Jimbo

I disagree, I thought Acuna was class.

try right clicking on the desk top and going into properties, change the desk top theme and then change it back to what it was before, it usually cures things like this.

you've not missed anything

I'm just up the road, pop round for a cup of tea.

Wooooh Bodyform..........

Trouble is, do any of them fill you with any confidence ?

As a player Temuri Ketsbaia might not have immediately suggested himself as a top European coach in waiting. Ten years ago the shaven-headed Georgian with the deep-set eyes scored for Newcastle against Bolton. What followed turned Ketsbaia into a cult hero on Tyneside. He ripped off his shirt, ran over to an advertising board and kicked it repeatedly while also trying to remove his boots. He kicked the hoarding with such ferocity he later learned he had broken his toe. After three years at Newcastle, Ketsbaia spent two undistinguished seasons, at Wolves and Dundee, before a switch in 2002 to become Anorthosis Famagusta's player-coach, before concentrating solely on management, in 2004. Ever since, the Cypriot club have been on an upward trajectory in which the 40-year-old has masterminded one of the most remarkable Champions League qualifying campaigns in the history of the competition. On Wednesday, Ketsbaia faces his greatest coaching test, when he comes up against one of Europe's best in Inter Milan's Jose Mourinho. It is a mark of the progress Famagusta have made under Ketsbaia that the two clubs meet with the Cypriots ahead of the Serie A side in Group B on goal difference. Not that Ketsbaia will approach Wednesday's game with any trepidation. How can he, when his thoughts are as much with his family in Georgia, who have been affected by the ongoing dispute with Russia, as they are on Champions League qualification? "My family lived in Abkhazia they lost everything," Ketsbaia told BBC Sport. "We want to live a normal life but we can't. It hurts. "My family are going from country to country like refugees. I don't know what to think. "I care about my country and my people. I left Georgia 17 years ago so I have not exper ienced the war back home. It affects me. "It makes it hard to think clearly about football when you see in your country, your people and your family are suffering from the war but I can't do anything. "I just have to continue to do my job and make people in Georgia proud of me. It's important for me to know that I'm in the Champions League and that makes people proud in Georgia." Having drawn with Werder Bremen and beaten Panathinaikos, Famagusta a small club, who are now based out of Larnaca, have spent this season's competition disproving the notion that size matters. "We are not here by accident, we are here because we have worked hard and to have the opportunity to play in Milan is something that was once difficult to imagine," said Ketsbaia. "We brought in a lot of players in the summer and after going so close, so many times it's amazing to finally achieve our goal." During his time at Famagusta, Ketsbaia has guided the club to two league titles, one Cypriot cup and the Cypriot Super Cup. Working to a budget that is dwarfed by most of the other clubs in the Champions League, Ketsbaia has taken the club into the group stages of the competition for the first time in their history. Famagusta is a team made up of experienced foreign professionals who find themselves in the twilight of their football careers. Ketsbaia bought 12 new faces to the club in the summer, with former Real Madrid and Brazilian winger Sávio perhaps their most famous foreign import. But they also include an Albanian keeper, defenders from France, the Netherlands and Greece, midfielders from France, Brazil and Portugal along with a Polish striker. Sheffield United fans will remember defender Traianos Dellas, who has 50 caps for Greece, from his two-year spell at Bramall Lane, while captain Nikos Nikolaou has 27 caps for Cyprus. Famagusta were nearly £4m in debt before the start of the season, but with the money they will earn from their experiences in Europe, they can look forward to life in the black as they aim to improve their training facilities, develop their stadium and strengthen their squad. The current playing budget is about £4m, with their most expensive player earning about £8,000 a week. "Money is so important in football now, it's crazy," said Ketsbaia. "If people want to spend their own money, let them do it, but if they are borrowing money they don't have then that is crazy. "Football is not immune to the crisis all over the world. Money is destroying football." Money may not be his primary motivation, but Ketsbaia is hugely ambitious and he talks openly about a return to Tyneside one day to manage a club he cares deeply for. "As a player I had a dream to move to big clubs and I did that - as a manager that dream is no different," he commented. "If I get the chance to move to a bigger club in a bigger country then of course I would take it. "It was a great opportunity for me to play for Newcastle and if the chance came up to manage them then I wouldn't say no." Ketsbaia remembers fondly his days at Newcastle. His time at the club coincided with a period when things were going very well, both on and off the pitch. While at St James' Park, Ketsbaia played in two FA Cup finals and was part of the side that appeared in the Champions League. With Newcastle struggling amid all the boardroom upheaval, those days seem a long way away. "The fans have suffered over the years and I wish things would settle down for them. They alone deserve to win something," said Ketsbaia, who - 10 years on - still dislikes talking about that moment of emotional madness. "People always mention the goal celebration but I want to just forget about it," he revealed. "It was a bad moment for me and I was having a lot of problems. Sometime you do things when you are frustrated and I just want to leave it in the past."

That's the thing that pisses me off, if he didn't get a clear enough view of the tackle then he shouldn't be making a match changing decision.

Speaks for itself.

Belkin are the worst wireless component manufacturers I have ever used, I personally wouldn't use or recommend them. Nothing but trouble. Sorry that was of no use to you I know.

FYP

That's why I never consider getting the train up to Newcastle, it is totally cost-prohibitive

No real fan watches the match on TV. Real fans miss it because they are doing a fucking nightshift

This tbh.

should never have been sacked the problem is, he would never have left. should have been given more time to turn the bad start to the season round, (which he probably would have). I beg to differ. Unfortunately he had completely lost the dressing room and the respect of players with over-inflated egos who had no right to disrespect him. Agreed.

Genuinely, why is the Xbox better online ? design of it is better. Thanks, that explained everything. do you want me to go into a detailed explanation like? i don't care what you think is better, i'm not trying to convince you. but imo the xbox is much better. the PS3 is like fifa, (for boring serious gaymers that only care about graphics), and the xbox is like pro evo, (people that just want to have a bit of fun and a laugh). Easy Tiger, I was asking a genuine question as to why you think the Xbox is better online, if you can't answer an honest question then don't bother. no need to try and be a smartarse with the 'Thanks, that explained everything.' reply I'm sorry, I didn't realise you were so sensitive.

Genuinely, why is the Xbox better online ? design of it is better. Thanks, that explained everything. do you want me to go into a detailed explanation like? i don't care what you think is better, i'm not trying to convince you. but imo the xbox is much better. the PS3 is like fifa, (for boring serious gaymers that only care about graphics), and the xbox is like pro evo, (people that just want to have a bit of fun and a laugh). Easy Tiger, I was asking a genuine question as to why you think the Xbox is better online, if you can't answer an honest question then don't bother.

should never have been sacked the problem is, he would never have left. They should have moved him upstairs really I don't think he'd have even agreed to that.

should never have been sacked the problem is, he would never have left.

Genuinely, why is the Xbox better online ? design of it is better. Thanks, that explained everything.

As much as I love the man, I was glad to see him leave, but just wish he'd been adequately replaced and allowed to leave with dignity.

Genuinely, why is the Xbox better online ?

There are all sorts of words you could use to describe what's happened at Newcastle and some have been vitriolic but the one I'd use to express what I feel is sadness. It's not just disappointing or outrageous or obnoxious, it's just sad how such a big, magnificent club could have reached this point.' The words of Sir Bobby Robson, as he reflects on the demise of the team which has been in his heart since his father took him to St James' Park from their County Durham home more than 60 years ago. If my dad had known I was going to be manager one day, he wouldn't have believed it. He'd have been so proud. He would have somersaulted all the way to the games.' That was back in the 50s, and Robson went on to manage the club for five years from 1999 taking them from bottom of the Premier League to the Champions League. 'They were among the most marvellous years of my life,' the former England manager said this week. 'I never dreamed I would be manager there, but I loved it; loved every morning, every match, every moment of my time there. 'It was bottom when I took over and I mean bottom and everybody was afraid it was going to slip into the Championship. It's hard to envisage how the club has gone back to where it was and possibly worse.' It is unfortunate for owner Mike Ashley and cohorts like Derek Llambias and Dennis Wise, who are responsible for the club's ugly mess, that Robson, who is still attending matches at St James' as he fights cancer for the fifth time, has just launched a new book entitled Newcastle: My Kind of Toon. The intention is to celebrate his beloved club and city, and the North East where he and Elsie have enjoyed a semi-retirement which included a spell as Stephen Staunton's adviser with Ireland. But it is hard to be nostalgic when Newcastle United are in such dire straits. Un-Wise move: Chairman Mike Ashley made a mistake in appointing Dennis Wise (centre) as Executive Director and allowing him to operate from London, says Sir Bobby. He said: 'We live in a wonderful part of the world, we really do. The five years I had were brilliant and I enjoyed resurrecting a magnificent club that was bottom of the pile. To have been in charge of my father's club... 'phew!' Elsie and I have been very happy here, happy to be home. We love the north east and the people. 'On Saturday afternoons, you roll out there, look up into the stands and think 'Jeepers, I hope we win today for this lot'. It's a magnificent place. And it's those 52,000 I feel sorry for. 'They wear their hearts on their sleeves, they love the club, they appear come rain, shine, blow or snow. They're just magnificent people you work for and you just hope you can get them a great result to give them a great weekend. There's a passion here that's rare. You don't see it at many other clubs. 'In spite of the way it is, we must be the envy of clubs like Fulham, Blackburn, Everton, Liverpool.' His heckles rise over the Kevin Keegan issue. Bullish as ever, as he takes on his latest health challenge after he was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, Robson is at the forefront of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation which has already raised more than £700,000 for North East based NHS cancer projects. In the summer, he gave a cheque for £500,000 to the Freeman Hospital to equip their Sir Bobby Robson Cancer Trials Research Centre. But you will never get him away from St James'. Robson was convinced one former Manchester City manager would be in charge of Newcastle when the two sides meet on Monday night, but Keegan's unhappy departure has deprived Newcastle of yet another manager, denying any slim chance of stability until Ashley departs. That could come sooner rather than later, as investment banker Keith Harris prepares to announce significant news on a deal this week, but understandably Robson can only reflect on years of mismanagement, which have culminated in the disastrous Ashley reign. Robson, who regrettably refused to quit Barcelona when first offered the chance to succeed Keegan in 1997, said: 'I felt that lift, the emotion, when Kevin was appointed. On that day, the whole city was enraptured, everyone was excited and thought that the Messiah had returned, that it might take a little while, but he'd get it right. 'Everyone thought he'd have a great relationship with Mike Ashley, he'd been given a three-year contract so the club would back him, they'd find the money and he'd run. It was a shock, but it felt like an inspired choice. I thought to myself 'this is it now'. 'But then they threw a spanner in the works by appointing Dennis Wise and he operates from London. The mistake was bringing people in who aren't attuned to the club and who worked at the opposite end of the country. And whether Dennis has got the skill and expertise and experience in that field is very doubtful. 'They've brought in people like Xisco and Gonzalez and when I first saw them I thought 'Oh my God! How are they going to play in the Premier League? Who's responsible for buying those players? Who saw them play? When did they see them? How many times and where are the scouting reports?' I think it's wrong and potentially a waste of money.' Robson would welcome Keegan's return under new owners, and still believes Alan Shearer can manage the club one day. He does need an experienced guiding hand, however, and it is one of the great travesties of the Robson era that the two did not establish that relationship before his own untidy exit. His advice to the new owners? 'Successful football clubs are all about successful relationships and you don't get that overnight. It takes time and continuity; you can't do it in six months. Over to you Alan: Sir Bobby can see his former striker Alan Shearer one day taking on the manager's role at Newcastle - but an experienced guiding hand will be needed to support him. 'Freddy Shepherd and I didn't have such a bad relationship. We never rowed. He never wanted to know what the team was and he never interfered one iota. In that sense, I had quite a good rapport with him. 'The trouble is, since I left, success didn't come that readily and before you know where you are, they've changed their manager again. 'Graeme Souness followed me and lasted a year and a bit. Then they gave it to Glenn Roeder and he got about the same. Then Sam Allardyce and Kevin came in and got a few months each. It's just gone horribly wrong. Newcastle needs a top-class manager and without that man, they won't succeed. It's their only salvation. Simple as that. The appointment of a top manager is crucial. He's the puppet master, he pulls the strings. 'It's like the captain of a ship; with a good captain, the ship sails, without one, it doesn't. Whether Kevin will come back, they give it to Alan, a combination of the two or someone else entirely, I don't know. But the most crucial decision is not so much who buys it, although that's vitally important, but who the manager is. 'We've just lost that stability at Newcastle and the quicker the club is sold and the proper people are put in charge and the right amount of money is made available to spend on the team to improve it, the better it will be. 'All the big, successful clubs have got top men, top managers, who know the game, can impart that knowledge, who are a good judge of a player, a good tactician, an enthusiast, who gets on with the players and knows how to handle big players and discipline them. 'You need that sort of manager and without that sort of manager, you will not run a big club. He needs all those attributes and assets. All the top managers have it: Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, I'd like to think I was one of them. And it takes time. I was at Newcastle for five years and it took two years to get it together. And then we finished third, fourth and fifth and then they sacked me.'

What a lot of shite lol You know what I mean. What is going to be superseded first ? the 360 or the PS3 ?