PaddockLad

Agreed. Since the abolition of the maximum wage and retention of players' registrations in the 60s loyalty has been a pretty redundant concept. And why not? It's a proffesion, not a hobby. Players pretty quickly stop being fans, the most glaring recent example of this is Rooney. I imagine he'd still describe himself as a Evertonian, and am sure deep down he is, but they stop thinking along these lines pretty quickly. Sir Bobby could've signed for us or Boro as a teenager but chose the bright lights of Fulham. That was in the early 50s... In his book Sir Bob said his old man didn't understand...that's the difference between a player and a fan..

Well yeah, and I did acknowledge he had a vague point with that. The article I quoted did seem to imply that ttl's point of view on Trott's issues in general was "absurdly simplistic" though. Which I also agree with. I have no idea what this post means, but have a nice day/evening

Well you certainly didn't start out to make that point, you only came up with it after being called out for calling the bloke a coward. I dare say you're partially right about Trotts attitude, but it may also suggest that he doesn't fully understand the ins and outs of his complaint himself.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/jonathan-trott-and-the-problems-of-describing-mental-illness-9275507.html

Ashley would just fire Garde...

So we'd have made a loss of we hadn't sold Cabaye?....did Deloitte do the books again?...are they touring their prankster act this year?....not having a dig HF but do you remain confident of a new manager and a summer splurge on talent now?...

Good read HF, didnt realise you were about 12 by the looks of it though

Acceptance, even admiration of their phenomenal riches weakens instinctive indignation against the galloping greed of our swelling kleptocracy. Where’s the outrage at bankers and FTSE 100 CEOs with their 27% pay rise while most people’s incomes fell back? Shielded in a culture that celebrates, or at least tolerates, its head of state’s unearned wealth. Shes got a point like but misses another one....the Royals' influence on society in general is negligable compared with the FTSE 100 CEOs. Charles letters will be published and all they'll show is him trying to influence planning policy for his own ends. Its hardly asking for 72 billion for a bail out and then the elected government blaming the poor for causing the recession that the bail out was needed for. Of all the bad things in the world the UK's Royals are an irrelevance out of all proportion with their actual importance.

Keith Hellawell......ex chief constable and "drug tzar".....Ashley continues core company policy of surrounding himself with utter cunts...begs the question is Ashley a Freemason??....

What did you get in the end @@The Fish?.....looking at doing similar to you soon and fancy an ultrabook myself but the lack of a cd/dvd drive on the latest ones is putting me off...I've seldom bought music through iTunes or Google play, I tend to buy CDs and upload them...an external drive is possible but it's a bit of a faff...any other recommendations greatly appreciated

Anyone for a list of colossal wankers?... http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/here-are-all-the-people-who-defended-jeremy-clarkson-for-punching-a-junior-colleague-in-the-face--xyPt8Hiw0e

13...... got my Chelsea midfielder/defender wrong and the one DK mentioned...

I've just looked at gpb and thought it came out about 1990...turns out it was 97 Lost Boys is still in there for me though...I like the imdb theory that you can group together several films from the mid 80s with the same type of preppy middle class american actors and the films they made having a general theme of teenage angst/coming of age.

Ok DK am wanting your list on my desk before you leave work today

Well, you know what mothers are like..."ooh she turned a bit tarty..."

Not round our way. You wouldnt catch those saps with a tin of evo stik and an empty mothers pride bag

I think she ended up a social worker.....this was after her bus driver old man ran off with a lass from Greenlaw who was at least the same age as her...am seeing my folks at Easter so will ask..

I was 15 when it came out which is older than most on here but bang on bullseye target audience at the time. She started banging on about how they all "related" to each other blah blah blah... she didnt want to talk about Pedro or Davey Mac

If you want to see it in the narrow terms of three maybe 4 films thats fine, it doesnt change the fact that the Breakfast Club is as weak as piss, as I told that Penny Oliphant at the time, and consequently I was seen as cool and edgy by my peer group. The rumour that I'd been disparaging about her taste in films only after she'd spurned my amorous advances was completely untrue

http://www.imdb.com/list/ls050037025/

Lost Boys is the last brat pack film iyam, Sutherland passing the torch on to Winter and Jason Patric....you don't need the whole ensemble to be associated with the err "genre" ...Ferris Bueller is in the same sort of vein, Grosse Point Blank.....I could go on...am not having fuckin Judd Nelson in the brat pack anyway...poodle haired cock rocker by nature...

Breakfast Club is the sunderland of Brat Pack films.....all the rest are much better, especially Lost Boys

Have you been on it yet and not mentioned it on here?...200 club?...

A young Borat there modelling the excellent club knitwear range....must have been some 80s student exchange thing...

I was 18 and dodging glasses thrown over a glass partition in a shitty bar outside Goodison thats been pulled down now...happy days