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on Thursday football chiefs will decide which technology will be given the green light.... Down to 2....the German syystem is on the left, the english one on the right.... http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18692702 Have to go with the Germans on this one like. If it's ever going to be applied in leagues other than the very top then that looks most feasible.

Love America me man. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18692830

Fun, Fun, Fun by the Beach Boys just came on the ipod too. Yankee doodle dandy.

Yee....Haw! *shoots gun** Happy birthday to my cousin...Corey. Proper yank name.

The club have said they want a stadium sponsor other than Sports Direct. Take it all with a pinch of salt.

The picture doesn't do justice to how much the kid is struggling to pull her back mind. "leave them ma! tha not worth it!"

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Some shoes Got them from House of Fraser and couldn't find them from a cursory glance at the site, but there's a 50% sale on for those who are interested.... http://www.kurtgeige...by=sort_by|Sale

Always been true of the Tories....now also true of Labour. Following Blair & Campbell the Milibands, Balls, Burnham and that are all Oxbridge bell ends.

Euro 2012 team of the tournament: Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Ita), Iker Casillas (Spa), Manuel Neuer (Ger) Defenders: Gerard Pique (Spa), Fabio Coentrao (Por), Philipp Lahm (Ger), Pepe (Por), Sergio Ramos (Spa), Jordi Alba (Spa) Midfielders: Daniele De Rossi (Ita), Steven Gerrard (Eng), Xavi (Spa), Andres Iniesta (Spa), Sami Khedira (Ger), Sergio Busquets (Spa), Mesut Ozil (Ger), Andrea Pirlo (Ita), Xabi Alonso (Spa) Forwards: Mario Balotelli (Ita), Cesc Fabregas (Spa), Cristiano Ronaldo (Por), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Swe), David Silva (Spa) Zlatan and Stevie G the only non-semi-finalists to make the squad.

Exactly. Almost two thirds of people are willing to harm others they can see suffer the pain, for no reward, just because someone suggested they should. With huge rewards for taking the same action as everyone else in your sphere of influence, that harms nobody specific directly, the percentage would be a lot higher, understandably. That's not to say they shouldn't be punished mind. They should be hammered from top to bottom.

...or to put it another way, what Chez said.

When you've spent your whole life working to get a job, I don't think it's part of your mindset to go against the grain and say "hang on, is this ethical?" when everybody around you is doing it. You ain't gonna throw away your lifes work to raise a moral objection. The Milgram experiment showed how willing people are to do heinous things for no reward, because it was expected of them by others. What the bankers have done is much easier to fathom, people will follow the herd if the rest of the herd are making themselves rich and living the high life rather than actually harming people they can see in front of them. I don't blame the banks one iota in this or anything going back to the crash and the activities that led to it. They're private companies in a cut throat world using every dirty trick to get to the top. It's down to the government to regulate it effectively. Take a referee off the football pitch and tell the teams to play fair. See how long it remains honourable.

Played 45 in 04/05. Last year was only his 5th best total. He's averaged 28 games a season.

If Shola played all year the energy within SJP would be so high it would prove the Higgs Boson, at one point he'd bite an apple on his bike and infinite matter would be generated in a millionth of a second.

Aren't all tax payers indirectly investors in a LIBOR-linked investment? From the quote you picked out... "cities, towns, countries, and other public entities receive smaller returns on their variable-rate investment holdings." He's not saying an individual small investor loses out, but that tax payers on the whole do as the major contributors to funding all of the above....and then they lose out again when RBS is 80% owned by the tax payer and foots the bill for the fine.

It's from Matt Taibbi who's specialised in Wall Street for years and has been renowned for some of the best writing on the financial collapse. He doesn't do Rizzle Kicks reviews. I don't have a clue how right or wrong the statement quoted is like.

Where has the £5m gone? Pocketed.

My favourite bit was "There is only one conclusion" There is Jamie, but it's not the one you took, it's that you're a mong.

I call Simpson The Cone which isn't the most complimentary name, but he's definitely worth keeping.

While scribbling down my selection for the team of Euro 2012, it dawned on me there was not one Premier League player among my picks. By Jamie Carragher7:00AM BST 03 Jul 2012 There is only one conclusion. There are not enough top-class foreigners in our league. The greatest players in the world are now primarily in La Liga, Serie A or the Bundesliga. It’s a reversal from the arguments we’ve heard in the past from those who claim there are too many overseas players here, which had no credibility to begin with. Those who suggest the arrival of top continental stars in this country have a detrimental impact on England’s performances need to read more history books. During the 1970s, when every top division club was packed with British players, we didn’t qualify for consecutive World Cups. There was no golden age before the floodgates opened for overseas stars playing in the Premier League. English football just had one golden year, on home soil, in 1966. Our football has been enhanced by some of the greatest talents in the world, and it’s a shame so many have left this country in the last few years. I’d love to see them all come back. When players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Xabi Alonso and Cesc Fabregas were still here, we could justly claim to being the best league in the world. That boast no longer carries the same weight, even taking Chelsea’s recent Champions League win into consideration. I’ve argued in the past there are too many foreign players in England, but I was quite specific in what I meant. I was referring to low-level, poor imports – those players who are no better (or in some cases a lot worse) than the English players they replaced. There have been times cheap foreign buys have been preferred to youngsters coming through an academy. Those are the kind of purchases I queried and still believe harm our league. My argument was if you had two players of the same level, one English and one from abroad, the home-grown player should be given a chance to improve. When you’re talking about the world-class players who have graced our shores such as Thierry Henry, Didier Drogba or Alonso, it’s an entirely different matter. The more we attract, the more our young players can learn. Playing alongside or against the best makes you better. I know from club experience that a classy overseas influence has an immensely positive influence. Euro 2012 has provided the kind of education English football tends to get every two years. For a month (before the domestic season starts), there is a process of self-revelation where everyone realises how insular English football can be and how much further we have to go. Here’s an example: after the Champions League final, I’d hazard a guess most supporters in this country, whatever their allegiance, would have said Ashley Cole was the best left back in the world. It seemed fairly justified given his performances in Europe. Have that vote again this morning. Anyone who doesn’t believe Jordi Alba now deserves that title hasn’t been watching any football for the last month. At the very least, the viewing figures for the La Liga shows ought to be much higher for the next few seasons so everyone can see what’s coming in Brazil in 2014. If there was one image from Sunday’s final which will linger in the memory, it was the sight of the Spanish left back scurrying down the wings on another overlapping run. Obviously that led to the second goal, but it was a recurring feature of the game. Sunday was a fitting finale to a fantastic tournament. Spain saved their best until last. It wasn’t so much an undermining of the criticism they’d received earlier in the competition as a realisation of the type of devastating, high tempo passing game we’d all been craving more of. We knew what they were capable of and they produced when it mattered. Tournaments are always defined by their final acts. In years to come, it will be the 4-0 victory that will stand out, all those tight, patchy performances earlier on completely forgotten. Xavi, who by his standards had endured an average few games, showed why he is considered in his own country as the greatest Spanish player of all time. Andres Iniesta confirmed why he sits comfortably alongside Lionel Messi and Ronaldo as one of the best players in the world. Fabregas’ performances in the past month have possibly been underestimated since he was the key to making the ‘false nine’ tactic a success. The only disappointing aspect of the final was the way the Italians wilted in the final stages, even though they were reduced to 10 men through injury. It was a surprise they didn’t line up with the back three that worked so well in the group game against Spain, and when they were 2-0 down I expected they’d tighten up and take their inevitable defeat on the chin. In the end they did neither one thing nor the other, leaving themselves open at the back even though they weren’t trying to attack to get back into the game. Looking over the whole competition, the Spanish dominance will clearly continue to have an influence on how football is evolving. This has been the case for a while, certainly since 2008. Football always follows trends, and it can only be positive to see so many aspiring young managers preferring a more technical game based on possession football. We have to be a little careful, however. Spain, and Barcelona in particular, have based their achievements by perfecting a style they’ve always adopted. When Iniesta and Xavi retire, Barcelona will still play the same way, they just may not have as many brilliant players to make it work so well. They’re not compromising any principles by doing what they do, they’re just abiding by long-standing ones. The challenge for those clubs or countries influenced by the Spanish brilliance is to ensure they also develop and retain individual strengths that will distinguish them from the rest. We have to be humble and realistic enough to recognise and embrace those overseas influences that will benefit our game, integrating such qualities with our existing strengths in order to preserve and enhance our own identity.

Cabayeaye back to his 'best'. Every attempt at 433 was gash until WBA away as I recall.

MF Like Viktor Vaughn