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Do the Argies sort of realise that Jonas is a bit of a weak link at right back?...he keeps making himself available but doesn't seeem to be seeing a lot of the ball....DeMichaelis is shite too 2-1

Ok....so we assasinate all suspected terrorists....who decides who gets the bullet and who carries the deed out? lets hear your policy Mr Leazes...the floor is yours

DEAR LEADER'S GLORIOUS WORLD CUP CALENDER Its probably more interesting than the football ITV's panel...jesus they're dull

Just opened a phone account with Ladbrokes....I was being driven home from work and fancied a flutter on the favourite Canford Cliffs in the St James Palace Stakes at Ascot.......so I placed £5 each way on Dick Turpin for my first bet which qualified me for 5 x free £5 bets or one big £25 one....so I slapped the whole £25 on Canford Cliffs...which won @9/4 with Dick Turpin coming second @7/1

Im slightly disappointed so far but the 2 biggest and best attacking sides in the world are yet to play, I think everyone if just that frightened of losing their first game that its making everyone cautious the next set will see things opening up more IMO this had potential to be a great world cup and footballing wise it still can be but the fact that every game is utterly devoid of atmosphere because of those fucking horns is whats disappointed me most so far I've seen every world cup since Argentina 78 and theres not been more than half a dozen really good games in any tournament I've seen. There used to be only 16 teams qualify though, and now theres 32, so that may well have something to do with you thinking this one is particularly bad I'm sorry to hear the vuvuzelas are upsetting you Andrew but I think, in view of that, you may well be easly upset anyway

Dick Cheney had representitives from the Taliban in his office at Haliburton over 10 years ago about this stuff....old news tbh

How the fuck does a never ending drone constitute atmosphere? I'm much rather hear some crowd noise. Well it doesnt do it for me either but I'm not from South Africa..its in their country and thats how they do things there....cant see the problem myself.

Who is putting pressure on FIFA for this? individual players themselves? the actual nations competing? the broadcasters?.... Its a load of bollocks...if you dont want to hear it turn the fuckin sound down. I'd like to see someone stopping fans in this country showing support and creating atmosphere in the way they choose to. Its in Africa, this is what Africans do at games. Whats the problem?

Why does Maradonna prefer Higuain to Milltto?.....is it because he's fuckin radged?

So did this gadge have a go at you for "the hollow simulation of patriotism used to hawk products throughout the contest."

their site says they're fighting "campaign to bring out the truth and ensure justice was to succeed" what truth are they searching for? One that skims over the fact that, regardless of any policing inadequacies, loads of ticketless scallies did pour out of the pubs and into the ground at five to three I'd imagine. thats about the size of it. Still, it isn't their fault. and of course no other group of fans behaved in that manner on a regular basis in the 70s and 80s.... the other side of that coin is the mugging of ticket holding fans in the run up to their champions league final in Athens..theyre far from angels...cant see our lot behaving like that.. but the fact remains, large groups of people need controlling, to save themsleves from themselves if you like. And there was a massive cover up by the police and a smear campaign in a certain part of the written press...why did the "powers that be" think they needed to do that?...

The thing I'm looking forward to seeing the back of is the sports direct monstrosity from the Gallowgate End....how much would an advert that size cost in the open market?....fat cunt I not holding my breath though...

I think theres a lot of truth in that, and its plainly where he pays the mortgage from....Harold Pinter appears to have been a fan... but most of that seems to be a little while ago.....maybe he's just settled for the "geezer" pigeonhole....but there are probably more sides to the bloke than the one he presents to the public....thats hopefully true for some of us on here too Aye, hopefully as you do come across as a bit of a knob. bite PL "but you don't know anything about me!!"

I think theres a lot of truth in that, and its plainly where he pays the mortgage from....Harold Pinter appears to have been a fan... but most of that seems to be a little while ago.....maybe he's just settled for the "geezer" pigeonhole....but there are probably more sides to the bloke than the one he presents to the public....thats hopefully true for some of us on here too

We actually bought quite a lot of players of that calibre. You must have been asleep. idiot isn't presumably going to pursue this............. I can only think of Owen, who else? Well in recent history skill wise and for all round footballing ability I'd say Bellamy and Robert...both different sorts of players to Cole but definetly in the same bracket ability wise...without them we'd have stayed a bog standard mid table team under Robson. They were the difference between 14th and 4th if you ask me. EDIT: oh and we signed Titus that year as well

After his gutless performance away to Russia he should have never held the armband again. I dont know if thats a joke or not ! Neither do I! if Gerrard is gutless, what does that make Lampard?....he goes missing for England more often than a blind man with alzheimers When Ehgland were beaten at Wembley by Croatia in McLarens last match Gerrard was dreadful...thing is you couldnt say that about Lampard because he hid from the fuckin ball for an hour

Is this the thread to mention that a fairly well placed source told me that we've put a bid in for Charlie Austin of Swindon Town? He wants to come, has family in the city, but has a young child with a girl in the Bournemouth area and her and her family don't want him to move this far north. I don't think he is actually that good....but if we do sell Carroll and Ranger goes out on loan then this may be one who is coming in. Don't know if anything wil come of it but if it does you know where you heard it first

fuck off man that bird who used to post on here made him look like an amateur

Will Rafa be informing tourists in Madrid about the specials board next season? http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Liver...icle446441.html

With a passion. North Korea beating them would be better than us winning the World Cup as far as I'm concerned. I know the Germans "always do well", but I honestly think they could be a surprise casualty of the group phase. The squad is as poor as it's been since Euro 2004 (and yes, I'm still bitter they didn't get beaten by Latvia like they deserved) and I reckon Serbia and Ghana will both cause them problems. Stevie, the odds for a Serbia win against Deutschalnd might be worth a look. They were beaten by New Zealand in Austria at the weekend one nowt The fans rioted and Vidic had to make an appeal for calm in the stands. A lot of folk say they're dark horses but looking at their side its not as good as even Croatia for me and they didnt make it. Stevie makes a good point about climate, but a lot of sides have gone to Austria to prepare at altitude...away from the coastal cities (Cape Town, Durban) a lot of the games will be played at a height above sea level not many Europeans will be used to. Which sides this benenfits most is something I'm not sure about but it can be noted that Brazil are the only side to have won the WC outside of their continent....I think I'm right in saying theyve done it a couple of times? (Sweden 58 and Japan 02?) But I think looking at the teams as a whole its much the same as the last one...no truly outstanding team/s so anyone of the countries who have traditionally done well and get a bit of momentum can conceivably go on to win it....that includes England, whose biggest assset for me is Capello. As someone said above if England don't win, for old times sakes I'll be hoping Holland's defence can hold out and match their impressive forwards and midfilelders. Wouldnt mind seeing the Argies do well too...for Jonas like

John Pienaar said on 5live that Cameron was woefully unprepared for the question and she'd done very well. Has anyone let the cat out of the bag on Wearside about where your friend spends/spent her time on Saturday afternoons?

31 please TM

No mention of Palace staying up after a 10 point deduction?...largely irrelevant anyway as it looks like they're going to be closed down tomorrow.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...ace/8714650.stm

I was there for a stag do 3 weeks ago and it was mint.........all the best people are going there this summer....saw Andy Carroll and Nolan on the Saturday night Off to Albufeira for the first week of the world cup Then a mate has got a new job.....looking after 500 chickens on Worthy Farm, Somerset,and as he's now a local he's entitled to 2 free tickets for Glastonbury Festival and he's punting one my way in exchange for a day on the piss Might fit in a trip to Bilbao to see the Guggenheim Mueseum later on in August...getting the ferry from pompey and hiring a camper when we get there

Got 10 minutes and Swindon in a game we lost because the ref let them get away with murder, made his debut at home to Notts Co 1 goal in a 4-0. I love it when journalists print hearsay which fits their story - getting a good kicking in the comments though. Makes you wonder what the fuck the "editor" does for his money.....regardless of the nature of the paper, all of them are big on accuracy and this spells trouble for someone.