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I'd like to see him go from the start again soon but I guess Pardew has earned some faith in his judgements.

Across the whole season? Seems like a safe bet at this point, we'd have to hit a real sour patch of form given we're 12 points up on them, possibly 15 after today.

If we win today there's a very real chance we could be 9 points clear of Southampton in 9th place. Which is kinda bizarre. I'm not used to being this comfortable in decent positions. Equally if we lose, we're going to be adrift in 8th place for the coming few weeks.

If Anita is out can we not work HBA in somehow...

City back ahead... looks like a routine win to me.

Looks like Cardiff have ended up with Solskjaer. Not a bad choice but why he's opted to work with Tan is beyond me.

I thought you didn't drink? Or is it just a coincidence. Commiserations anyway..

They were pretty dominant for the first half an hour. Swansea aren't bad but they aren't going to beat City. Or at least I hope they don't, there's no chance of us beating City if they do...

Man City are definitely going to win the league this year. I'd been rooting for Arsenal but City are just too strong. Be interesting to see how they do in Europe.

Milner is a good shout although he was basically forced out if I remember rightly (I may not).

Happy New Year everyone!

We can take West Brom if we take it seriously - do they even have a new manager yet? Even being away we should take it fairly comfortably. Anichebe is doubtful and there's a remote possibility that Anelka could have been banned by then..! Although I guess that would have happened today if it was going to.

True, Demba Ba is totally on the fringes at Chelsea. Not sure how that has helped his career.

I missed what the original one was so obviously can't compare, but I think it has a nice ring to it! 'Towards' is a good addition as it implies the journeying aspect of the story. It might change anyway as you flesh the story out of course, but I guess it helps to have a title framed in some form.

I'd like write my own at some point (I work in publishing, it's hard not to pick up the writing bug) but it's finding the time and having the commitment to see it through. I do think self publishing is a good option, if you have some channels to market the book into. Alternatively you could just be writing it for yourself - which is actually how a lot of the best books are probably written. I'll keep thinking anyway and see if anything else occurs to me title-wise. Good luck!

Is it a one off book or the start of an epic? If the latter, I think you can get away with quite short titles which can all tie into each other. If it's a one off then I think it has to be more descriptive of the book itself. For instance, if it was a series you could possibly call it something like "The Enclave Saga: New Beginnings/Enlightenment" and then release every subsequent edition with "The Enclave" prefix. I chose 'Enclave' because it's a good word that you don't see around much, but if there is a message you're seeking to communicate through the book that is more important then this should perhaps be given priority.

It had the potential to be good though - I think the first half, where they were setting it up as all of the poor revolting against the rich, was quite appealing - but then they transformed the bad guy into some psychotic bounty hunter and it became a generic action film rather than one with an underlying poiltical message.

Oh God, my sympathies... I can't stand IKEA.

Ok that sets the scene - I think for me, the thing to work out is why the Enclave need Ailidh, or children in general, and what their overall objective is - I know it mentions restoring science, but is that the overall thrust of the book, or is the story hijacked by unforeseen events (you mentioned dark forces in your earlier passage).

So... From this discussion I'm picking up that Jonas may or may not have a clause in his contract, depending on respective propensity among forum members for sucking crown bowls? Or something...

Yeah, you need an account to view it - with that said, are you looking to find a publisher? If so, you just need a working title; the publisher will likely come up with the official one as they'll have a greater sensitivity to market need. If you're going to self publish then that's a slightly different kettle of fish - do you have a blurb that you can post here? Also, what is the current title?

I'd agree - I went out for my birthday with a few lads (all about 28) and one of us got really pissed, to the point where he was slouched in a heap outside a bar between two wheelie bins and was too incapacitated to move. We had to phone his dad to pick him up at 3am because we couldn't stand him up without fully supporting his weight... Needless to say, he was pretty embarrassed when he came to, a week later. ...And no, it wasn't me. You're supposed to have gotten it all out of your system by this age though, certainly.

Now that's interesting - I'm going to have to rethink my mental image of you. Which in fairness is heavily influenced by your avatar. ...I thought you were from the 1950s, basically.

I had us 6th too, with Man City winning and Sunderland, Cardiff and West Ham down. We were tied on points with Everton for 5th but they had a better GD. Watch us now finish 13th.

Out of interest, did you find that on Cheezburger? I just came across it and was about to post it here too! Awesome spider.