig at discussing the clubs mascot on a forum merely a retort to any opposition fan who is pathetic enough to say "yeah well your mascot is shit"

 

[Paulus]

If you look through this lot Capt Blade is def a cut above http://www.footballmascots.co.uk/ The clip on the Burnley link is worth watching - I can't remember this happening it must have completely passed me by.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

I don't mind Captain Blade, as mascots go I think he does his job. The kids certainly like him which is surely the point is it not? The same will go for Mr Cutler.

 

[Oreyt]

Bertie Blade hes no mug !!!View attachment 2666

THAT is chuffing class.

 

[JJ Sefton]

Spare us the Cutler