Billy Castell

Scott Gibbs went union -> League-> Union over his career, Iysten Harris, Martin Offiah, Henry Paul, Wendel Sailor and Jason Robinson all went League-> Union with mixed results (usually shit). On Offiah, he made the move to Bedford RFU during a time when there was a comlpete tool as chairman. He made Ridsdale look competent as he wasted millions on old crocks like Martin (his knees were shot) and over the hill legends like Rory Underwood. I think his name was Garner, and he very nearly made the club fold, something he did again afterwards when he took over Luton Town after Kohler left (another daft prick without a clue).

To me it shows that they're not bothered about playing up to the anti-Semitic Jewish stereotype of money grabbing, greedy, two faced crooks. But we can dream that they're in financial poo.

Brrrat Brrrrat! Will a translator be provided for him? The one flying over has been taken ill.....

Fools, they've signed Fernando Alonso by mistake!

The TV channel ads for that are annoying too. I hate the 'epic fail' thing as well.

It's all kicking off on my street. Neighbours across the road are screaming and shouting at each other in the street and it is like a Jeremy Kyle special, I live in such a good part of Coventry (Hillfields, where City's old stadium was). Thank God I have the week off so I don't have to get up at 5.

Andy Burton, aka Stroke Boy is great to watch. And now he has a giant ipad type of thing as well. He'll be more saggy faced than Redknapp by the time the window closes.

That Samoan lad is still faster than me.

I like both codes, but a bad union game is worse than a bad league game. You cannot call the 2003 world cup final dull regardless of whether you like the game. Same for many games of cricket such as that Ashes match we won in 2005 by 2 runs, or the draw in Cardiff in 2009.

Barca are destroying Villareal right now. 4-0 after 53 minutes. And that's with 2 midfielders in central defence.

Sounds curious. Nightmares about a naked Steve Bruce giving him sleep depravation?

Apparently my brother in law can whack it a reasonable distance, and he's completely blind. He's ok at the pitch and putt.

I always keep an eye out for this thread. I also wonder if he has a relative/ancestor called Iris, whether he was a model pupil at school, just like his eyes have model pupils. I wonder if his favourite French club is Lens.

Watching Dinoshark on Syfy. I don't need to tell about the standards of this film.

I was watching the Indy race last night, and a few things struck me: 1. A few failed F1 drivers were doing OK. Bourdais, Andretti and Franchitti were racing. And wasn't Pantano an F1? 2. It has the same rule about using two different types of tyre, but who started that? 3. The cars have the shape of an F1 car circa 1990. They look primitive compared to F1 cars. The commentators were crap too, but then almost all US commentators are.

I imagine the Glenn Beck fans are warming up for the tenth anniversary of the only terrorist attack that has happened in the history of the world. And no doubt Obama will be to blame for the attacks according to Beck and co.

General Zaal of the Sontarans infiltrates the medical staff of Newcastle United as part of their evil plan to genetically modify humanity.

Cricket is good, but the Superbowl, golf and horse racing is wank.

Well if the Arsenal fans don't want Wenger, I propose a swap with Kean! As it is, Wenger shouldn't buy that Korean lad, but a top surgeon to sew up that new arsehole Ferguson gave him.

He's wee. Maybe too wee. Aye, he does live in a big termite mound though. It's height is almost 15 inches above sea level. I thought Sinead had nice eyes when she was thin, but looking at her now...........fucking hell. Did her convent believe eating cake would bring you closer to God?

The big question is, will the All Blacks bottle it yet again?

The pitches are the same in Pakistan though and they've produced loads of good fast bowlers so perhaps it's more to do with the culture of 'the batsman is king'. IPL won't improve that either. They've just won the World Cup though so their one-day side is obviously alright. Still a canny test side at home too (although they always are). Regarding Tendulkar's replacement, there's a young kid in India who recently beat one of his records for batting. Can't remember his name. He could just be a flash in the pan or playing agains abject bowlers though. We'll see. Listened to an interview last year with a long-standing Indian coach who said the young kids don't want to be slow bowlers anymore as they don't want to be the guy getting smashed out of the ground (that's a direct response to what they see in IPL). Maybe India will start bringing through more fast bowlers as the wealth of the nation improves and, therefore, so does the health and fitness of the young kids being able to bowl fast for prolonged periods? Again, we'll see. With one day cricket, you just need to be naggingly accurate, and not give easy balls to swat away. It is the batsmen who win the game, whereas the bowlers have to win the test match for you by getting all the wickets as well as keeping runs down and building pressure on batsmen. I'm not sure if you can create less batting friendly pitches in India because of the climate, the soil etc. But if you can, they must ASAP and encourage bowlers. Otherwise, as that coach said, kids won't want to be spinners, and will give up being fast bowlers on flat, one paced pitches that make you sweat your arse off for nothing. I also have a dream about the West Indies going all out and creating the bum-clentchingly fast pitches that bred their great bowlers.

Mr. Lover Man Salah Mr. Lover Man Salaaah Salah's going to score with your wife

The calls for a ceasefire by the pro-Gaddafi lot were funny. The biggest blow so far was probably the capture of his son, the bald well spoken one. He seemed to be the natural successor, and had an air of a mild mannered tyrant about him. Basically the same policies as his dad, but less eccentric in character. I expect Gaddafi to appear under a false name as the new Blackburn manager next Monday.

Dravid, Laxman, Sewag and Tendulkar are all getting on, but is there anyone who can replace any of them? They need proper fast bowlers too, but the pitches are so dry and flat all they produced are steady fast-medium line and length types. And finally the fans are glory supporters, and thus they all want to be Tendulkar. English fans love Freddy, Hoggard, Broad and Anderson, not just KP or Cook. Indians don't seem too fussed about Anil Kumble or Zaheer Khan.