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Don't know about the latter but the former is what I do. Fucking about with data basically.

It's a while since I read the first book so had a quick look and they've only got half way through it in the first season. As I said it'll be a long haul to do them all.

A decent job is a starting point as I understand it - and a facet of immigration policy I agree with - skills should be part of the deal.

I think that's a combination of a group losing mentality and over cautiousness on his part. The latter needs to change to address the former.

You need to be earning a minimum salary or have a large amount in savings. Don't know the exact figures.

I've said this before. Villa Park 1986 when we won 2-1 and Gazza scored. Twelve fucking thousand.

Was that "constructive" editing on MOTD? They showed the linesman raise his flag before Mason went over to him and then again after they'd made the decision but on the coverage I watched I didn't see him raise his flag before the conference.

I'm sure Rooney scored quite recently with a player in the line of site but red shirt rule applied. Fair enough disallowing it at a push but he should be sacked for not raising his flag until consulted.

Exactly. I occasionally enjoy games on TV but generally need the "angle" of one of my many grudges to feel involved. I went to see Utrecht play with a mate who supports them and was willing to sort of support them but that was killed by the red and whiteness.

He came across well when he was a guest though. I know being a host is different but still.

I've gone to a few non nufc games in my life including Shields , Blyth, Sheffield utd, Utrecht and Chelmsford and they were all like watching paint dry - no passion, no point.

They're getting that German lass that took the piss out of Clarkson as well.

I like how he thinks that was a one-off in the scheme of things - we were just as fucking shit at Watford and at several other games since palace which he seems to think was the last time we were this shit.

Sad thing is as soon as I saw the team last night I knew what was going to happen - "keep it tight" for half an hour, concede then make increasingly panicked subs in an effort to make a difference. It could have been under any of Allardyce, Kinnear, Pardew or Carver. Nothings changed.

Not yet will do so at the weekend. Thing is there's enough material to probably take more than one season per book but at the same time I'd like them to get the story told without it taking years if that makes sense.

I've been watching that. First TV or film I've seen for ages where I've read the source material so sort of know where it's going but still feel surprised. They've reflected it well so far.

Only read bits about Cruz but he strikes me as a nasty piece of work.

What funding "downs" as an arsenal fan?

When I see CT picking a team I always think back to his enthusiasm for the team that lost 7-3 at Arsenal. I'm an enthusiast for attacking football but fuck me, that level of nativity is going a bit far.

Doesnt that make it just the £32m spent on replacing Ben Arfa? Would have been a lot cheaper (and more popular) to shoot Pardew and send the fat bastard to a health farm.

Whatever you think of how big a cunt Trump is, the look on his face when he realises how batshit she is is quite funny.

Someone I know decided the defendant was guilty as soon as they read out his address as Sunderland.

There's an argument that "marriage" has a legacy definition as a patriarchal institution based on property etc. I can understand the argument but I think a registry office marriage ie without any religion attached can be self-defined any way you like.

I passed second time and I'm under no illusion that I'm a good driver as I'm prone to wavering concentration. Doesn't really matter so much now as I rarely drive long distances.

I thought Mbemba was slightly off balance and almost stumbling which led to the pass being weak. Don't think he was fouled so if he was falling he should have hoofed it.