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I can't match the face to any notable stunts. Was he more of a creator, or the brains (if that's what you call the JA creative process) behind the camera? Were Dunn & Knoxville the co-founders of the whole JA concept & eventual franchise?

I've heard 'World War Z: Chronology of the Zombie Wars' will be adapted to the big screen. Brad Pitt is the headliner, don't know who is directing. I haven't read the book, it's supposed to be a good read. Pitt has appeared in some good flicks as of late, so this one has some promise about it.

Monsters: a refreshing take on the done-to-death 'alien threat' genre. 4 out of 5.

10m for top-tier British prospects won't even get in the ballpark. The figures mentioned in relation to Chamberlain is all the evidence you need - 12m for a fantastically gifted talent, but still raw and untested at top flight level. The market has blown out, in comparison to Wallcot's move. Sturridge has performance track record on his side. 10m talk, of a Sturridge move is pie in the sky stuff.

Wipe out television coverage/the game's most lucrative revenue stream, outlaw player agencies, dilute the influence of player unions and have FIFA (or EUFA) snub every precedent put into place (ie. Bosman Law)............ and your call-to-arms becomes workable. Sorry, it isn't going to happen.

Cedar Rapids : turned off after about five minutes. True Grit: Bridges was great, but i was expecting more tbh - due to the brilliance of No Country FOM. 3 out of 5.

More like Adriano tbh, who similarly let himself go at a young age.

............ and career longevity was also a factor, re- Marsh's stats/dismissals.

Another point about that Windies team. Dujon: a very underrated keeper/batsman, and as a straight up keeper he was poetry in motion. More naturally gifted than Marsh imo, and Marsh (and his figures/catches) are inflated thanks to Lillee's movement away from the bat, and his subsequent tenancy to find the edge.

i agree with you Jonny. Wrecking ball pace will overcome most pitch conditions, and Marshall & Holding moved the ball alot through the air as well. Re: Marshall, Richie Benaud omission of him (not even shortlisted) from his so-called & definitive team of the century, while including Mcgrath, was a selection injustice. One of his fellow commentators (I.Chappel) got it right though naming Marshall & Garner as the best he has seen or faced. Glen bloody Mcgrath............ for chrissssst's sake.

Who wins & why. Lets say over 5 tests on Australian soil, and the Windies were a great travelling side under Lloyd. Venues: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. All venues listed play to variable strengths, team and individual strengths.

Dekka defending his mate's honour yet again, and letting off some long held back steam as well. Although Wor Mike's brother is quite an intelligent/I.T. bloke.

Ferguson & Taylor (as a low cost LB pairing depth-wise) will fight it out for the LB slot. I suppose we're consistent in our restructuring of the back 4 as the celebrated 5 Year Plan enters its latter stages - our RB trio of Simpson/Razor/Perch was assembled for relative peanuts and the combined performance level is a reflection of this - it's just enough to hopefully ride out a season & ultimately survive the drop with a mid-table (10th) finish deemed to be the yardstick for a successful campaign . Expect the trend to continue in the heart of defense, after Collo (another high earner) has been conveniently phased out when the said defender's head is inevitably turned ala Jose etc etc.

Not alot of cash left going by often talked about tagline that the money generated from Carroll's departure would cover fees & wages in relation to Summer arrivals. Let's say we sign him to a 4yr deal at 20k per week, and add Cabaye to the equation (*30k -*low estimate, could be more - at 5yrs, with a 4m transfer fee on top). That's nearly 15m of the Carroll Money chewed up already, despite only coughing up 4m on actual transfer fees. Not alot of room left to manoeuvre, in terms of signing two quality players ie. a couple of 1Om rated players in the mould of/or Gervinho's calibre, who have the bargaining ability to command 40k p/w. There was a time when this club matched outgoing fees with that of incomings, pound for pound, in terms of transfer fee expenditure. When considering the revenue generated from the sale of Carroll, and future departures of players with resale value Pardew will be remembered for being the manager to be sold down the river the harshest (ie. not receiving proper financial backing from the board) by the current regime.

We haven't sold any players yet so that point is worthless. No-one is disputing that he's a good signing. People think that £20m is too much for him. Why is that so difficult to understand? Having one England cap means little also, David Nugent and Jay Bothroyd have a cap as well. Bothroyd & Nugent have stumbled upon international caps, thanks to an often loose and scattershot selection criteria. You've failed to pick on the obvious point that the likes of Carroll and Henderson are viewed as young and potential/future mainstays at international level. They'll rack up more caps then the one-hit-wonders you have highlighted in your argument. As for the much hyped Chamberlain, at 12m, has the normally astute Wenger dropped the ball on this one - to acquire an exciting but raw talent, and still without experience at top flight club. That sort of figure gets you into the ballpark, to acquire emerging blue-chip talent. That is the going rate, accept it. They don't fall into your lap all the time via kids being expelled their parent clubs for disciplinary reasons , release clauses for minimal amounts & Webster eligibility.

Fifty Dead Men Walking: 4 out of 5. French horror flick "Inside": as effective as Martyrs, although not for the squeamish, 4.5 out of 5.

Good signing, they're building long-term as displayed by the signing of Carroll. It's something we should be aspiring to, rather than flogging off our best & emerging players as their respective values peak, as well as ripping apart the core of a good side ie. The Seymour and McKeags' Days revisited when 'good-for-business' incoming & departures override the value of the on-field football brand. The lad has alot of potential, and has earned an international cap already, he's being groomed by the top brass within the England set-up. Looking at what the Gunners have forked for Chamberlain (similarly in-demand, and a younger work-in-progress) Liverpool have paid the going rate. One thing about Henderson, and possibly overlooked in this thread, as that he never really recovered after the derby nightmare, his form dropped off marketed after a bright start to the season. I think he didn't benefit from having a genuine on-field/midfield mentor at Sunderland, and there's no place to hide in the heart of midfield engineroom for a still developing youngster. Prodigys can be inconsistent during their formative years, they haven't truly mastered the art of matchday preparation etc - physically and more importantly mentally, such as recovering from a battering he suffered in the aforementioned fixture. He has that now in the form of Gerrard, a former prodigy himself who's dealt with the pressure of being earmarked for greatness. Gerrard has been there and done that so to speak, and he's mentally tough. Gerrard's presence & guidance should turn what some have dubbed a ridiculous/20m gamble into a speculative bet with much shorter odds for success.

as for that first line - bullshit. You only have to look at Shearer's rapid decline [after Bellamy & Robert's forced exits] for evidence. Some players' contributions are too valuable to the overall picture ie. team structure, pattern of play etc. Successful clubs with mainstay managers build around such players, up to the point when there is a need for generational change within the squad. As for Pardew's wholesale remodeling the squad, it's a forced option layed on him by a board that places a higher value on the balance sheets and value short-term cash windfalls, rather than actually building a footballing legacy. Pardew's replacement will be faced with the same impossible task. Pardew is just another fallguy, as were Mcfaul, Smith etc two decades earlier.

I relate the team's pattern of play, to the so-called spine of the team - it isn't purely based on positions. This no doubt goes against CT's pigeon holed assessment which leaves our LB out the equation. Collo, Tiote, Enrique and Jonas allow to us play football from the back, and there's real chemistry between the aforementioned centrehalf, Enrique & Jonas. Their combination passing play is almost telepathic at times, and has been forged via playing three competitive seasons together. Of the key players up for grabs [probably being touted by the club's Iranian friend] Jonas is possibly the most reachable, if Dekka & Ashley are capable of closing the deal for Gervinho and that's the big 'if' - they're record doesn't smell of roses when we're competing with clubs for sought after talent. Of that aforementioned combination play we stand to lose two pieces, possibly three if Collo goes, and two of those are imo irreplaceable - those being our pair of ball-playing defenders, one of which is arguably the best shut-down/defensive fullback in Europe.

Really? I thought the lass was excellent in it, and it looked great but it was canny boring. I must have a fondness for slow-burners, or films that some viewers find boring - another being The American with Clooney. The other thing i liked about WB is that apart from a pair of hands & album polaroid you don't actually see the plot's chief catalyst/character. There's no flashbacks etc, the mystery element is maintained throughout

The club's unofficial PR blogger is really pounding the keyboard today

A shame the small port/town Taiji dodged the full brunt of the wave, and wasn't wiped off the face of the earth. The same cannot be said for their 'catch' enclosed in the cove. The swell was still powerful enough to smash the dolphins up against the cove's cliff faces - they stood little chance in shallow water, against that type of swell.

Winter's Bone: 4.5 out of 5.

Re: 5 year deal. Outstanding news for the club's balance sheets if the lad comes good over the next 12 to 24 months. As a selling/feeder club it puts Ashley & Dekka in a position of power when negotiating an outgoing fee.

He reinvented himself as a footballer, that is from being a combative goal poaching attacking midfielder [who was adept at ghosting into the box] into more of ball playing/creative wideman akin to Solano, with the measured passing game. Although Nobby was much better crosser of the ball, but all the same he is a much more rounded playmaking type as opposed to his kamakaze /box-crashing days at City where he was more one-dimensional in his attacking play. His aforementioned transformation shows that he has a football brain to match his skill on the ball. JB's 'football smarts' will be a missed asset when you have a potential understudy still learning the tools of the trade, in the form of Lua Lua.