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Another 'bolt from the blue' moment delivered by Shola. Quality left-foot finish, as was the one at Anfield in the season closer of 03/04. Looking at the bigger picture though, and reflecting on Pardew's current striking pecking order (where Sammi O isn't coming into calculation, despite performing at a superior level, compared to Shola & Loven, when given the chance), it's another random moment produced within another spell of non-performance. Going beyond the issue of favouring 'experience', which imo is Pardew's current criteria re- the striking line-up, and looking at it from a 'performance & trust' angle, Shola has just been given another stay of execution. However the collateral damage being the continued non-blooding of a very promising prospect, in the form of the younger Ameobi. Pardew is playing a dangerous game on this tbh. There's a fine line between giving a lad (with bags of ability) a taste of the big-time before putting them on the back-burner & making them hungrier, and actually demotivating them (particularly when there's non-perfoming shite like the aforementioned ahead of them in the pecking order) where there progress at the club (to established 1st teamer) amounts to a limbo state, courtesy of lengthy stints in the reserve grade & eventual loan spells.

Opening sequence from Suspiria ie. glowing eyes suddenly appearing from outside the window, as the lass leans in to take a better look before ( the hand bursts through) getting her face pulled through the window

He's not exactly a stranger when it comes to defacing the aesthetics of a well known & classy landmark, for a quick pound or two. On a sidenote Ashley has been riding the coat tails & the exemplary work put in by the previous custodians of another institution for years, hiding behind the tagline of 'the best sports shop in the world', while dropping standards/quality of products/service etc. Newcastle United = Lillywhites Mach 2.

The original Halloween, starring Jamie Lee Curtis. It's still the measuring stick for 'slasher' films. The Thing. The 'blood test' scene had me shitting bricks. Nightmare on Elm Street (original Wes Craven one). Trying to think of a better opening sequence, where the main villain is introduced ie. Freddy walking down a back alley, extending his arms out doing that knives/claws scraping thing for the first time. Inside. French horror flick. All four have great music scores, and audio effects as well. "Night" and "Dawn" from Romero's Dead Series also deserve mention.

Where's that like? Some rogue state? Teddy Kolek Stadium, Jerusalem. You should've just said "aye" then. ......... and potentially hijack the thread with cut & pasted articles, on the new wave of anti-semitism, in response to all this patter. Is it the only venue where a goal hero (from a previous EC qualifier: Arab-Israeli scored against the Dutch iirc and kept them alive in the comp, before receiving a disgraceful homecoming) has had widespread 'death chants' directed against them from the terraces, at an international friendly.

I took a while to catch on to it, but i've been enjoying "Misfits".

Chan Marshall: one of the most haunting & interesting vocalists going around.

That Gotye track from a couple of years back ie. "Heart's a Mess". It won a few awards, but never really found it's way on to the mainstream radio stations, although the album sold really well. The track AH posted is more accessible/commercial, and is getting alot of airplay.

Vocals sound alot like Sting, in the chorus. The same artist had a cracking track a couple of years back ie. Heart's a Mess".

Agree with that, however the threat (of an injury recurrance, and similar impact related injuries) with HBA is greater. Opposition outfields (with a hatchet-man) will set their radar on him, due to the fact that when fit he is the 'key man' in the final 1/3, particularly in the hole where he is more vulnerable to the attention of a loose playing defensive midfielder ie. De Jong. We have little to offer in the form of that ability, to shift the focus away from him. With the likes of Man C and Liv, the attacking threat is more widespread

That's pretty much what it is. A football ground carved into the side of a hill, and i think they cram 10k+ in for the national team's fictures. With the scenery, surrounding greenery, when it's overflowing at capacity it looks great on the television.

Where's that like? Some rogue state? Teddy Kolek Stadium, Jerusalem.

Lawson Tama Stadium, Solomon Islands.

One of the better looking 20k seaters around, and it's a genuinely hostile venue too thanks to the supporter base (and reputation) of one half of the stadium's co-tenant clubs. Stadium's architecture incorporates that of the city landscape.

We used to have international class strikers (shearer, Bellamy, Ferdinand, cole etc). Best isn't fit to lace their boots unfortunately and he never will be. that won't sit easy with him mate.. "living in the past" etc etc Is he not fit to lace the boots of Kitson, Dalglish, Guivarch, Rush, Tomasson, Gallacher, Robinson or Cort either then? Cracking talent though when we signed him, and that was reflected in the price-tag. Every bit as good as Sturridge - i was genuinely excited when we signed him. Was allegedly needled-up (with that muscle tear) during his last couple of months at Wimbledon, and prior to his medical here and therefore was able to pass the agility tests etc. He needed surgery much earlier, but the Dons were that desperate to keep him in the shop window, to get a deal over the line, hence Wimbledons injury management/or lack of. What would he command in the market today - 10m+? Ashley and Dekka are loathe fork out that much for potential. I always thought he looked a bit rubbish at Wimbledon. 16 goals in 4 seasons. Didn't Bobby get him mixed up with Jason Euell anyway Double figures in his last season there iirc, as a more mature/rounded forward. Scored some cracking, 'individual effort' type of goals in a shite side too, i thought he looked like a class act in a relegation outfit. Alot of his damage (re:his season goal tally) was done early on that year, before hitting the wall down the stretch. That sudden & dramatic reversal in form would seem to coincide with the aforementioned speculation that he was struggling with fitness (with a major injury), and that he was needled-up over the last couple of months by Wimbledon's management.

We used to have international class strikers (shearer, Bellamy, Ferdinand, cole etc). Best isn't fit to lace their boots unfortunately and he never will be. that won't sit easy with him mate.. "living in the past" etc etc Is he not fit to lace the boots of Kitson, Dalglish, Guivarch, Rush, Tomasson, Gallacher, Robinson or Cort either then? Cracking talent though when we signed him, and that was reflected in the price-tag. Every bit as good as Sturridge - i was genuinely excited when we signed him. Was allegedly needled-up (with that muscle tear) during his last couple of months at Wimbledon, and prior to his medical here and therefore was able to pass the agility tests etc. He needed surgery much earlier, but the Dons were that desperate to keep him in the shop window, to get a deal over the line, hence Wimbledons injury management/or lack of. What would he command in the market today - 10m+? Ashley and Dekka are loathe fork out that much for potential.

Agreed, thought it was very good. Almost a tear in my eye. Good to have "baddies" with a believable motive outside of being evil. Although i thought Kevin Bacon was miscast as Sebastian Shaw. In print that villain has alot more about him, in the way of physical presence.

Low-budget horror flick, "Broken": It's about a mountain-man who kidnaps lasses, chains them up at his campsite, and plays a game of psychogical cat & mouse with them. Although it was inspired by true events, it's not a mocumentary about that Wynn bloke. Some parts are tough to watch, it has you on the edge because you genuinely are in the lasses' corner/hope they escape. 2.5 out of 5.

Snuff-film hoaxes.

Romero's "Day of the Dead", and couple of Lucio Fulci's flicks are up there too - namely "Zombi 2". I've heard about a video nasty called "Cannibal Holocaust". Like "Salo", which i don't really have the stomach to watch, it's banned in many countries. Structurally it's the original Blair Witch-format ie. group of university student types go missing in the Amazon rainforest, and couple of years later their film footage is recovered.... what happened to them etc? The fire hydrant scene in "Irreversible" was pretty full-on. Films that are not as gory or camp, but are more suggestive, and ultimately pack more of a punch: "Martyrs" and "Inside", to name a couple

The odds of finishing tenth (the goal according to Dekka) and having enough petrol in the tank to achieve due to points having already being stowed away in the bank, are obviously stronger if we're in the 'top 6' mix come January. It will cost more to fund a two-pronged attack next season, 1. to actually make a genuine tilt at it (with a couple of quality additions in Jan) and 2. to have the required squad depth to deal with a congested fixture list next year. Ashley the Gambler (seeing that we already have points in the bank, should the points acquirement remains steady up to Jan), and his iron resolve of selling key players & gunning for short-term profit (in Jan) is further strengthened thanks to this strong start.

Snowtown Adelaide murder capital of Australia btw Rob W has allegedly spent a bit of time in Adelaide, not sure if it was before or after the Apollo program, definitely after his stint as one or possibly all of the Caesars. Wasn't there a now dormant paedo/murder ring in the SA capital, something along the lines of 'The Family', allegedly made up of wealthy paedos etc. The coppers never cracked that case, some of those murders go back thirty years. edit: just skimmed that article.

Jonas' new deal (four years) gives the club some leverage in the transfer market, and avoids another Enrique scenario. I'd like to seem him deployed back out on the right (where Keegan first played him/his natural attacking position) with a fit Santon in his preferred RB slot. On paper that amounts to a right sided equivalent of the former Jose/Jonas defensive & ball-playing combination play on the left, something to build on at least. Jonas is not a good enough ball-striker to have checking back inside - he constantly creates a seperation gap between himself and his marker (so he isn't under pressure) but doesn't kill the oppostion. A valuable ball-playing & carrying outlet to have, to avoid the lump-it forward approach, coming out of defense but doesn't kill sides on the left. Jonas getting to the byline, and cutting it back into the box, on the right offers the most attacking potential. That cut-back ball, at pace to trailing midfielders lining up to shoot, is the most difficult delivery/final ball (from out wide) to deal with. Has been misused, at least from an attacking perspective, for the last 3 seasons. I think, what I'm wondering, is with these 3 players, why have they also signed Obertan and Marveau ? They are now overstocked up of this sort of player who can all play in these wide positions. I certainly think Ben Arfa, Jonas and SammyObi are talented players, so why ? Unless Marveau is the new David Ginola [unlikely and doesn't look it so far] Obertan and Marveau: cheap, available, and ready-made (already secured) replacements for Barton & Jonas (when sold, in the case of Jonas)? The club jumping the gun, showing a bit of rare foresight, although they've travelled down the pre-requisite route ie. the bargain bin? Disappointing to see Pardew not breaking away from the sibling status quo (based on age & experience), with his selection policy re:the Ameobis. He must be favouring experience at the moment. Based on productivity (and their respective impacts coming off the bench) the current pecking order, and where the siblings sit, seems to way off.

Irgun & Stern militants were quite adept at going for maximum casualties too, in public places....... the JDL, and other Kahanist extremist groups as well, for which Baruch Goldstein had connections with.

How not? I'm not Jewish or Israeli or anything, i've made my view based purely on what i've seen of the situation, besides, like I said, i'd be happy for the situation to be sorted out any way possible, it's just in the biased eyes of the world the Arabs will get more than they deserve. Irgun-style? drive them all into the sea? The Likud Party (from it's origins, a coalition of the 'old' Zionist military/terror organisations) is nothing more than an elected gang of ultra-right Zionists, comprising of political heirs following on from the likes of Begin and Shamir.