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It might not be exactly like the Ben Arfa situation now but its very likely to go down that road pretty soon. Difficult to be confident of any other outcome with our recent record of getting the best out of such players. He has improved a lot recently though. Starting to use his pace a little bit and taking on players now, also capable of finding a pass it seems.

I've got an interesting passport, born in the Middle East, Pakistani nationality and visits to Afghanistan. Wouldnt be shocked if I get chucked off to the CIA from the Embassy down here Visa being rejected is a very real possibility in all seriousness. Public transport is a concept completely lost on me Its not a priority but considering I might be close by it'll be silly to not try and get in an extra day or so for this. Aye I'll look into that option. The amount of time on the bus involved on the tour will be a pain as well. Cheers. Rome's the place I'd be looking forward to the most. Doesn't get talked about a lot but I've heard decent things about Prague too. Thanks for the replies everyone

Need some advice guys. Im planning a 2 week tour through Europe with the family. Parents took a guided tour a couple of decades back and they were very happy with it so thats the plan again. It'll be in August hopefully, one of those 10-15 day tours with 6-7 standard places, London/Paris/Rome/Switzerland etc. Ive checked out some websites, and a couple of offers from a company called ExpatExplorer seem attractive and within budget. Anybody know anything about them? Any experience anyone's had with these things or if there's a company you'd recommend, other options worth exploring etc. Or generally if there's anything you think I should know when planning something like this. I understand most of the above is well planned though if you get a tour and there's not much to worry about. I will try to append a couple of days at the end of it in England though, with the ultimate objective of perhaps making my way up to Newcastle and watching a game if the dates permit. With that in mind, what would be the best way to: Making sure I can get tickets. Is it easy to get them online? There's this fuss now about membership and all that isnt there? Fixtures come out in June, by which time I'll know the exact plan, so if there's a game could I book a ticket easily at that time? And what if there's an away fixture? Traveling arrangements. This will obviously depend upon the time of the fixture. I suppose there are regular trains? Advice for staying in the city if I have to, which I'll try to avoid keeping in mind we'll be on a very tight schedule. I know some of these questions are very general, but I hope you'e getting an idea of what Im trying to get at. The whole Newcastle thing is up in the air at the moment, if Im able to finalize it I'll be back with more questions. Im asking early right now to set aside the budget and the earlier we book the tour/flights the better, things get very iffy when you get close to the tourist season.

Has he started saying 'we was' yet?

Spot on, especially about Sammy and Sissoko. Would love to be wrong here but it seems increasingly likely that Sammy isnt going to be that much different from his older brother in terms of consistency or reliability.

That is, until you look at the financial statements, then you can wank yourself silly in excitement.

"can't wait for the season to be over". Something we say this time each year. It'll be the same the next. So it doesn't really matter. Lowest attendance of the season apparently.

Cabella was a small positive note. Looking better with each game.

Rubbish. We should have been out of sight by the time they scored. What Obertan did with that chance was just disgraceful. Load of shite. Horrible run of fixtures coming up too. Good to know we've planned for it well with a successful transfer window and the appointment of a promising head coach.

This Douf. What a cheat. Pathetic

Williamson's clearances ffs.

Lacking creative edge here. As usual

Another wonderful window. The Santon business especially

Difficult to say how good a performance that was because Hull were absolutely terrible. Two good goals and a comfortable win after a long while so can't have many complaints. We're not found to beat many decent teams though. Thought Haidara and Anita did well. Cabella looking a lot more dangerous these days but still wasteful on the ball at times. Seem to say this a lot but Perez is an absolute gem. Horrible service throughout today, mostly random lumps up top. Chases everything down and makes a complete nuisance of himself.

Bloody hell Sammy!

Think we played a fair few in the first half hour to be honest. Dont know why we sat back against hull so much as well. Ordinary performance. Cracking goal.

We've been saying that for about 5 years now

No need to get in anyone eh? Not that getting anyone in now and handing them the chance to shift a couple of players and use the remaining nothing of a season to bed them in and get a team going for next season would be a good idea. Not when Carver is doing such a stellar job anyway.

Absolute joke of a referee this. The state of our defending on their goals though, especially the second one. Pathetic.

So then there ARE situations where freedom of expression has to be restricted? Im just trying to gauge the general opinion. Because when incidents like these happen, you hear no end on the importance of absolute freedom of speech, yet there are examples of swift clamping down when something someone dares to speak openly against the likes of Israel or their lobbyists. Just for the record, Im not in agreement with the general reaction of the muslim world to these things either, and I've found no allowance for it in the Quran or the traditions of the Prophet. The hypocrisy of the West though is something else.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/4351672/French-cartoonist-Sine-on-trial-on-charges-of-anti-Semitism-over-Sarkozy-jibe.html

This whole freedom of expression farce, please correct me if Im wrong, but didnt France ban pro Palestine demos during the summer? And can you get away with anti semitism over there? Where does freedom of expression go in these situations?

It stems out of the common misconception that evolution means we were once monkeys. Get past that and there are verses in the Quran that actually point towards evolution. As far as the majority of scholars or teaching goes though, aye, most consider it outright scandalous. So Im not surprised you met this view. Delving into science or how the Quran interacts with it is not really encouraged. Which is still no excuse for people not doing some research for themselves.