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I've got Fergie,Wenger, SGE, Benitez,Ramos and Moyes ahead of him. Moyes only just. Of course one cracking season and he goes ahead of Moyes.

Who do you have ahead of him? Top 4 managers, O'Neill, Ramos, SGE and possibly Moyes. I wouldn't put Avram ahead of him.

Who do you have ahead of him?

I've gone off Casino over the years barring the two strong central performances.

Talking about thier historical records and performances of thier sides in general while factoring in money and experience. I get 7th. Currently the 7th best manager working in the PL.

I put him 7th.

Well the tall blonde 'cylon' in the new Battlestar Gallactica would certainly get it.....But deep down she is a robot and can never really love you. Thoughts?

Tricky one. Not all that it was cracked up to be that's for sure.

1/4 point for me surely!!

The rub-a-dub I reckons.

I think the portrayal that he did that was yes (what actually he did do was a bit different to that, although it is almost always portrayed in that very simple way). I'd agree the media portrayal of his U-turn was a media portrayal . The question was, are you saying the act itself was a media invention? Because it clearly wasn't. As I said it wasn't really a "u-turn" though (although it is clearly portrayed and swallowed as such) it was more a long curving arch driven from the same direction as earlier things. Who'd have thought a man taking the opposing view to the one he previously held would have to put up with such devious portrayals of his viewpoint. The media are scum. Yup, who'd ever have thought that the world and situations can slowly change with time. Clearly only snap "u-turns" exist and are "rightfully" portrayed as such. You'd almost think that Stalin could have been a deadly enemy and then a bosom ally, before being a deadly yet enemy again - absolutely ludicrous of course, clearly anyone involved in something like that would be castigated for their monstrous "u-turns" for all time. I've never had a qualm with his "U-turn" whatever it's pace. Nor do I think, have the media. Do "U-turns" have a pace?

Classic West Wing. Ironically (I think) meant as a safeguard against an overbearing government to encourage the citizens to rebel if needed. It's not a question of banning guns they need more guns and throw in the odd rocket launcher.

Got to be a Villa or Forest player.

The whole gun control argument in the USA is fucked up and as politicised as hell (and people have all sorts of reasons for tagging along with both sides of it). Clearly the easiest and as such most effective (in terms of long term guns deaths there) solution is to completely ban them, but as the UK shows if that isn't backed up with cultural and social change and other laws it can be fair ineffective (as our own rampant gun crime shows - and don't forget we had a fair small pool of legally held arms to begin with). In the USA it's not quite so simple, personally I still think the "best" thing they could do would be to have sweeping bans like in the UK, but politically and culturally it's much more difficult to do that there, not to mention that there are simply that many guns in circulation in the USA it'd take forever to reduce the number readily available. I must admit, as much as I don't like the idea, that it maybe nearly is the case in the USA that having your own gun for "protection" is the most sensible thing. It could well be heading that way in the UK, only in the UK there's rarely such a thing as acceptable self defence. But..But...But...It's in the constitution.

Around 1955 I think. Summink like that. Very interesting.

Or as Chris Rock says "Make bullets expensive...Damn!!"

They buy guns to protect themselves from each other.

He's too old (31 in the summer) to spend 15m Euro on or whatever. I'd rather invest the money (if that was the amounts we were throwing around) in younger players coming into their own. Great player in many ways but I doubt he has the rigour to survive a full pelt PL campaign.

A beautiful use of the word 'cuffing'.

More to do with the destruction done to the Japanese psyche after the atom bomb.

Rico is like a weird, hideous combination of Vic and thompers, tbh. Reminds me of Sulla.

Funny taste to it.

I don't think he needs to be ostracised for being pro-gun.

Godzilla is not a monster.

I enjoyed 1984, even at school.